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good morning I now call the April 3rd 2025 administrative briefing and work session of the Marian County School Board to order at 91 a.m. please silence your electronic devices to avoid disturbing heads mirroring and modeling how our students
begin each day I ask that you please pause with us for a moment of silence please join me thank you I'll Now read our board commitment statement we are the Marian County School District leadership team when we come together to work we are efficient
effective and productive our three most important characteristics are dedicated transparent and individually responsible to work well together we must demonstrate respect confront reality and be accountable we will always put
students first we will leave a legacy of success I now ask the Schoolboard attorney to explain the rules for our Public Work session good morning attorney Powers good morning and thank you very much this work session is public meeting as defined in Florida's
Sunshine Law the board is dedicated to full transparency in its meetings and its work in compliance with the Sunshine Law the board has adopted uniform procedures including the right for citizens to participate the board will allow public comment regarding any work
session item listed on today's agenda at the appropriate time speakers must fill out a request form located in the lobby and hand it to the board clerk after the board and superintendent have completed their discussion on a particular agenda item the board clerk will call speakers
names in the order received each speaker will have three minutes as required by the Sunshine Law the board must maintain orderly conduct and proper decorum throughout its meeting speakers must be very careful not to violate the Privacy rights of others especially students and
their family members by mentioning their names or other identifying information thank you for your attention to these important rules thank you attorney Powers good morning Miss Martinez please provide the proof of of publication for today's meeting the notice for the April 3rd 2025 work session was published in
the Ocala Gazette on March 28th 2025 proof of publication has been attached to board docks under proof of publication thank you we'll now begin the work session with the superintendent's admin administrative briefing good morning dret good morning Madam chair members of the board uh
board chair I do not have any um briefing notes this morning we have a very full agenda so I would just uh defer and we'll move forward with the agenda if that's okay with the chair okay that's great perfect okay so I'm pleased to introduce our first item Miss Taylor is going to come forward and she has special guests who she's going to
introduce to provide the annual investment performance review today thank you good morning per that is perfect thank you is it on yes good morning chair Conrad board members and superintendent Dr gett
pursuant the board policy or investment advisor must present an annual report to the board which would include a complete list of funds the funds invested the amount invested maturity dates income earned and a comparison of performance measures our investment advisor pfm
asset management is here to present that information to you I'd like to introduce Mr Richard pangi managing director and along with Danny Mets and Leslie Allison who will give you an overview of our investments and their performance I'll turn it over
to Mr palii thank you good morning um morning um so I'll uh start off by giving uh a summary of the results and we're going to cover uh two periods in time
uh the uh period through the end of uh your last fiscal year uh June uh 30 2024 uh as well as the last calendar uh year ending 1231 2024 and uh uh the performance uh over
both of those time periods were uh was good uh for uh the district's Investments and in cash reserves um and then I'll talk a little bit about the the the market uh and give some perspective on uh what occurred over uh
roughly the uh uh nine months to a year period uh and try and give some perspective on the Outlook from where uh we are uh right now which uh as of 4:30 yesterday uh changed uh quite quite a bit so I'll I'll see if we can make some
sense of uh of all of it um so I'll start up by giving some uh high level numbers uh for the the uh fiscal year in 630 uh performance was uh good for the uh for the the cash Reserve portfolio uh
the portfolio returned 5.1% versus The Benchmark which was 4.54% uh so you had an outperformance of a little less than half a percentage Point um and just want to kind of put that in perspective in a historical context um you know pre pre pandemic in
a decade uh uh leading up to that uh we'd really been averaging under 1% uh in terms of annual returns in the portfolio so uh last year's fiscal year performance was uh very good resulted in
um attractive earnings for uh for for the school district um we all in the investment world all think in terms of percentages um you all of course care about uh dollars so on a cruel basis uh the earnings that translated into
earnings of 700,000 again we're just looking at the cash Reserve port portfolio which is your longer term investments um if we look at the calendar year ending 1231 2024 uh the uh portfolio return 4.48% again uh very attractive on a
historical uh basis outperforming The Benchmark by 4 uh of 4.09% by 0.39% in terms of what that means in dollars uh that was uh 1.3 million of acral earnings accured through uh the
end of the calendar calendar year uh and uh we'll we'll touch some more on those numbers in a in a second here um so if we look at uh where the portfolio stood at the end of the uh and I'll actually just kind of jump
to uh I'll actually just going to jump to calendar year and to look at numbers that are more uh more recent uh overall the portfolio is well uh Diversified in high quality fixed income Investments uh Florida State
statutes um 28415 uh defines uh what school districts are allowed to invest in uh you have an investment policy it was last updated in uh 2023 uh that uh lays out sort of the uh
uh restraints uh or constraints for the investment of the portfolio uh the primary investment objectives which derive from State statutes and uh General best practices for local governments nationally are Safety First uh liquidity of funds next uh and then
after those considerations then we think about uh uh yield um so this portfolio is built uh out of those principles um it has been built and managed based on those principles um it has an overall average credit quality rating of doublea
uh on an SNP uh rating scale to put that in perspective the US government's rating is double A Plus um the majority of the investments in your for portfolio either are us treasuries directly or US government securities um so uh that's
why the rating uh is so close to what the uh US Government rating is on on your Investments um uh on average and again this represents your longer term cash reserves on average the average uh portfolio durations about 1.74 years and
that closely aligns with the Benchmark uh that you have for uh for for the portfolio um as of uh 12 31 2024 we show in the report here that uh both the long-term Reserve portfolio as well as your overall Investments were in line uh
with the uh uh in compliance with your investment policy um if we look at kind of going back to those excuse me going back to those return numbers I can kind of see uh what that looked like for the quarter
um the last quarter in 2024 uh as well as the the one-year number I I told you that at the beginning there it's 4.48% uh versus the uh Benchmark which was a 4.09% and then the longer term uh uh performance of the portfolio has
continued to exceed uh its Benchmark when you look over longer time periods um and of course as you know as I said you know we think in terms of percentages uh you care about actual dollar growth um so you can see sort of
those same numbers as well uh reflected in dollar terms and it was 1.3 million for uh uh for the um uh the calendar year now during the year uh we have worked with staff uh as we do on a
regular basis uh usually uh around the time when property tax receipts come in to say uh where should we allocate These funds what's needed for uh expenditure over the course of the year uh sorry uh and what should be uh
allocated to the reserve portfolio for future expenditure capital capital projects Etc um and also what's going on in the market if we go back to 2021 uh the economy was experiencing high level of inflation in response the
FED started raising uh short-term interest rates which have a direct impact on uh the school district's portfolios um so for there are a couple years where we said let's hold off on doing these longer term investments and wait for interest rates to rise well the
Fed was on pause uh last year and we started uh we made recommendations to actually take some funds out longer uh which the school district did and that actually benefited the the portfolio over the calendar
year um sorry so I'm going to switch uh gears a little bit to talk a little bit about the market so um your portfolio is a short-term portfolio it's invested in uh short-term bonds thank you it's invested in short-term
bonds and as a result it's heavily tied to what the FED is doing with short-term interest rates um uh effectively what the FED is uh immediately doing and how it's immediately changing overnight rates and what it's forecasting for the
current year and next current year uh is the strongest driver of of of really the kinds of returns that you're going to have in your portfolio thank you so so um at the end of 2023 uh the FED
had uh hiked interest rates uh up to 5% sorry in excess of 5% had put themselves on pause and we're really waiting to see when they would uh start lowering interest rates again um and as we move toward towards the end of
your uh last fiscal year uh the market really shifted into a new regime of what I I would sort of characterizes re-calibration uh we saw recalibration as uh inflation started to come down and move towards the fed's target uh we saw
some recalibration in the labor markets as uh labor constraints started uh relieving themselves all of this uh paav the way for the FED to say we can start lowering interest rates which they did last year year they actually lowered interest rates by a full percentage
point over the course of the year and um while for your short-term Investments that meant that you had uh declining uh reserves or declining earnings on your reserves it actually increased the value of of uh the
portfolio and that's by Design uh how your uh cash reserves work as we' moved through uh the election uh in November uh moving into the beginning of this year um the market was characterized by what I would say is UN
uncertainty um uh there was an expectation around what might happen in the new uh Administration and how that might uh how uh new policies might impact the economy and uh when the market took those things together on
balance uh that actually uh raised longer term uh interest rates uh the expectation was that generally there' be more borrowing necessary by uh the uh uh US Government the issuance of more
treasuries and therefore that caused interest rates uh to to to Rise um that's continued into kind of the current uh Market environment that we we we sort of see oursel in now um and that we've experienced since the
beginning of the year uh the word uncertainty has sort of been um uh uh I don't know the best way to characterize a lot of what we've been seeing in uh the markets uh that impact your portfolios um four key uh uh policy
focuses in the administration um have been the focus of uh what the Market's been looking at there's an expectation uh that we'll get uh an extension of uh of tax cuts which would be viewed as positive for for business
and growth an expectation of De uh regulation which also uh would be positive for growth uh and we saw that in the runup in the stock market uh since uh November or November through the beginning of the year on the expectation of those
offsetting those were the uncertainty around T tariffs and uh immigration policy sorry my apologies um more recently uh as we've seen sort of a lot of back and forth around uh tariff
expectations um and tariff announcements um the market has shifted to uh really thinking of those as a drag on growth um and following that we've seen generally a flight to Quality and when we have a flight to Quality that means
investors are selling off things like stocks Commodities other uh types of Investments to seek the safety of uh of bonds um your your Investments are uh uh Bond holding so we've seen an increase in the value in your
portfolio uh in the in the current year and to the extent uh we sort of see uh this uncertainty continue to play out uh we would expect that those reserves would uh hold their value uh throughout the course of the
year um the other Factor uh that's sort of uh going along with that uh is that the FED has already set itself on a course to lower uh interest rates even before uh the election before you know
what we're seeing with uh tariff measures Etc again my apologies um you know the FED views the neutral rate of interest to be about 3% where currently in around the four and a quarter uh interest rate range so
it views itself as straining the economy by keeping interest rate at that particular level and it thinks the natural rate uh level where it should be uh is something uh lower um than where we are now and it's looking for uh sort
of data uh that would uh allow it to continue to move uh in in in that direction so unlike where we were a couple years ago we uh the bias was for interest rates to go up as the Fed was fighting expected higher inflation from
where we are now uh the FED is really looking to see how things play out uh but a with a bias towards uh lowering uh interest rates from here and then of course to the extent we have some type of uh negative economic shock then we would expect the FED would probably move
faster uh to lowering uh interest rates from here um so I'll uh stop there um and ask if there are any questions thank you board um any questions at this
time okay I think we're good go ahead right thank you thank you okay Dr gullet are we ready for our next presentation we yes if you have nothing else absolutely ready so board we're now going to move on to our summer school
Staffing plan presented any public comment I'm sorry oh I'm sorry Dr that's what I okay any public comment okay thank you that went way faster than I anticipated so thank you for that
course thank you Miss Mor thank you and good morning chair Conrad superintendent Dr gullet and school board members on behalf of acceleration Innovation and Elementary curriculum high schools and secondary curriculum and Human Resources I'm excited to present the 2025 summer
school Staffing plan this year's summer school theme is Splash into learning the four informational Flyers provide the dates locations offerings and other pertinent information for the summer programs moving to the fifth and sixth page of pages of the document you will
see the proposed summer school Staffing plan the first page of the staff plan shows our instructional units and the non-instructional units are on the following page the plan includes 121 instructional units on the elementary level 35 at Middle School 39 at high
school and 81 instructional staff will be assigned to other programs and sites this is a total of 276 instructional staff for non-instructional staff there is a requested allocation of 375 staff members this gives us a total of 651
summer School staff members for summer school 2025 it is important to note that units may be added or removed based on student needs program changes and or enrollment changes and this is notated at the bottom of both pages of the Staffing plans I will turn it over to you Dr
gullet for any additional comments or questions thank you Mr may I think you've covered it board well welcome any questions thank you um this is sort of related and it may not be your your wheelhouse um um Miss Morant so it might be a question
for later I I see still um you know each summer we have a lot of third grade reading positions that we're filling are we using the same curriculum because in my opinion we did not see a lot of growth um last summer and so I wanted to
see if we were using something different we have a lot of teachers teaching um uh and while you're asking question I'm going to allow Miss Mrs ridle she's here I'll allow her to address sure that'd be great hello good morning good morning
good morning um some of the curriculum will be the same um the curriculum we were using was called Summer Scholars um by the company TCM um we are adding Lexia this summer which will be an additional intervention to help students
with foundational skills um as you know we're really trying to push writing in uh all of our grade levels and so we like summer Scholars because it has a writing component built in um there are multiple opportunities for students to
provide extended responses in writing to the text so throughout the professional learning for the summer school teachers um that's going to be an area of focus this summer is that students have that opportunity not just to read and answer questions but respond in writing and
through discussion so we definitely want to make that tweak and the expectation is that we see students doing a lot more writing this summer okay I appreciate that and because I'm not familiar with um either of those programs um is it safe to assume that there's a High um
level of vocabulary development and fny M awareness yes absolutely okay all right thank you Miss rle I appreciate you um elaborating on that thank you so much yes uh Dr James yes I have a few questions um Miss marant presents it but
this really most of our questions are probably not for Miss Brant so um my I don't believe my questions are for Miss Brant um my first question is about summerbridge so summerbridge um being on the child care side of this conversation summerbridge just to be clear is
available for all students who participated in VPK during the school year throughout Maring County or actually probably the State of Florida yes um any VPK student who scores below the 10th percentile on pm3 or who has a non-participation
status of assessment inappropriate failed practice or non-english speaker so it's not just Marian County Public School students it's any student at any site okay and um this was communicated through the Early Learning Coalition to
the private providers in the provider meeting um my my question would be that where is the funding coming from for us to be able to deliver this program um and I can Circle back with Miss Beck and we'll get that exact answer for you
um I know she's been really um coordinating this program and um supervising the Outreach to families and I don't think it's I think it's a great idea to try and help better prepare students for kindergarten but we we can't be the um I thought of a different
word that would not be appropriate we cannot be the funer for all of these wonderful programs so um um someone this because these students are unfunded students is the way I see them um they've already used their VPK certificate they're not ESC students
