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e e e e e e e e e like to call this meeting to order call the uh Williamson County
board meeting to order for this date I'd like to thank our Sheriff deputies Phil hunt and jod Cooper thank you for coming out um we're going to record the
attendance please is yes sir yes sir okay let's see what do we have ask for Claire Reeves to Voice vote that she's present we asked uh Clare Reeves uh tell
us you're here I'm here okay she looks okay uh first order of business is the pledge Allegiance and I'm going to ask Donna to start us in a moment of
silence Al to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible okay the next order of business is public comment and uh I'll just call
your name and you can look on your your monitor there and see how long you have you have three minutes and there's a timer right next to you so we'd appreciate it if everyone watched their time and and got out uh get get out what you wanted to talk about and bring uh to
the board tonight uh first is Amy Cook hello how are y'all today I already said Dr golden thank you for the snow day tomorrow I hope it's not the whole week but we'll see how it goes anyways I'm just kidding I'm sure my kids want it to
be but I'm here again to talk about the Fine Art supplement particularly with the Middle School theater teachers and so really I'm just focused tonight on the Middle School theater teachers um but I do want to express just my gratitude because you guys are listening
and I see that there's momentum and and there's conversation so I really appreciate the time that you guys are taking to see this and I had a great conversation with Dr web right before the break and so I I just appreciate all the time uh I did want to