they're not generating FTE so is there a grant how are we paying for this program so I think it's a grant but I'll find out okay I would just like to know that and I I will say that um and I understand this is our way of work but a consistent barrier for families participating is our closure on Fridays
and the lack of full day program so I imagine expect there to be pretty low participation in these programs for those two reasons um a working family cannot pick up their child at 1230 so while I appreciate the intention and it's probably because of the grant
funding that we are um doing the program in this way families are not able to participate if they do not have other means of um coverage for their child my um other question and of course those sentiments are reflective for summer VPK as well and I've had
extensive conversation with Miss nebbles over the years you know families who need 5-day care can't participate in summer bpk with Maran County public schools because we don't we're not open on Fridays um and that's an unfortunate uh unfortunate piece to the puzzle um
with regard to um summer learning um can you please clarify is the summer learning opportunities for uh at the at the secondary level so sorry let me call it summer fast trck so at the secondary level summer fast trck
are is that for credit recovery only or is there opportunities for acceleration so it's I have to go back to the flyer my apologies it's um Credit Recovery Algebra and driver's ed and marrying virtual so if the student
wanted to do acceleration and marrying virtual I guess the question I'm asking most specifically is is the mar and virtual component to not necessarily recover credits that have failed but recover credits that the student is lagging do you get what I'm
trying to say or is the Maran virtual can a student's parent say hey Johnny's goingon to do Maran virtual for Spanish too but I want him to go to your site and sit there instead of being at home that's the question I'm asking I'll Circle back with you on that
um I can check with Dr Brewer get that question answered for you as well because I if what we're doing from June 4th to essentially July 17th is providing supervision I love the idea so can my can I put my 10th grader in
Maring virtual for Spanish 2 as an acceleration component and ship them to any of the high schools for them to be supervised that's the question I'm asking good question I'll get back with you on that okay that that pretty much
um sums up my questions for um this presentation anyone else I just to follow up on that thought Dr I Dr James I'd never actually thought of something like that having students
that have done Spanish to over the summer I can assure you that while the course work can be rigorous and what they need to be doing it's not necessarily 8:30 to 3:30 4 days a week work and so I understand
the thought process of allowing families to kind of use it as a drop off for their high school or to do that for acceleration but I I also understand logistically that they're not going to have a full day of work for four days a week and oh I totally get it I'm just
trying to it's not clear fire lacks it's ambiguous as to is the Maring virtual because Maring virtual if Credit Recovery is Credit Recovery then what is marrying virtual because marrying virtual to me seems like acceleration so if Maring virtual is acceleration then
are we is that an opportunity we're affording families and I just would like that to be clear so that families who know that you know some students are a little bit more self-driven than others and some students while they won't have a full day of work Need You Know proper supervision to ensure that they're
completing the the whole semester in the summer or whatever that may look like and so I just want to understand that okay anything else okay I don't I don't think so I think attorney Powers is waiting Yes actually
I just wanted to compliment uh Miss Rell for having worked with um us regarding some questions of students who are in treny court and what opportunities exist for them because that's been something I know this has been a long-term moving
Target as to exactly what programs we would have and what we'd settle on and you were kind enough to um uh to interact with me regarding exactly that factor and what we needed um I know that in our truy court judge king is very interested in making sure that to what
degree some of these students may have because of truy issues missed prolonged periods of time um them being able to recover over the course of the summer um and so he has proactively ordered all of
them to go and and seek out with their individual schools so that there will be likely an inundation of a number of people that are coming in and saying hey my the judge told me I need to to to do this to get caught up um and some of them are going to be eligible and some
are not based on what programs are available and everything else and um you've indicated willingness to help us with making sure that we can smooth that process to the degree possible and I just wanted to say thank you and uh and uh um coming up March 23rd is our next
truy court date and I'll be in touch with between now and then also so I can get the most recent updates so I can provide them to the judge but thank you for your professionalism in doing that thank you very much all right thank you Miss rle thank you miss m is there
any public comment okay seeing none Dr gullet we're ready for our next topic perfect and uh board we have Miss kard here with two special principal guests uh Miss mcchin and Miss Crawford to present the naming
elementary schools W and X for you excited good morning chair Conrad school board members and superintendent Dr goet okay good morning good morning
sorry okay I am here today with Miss mcchin principal at school W and Miss Crawford principal at school X to share with you the recommendations from the naming committees for the school names for school W and school X we are very
excited about the two new schools in Maring County School System the timeline that was followed included a naming committee being developed by each principal the naming committee included parents staff and community members from each School
Community the first survey collected suggested school names the naming committee met to review the survey data and then survey 2 was distributed to the community to select their top school name Choice both surveys were advertised
via Skyler to feeder schools district website on the homepage and class dojo for the feeder schools in addition it was also mentioned by many of you at recent Schoolboard meetings which we thank you the naming committees met to
review the top school names from the second survey and the recommendations for school names to the school board for today's work session the first survey for elementary school W was completed and 52% that completed the survey were parents 19.9%
were Mary County Public School staff members and 19% were community members for elementary school X the first survey was completed and 49% were parents 26% were Maring County Public School staff members and 15% were
community members ker could you hold for just a second um we just got an alert uh Dr Gull if you'll give us some okay we go yep go for go into recess at 9 944 thank you
see e e e e e e e at put my black glasses back on 949 and Miss kard I'll turn it back over to you
thank you everybody for your flexibility absolutely thank you after the first survey the naming committee met and the top three name choices for elementary school w were Innovation Elementary mossi Branch
Elementary Ross Prairie Elementary now miss mcin will share some history on some of the choices thank you and good morning good morning Elementary School W is in close proximity to the Ross Prairie State
Forest the property was acquired in 1995 through the long leaf Pine Uplands project recreational opportunities on the forest include hiking horseback riding camping and hunting the main trail head and access
point is the Ross Prairie trail head which is located 1 mile south of County Road 484 the other option Innovation Elementary is a fresh take on the learning that will occur at the new
Elementary School innovation is defined as the process of bringing about new ideas methods and solutions that have significant impact and value thank you the naming committee
also met for school X and they reviewed the top three name choices from the survey and they selected equestrian Trails Elementary tarton elementary and Winding Oaks Elementary and now Miss Crawford will speak to share some history on some of those School
choices good morning morning Elementary School X is built on land with a rich eoin history originally established as Tartan farms in 1960 by William mcnight the property contributed
significantly to Florida's thoroughbread industry in 1970 Harry T Manan Jr purchased the property and renamed it Mocking Bird Farm continuing the tradition of developing top thorough breads Manan also founded the Ocala
Breeders Sales company furthering uh the impact of the industry in 2001 Eugene Melnick owner of the Ottawa Senators and CEO of biovail Corporation bought the farm now known as
Winding Oaks thank you the second survey for elementary school W was distributed to the public and 37.6% of the community voted for Ross Prairie Elementary
35.5% for Innovation Elementary and 27% voted for mossi Branch Elementary the second survey for elementary school W excuse me X was distributed and 70.7% of the community voted for Winding Oaks
Elementary 21.5% for Tartan Elementary School and 7.8% voted for equestrian Trails Elementary School so for w the voting results for school W showed two strong naming
options Ross Prairie Elementary received 37.6% and Innovation Elementary received 35.5% and to Shar the voting results for school X Elementary School X showed that Winding Oaks received 70% of the votes
clearly leading over equestrian trails in Tartan the community actively participated in this decision-making process making their voices heard thank you the school naming committee's
recommendations for a school name for elementary school W is Ross Prairie Elementary School and Winding Oaks Elementary School for school X at this time board we welcome discussion to gain consensus on a school name for elementary school W and Elementary
School X this will be placed on the board agenda on April 22nd for board vote of the school names thank you that was a very fun presentation thank you all for your work invol involving the community and getting everyone's input on board any
comments at this time yes Dr James I'll just say um I appreciate the process I think the names are awesome I mean Winding Oaks to me just made sense um everyone I feel like is already calling it Winding Oaks um and so it would have almost been odd to not call it whining Oaks Elementary um so these these sound
wonderful I'm excited to hear more about colors and mascots and all the things which I'm sure your ladies are already brainstorming on so um appreciate the work and let's get let's get it on the agenda thank you yes Dr Campbell um I completely agree with the Winding Oaks thought process and I'll tell you that I
was one of the votes for Innovation so let me start with the reason why I was and then why you've convinced me that Ross prair is the right one uh because I was thinking other schools in that General vicinity are one-word schools Sunrise Horizon I mean I understand it's
Academy blah but Sunrise so I was thinking okay what's another word like that Innovation it just kind of flowed but after hearing the history of why Ross Prairie makes the most sense and certainly being the committee recommendation I am all in favor of that as
well okay thank you Dr Campbell any further yes board member thrower thank you um I am thrilled and and relieved that the two top ones honor the the history of Maran County um as it was and
that I think is what has been the biggest attractor over the years for people to come here is the nature and the environment um I had submitted a few names just because I really cared about the process and I thought that uh
mocking BG could be Elementary could be a great idea because it's our Florida state bird and then that ties into State history and that kind of thing and that didn't make the cut but uh Tartan did and um and that was you know the the original you know Farm there and then
whining Oaks was the last Farm there so I'm really happy with uh both of these choices and and fully support them okay thank you Reverend Cummings any comments listen um both of those schools are in my district so I'm just glad that we're
moving forward with getting the schools up and ready to be open um I thought it was going to be a no-brainer for uh Winding Oaks to be honest with you um and then the Ross Perry Just celebrates the state forest as it it backs up to so
I'm I'm fine with both of them I wish we could put on Tuesday's agenda to get it over with be honest with you I know that' be nice great okay all right well thank you ladies we sure do appreciate it what a fun time it is opening two new elementary schools and we thank you for
your work okay thank you very much we're very excited to continue the work all right is there any public comment at this time okay seeing none Dr gullet will'll move on to our next agenda item absolutely thank you madam chair and on to more about our schools so Mr sis is
coming forward and he is going to be providing an update on the resoning for Liberty and Howard thank you good morning Madam chair co-chair board members Dr gullet attorney Powers Miss Martinez I'm here
today to talk about the Liberty Middle Howard Middle resoning as a review there are three types of resoning technical targeted and relief the rezoning that we're going to talk about today is targeted I mean I'm
sorry is um targeted rezoning which will affect localized overcrowding and limited number of students are affected this is a targeted resoning for Liberty Middle and Howard Middle School this slide shows the potential zone change that would move students from
litery middle to Howard Middle School the map shows two areas identified as Liberty Zone a and Liberty Zone B there are currently 163 as zoned middle school students in these zones this slides outlines the timeline for the Liberty Middle Howard resoning
the initial work session was on January 23rd we held a community stakeholder meeting on March 10th and provided an online form to collect input the results of that input was published on boards today we have the rule development work session and a rule
making public hearing and vote is scheduled for April 22nd this slide shows the proposed attendance zones for Liberty Middle and Howard Middle if approved if it is approved the adjusted attendance boundaries will take effect August 2025 projections are developed using the
growth rate for school zones calculated using a combination of power schools Predictive Analytics and and historic enrollment rates the capacity of schools is determined by the Florida inventory of Schoolhouse fish seats which are determined by the Florida Department of
Education fish seats are adjusted annually as new classroom wings are added or portable classrooms are changed the ulation percentage is schools determined by comparing the student population and available fish seats this slide shows the projected enrollment in utilization percentage of
Liberty and middle Liberty and Howard Middle Schools after the potential resoning please note that the enrollment percentages for Liberty midal do not take into account that Liberty mle will be open for control open enrollment after the potential
resoning targeted resoning is recommended for Liberty Middle and Howard Middle resoning area the next steps include a rule making public hearing and vote scheduled for April 22nd it is recommended that the board adjust approve the adjusted attendance
boundaries for litter Liberty Middle and Howard Middle School it is also recommended that the board approve grandfathering of rising fifth grade grade students I'm sorry eighth grade students without transportation grandfathering allows certain students to remain at their current school
instead of moving to a newly zoned campus if the board approves resoning it will take effect for the 25 26 school year thank you Mr SS um Bard do you have any questions or concerns Dr James yeah I can go first um thank you
for bringing this to the board I know it was a board request to bring this forward after um Reverend Cummings and I participated in community meetings um regarding um NH Jones this came up in those Community meetings um I support
the recommendations from staff um to to approve the adjusted attendance boundaries and also grandfather the eighth graders who will provide their own transportation my only um I have two little
asteris liberty would be open to open and enrollment regardless of the rezoning because their addition of the wing so I just want to make sure that's clear that the reduction of students to Liberty is not creating the Open
Enrollment that regardless of this resoning Liberty is available for open enrollment in August because of the wing addition okay my second um my second statement I will make is that in talking with staff and understanding the
community my understanding is because Liberty will now be available for open enrollment either way there is a influx of students interested in coming from Horizon to Liberty seeing as they are in pretty decent proximity to one
another um this is open enrollment opens now right okay that's what I thought um so and it extends essentially yeah controll open enrollment is open until the third end of the third quarter right of the 2526 school year year and a
school will remain as an option until it reaches 90% capacity once a school's at 90% capacity students are placed on a waiting list right so um the point I want to just make is that when we're looking at um our site based
Staffing ratios we right now have Horizon who is at 1259 and then these numbers put Liberty um at 1063 the 1200 numbers is important in Middle School in secondary schools and
so I just want to I guess make the awareness which I'm sure staff has already aware of that if the students move from Horizon to Liberty we may wind up having to move some additional units from Horizon to Liberty if the student influx moves that way so that's just an
observation I want to make um because that that there may very well and of course this probably wouldn't happen until the 10day um and the conversations that have happened that I've been a part of at Liberty is waiting until we get
through open enrollment and into May because if a 100 Kids move in the next month ahead of next school year like they're not moving now right they'd be moving for August do we then need to do a reduction in units at Liberty because if they're just going to
absorb Horizon students for the loss of the of the students um to Howard then maybe we don't actually need to truly adjust their Staffing plan so I know that was a lot of words to say that but that's just the thought pattern I have and I would love for us to at least consider that
because I would hate to do a reduction in staff that person get placed somewhere else that's really vibing with the team at Liberty and then at the end of May because of open enrollment requests Liberty's back to 1
12200 and then they get the AP back and the other unit back so those are just the thought patterns I have that I would love to be able to at least understand better I hear Mr Morant behind me but I can tell you those conversations are being had that's exactly what I was going to
say Mr Arison I've already discussed that and that's what you shared is similar to the plan that we have that we will leave the Staffing as is at Liberty um because we're anticipating that it will likely be a wash so the kids that go to Howard may be replaced at Liberty
with kids from whether horizon or other schools but we will make the the necessary adjustments for Howard because it will be an addition of St we've talked about looking at that when we come back around now we do a 20-day Count versus the 10day count but that's conversation that Mr SS and I have
previously had okay and last question then so let's just say because you're G to you're so what you're saying is you're not going to make that reduction till the 20-day count then right so then you wouldn't make a reduction at Horizon then until the 20day either because and
some of the convers and I even hate saying this almost now publicly because this was like initial conversation that's where we landed but of course going back and speaking with the team about it because our thought is it won't necessarily just be Horizon kids because if they're doing open correct mayy kids
from all over he's getting interest so um our our biggest thought was not touching Liberty um more than once and waiting until the time well I appreciate that forethought because disrupting a team that's really functional to then
just have to put another person in is is is um not the best approach so I love just keeping it as it is and we'll kind of see how it shakes out um I just worry always about a reduction in staff at other sites and so you know if we see that Horizon has dropped far below the
1200 threshold by May with open enrollment requests coming out of of horizon I would hate to wait until because we always have some level of administrative movement in the summer and I would hate to wait until the 20day to then find a place for someone when
they could have spent the whole summer getting acclimated to a new site um and so that's my just thought pattern on that I and and it's almost like a six in one hand half a dozen in the other so it's either way there's going to be some adjustment the same thing if
we go ahead and make movement with liberty and then we have to you know switch so again our main concern when our we had our conversation was about Liberty because we anticip that would be the biggest question in the shift and we can discuss more about Horizon and other
schools and what that um what that looks like but generally we will do um just taking all of the resoning out of the picture we'll do projections now and then we staff according to the projections principles come with unit requests and um anything outside of the
ratios and then we come back around at the 20-day count okay that's fine thank you okay thank you Dr James anything further from the board that answer my question okay all right so I just want to make sure that
that I'm I'm hearing that we have consensus to approve the rezoning as well as the grandfathering right and again this will be at a public hearing and vote and that'll be effective all right a thank you Mr SS um is there any public
comment okay seeing none Mr s we'll turn it over back over to you good morning again again this is an as a review what we're going to talk about today for high school CCC is relief Zone overcrowding
relief zoning is used to alleviate widespread overcrowding it involves opening of new schools which impacts a large area and a large number of students this slides or relief school rezoning for high school CCC in the southwest part of the county this slide
shows the site plan and Architectural rendering of the new school the high school is scheduled to open in August of 2026 with 2011 student stations with a future expansion of 700 additional student stations this slide outlines the
timeline for high school CCC resoning the initial work session was on January 23rd we held community and stakeholder meetings on February 25th March 3rd and March 4th and provided an online form to collect input the results were published
on board docs today we have a rule development work session and a rule making public hearing and vote are scheduled for May 13th 2025 this map shows the proposed attendance zone for high school CCC and other affected high schools the college
on the map represent the new School boundaries and the back line black lines represent the current boundaries this slide contains a map showing the proposed attendance zone for high school CCC the attendance Zone contains student populations from Belleview high dellan
high and Westport HIgh this slide shows azone students who reside in the proposed addended Zone area and high school they are currently zoned for the number in 80% column indicates the number of students that typically attend their Zone
school this slide shows the proposed attendant zone changes for other high schools the attendant zone changes were proposed to level School enrollment and alleviate overcrowding the chart shows the as Zone students residing in the proposed zone change
areas the number in the 80% column indicates the number of students that typically attend their Zone School again this is a similar slide as before that talks about how projections are developed the capacities of the schools and utilization percentages this slide shows the
projected enrollment of impacted high schools after the zoning changes High School CCC and proposed zoning changes would be effective with the 2627 school year shown in yellow the 2526 six school year is listed to provide a baseline enrollment
for projections please note the high school CCC is listed twice both with and without the completed third floor for the additional student stations the next step for the proposed zoning chain tricycle cc is the rule making public hearing and
vote scheduled currently for May 13th if approved the zoning change will be effective for the 2627 school year recommended board action is to approve the attendance boundaries for high school CCC and the adjusted
attendance boundaries for Belleview dellen Forest North Maran and Westport HIgh also recommended board action is to prove the grandfathering of rising 12th grade students without transportation again grandfathering
allows certain students to remain at the current school instead of moving to a newly Zone campus additionally recommended board action is to approve students currently enrolled in a designated school choice magnet program to remain without
transportation the designated academic Choice programs are listed here for each school so we now have okay thank you Mr s board you have any um questions or concerns yes Dr James um so a couple things thank you for this
work and and clarifying all of these um components this is going to be um a great opportunity to fill up some of our schools that are less I mean a restructuring of high school has has been kind of necessary and we've been waiting for this High School new high
school to open when I look at the 2627 utilization then what I see is that the only school that would be available for open enrollment would be North Maran and every other high school would be capacity um or not available for open enrollment um the question I have
regarding programs um and we've had this conversation in a couple different ways if I am zoned for Belleview and I do not apply for the Ace Program well I'm um and I'm not saying this like I know the answer I'm truly
asking if I am if I am a sophomore and I am participating in the Ace magnet program but I am zoned for Belleview so I didn't apply for the program am I a student in the Ace Program yes yes oh yes I'm I'm sorry I
was okay yes so so when I when we're looking at when we're looking at rezoning let's say I'm a student that will be rezoned to high school CCC I'm able to stay because I while I was zoned for Belleview I didn't
necessarily apply for the ace program but once I got there they're like you're a bright kid we should put you in the Ace Program because that happens that is staff's recommendation that they allow that we do track and code kids that are in a magnet program regardless of either
out of area or in zone so in order to be in a choice magnet program we request that everybody apply whether they're zoned or not just so that we can have a good number but if you're zoned in in the program and the school puts you in the program we do track that and they
are labeled as that okay thank you that was the clarifying question I had um I think that it's going to be interesting to see how the numbers shake out transportation is a or the lack thereof is a tricky component for a lot of
families and so um I do believe that we cannot continue to Bus kids um all around the county and so if we're going to allow them to remain they're going to have to provide their own transportation um and I I look forward
to being a problem solver if that means maybe we add a hub stop or we just kind of trying to think through some Creative Solutions if needed um but uh I I think that this is the way that we navigate forward for sure um what this would mean
then is a potentially smaller senior class if seniors intend to remain would that be an accurate statement at high school CCC I believe yes I mean yes so if senior if seniors intended to remain at their base school and not be rezoned
we're potentially looking at a smaller senior class and I'm going to try and find the most graceful way to put this but students whose parents are more involved the data reflects that they academically are
higher performers that's just kind of global data statement I would like to know in a in the future in the next year what staff's plan is for addressing the grad rate at high school CCC the first year because
if the students whose parents are highly involved and can transport them choose to keep them at their base school and not rezone them their senior year then we may wind up having a subset of students the first year at high
school CCC that potentially and maybe not even just the first year it could be a couple years if they are the ace the IB kids and they're staying at their base school what what are we going to do from a curriculum perspective to ensure that we're meeting the graduation rate
expectations um in those Juniors and seniors and so I can tell you those conversations are already being had as we develop the high school the zoning process all departments are involved yeah that I can tell you that very has come up and so it is on okay I just look
forward to that future conversation we had um okali Charter High come before us recently and understanding the numbers in the denominator conversation you can put yourself in a pretty significant deficit if it's not strategically done the right way um and the last thing we would want is to open a high school and
it underperformed due to a numbers and a statistician issue and not necessarily the the true students that are at the school so I look forward to that continued conversation I'm in support of the plan as presented uh and that's all I got on it
thank you Dr James anyone else sure sure why not I'll speak on it a bit so I I know that we are far in this process and really today is to solidify so it gets on our board
agenda I I understand the process but I also know that the reason for having Community meetings is so that we get the feedback and the fact that some of these comments from those not just that attended but also provided
feedback is to say do we even have a say in this well if they don't have a say then what's the point of having Community meetings other than just letting them know what the school board is intending to do just a generalized statement
again I see the most concern of the comments and how many total did we receive I don't 80 something on this sheet I'm looking at um the majority of the com comments I'm seeing deals specifically
with like a Belleview Heights section of zoned for Belleview High School the ace question obviously and there's other comments in here about my my child's approved for Rock Band at Westport okay well those are extenuating circumstances
I I appreciate all of that but I I do here's where my question is and you may or may not know the answer to this and I don't know if anyone in the room does I don't know if if um uh Casey knows this or not my question is do we
have the timeline for when the county intends to start and complete the flyover that goes directly outside of this high school and here's the justification for that this is going to be a significant
change for families who are only having the option of taking 484 in from and they have always gone to Belleview High and history of their family my in-laws live at in summerglen and so I'm probably going to say that over the
course of the next year so you guys my in-laws live in summerglen so this is out their back gate the high school is I know that there are more than 50 homes for sale in Summerland right now so if there's anybody out there 55 plus and have kids you want to move into summerglen there's 55 homes for sale um
because of of all of this um but I I say all of that to say we know there's a road we know the county putting it in we know that they've specified that we get a roundabout instead of a stop a traffic light but do we have any idea on that timeline it's not going to be by August
2026 but for the community to understand we know that this is coming granted our timeline's ahead of the counties do we know if it's in the next five years or is it going to be 20 years like do we know that anybody have a clue on what
the County's projection is on that road don't want to speak for Casey I believe I don't know that we know that at this time okay um I've had several conversations with parents that live in that area and of course there they they do Express frustration um but we're
building a high school for 50 years out absolutely so I would caution about trying to make a decision for today that would affect 50 years from now per se no absolutely and that's not the the reason for my question is to basically say the school board is aware of the 484
challenges we also are aware the County's decision and timeline on to build the road that we're building our high school on is not in our purview so perhaps families on that side go to your County Commissioners and ask for that to be expedited I mean because everybody
knows this is coming everybody knows we've had this land for 10 plus years 20 years whatever that this is coming and we've been talking about this for more than a year I I want the community and the families to know we hear you we see you we know that 48 before as a nightmare we don't have any control over
that what we do have control over is the land we purchased for the high school and the number of students that that's going to be built for and all the amazing programs that are going to be there that you're going to want your kids there and all of that uh that's just where I am because I I do I I hear
these families that are super concerned now if they are applying to be in Choice programs in other schools and they provide their own transportation go for it I please but and you can correct me on this but I heard a statistic yesterday and not directly from anyone
at the school that the incoming Freshman Class of biew high school is 600 students I don't know that to be accurate but that that's a big number when they're used to graduating classes in the 400s so that's a that's next year
so that's before we do all this obviously because August 2026 is when this is coming um the other couple of comments I I see about some movement to dellen and you know we may be after this all comes out and and comes out in the wash and we have a year or two to sit on
this we may have to revisit this again depending on programming that we put in other locations and how that all works out I I Envision us getting this in place understanding it's coming 2026 understanding we're having grandfathered
students that we're going to do a bit of that but then we might have to revisit it what worked and what didn't work in a year or two after that I would agree 100% with that because we look at things annually right and so projections are that projections and so we can be the
best Steward of taxpayer dollars and land and students what's best for students but we have to readdress this annually and Maring county is getting to the point to where we haven't done a lot of reasoning because we haven't needed to but we're getting to the point where yes we are to that point where rezoning
is going to have to be addressed annually and so I would like to put that out there publicly as well so that the community knows that this is an annual process it is just because something is rezoned doesn't mean it's going to be there for the next 20 years well and and thank you for that the other thing I'll say to this board and just as
conversation I've been having with this Boston Ellis and with our lobbyists and others we see all kinds of things coming down and the ffp and what the changes are the legislator is recommending and the cuts here and the cuts there and what I want our delegates to know and this is for all of you board to know and
when we're there next week we can talk to them about it what I want their our delegates to know is at the high school level Maran County doesn't have very many options so when you're thinking employ or you're thinking family empowerment scholarship I know right now
four incoming freshmen coming to Bellevue High School Ace Program that are coming from the private school and that's just for just because I'm affiliated with a family there are probably dozens if not hundreds that are coming into to us because at the end of
the day Maran County public schools high schools are where it's at you want to be here you want to be a part of what we have going on which is a great great thing to say it's a great selling point for us in our community there aren't other choice options for them and so at
the high school level especially some of the changes that are coming around with the AP and IB and all the things that they're proposing for our delegation they need to know there's nowhere for anybody else to go you're making significant cuts to the kids you are giving found family empowerment scholarships too because they're wanting
to come to to our Public Schools so I I thank you for that Mr SS if if we are able and we don't need it right now but if we are able to get a timeline from the county I think that would be helpful for the community to be aware we hear your challenges it's not a challenge we
can solve but here's what the county has told us so if you have an incoming freshman at the new high school but you also have an elementary school child perhaps by the time that Elementary School child is at new CCC there will be another alternate route and so that
that's what I wanted to say thank you I can we have a high school CCC resoning page that will still remain and I will work with the county and get some timelines not only for the 484 completion project but the flyover and we can put a link to that on that High School CCC so we can put it out there
thank you Mr s appreciate that thank you um Mr S I just want to say one more thing um thank you for your work this is a long process um got to see you a lot at rezoning meetings we got to see a lot of each
other um and your team that goes with you um so I just want to acknowledge that we you have a team of Staff um that attends all of these evening meetings to meet and not only does he do a whole group presentation um but then visits
you know independently with groups you know and sets of parents and so um if you take the opportunity to show up and and come to a meeting um a lot of your questions were answered I I feel like a lot of people walked away happy they
knew knew a lot more um and understood where the resources were so thank you for the work of your team and Miss Boston Ellis was there I'm trying to remain remember who else was well I appreciate the comments and I know my staff is watching and I want to especially thank Mr Stan Jacobs he
doesn't want me to say this but I could not do what I do without Stan Jacobs he's my G GIS mapping person but also Mike Velasquez and Abigail Garcia in my office they showed up in for Spanish interpretation that we had I know Dr gullet was at all our meetings um so I
do appreciate the support that we received in this but thank you well thank you very much is there any board comment oh one thing I'm sorry I I just because I know I was talking so much about the Belleview situation or whatever the the other thing I want to say because in a part of this Forest and
Lake We There is a rezoning issue happening there and those are the two schools that are in district one that I represent I understand the the folks that may uh be questioning the need for that move I would say it's one of those things we're going to look at annually and see what it looks like we've got to
relieve some pressure off of Forest High School and when we're rezoning everything this is the time to do it and so uh I I appreciate the comments and the concerns that the families are having certainly we'll have the grandfathering you know some of that but
um this is this is a needed move that we need to make and I think it'll be a lot more palatable when we have the new lakee Middle School in the shores and then you'll essentially just go to school on the other side of mar Camp Road you know on on the other side of mar Camp Road on other side of Baseline
Road and all your schooling will be done on that side of the road and it won't be that big of a of an issue for everyone but uh these are growing pains and so here we go thanks all right thank you yes Reverend Cummings Mr SS um thank you you for um this presentation but I want
to commend you for being brave on what you said earlier that we're going to have to have these conversations about redistricting um and Zoning every year that's important to put out there now um so that that means we're going to continue to have some changes and as uh
Dr Campbell just said these are growing pains often times we we're not um we're not looking at the fact that some of these schools as they're as they're gr up more and more people are moving to Maran County more and more people coming to Maran County and so with that we're
going to we're going to have to make those adjustments of those hard decisions um every year so I appreciate you for being bold enough to stand there and say that and uh please tell your team um thank you because I know it's a lot of work in trying to cut this thing
right and to get it right first time um it's it's never going to be 100% there's always going to be somebody that's dissatisfied but you guys are doing the best we can do with what we got so thank you okay all right thank you before I move on I just want to make sure that I
wrap it all up so I'm hearing consensus that we're going to approve the tenants boundaries as presented we're going to approve the grandfathering of 12th grade students and we're going to approve the students remaining in designated academic programs to be able to remain
yes y we had a second work session that i' scheduled we will not have if I'm hearing consensus and all that and then this will go forward on May 13th all right it always makes me happy when we get to something off the list that doesn't usually happen Okay thank you with that any
public comment okay seeing none I think Mr SS you're staying with us and we're going to the next agenda item this is a this is a happy one all right um again Madame chair
Pastor co-chair board members Dr gullet attorney power M Martinez I'm here to present Marian Charter School's renewal application I have Michelle axam next to me she is the principal of that school Maran County public schools has a process for current charter schools to
apply for Renewal the charters are assisted throughout the process to ensure understanding of the renewal requirements and a timeline for approval Carter schools must submit their application before the current contract expires evaluation is based on academic performance
Financial stability and compliance with state laws schools with persistent deficiency May face non-renewal the required documentation includes a completed Maring County Public Schools renewal application developed in accordance with Florida Department of
Education and financial documents using mcps approved templates for this renewal cycle applications must have been submitted by the designated deadline of December 12th 2014 or 20 24 Maring Charter is the only
School up for Renewal and they did meet that deadline applications go through a undergo a formal review process that includes the assessment of academic results Financial practices and overall school performance a Schoolboard vote
determines the renewal status with that vote there are three possible outcomes approval means the school continues operations and A Renewed contract is developed conditional approval the school must meet additional requirements or denial
the school may be appealed or prepare for closure mcps staff evaluated the Marian Charter School's renewal application using a formal review process outlined in Florida Statutes one 2.33 and determined that it met all criteria for
Renewal the application and valuation instrument have been uploaded to board docs the official board do the official board vote on the renewal application is scheduled for April 22nd Miss axim is here this morning to answer any questions that you may
have all right thank you board any questions comments concerns I mean we I feel like we saw you in an update not too awful long ago we know the great things that you're doing at Maran tartal and I just
appreciate being a choice again for for students in that Silver Springs area that I just talked about so um we love the relationship or I love we love the relationship with Maran charter school and the work that you're doing there and and that is an option for families that has been a very successful one so I see
absolutely no reason why we wouldn't renew this application yes thank you yes I concur I think that um Maring County doesn't have a lot of Charter options and most of the ones that we have are exceptional and um I think it it really
highlights that those that are going into the charter space in Maring County are doing a really wonderful job so I don't know why we've messed up a good thing and certainly we have nowhere over in that area to put those kiddos anyways so you are allowing us along with Ina colon and some others to really
alleviate some space and capacity issues that we have within our own system so thank you thank you all right well thank you it looks like we have consensus and we're excited to have you with us for another year all
right just to followup since we do have consensus this will be on the April 22nd agenda under the consent to approve this and then we'll go into contract quote negotiations for the contract it is required that we use the State Board recommended contract um I do know after
discussion with Marian Charter that they will be seeking a 15-year contract um that they do have the academic performance because they want to build land they want to build permanent buildings on their land so the really the only change to the state contract that will be presented to the board for approval will be a 15-year contract okay
W that's exciting yeah okay yes Dr James unrelated to this my only question actually request would be could we get an an email to the board that updates all of our Charters and where they are in their timeline for renewals and um just kind of their their own independent
Cycles like a little table um we don't have a lot of them we obviously have all shared concerns about one in particular and so I would just love to know when are they due for renewals um and that kind of just a little snapshot would be helpful and we do have the annual report of charter schools that are coming up I
believe on the 16 17th I believe but I will send to the board yeah if ahead of that conversation that'd be super helpful just to have the perspective thank you thank you um is there any public
comment okay seeing none um we are item on item 10.1 with which has been with Brawn start and stop bell times for 2025 2026 so um we're going to pass on that and move on to our next item 11.1 the
superintendent search procedures and at this time um can I just I want to the withdrawn item is it possible to just make a comment about that I don't know if that's I just want to make a a board comment about it and I can save it to my comments if that's more appropriate but I it's been withdrawn but if you want to
make a um okay I just um my understanding is it's looking at two specific schools and I just have concerns regarding the human beings that will be
affected if the changes that I believe are in the hopper occur and because those human beings will now have missed involuntary transfer and now they will miss voluntary transfer so if those units are cut at those schools because
they go from seven to a six period day what is the course of action for those individuals and based on this timeline they already would have missed involuntary transfer so we were already too late in my opinion to have this discussion because they were already
missing in voluntary transfer and I was the board member who asked for it to be withdrawn because there was no attachment as of Tuesday at 2 o'cl and so that is not transparent to the community as to what this change could look like and so I um with implicating
my one of my schools on the North End and so I just want to understand maybe let's stop there because we we don't need to withdraw it and discuss it right I mean let's move it to your board there's a lot of that's fine I can do it in my comment okay I mean frankly we
needed to give them the opportunity to respond and come with answers if we were withdrawing it so if we're withdrawing let's just withdraw and I thought you were just making a statement um for uh that's the reason for yeah I mean my I want to know what we're going to do for
the employees who missed okay transfer Windows okay when it comes back up and it's on the docket properly then we'll have it we'll discuss it in full okay and with that um Miss Morant is going to come forward and share with us some
ideas on the superintendent search good morning Miss Morant morning again Madam Madam chair can we can we is it the superintendent search or the inter superintendent search I'm sorry is it the superintendent search or is it the interim
superintendent search it's the there's two different interim superintendent search sorry that's what it um says on the agenda item but yes it is the interim superintendent search well the agenda says superintendent search procedures right is what it says so that is not I think that's because the
direction Dr Campbell asked for there to be a standing item called superintendent search procedures which is why I think of the the vagueness is because that was the the direction the board gave this specific item is really about interim superintendent but Dr Campbell and maybe
we're going to have a greater conversation about all of it but Dr Campbell specifically said superintendent search procedures be a standing item so that we never found ourselves wanting to discuss it and couldn't talk about it perfect thank you just want for the record for for everybody to understand that this is not about the
superintendent per se this is about the interim great great clarification so with that good morning Miss Mor and I think more accurately if I may also just to help add on to that it's about the position of superintendent and interim
superintendent not specifically about our current superintendent it's about this position and where we find ourselves with the need for um of replacement so yeah I know things can get very sensitive and mean a lot of things to different people but we're
trying to our goal I believe has been for the board wanted to have set on the agenda a regular meeting place in a regular time for us to discuss those relevant issues and there will be a swirl of them which overlap that sound fair and accurate I
agree it does so we'll we'll we'll be tossing things into that mix each time some of which may deal with interim some of which may deal with fsba or or rfps or any other th those things just to just to make sure that we are regularly
having discourse about it okay thank thank you attorney Powers all right Miss Maran I'm going to turn it over to you so I'm here to share a proposed timeline for the interim superintendent search you've each
received a handout outlining the outlining the process but I'm going to walk us through it so to streamline candidate submissions I will create a Google doc where interested applicants can upload their resume along with the names and contact information of three
references the submission window would be open from Friday tomorrow April 4th and then close on Thursday April 11th at 5:00 p.m. I will then send an email um part of this I'm sorry during this process on tomorrow I'll send an email
to mcps personnel and information will also be posted on the district's website that includes a link in instructions for submission on Friday April 12th I will compile the submitted information into a summarized spreadsheet which will be
updated to to upload it to board docs for the April 17th work session additionally board members will receive an email containing the spreadsheet along with the candidates resumés and reference details board members will then have time between April 12th and
April 17th to independently review and vet the candidates as they see fit during the April 17th work session the board will discuss the candidates and select an interim superintendent Beyond seeking consensus today on the proposed
timeline we are also asking the board to set a date and time during the week of April 28th for a special meeting to vote on the interim superintendent's contract the anticipated start date for the interim superintendent would be May 5th
with the appointment lasting until a permanent superintendent is hired currently projected for spring 2026 um so at this time I will turn it back over to you chair Conrad for discussions and next steps okay um thank
you Miss Morant there was quite a bit of discussion um that she and I had and trying to meet um the needs or the asks from each board member um and so some board members wanted us just to select
someone and some board members wanted more of an accountability piece and so we tried to find something that was in the middle and so this submission Miss Maria will you talk a little bit of what that would look like visually on our website that they would submit well you correct me if I'm wrong they would
submit their name and they would upload their resume correct so we would create a or I would create a Google doc and so they were able to just like chair Conor said um submit a click on the link and it would bring them to information to fill out that simply has their name
their current position current employer um as well as a spot that they can list the name and contact information of three references and then they would upload a copy of their resume and so that would be owned by me I would collect the information compil it to be
able to present to um of course send that information to board members as well as a um spreadsheet that we would upload to Bard dos for the public to review as well and so Reverend Cummings I know transparency was extremely important to you and so with um the
portal open to anyone that would want to submit their name for this position Miss Morant would be the only one who would have access to that and then we would all receive that information at the same time um I thought that was a fair uh compromise and I hope that
fellow board members do too and so I'm prepared to get your input all right Reverend Cummings is ready so um in all this and thank you for bringing this forward um and all of this is just I don't see where this is either open
internal or is this it's it would be open internal and external so we would send an email to mcps Personnel so everyone with mcps knows but also G to get with Kevin so we can um post like a one pager on our splash screen on the
website so it would be open to external candidates as well and that link anyone would be able to click on the link and you know upload their resume and attach their or include their references any specific criteria that we put on there for
people who these applicants we have any specific set criteria screening criteria and that was a question I had um because certainly if um 50 people apply and 48 of them are unqualified to
be superintendent are you going to take that on your own accord to screen or is this board setting a level of screening requirements based on P past work experience before they make it to the board because I for one I do not want to go through 50 uh 48 unqualified
applications to find the two qualified so and really it's up to you but I I can make a suggestion um and I should have brought it with me but if you have your laptops you can pull it up we can take a look at the current job description for the superintendent and we can use those
minimum requirements or if you have minimum requirements you would like us to like us like me to screen out for certainly can um it really is the board's pleasure but I agree with not bringing all of those forward and filling some type of obligation to
discuss those publicly um so my recommendation would be to use the minimum criteria that we have in place on the superintendent's JD and board I would make a suggestion to you that you ask that those
requirements be nothing more than the statutory or um certification minimums whatever is required by Statute whatever's required because otherwise by you're making decisions of who you're
screening in or out of a pool so there are minimum qualifications which are set by Statute and I'm sure M Mor is familiar with what those are um but you may have a highly qualified applicant from one area that is not you know that
that doesn't meet certain other criteria that we might find desirable but has excels another criteria I think that that's why my recommendation would be to use the minimum requirements that are on the the J that we've already board approved that was why I asked that question that would be my recommendation
no want to get any trouble legally yeah well and we have a board approved JD so let's just use the board approved job description as the screening criteria I mean it's 5 years of documented successful leadership experience um as determined and verified by the
appointing local school board examples include but are not limited to and it lists a few um track record for Success required in leading multiple strategic initiatives Coalition and relationship building leading significant cross functional initiatives and leading and achievement oriented and then working directly with elected officials
superintendents executive cabinet Etc so an alternative would be a combination of formal education training and experiences that demonstrate expertise in leadership and management so I feel comfortable using the JD as the screening criteria Reverend Cummings
you're comfortable with that okay Dr Campbell um I'm fine with that being the criteria for the interim I am not fine with the timeline and I can explain why but I don't know if we're ready to talk about that part all part of the conversation isn't it um yeah well it is
it is part of the conversation I mean I I think um yeah let's let's like check this JD let's check the qualification box and then we can move on to other component is that is that worthy K process is okay we're in agreeance on the process and now we're going to talk
about the timeline can I I just want to also clarify and I know I think we all came to or you all came to consensus that we would use the minimum requirements on the JD the information that I share through board doogs and also to you all I will
only include the candidates that have met that minimum qualific requirements I just want us to be on the same page with that that's your screen corre so you're only going to present forward to the public and the board the people who have met the screening requirements correct
yes I I for one appreciate that now I I don't think we're going to have an overwhelming amount of applicants but there may be some individuals in the community who understand feeling frisky and if they don't meet our JD requirements then I don't think a public discussion about
the lack of meeting the J requirements is necessary and it would put the board in a bad position okay right so I'm going to turn it over to Dr Campbell to discuss timeline concerns thank you I I am trying frantically to get my hands on
the statute so I I wanted to read it directly statute language but you all will realize that during graduations every year the superintendent reads direct from the statute that it is the superintendent's legal responsibility to
confer diplomas because we have an appointed superintendent having a superintendent and an interim superintendent that both report to the board simultaneously I believe does not meet
statutory requirements the difference in having an elected superintendent or having a deputy superintendent that would step into that role is elected superintendent is an elected official they may operate differently they can do different things
and so I again I'm trying to get my hands on statute I've I've sent an email to attorney Powers I'm like there there is a direct statute that that speaks to conferring diplomas and with that being said in an appointed superintendent
model both employees would report to us and us only it would not be when we've had a superintendent with an employee a deputy superintendent that in her absence has been able to confer those I believe if we have two employees of the board
simultaneously with a central the same legal responsibility that's a conflict of Statute and so my recommendation is that the anticipated start date is immediately following our final graduation great I appreciate that recommendation attorney Powers is isn't
there another statute that states that the superintendent can be superintendent On Assignment so our interim superintendent would step up but the superintendent would finish certain required duties um and also be available
for transition with the um interim superintendent please give me statute yeah I don't have Statute in front of me what I can tell you is that you can uh the superintendent can be assigned to be the superintendent On Assignment which means she has specific
statutory duties that person would be designated to complete all all statutory duties an interim superintendent I completely concur with what Dr Campbell is saying is that you would essentially then have two people in a competing ENT
uh uh a competing position who would essentially be co-s superintendents which the statute does not call for so what you what would have to happen is the board would have to designate and delegate one of them to be the person who meets all and it's not just diplomas
diplomas small on the list there's there's a number of statutory reports there's a number of statutory things that the superintendent is required by law to do and one of those two people if both were present simultaneously if that were the case one
of those two people would have to be designated as the person whose responsibility this is and whomever that is whether in an appointed in an elected superintendent we know that because of the voter in an appointed superintendent the appointment
matters the current superintendent is the appointed superintendent and until that appointment has shifted then that person who you might call an interim superintendent is really a deputy superintendent is not an appointed
superintendent until the statutory roles swap so happens on July 11th well or or by decision for the board to choose to have the superintendent be
placed I'm not making suggestions I'm saying if that it's not only that what Dr Campbell's envisioning that is one potential solution there are other ways to do this as well so I thank you um I
wanted to share so it occurred to me on Tuesday morning as I was praying um for guidance about what to do and lots of things and I lacked specificity which you know if you you can chuckle at God so um it occurred to me that I had not
had a conversation with Dr gullet about what she wanted um and I couldn't speak for the rest of the board because I obviously we are not talking about it but I knew that I had not and so I reached out and Dr gold and I had a phone conversation yesterday and I I
wanted to know what Dr gullet wanted to do um and I wanted to understand you know for starters and one of the questions I've presented to um Miss marant which has then gone through the chain is how much time does Dr gullet have and does she want to use her
time well she has no intention of using any of her time and she's working very tirelessly to accomplish the work that needs to get done so at some point this board will have to talk about the financial package that we will have to put together for Dr gullet when she leaves the district on July 11th because
she will be do a six figure amount of money for her time and benefits and other contractual things that she's um required by and I do think this board should know that Financial impact because $100,000 or more is a position and so we should know that um I asked Dr
gullet how she felt about the June 1st date and what she shared with me was she's going to continue to work tirelessly and get the work of the district done and she is ready and willing to work with the next person that comes in and work collaboratively
with them to make decisions so June 1st is a date but there is not a date that she thinks there's the transition needs to happen she plans to be here until July 11th and she's going to work hand in hand with whoever is our intrum to accomplish all of the tasks um that need
to get accomplished and so however we label people so that these two individuals because we have not had a deputy in eight months and if we had a deputy this this wouldn't be such a convoluted conversation because it would be a little bit more direct as to what
we would do next so I asked about the deputy and she said she had no intention of hiring a deputy until the interim takes place but the quicker we hire an interim the quicker the interim can hire a deputy which would mean more hands on deck to to start solving the problems
that we need to address because we have a lot of big lifts throughout this district and Dr gullet is not intending to hire a deputy until the inum hires the deputy because the interim is the person who will live with the deputy and Dr gullet will leave the district and
the interim will then hold the deputy accountable and so one of the things that a more timely appointment of an interim would allow whatever the title has to to be we can call it an interim superintendent and a superintendent On Assignment we can call it I don't I don't care what we have to call it but
the quicker we appoint an interim the quicker they can then hire a deputy to then put us in a more advantageous position to get things taken care of the last thing I asked Dr gullet was what do would you have an opinion on the internal versus the external candidate
and she said she was definitely not getting in the middle of the board's decision about this but what she left me with was that felt very confident in the people we have right here in Maring County and that are working in this organization so I we can do this if it's
necessary and it makes the the whole board feel um comfortable but I believe that the some of the individuals within our organization will apply and they are more than capable and I believe that whatever we have to call them this timeline
reflects getting them in so they can then appoint a deputy because it doesn't have to be a hired posting it can actually be an appointment they can appoint a deputy and we can start really addressing our organizational chart our budget and looking at how we need to
move things around and I feel very confident that Dr gullet is going to work collaboratively with whoever that person is to have a an effective timely transition um and so I think that kind of sums up my thoughts on it but I don't
I think we're over complicating it and I don't think it has to be be um as complicated as other than title specifics which I just I think Miss Maran and attorney Powers maybe need to figure out what we're what we're titling the interim versus the superintendent
and and or the superintendent On Assignment or what that looks like but I believe that the superintendent and the interim will continue to go to meetings together Dr gullet made it clear to me that staff is making decisions about Staffing and and she is really
empowering staff to make decision ision because they're the ones that are going to be here to to live out those decisions and so I feel confident that she's going to hold hands with the next person and they're going to solve problems and she's going to be very strategic and use her brain to give us
all the Insight we need and we we can continue to move forward so that's my thought on it um I don't know why Dr Culler can't still go to graduation if Dr gullet wants to go to graduation and or they both go to graduation I don't I'm not hung up on either of those
whatever that looks like that doesn't to me those are nuances we figure out um but yeah so that's my thought on it and just one thing I I'll share with you board one of the one of the reasons um the timeline is is tight as it is is
because I don't know if you visited with staff um I've visited with a lot of Staff um and they're they are anxious and so this allows us um to have this problem solved and just like Dr James
said we can work out um the intricate pieces of it but our staff can feel a sense of relief that that person has been hired and they know who is going to be steering the ship until we fi hire a superintendent the final seat so that
was a consideration also for me as Miss Morant worked on this timeline so um I kind of need everybody to chime in on where you stand mam chair um the superintendent when she gave us
her her announcement her decision about um moving forward moving on she stated that she would be here to July 11 um so I think and and she does not um she does not relegate her her her um
job by saying that she's going to be here to July 11th uh graduation is still within that time frame she has a statutory right to stand at graduation this is her last graduating class from Maran County School Board I understand what Dr Kim is
saying it looks like you have competing entities trying to figure out which one we going to do but statutorily right now it's the superintendent's perview to be able to stand there and confer or any of her designates cuz she can designate someone
else and but we can't and and and and we we we have I've done them I've conferred them before so um I don't think that's a that that should be an issue of holding up a timeline I think we should still move forward because what's happening is we're creating unnecessary anxiety
within the district by not putting someone getting de seat settled and then having a complete um transition or period of transition because um decisions have to be made for next year for next school term we need to have people in place if we don't need to keep
waiting um for um some pie in the sky situation to happen we just need to do what we need to do because the work has to continue the kids got to still be settled the staff need to be settled and I think once we move forward um we'll be okay I don't I'm it doesn't matter to me
whom the superintendent designates or if she does it at the graduations that's that's not that that's that's important but it's not going to sit and stop the work and I just based on my conversation with her she see she's very committed to finishing the work here so I think that
a superintendent would participate in graduation so again let's figure out the titles and whatever the nuances of the titles are and I think the inum will be working hand inand with the superintendent and then July 11th the
interim officially becomes has the superintendent Authority or whatever that stroke of a wand is and then we keep moving forward and then we start school and we start a superintendent search we get through the summer we start school and we start a superintendent search all right thank you anything else
to add uh Dr Campbell uh sure I was going to say I I really was hoping that um board member thrower would have been able to hear or be a part of any of this conversation that we've just had because we initially said we were going to take a break at 11 o' and that's when we were
going to have this conversation after that but that's okay um moving on so I I too I am I am dedicated board if you haven't already caught wind of it I've spoken directly with 21 principles and I intend to reach out to the rest of the
principles in the district I have very specific questions I'm asking them and uh getting feedback from all of them the primary concern that I've heard or that has been a misnomer is that Dr gullet is
just coasting through the next three months and that is something I have tried to reassure everyone that if they think that that's what's happening then they don't know her work ethic or her Integrity or what she intends to do to ensure this district is set up for success for her
successor and so I know she's spending countless hours in budget meetings countless hours she was in a principal lead meeting this week she's got book studies going on she's she wants to ensure that this district is set up for success for her success
accessor and so please rest assured anyone out there it's still business as usual there there's I I understand that people may be concerned about next school year but every decision that has to be made about next school year cannot
be made apart from this board every hiring decision every principal move every part of the district Staffing plan every budgetary line item this board has to approve every single one of those
so I understand people are nervous and they're upset and they're they're concerned what oh my what are we going to do well I the sky hasn't fallen we still have a leader in place who is and has set the direction of this district for the last five
years and we're continuing to move forward and she's working just as hard today as she did four years ago so with that being said um I too have spoken with her so I don't want to make it sound like the board hasn't spoken with Dr gullet and
certainly she's going to be doing whatever whatever's best for this district and if that means that this board comes to consensus today that this is the timeline we're using and this is the process that we're using um I'm grateful we didn't have three names
uttered out of a board member's mouth last week uh I think that would have really upended this whole process process um there are names that are floating that everybody knows and I can assure you that whenever I present another
option I haven't had one single person that hasn't been ecstatic about it and that's not somebody's name that everybody's been hearing so um I I I've had very emotional responses from principles in a very positive way so my
hope is that we by going through this process of requesting candidates essentially submit a public record saying that they want this position for an interim that we haven't designated how long that will be my hope is that we do get all the
people that really can do the job in the interim phase um again if we reach consensus that this quote unquote person that's going to take over for a period of time is um starting on May 5th and that's
consensus I I I guess I can move along with that personally I I still like the June date and the justification for that for me are some of the reasons that I've mentioned um if it is an internal candidate they're already a part of all these things that we've been talking
about anyway they're already a part of these hours long budget meetings where hard work is being done um that will impact the Staffing plan that will impact The Five-Year Plan work plan facility ities so all of that work is already
being done and our internal folks are a part of that so um I I can get on board with May 5th but I don't like it that's because it consensus means all consensus doesn't mean majority consensus means all and we
haven't heard from board member thrower um but even if we went with a June date again as I said even if we went with a June date they would still have five weeks at least potentially maybe even six with our superintendent side by side with school out being able to really
know what all this looks like and um that's why I am most comfortable with that still Madam chair thank you Dr Campbell um I just I I just want to reiterate that I I haven't heard from any board member um that anybody thinks
or assumes or has stated that Dr gullet is not continuing to to work um diligently to help move this District forward so I just want to say that for for the public and for our staff I haven't that accusation is not not true
um I think every single board member up here knows I mean she's been in meetings with Teresa till 6 or 7 o'clock every night this week so nobody is doubting the dedication of the superintendent that we have this board member is interested in making a smooth transition
where there is plenty of time um for collaboration uh for mentorship um because we are a very large District we have a lot of students and a lot of employees there's a lot of material um to go over uh bringing some
someone new into that position and so I just wanted to reiterate that uh board member thrower we're glad that you made it back I going turn it into you turn it over to you for some comments Madam chair before Miss thow I just got a question and I'm just asking for clarity
um because um something Dr Campbell said for my understanding none of us as board members are submitting any names no no okay okay I just want to I asked that because it it almost came up last week and then I want to make sure that we
keep this process as clean and transparent as very as possible I don't think we ought to interfere uh if a person wants to apply put their Nam their name they have every right to but not with us bringing forth any names across this diets because it it it
taints this process I just want to make sure that we all in agreement on that Rend Cummings I just I took very seriously the asks from each board member up here when I met with Miss rant and my goal was to come up with
something that everyone was comfortable it may not be exactly what you wanted but I tried to make sure that what things that were important to you were included in this process and so anybody who wants to apply they have to go and
apply themselves we are not involved in the process until we receive the spreadsheet with the information that miss mirand is going to provide I asked that because I there needs to be no unfair endorsement from board members agreed agreed and since it's been
brought up twice if I can just my in my intention of of of having names ready was mirroring the process that our neighboring District took to get their Su their interim superintendent which was their their chair asked them to come with names they
all said names they picked an interim and that's how they moved forward so my preparation was based on the way of work for a district that we neighbor so I didn't say the names and here we are agreed and that
for me that was the same case um in neighboring districts it was a very simple process and the board did bring forward names and that was it was very clear at our last meeting that that is not what this board me wanted and so we are moving in a definite different direction and so with that uh board
member thrower thank you um and I'll rewatch the beginning of this conversation to catch myself up as much as I can my first question is I have this paper
sitting here and and who is it submitted by Miss Mor it was a collaboration between Miss Morant and I okay thank you and if you asked us to bring names a
week or so ago I must have missed that no I didn't it was discussed and it was found that that was not um what the board wanted and what I was just stating is the research I had done that is what other districts had had done to move
forward it was clear to me and Miss Morant agreed that that is not what this board wanted to do and so this process does not look like that okay I just want to make sure I didn't miss anything because I didn't remember you bringing forward no any names but yet names were brought forward so were not brought
forward um names were ready to be brought forward until that conversation was shut down no what I said was I have three names nam I will share them if the board wants or I will not if the board doesn't that's almost my exact quote names were not brought
forward our chair did not ask us to bring any names forward so let's get the train back on the track now that I understand that this form has been submitted with a collaboration from Miss
Mor and from our board chair is that correct that's correct okay all right so as I look down through this um one of the questions I have is May 5th how was that date
arrived we ve very simply we just calendered we attempted to calendar how many days for publishing and what would need to happen to move on to the next event okay and is Dr gullit's departure
date um still as she stated yes July 11th yes ma'am okay so is the understanding that this uh the interim superintendent would begin on May 5th and Dr gullet would remain until July
11th yes ma'am okay and from a financial standpoint we'll be paying Dr gulet until
July 11th so I would ask the board uh to mull over uh what they think is the appropriate amount of time and perhaps in individual meetings with Dr gullet to get her take it may be contingent upon
the um the candidate that is selected you know how soon they should start because I don't know if the rest of you noticed it you probably did but because we have lost so much you know we've lost the Esser funds now and so summer school
for example is looking very different and paired down than what it was uh there are a lot of strains and stressors right now uh that could affect our budget drastically you know legislator's meeting right now you know every penny counts every penny has always counted so
that's why I was inquiring as to the the May 5th date it would be my uh desire um for this date to be flexible because it says anticipated and I think to me that needs to be dependent on the
interim that is selected and and the collaboration there for how long that person is going to need to get up to speed uh those types of things um the rest of the timeline at a
quick glance um seems appropriate I I think the sooner we get started on the process uh the more comfortable people will feel um the rest of you probably did get
uh Mr Avery um our Union um person's email and the survey that he conducted with members and uh something that we have to continue to work really hard as a board to lead and get pasted is the statement
of our district still has a retaliation image issue against those that speak up or against the chosen path I can't think of anything more detrimental to this District to continue to stay
Meed in that or maybe I'll say mayored in that it really sets the work and the trust back so for anyone that's listening in um please know that at least from this seat and I'm would like
to say all of our seats that Our intention is to be searching for someone that is going to complete leading us out of the morass that we found ourselves in years ago
now and I can't wait for that day to happen but that's going to take everybody's self-reflection that's still working for us and get our get your eye on the ball you you know we we've got a lot of opportunity here to take a next step and
build on the foundation that's been created those are my openings um I just want to take a minute um to go over the beginning conversation um because I don't think you were able to hear it um anyone who's interested uh
will submit their resume their name and basic information um but the board also wanted the minimum requirements for the superintendent's job to be part of that screening so miss Morant will do the
screening um for that part and she is the only one who will see the names that are submitted until that window closes I'm keep looking at Miss Morant to make sure I remember correctly and then she will prepare a spreadsheet that will be available to us and the public at the
same time and so I wanted you um to make sure that was okay with you thank you and and that sounds great that sounds exactly like the level of of professionalism and transparency that I expect from this process okay thank you
Miss thrower um I appreciate your input and I am okay um with I don't know I I'll ask the rest of the board if if we want to allow some flexibility um when we get a little further through this process which I think is going to be necessary you know we talk about
something that we're streamlining and we haven't done before there may be some hiccups that we haven't anticipated and so I think saying upfront that there may be some flexibility needed as we work through this process is wise so CH Dr
Campbell thank you um there is one item here that I it is causing me question it says um the board requesting a date during the week of April 28th to vote on the interim superintendent's contract this board has not discussed benefit for
an interim superintendent what that looks like will it be a stien if it's an existing employee having the word contract in here is causing me pause as well knowing how our Contracting Works saying we're going to get that done in a week is
going to be a pretty tough thing to to accomplish so um I I have concern about that as well okay I I'll address that U Miss morand if you don't mind um I anticipated that that was going to be challenging for us because we haven't done it before and so always when you do
something the first time it takes a little longer than you know just revamping the one you had before and so I have been in conversation um with the legal department I've been in conversation um with Miss Boston Ellis and Miss Morant um because they're the
experts in those things Teresa knows how much we can spend you know she she's in con constant conversation with that and so um my plan was to have a framework of
a contract to bring to you and get input on and at least we would have a starting place to begin conversation and we wouldn't be starting from complete scratch and so I hope um I'm speaking in very very general terms um that that
would come before you to have discussion on my only um and I was going to mention this so it's off the back of what um board member thrower and Campbell have said people don't apply for jobs in list they know what they're Ming so we need to set a pay rate um ahead of the job
getting posted in my opinion Miss Bon Ellison you can just nod your head I think you're you're close to landing on um an amount is that correct yes okay so we're close board but if we're publishing it tomorrow the Board needs to have the discussion today
correct that's a very good point uh do you feel comfortable Miss Boston Ellis um sharing that with us at this time I apologize I did not give you a heads up on that because I didn't anticipate the conversation going this far mam chair before Miss Boston speaks question
so if this person um if this interum person if that person is a a uh current a current employee um as mror kind of talked about that anticipated start date of May 5th
that mean they're already working for the district couldn't that date be extending out where they are in a position where they're if they're already at the table they're being trained and they're in the process of the transition and the date of uh actually start date be later down the
road like June could be that can be a challenge um but I think I mean because already if we've already named them right we already named them they could still be maintaining their own position if they're at the table already right I I just I I have all the confidence that
Dr gullet and the interim superintendent will work those things out um you know we are at a huge disadvantage not having a deputy superintendent and so um and and we need the inim to be able to appoint a deputy Dr gullet has made it
clear she's not going to she's not going to hire a deputy and this District needs a deputy to leave the curriculum side of this table we've had a big hole since Talbert Irving left and the rum has the
delegation power to appoint as does the superintendent but she is not wanting to do that because that is that would be disrespectful to the authority of the interim so we need to name the interim so that they can appoint this Deputy let me ask a question then if the interim if
we've named the interim but have not put them in the seat and the interim in conjunction with Dr gulet are working together to choose a a uh Deputy they could come in at the same time which would be much cleaner is still the it still would be the depuy's uh it would
still be the inter room's Deputy it would not be Dr Gull Deputy it will still be the interim Deputy can you say that again I'm sorry where the interim the person that we named this inter if they don't start
on May 5th they they working we've named them we've named them at May 5th they're still working with Dr gullet you're assuming it's an internal candidate though I'm assuming it's okay internal C if if it's an internal C just to prophesy right and they were working with Dr gullet to come up with a
possible uh Deputy superintendent they work together to figure out this Deputy superintendent then both come in at the same time is much cleaner it's still the it's still the interims deputy I totally agree with you but if but we're assuming it's an internal
candidate so if we're putting this out for everyone to apply then we're making assumptions based on the candidate but if we put it out for everyone to apply then we could have an external candidate which then that wouldn't work for I would love to just do internal
candidates and if we transition to that approach then we would absolutely be able to go that direction Reverend Cummings I believe um because the internal candidate would continue to do their work um I think they probably should get some level of a stien until whatever date they took over the Reigns because they are going to be doing more
work than than normal but I I'm in complete alignment with Reverend Cummings on that thought pattern if it's an internal candidate cuz we would know on April 17th for what I'm looking at this timeline yes know by April 17th which will help us to be more fiscally
responsible because we would not have to actually put that person uh into this contract like Dr Dr C just said I kind of have an issue with that too um they would not have to go on till June 1 and they could already be doing the work and
we get both two at the same time correct it could be it could be on a board approved Staffing um just like we do Staffing changes and it's we put the effective date just like we did for Miss Dobbins you know we approved that but it was in Miss Usher so that there was a crossover so you're correct in that absolutely I just think that's all
assuming an internal candidate so we have to then go back into that but we asked about pay too yeah so I'm going to redirect us back I asked Miss Boston Ellis to come forward so thank you for waiting on us I'm Sorry Miss Boston I apologize for
that no I I saw Dr Campbell's hand go up as my question is for you as well but go ahead you can answer this question but I do have a question for you so um I'm still waiting on some responses but I believe at this time based on our current salary schedule that the pay
grade 97 would be appropriate for an interim superintendent um this n this number is based on 12 months so if they don't serve a full year it would be less and that range is from 12598
7 to 169 333 so that I'm just waiting on some other um school districts to provide an estimate but that would be most appropriate right whether or not it's an
internal or an external candidate okay and that would be annually and we don't anticipate that it will take us a year to hire a superintendent right right okay all right thank you so my question also is for you um Miss BOS and Ellis
and it's I don't want to put you on the spot and so if it's like no don't tell us now because it I'm hearing conversations that have been had with Dr gullet saying she's not interested in hiring a deputy right now I completely respect that if those are her words
absolutely would you be able to speak to potentially we can't afford it no I've already ask that I I mean because if we were to hire a deputy right now in addition to an interim superintend attendant right now and we have three people essentially making a pretty close
salary range that that's a pretty costly Endeavor and I know we're already going to have to hire a search firm for this superintendent search and negotiate a new contract and so I I know that you're working on what we can afford and I kind
of jokingly held my hand up because we can't so I mean I I know that those budget meetings are lasting a really long time because we have some hard decisions to make board I mean there there's the the funding's dried up like we we we have some hard decisions coming before us soon so could will there be a
recommendation for us to have a deputy superintendent I mean it's strictly up to you sure as a board and I know I don't need to tell you that because you know that it's under your purview but you may recall that we had a deputy superintendent who left I believe eight
months ago and the original salary was budgeted for a full full year um I don't know what a search committee uh the cost of that would be but again these are uses that uh we could use fund balance
for because remember fund balance is a one-time thing not recurring costs um but it's really what you think is best for the district and we'll make an appropriate adjustment to our funding
just like you stated 2526 is going to look not so good to you uh when we bring it to you so I'm probably didn't answer your question um but um you did you did you you you're
sharing with us that there's some flexibility but there's also a cost yes yes okay all right so um Miss Boston Ellis I'm Sorry Miss Boston Ellis you did say that so for the last eight months
haven't paid for a deputy correct I I believe it was eight months I think September or something like right August September also like do obviously um Dr hur's position was paid budgeted throughout the year we Haven
unfilled that one um so right so that's the fle we have some flexibility yes yes uh thank you Miss Boston Ellis all right board I just need to know if you're comfortable and moving forward um with what we have in front of us the only change that I'm aware of is
that there we're going to add that there's some flexibility um in this when we move through the process and that also um it will be a basic contract that comes to you so we can have further discussion can we just confirm though the pay rate and the the pay rate and
then the using the JD because those I mean I do think Miss marant can speak to it but I know we confirm using the JD and I actually just wrote a note that I wanted to confirm that we will include a salary range on the posting as well and then
we'll just move forward when Miss bonellis confirms that but right now we're anticipating it will be that pay range 97 that she just shared Madam chair I agree my suggestion is uh this is Cummings um that we do use the JD
that's current but that we use the base of that Celler range the L so that's a contracted appointment for the superintendent so we don't there is no base so you you you're saying apprciate that whatever that lower end was
that yes so I it's a range right yeah I so there what was the bottom again 125 was the lower so there are some people who are already over the 125 over it you saying so we may have an internal candidate in top senior
executive level that is already over that so then correct that's why I think we have to yes so my my suggestion would be that you put the range and you just say it's commensurate with experience and education and a lot of higher positions outside of the district that
that's how it is it doesn't have a range at all it just says that salary is negotiable based you know on experience and education but I understand having a range on there um so I would not pigeon hole ourselves and say it was would be
that bottom tier because some people wouldn't apply we have some directors that make more than that yeah thank you Miss Morant my pleasure all right board members I'm going to go down the line Dr James I'm in support of the plan we've discussed today thank you
Reverend Cummings board member thrower yes Dr Campbell uh I can move forward but I still think as rer Cummings was saying a June start date is still more appropriate uh I believe that's similar
to what he was saying um so this says anticipated start date of May and I'm still going to disagree with that the rest of it I can be fine with I I do believe that people will only apply if they know what they're going to be making and uh we probably have some folks that might be applying that
already make over some of these levels and so there would have to be a conversation I guess once we get the names to say do you continue doing your job too because if we have the trickle up then what's that look like and um
there's there's just a lot that we'll have to figure out on this and so it feels like we're really rushing into it and I if we're posting this tomorrow that that's really fast and I think there's a lot that this board hasn't discussed and and ironed out so hopefully um we'll be able to in our
next work session be able to Hash some of it out and have a lot more information at that point but June 1st would be my anticipated start date are we having because I asked it um Dr Cell mentioned it as well I thank you board
member Thor that we do have do are we saying that we're going to have some flexibility with this May 5th dat yeah okay okay I've stated because I think what you've said is like internal candidate is flexible this way but if we wind up landing on an external candidate then it's going to have to look different because the internal person is
doing the work already within the district so it's just it looks different so if we're putting it out to the public then I think we're going to have to get through the first phase of this and then and then navigate as a board I I agree I think once we start the process then there there'll be quite a bit more work
to do putting that it's an anticipated date if we're more comfortable we can say anticipated day is May through June that's great 25 but I think it's important especially um seems like a lot of our conversations about internal candidates but we want to open it to external it's important for them to know
what you know when we're expecting them to come or when we're expecting the work to get done because someone in California may not apply if they know we are looking for someone to start May June July versus starting in August so I think having some type of Target date is
important so I think maybe kind of meeting it in the middle saying anticipated date start date is between May and June of 2025 and like we said it's dependent on the candidate yeah May 1st to June 1st or whatever I mean I think that's very and honestly May 1 is
it's less than a month away so someone who's applying tomorrow may very well not even be able to give a timely notice to their current employer if they were coming to us so some consequence you know unintended consequences that we're not even aware of yet and so like I said
I like the flexibility uh Miss Morant um with what you're suggesting board member thrower yes I agree and and then to apply that to the salary range uh the language that would share the numbers
but then also a statement commensurate with experience um along those lines okay all right thank you board very much one thing chair are we supposed to schedule this board meeting that you wanted to schedule or
no well I wanted to give um I just wanted to give Miss Morant a go-ahead um that we are in agreeance um Bo I don't know I I I feel like maybe we need to get
through a step or two before we schedule a meeting what is your well the work session could be agenda as we have 17th could be yeah it's already on it's already on the 17th agenda and we have a board meeting on the 22nd I mean and then we will have a board meeting not
until the 13th so because of the Gap with the way the weeks circulate I think it would be appropriate kind of how we did during that hot season of facilities to either you know whether we make a special meeting the week of the 28th and just cancel it if we don't need it um
because we have a work session on the we have have a work session on the 8th so we and we do have a board meeting right now for offerss on the 8th that could come on air um but I I'm always a fan of airing on the side of caution scheduling and canceling if we don't if we don't
have our ducks in a row but publication timelines puts us in a bit of a pickle otherwise so thank and I was going to mention that that's why we landed on that week and discussing that because we want to be able to give the public time to see the document so we would want to
have it published at least a week before so the next time we would be together to schedule the board meeting would be the next board meeting next Tuesday if you're not going to schedule
today okay so Elena can we look at scheduling a special board meeting for the week of April 28th board would you prefer it to be on a Tuesday we have the Early Childhood Forum that the board has been invited to
on Tuesday it's at lunch time could we it is a lunch time we do it in the evening oh yeah a regular time like a regular time was that April 28th that's Monday 29th 29 like a regular Tuesday night 5:30 that's fine I mean I think that's
actually if we were going to talk about it then and not push it to another traditional meeting that would be the most appropriate I would want to do it in the evening so that the community could participate in the discussion so I that's fine with me does that work for you Dr Campbell I can do April 29th in the evening I I do have
a follow-up question whenever we're ready for those okay all right board member thrower is good too so I think we're we can do that what do we want to categorize it as special school is is it a board meeting or a work session no it's a board meeting okay 5:30 yeah 5:30
normal time yes superintend voting item yeah we would be voting on The the appointment and the contract of the in superintendent that's what that's the purpose of making the meeting and if we cancel it because we're not ready then we cancel it because we're not ready attorney Powers the timeline for
contract do you think we'll be able to turn it thank you but I will do everything within my power okay I apologize because I I I mean I I what I mean is I don't understand are we get is this a candidate is this a contract that is
independent of the candidate so in other words it doesn't matter who you select this is the contract that you want prepared is that what we're getting at for the interim superintendent yes you agree to this to take the job yeah yeah that I can I can get together a sort of
template contract right but the completion of that I wouldn't have until that person is actually on I could not get signatures on it get everything done get everything completed by that time and I I think what what Reverend Cummings was sharing was if
it's an internal candidate we're not we may not vote on the contract this night we may simply vote on the Personnel packet that shows the person shifting and and the the delegation of Duty shifting on July 11th or whatever that date is I mean that may be all that we're voting on if it's an external
candidate we may not be able to get it together by the state so you the way that schedule's worked out or the timeline you all would decide or hopefully decide at the April 17th work session on the name at that time
even if it's external HR would then reach out to that indivi if it's internal no big deal we can move them however whenever fix external HR would reach out to them to have their information and be able to do background screen and everything it it
would be ready a week later like for that so we could approve it yeah I don't know what it looks like for legal but from HR we would be able to unless it's just someone who's you know out of the country right now and they can't do anything remote um so unless it's some
extreme circumstance yeah an an employment contract that is a standard sort of administrator type contract um it's not going to be too hard to come up with a template for what we're looking for and then now the the the issue that I would have is the execution that
everything that's needed for that last steps to execution sometimes that requires that you then submit it to the candidate the candidate says well actually I want to negotiate this portion of the contract here's here's line 17 doesn't work for me I want this
wording to be slightly different if it's a a boilerplate contract where we say sorry take it or leave it that's fine but that's going to be you know that's what the chair just said that's what she just said I know okay I just I'm just going to say I have visited with so many
of our staff members about how to do this and do it correctly and so I'm sorry that I said that out loud but every single executive that I've t to said we are not negotiating so that's why that slipped out right no and and and so that that's that's my point is if if I'm not expected to have to do
Redline edits the process usually speeds up quite a bit okay good very good okay so may I just recap to ensure we're all on the same page okay so going through we will put the ad out or the
information out in the email tomorrow in addition to what we've shared um it will include the salary range which right now we're anticipating will be 97 with the note that it's commensurate um with education and experience or with experience um it will go out and close
on the 11th at 5:00 P p.m I'll compile that data as we've shared also we're thinking um for the anticipated date instead of saying an anticipated day of May 5th we'll say an anticipated start date between May and June of
2025 at the 1th the work session on the 17th you all will discuss hopefully come to some type of consensus on the selected candidate knowing that I've only shared those who've met the minimum requirements as outlined in the current JD for
superintendent I just have one clarifying question seeing as this board may not have the opportunity to engage in discourse about practice when you send us the list on the 11th or around the 12th
is it if an internal candidate has applied are we corresponding with them on their work email or their personal email and are they doing it on the clock or off the clock I I think it would be okay to do on the clock and the reason I'm saying
when we hire and promote folks internally they do their interviews and everything they do it on the clock I just want that to be clear and the expectation clear for all boy members because I certainly wouldn't want an internal candidate to take time away from their other duties to meet
with potentially five board members for one-on-one interviews um and then they not get chosen and it be um a poor practice that they took that time then to meet with us so I would love that to just be very clear maybe when you email us the list on the 12th you could
include the best practice for scheduling interviews just so it's very black and white you can use their work email you can use their work cell or is it their personal cell on clock off clock I just would like that to be very clear so that there's no confusion about the
appropriate practice is that I I really so so I've shared what we're doing now but it sounds like you want me to send something I just want the guidance to be clear and when you send the list on the 12th I just want all
five board members to have clear dire because we don't generally interview so like you guys do interviews all the time time you know what your practice is you know how you navigate that but we do not and so I want us all to have the same set of rules so that we're we're all
following this the set procedures I just don't want any of us to get in trouble because we did something we weren't supposed to do unintentionally time we weren't supposed to do it so go sorry I was about to leave the me go ahead so April 11th is the Friday so we
need to make sure that we clarify that April 12th is actually a Saturday okay thank you so April 11th is the date on Friday and so I just want to ensure that we are we'll actually be then Thursday April 10th yeah okay that's where I I was going so are we only giving us
essentially four working days to be able actually three working days to be able to have these kinds of conversations that that again I I just continue to feel this is so rushed and I I know I know the concern in the district that we need to get somebody named but getting
somebody named and essentially two weeks from now is um that's that's a very very fast timeline especially if we know that they might not start until June I mean I I want us to do this right and I want it
my my follow-up question that I was going to ask chair is when will this document be upload for the community to see because I know we continue to question and want to make sure that the community and everybody has the ability to see things but yet this was sprung on the board today and I know that you guys
have been working on it and that's fine but everything we've been referencing today no one has seen and I don't even think the audience members have it so I mean we have people in the audience from our community here they may not be able to even reference the timeline that we're looking at on printed paper because we don't have it uploaded on
board dock so my request chair is that anything we have moving forward that we ensure that we give ourselves at least a week of uploaded information that the board can look at in advance of coming here to have very important conversations I knew we were having a conversation
about superintendent search procedures because that's how we left it superintendent search procedures to me says we're going to talk about a proposed timeline for when we need to have that selection firm chosen which needs to be in June if we use a fe so
again we're having a big conversation about interim and I'm grateful we've had it and we're we're moving forward but this is not at all what our agenda item said and I as a board member did not have any notice that this was going to be the focus of agenda item 11.1 because 11.1 we should have had
Rick Collins in here talking to us about how we need to set up a a search procedure RFP what that looks like so I I'm sure that's coming in our next work session at least I'm hoping so but not having any information as a board member I continue to feel this is rushed even
the dates are wrong as I just indicated I'm sorry I know that's just a a clerical error but so the intention again this will be the final question I ask the intention is that the board will receive this information and then need
to vet the candidates vet the candidates in three working days so do we want to um go ahead and use the term flexibility would you like to adjust that I I I mean it is a very standard HR practice it's posted for
five days I mean well miss Brant will you share please what and that is what we went by we tried to we tried to use what is standard and what we use um throughout the district so yes Miss Morant please explain so and now I will back up and um
share and so I apologize if I misunderstood the work session that you all held on March 24th because I wasn't here live but I watched it live and I thought I remembered that you all left because um attorney power shared that then you know we're going into the
interim um superintendent that chair Conrad would reach out to me and then we move the process and we would bring this to this work session so again I will own that and apologize if I misheard what was said during that March 24th work session but to the practice we we do we
post positions um generally most are posted for 5 days some were posted until field um so as chair Conrad shared earlier this hopefully was a mix or compromise that we also have the transparency and folks are able to
there's not one um board member that's saying I want this one I want that one everyone applies the same they have the information but then also being able to set that next individual up for Success um this is new for you know doing this interim process like we said same thing
with the deputy and superintendent so having flexibility and being able to compromise is important so I apologize that the date is a Friday and Saturday maybe I was thinking because I work almost every weekend um so if you want that extra day I I don't mind I work most Saturdays and I can do that and
have that to you if that's what you all need again I'm here to serve at the pleasure of the board um as long as I have the clear Direction but I don't know that this is um outside of any boundaries or concerns
and didn't realize you all were doing full blown out interviews with each of the candidates I I was imagining those would be conversations in your vetting speaking with them to fill the interim role but that looks different for each individual board member but when someone
has five bosses and we're doing it this way versus you know parading each of these individuals up in this public setting it will you know be five different conversations and and that thank you Miss Mor for that clarification again I we've we've had so
many conversations since that that very well may have been exactly what was said in that work session and so I own that if that's what was said and that's what we're intending to do again I go off of board docks for our agendas and so superintendent search procedures is what
that says and so that's where I've been living because I haven't been focused on this as much uh my conversations and questions have been what are you looking for to Future superintendent that that's where I've been going with it uh and I do understand this is standard practice five days Etc but traditionally in every
other job that we have within the district there's like an interview committee perhaps they meet with one group at one time and there's not five individual people that they have to have five individual conversations with and that would be multiple people dep I mean we have 20 candidates and so I just want
to make sure that the ex I heard the word interview from a fellow board member and so I want to ensure that from this board seat that I understand not only what the expectation is within our community that we're going to do this transparently but also what each of us
are expecting each other to do because the word vetting means something different again that's on this document that nobody can see it it says that we will individually review and vet candidates so does that mean that we each are doing one-on-one phone calls
with each one of the candidates that we see I think that's our perview though right I I understand that but again if if that is the expectation that we're expecting all of us to do that's great but it's not like we're sitting on an interview committee where we're all are there hearing the same thing at the same
time which causes a little bit of a disadvantage there I'm not asking for that I'm not asking for each one of these folks to show up on April 17th and tell us why they're the best candidate that's for the superintendent search it's totally separate than this I I just I'm I'm concerned with how this has
happened and that's just my own personal opinion uh just because what it says in board dos is different than what has happened today understand why where we landed where we are perhaps we need to change the name of the agenda item that's standing and chair can I clarify
my language then I'm sorry if if the I was using the word interview more as an opportunity to have discourse so if you don't want to talk to the candidates then you don't call them if you do want to talk to them you do call them my way of work personally would be I'd want to at least have a phone conversation with
each of the individuals that applies to understand what what's their intention and and get to understand and ask questions about their resume but every I think we all have different ways of work which is what makes us a board my only clarifying question would be that
when the when the list is reviewed and then sent to the board on Friday can it be uploaded to board docs for the agenda item for the 17th that's the plan yes okay so it will be of everyone who is an eligible candidate will be available for public view on the on the 11th corre
okay on on the 12th 12th is a Saturday February 11th on F on the Friday Friday the 11th yep yep sorry I just I corrected it when Dr Campbell made that mention so on Friday April 11th that document will be sent to board members and uploaded to board docs
correct for for the public to see correct correct okay just for clarity the 17th gets published on the 10th so that would be one day yes personally my preference would be
that we compile this document over the course of the 5 days and on the 10th it gets uploaded and that's what I think Miss Maran I think that was your intention correct I will be filing it but I if I know we're here to 700 p.m but um
if you're okay with me then instead of 5:00 P p.m. being that deadline moving it up a little earlier because I can't upload it so I would need to have the document ready for um I'm comfortable with making it noon on Thursday April
10th because we publish at noon right so I mean so I I just want us to be clear I won't if the deadline is noon I won't have it ready at noon so it probably wouldn't publish at noon it would publish a little later that day I just want us to all be yes I mean
understanding that obviously but if the if the job closed at noon on the 10th you would have until 5 o' to upload it to get it to whichever way the decision tree is supposed to go so that it could be properly uploaded on Thursday the day of
publication that would make me feel the most comfortable personally are you guys okay with changing the the end date of the applications to noon from 5 o'clock that f m CS okay it's a short window it is for
what we're asking for you know I mean this isn't a typical position at least not for us it's not but and I did ask that question board member throw and um the answer I that was shared with me is most
people in this position um have a resume ready to go if if they are at the level where they're ready to take next steps into an interim superintend superintendent or a deputy superintendent they keep a resume on go
ready to go so that was really because in my mind I was thinking gosh if I had to put something together right now it would take me a while but I think the um that most people that will I will be have everything prepared or close to and what's being prepared is just a
resume because um some of the conversations we talked about when the reason we're doing the Google Doc is so they're not completing the full application and you know everything that Skyward requires and the only way we can do that is outside of Skyward to help
simplify that process thank you that's helpful information thank you okay Miss Mor are you feeling I am but I just want us to leave it on the same page so the only thing we've really changed we know the
minimum requirements will be the board approved superintendent JD and that's all that will be shared um the deadline will be Thursday April 10th at noon that information again we will compile as we go along but as those last ones come in
we'll compile it get it ready to send to Mr Christian to upload for that uh 17th work session um and then at the 17th work session is where you all will decide or hopefully decide um we're going to also be adding that salary
range um that 97 right now it may change between now and today but that's where we're thinking it was going to land and the anticipated board meeting date is April 29th at 5:30 I think after oh and the anticipated start date is between
May and June 2025 so I think I've captured everything that's different than what's listed here so the decision will be made as on on what date because we've got if the work session is the 17th that's
we're doing it as a special school board meeting on that day decision will be made for my understanding at the work session that's when the board will be together to discuss because they'll have the information the week prior the 17th is a work session MH right so we do have
that morning a special school board meeting um but wouldn't have been able to discuss it publicly right and so my question then is exactly that when is when is the meeting at which that there will be a public discussion and vote so
the public discussion will take place at the work session and and hopefully the board will come to consensus on a candidate and then the voting will official voting employment voting would take place at the April 29th special board meeting as is laid out now and
there will be no uh there will be no public interview of the person just individual for the interim no as as that's not that's as far as proposed you all decide what you want to do but that's not included in the proposal for the interim position of course we know
the superintendent Position will beers but for interim all right M thrower did you have something to add just to ensure that um when it is put on a regular school board agenda that it is put on as a discussion
item so the whatever discussion we had at the work session and consensus that we come to but that actual item will be placed as a discussion great and if I'm not mistaken what we've landed on it will be a board meeting by itself so it will be the only item on the agenda
okay all right is everyone comfortable okay thank you Miss Morant I appreciate I'll I'll rearize make the edits to the date and I'll email this to Miss Martinez to be able to upload okay thank you so very much thank you thank
you okay uh moving on to board committee reports and concerns the next school board meeting is scheduled for April 8th 2025 at 5:30 p.m um board I have prior commitment that evening so Vice chair Cummings will be chairing that meeting
when I took over as chair that evening I handed Elena a Post-It note with two dates on it back in November and next Tuesday I already had a scheduled commitment um in the community so I won't be here um but Reverend Cummings will be here to lead you uh there's a
special school board meeting scheduled for April 17th 2025 at 7:00 a.m. there's an administrative briefing and work session scheduled for April 17th 2025 at 9:00 a.m. the next school board meeting is scheduled for April 22nd 2025 at 5:30 p.m. and with that we'll move
into board comments Miss Martinez yes um board members for your Summer Conference um I did send you an email currently there still is no openings at the hotel at the grand hayatt um I continue to click on the link there's no availability I have not scheduled anyone
at the overflow because it causes too much to do the Overflow and then go back to the Hyatt um I will do the Overflow once I return back on May 5th should there not be any openings so just keep in mind you might be at the Overflow because and that that was me calling one
an hour and a half after it opened at 2 o'clock so and I sent an email to fsba but I didn't get any responses to why in an hour and a half it's already booked um should you decide not for any reason to go to the Summer Conference the cancellation is May 28th for the
registration which has already been paid so if for any reason you think you're not going to be able to attend please let me know prior to May 28 so that that can be canceled and be refunded that's all I have okay thank you Miss Martinez attorney Powers I have nothing further today thank you all
right thank you Dr James thank you um I guess I'll go back into my brief conversation I was having earlier about the withdrawn item um there is a there's conversation about changing the start stop times and going from 7 period to six period day at two middle schools and
only know that because I dug into it because I was continuing to ask why there was no upload for that item so I I wound up having conversations with Mr Corley at North Marian who's in my district and he he wants there's essentially a conversation about going
to a six period day my yes as well as Howard but I didn't I I didn't speak with Miss perker um my concern boor is there are implications to the Staffing ratios if the because seven period day requires more units if
you go to a six period day you lose units those individuals even if we had talked about it today those individuals missed involuntary transfer and they would not have a board vote before voluntary transfer so I I am just adamant that
whatever we do we have to figure out what we're going to do with the human beings that are in the seats that are elective seats that are very specialized for that transition so I I just would like I would like to to understand what's going to happen with
that um uh I was at all of the community meetings for um at North Marine middle and North Marine high for the North End Elementary conversation to start I look
forward to seeing more scheduled at the elementary schools and having further conversation with the community um I I one of the Committees that I sit on is the Fort King Heritage Foundation um
I I do think so prior to me taking the seat Miss debic was in that role as a community liaison this last meeting that the Fort King Heritage Foundation had I did not attend because they were talking about
um Capital Improvements and capital funding and and it was just not relieved there was nothing no opportunity for the school system to add value in most meetings um the only value I add is to say that everything's going great in the schools and then I kind of say you know I've I was able to reinitiate field
trips back to the fort and kind of get that started um so I can certainly continue to go but it I do think that that seat specifically is more of a a community a staff Community relation seat than it is a board member seat um
all I am doing is connecting the school school system with the fort to schedule field trips um and so I just wanted to bring that up I I did not get to go and they're always on the Thursday of a work session so there are some of them that I never go get to make it to because it's at 2 p.m on a Thursday so if if a staff
member were able to go then they may be more readily able to participate so um that was just a thought pattern um that I had but other than that that's that's all I've got for today great all right Reverend Cummings
um thank you um chair um Elena thank you for reminding us about the Summer Conference um this was not on you at all because I I too was in um communication with fsba and the uh Hotel I don't know
if you guys know it but as soon as U registration opened for the Summer Conference it's like everybody was already in line or in check or in Q and it filled immediately so um we may have to make some adjustments for that Summer
Conference I met with the um code of student conduct committee yesterday um so there's going to be a out Bring of report in the next couple weeks on where we are with the code of student conduct there's a lot of different things moving pieces especially when we talk about uh
what happens here at MTI when a kid is already here and then they get them more trouble so um a lot of conversations that we have to talk about with that um other than that looking forward to our meeting on Tuesday
night thank you all right board member thrower thank you um I'll just say uh briefly that it was uh wonderful to attend um the governor's press conference yesterday uh where he
presented uh stipend um checks to our multiple new deputies and one of the things about this that was so meaningful to me is that the new Deputy that basically gave the the keynote speech on behalf of the other
deputies um that that was new Deputy Thomas Watson he it wasn't just a speech it was a testimony um to how he was led to go ahead and start down the path of
of law enforcement and just represented himself so well and as it turns out he's a graduate of Vanguard High School and so when we have the opportunity to share what our students are doing in
in the community and and how meaningful it is and how the vast majority of our students go on and and graduate and and do incredible things if they stay in our community fantastic um and if they don't they go other places
and and succeed so it's it's always wonderful to have the opportunity to to highlight that and there's other things that I could talk about today but I think I'll just save them for the school board meeting on on Tuesday night I'll just say briefly I continue to be very
grateful to uh the truancy Court team uh they will continue to meet through the summer uh they are making a difference and it's being heard and and noted and we're seeing some really really great
attendance numbers I believe in your District Board member James East Maran has had the best attendance in in years so and kickball tomorrow so if anybody wants to come they need adults to play kickball sorry interrupt but we're playing kickball tomorrow morning 8:30 come on down yes
and it's 7:15 tomorrow morning there's an event at oakrest too so you could just start your morning at oakrest early and drive on out to the forest and play ball so that's what we're going to continue to do we're going to continue to play ball we have a lot of balls in the air
and uh we'll Soldier on have a great rest of day thank you board member thrower Dr Campbell thank you uh we have a lot happening in legislative conversations for sure while we've been in this meeting we got the update from
Danielle Thomas that is prepared through gray Robinson and know there's a lot of chatter about uh potential cut it's on the house side right now not on the Senate side so looking forward to having conversations with our delegate uh and
our delegation next week uh when I'm up for Marian County day I understand you'll be there as well so I I just wanted to verify that there weren't any other board members that would be there for marry and County day so we can set schedules accordingly and um if there was any need to move around them I
wanted to do that um I understand chair that you represented us at a recent conversation C itic conversation so I didn't know if you wanted to share with us a bit perfect okay wonderful so um beyond that we also received the spring
Sports uh tournament schedule in County tournament right now and so I know my son participated in tennis last night the District Tournament the middle school basketball is going on right now and that the Championships are tomorrow and then u boys volleyball is next week
so I have three kids and three Sports and we're all over the place uh but just grateful for all the work that our coaches and athletic directors do and our principles to support Athletics and they understand the value of how sports
are often Dropout deterrence and so I'm just continued uh to be grateful for the work that is done on that front and I think that'll wrap up my comments today thank you okay thank you everybody's got short comments today which I I'm grateful for
mine is a little bit bit longer because I won't be here Tuesday I can't hold them board member thrower so I do have a couple things to um share with you um first of all I want to thank Mr Avery he's in the audience back there and he did do some leg work on just compiling
some information through a a survey about um what what our staff are they're looking for in a superintendent and so um Mr Avery you know it's kind of a slow roll for us to get get through these processes so so thank you for being um
assertive and getting that that done and completed and that information to us so quickly so just want to thank you for that um Bard I did get to go um to a c event um last week and it it was very
refreshing um it was uh several many um young entrepreneurs and it was really nice to walk into a room where people were excited uh to positively impact public education and so we walked out with a couple more business partners we
um our two new schools and green I believe it was Greenway that still needed a business partner and so they were excited they also um offered I I shared with them you know sometimes it's a challenge to get committee members they were giving me their name and number to help with those sorts of
things and so um I don't know about you but when I call and I'm asking for somebody to serve on committee I get quite a few NOS before I get a yes and so just thankful uh for that group and their positive energy in assisting us with some of our tasks here at with Marian County Public Schools I too
attended the two community events at North Maran middle and North Marian High um even though um there was some conversation about the advertisement and communication for those two events they were very well attended um and the
community had a lot to say and so I I would consider both of those events successful um and thankful for the opportunity to gather uh also last Friday I happened to be leaving um my volunteer volunteering at the Rock Room at Forest High and the K9 unit showed up
with the sheriff's department I had not ever been on campus when the K9 unit um showed up and so it was phenomenal um they run it with such efficiency and professionalism that you know I don't
know board members if you receive calls but every now and again I receive a call saying how much instructional time was lost um because this search happened and I can tell you um without a doubt they were in and out of a classroom in less than five minutes um I wish I would have
stopped by timer because I'm pretty sure it was less than that but it was very very impressive um great work um that was done um yesterday we had the opportunity to attend the CH Children's Alliance uh meeting and they went over
internet and Online safety um um for children and I will just share there were some very um startling facts shared um with that and not being out of the classroom for very long I was surprised that the the average age of a child with
a cell phone is now five um which was shocking to this board member so um just you know that we all have so much uh that we're we're involved in and and speaking up for and advocating for so that was just new on uh my radar and so
so also I want to thank the board and thank our staff uh all the conversations that happened before this meeting and at this meeting for today as we try try to move forward in hiring an interim superintendent again this is a new task for Maran County Public Schools and I
appreciate everyone um chiming in and giving their input uh so we can move forward in the best way possible so that's all I have and at this time uh with no no further business we will adjourn our work
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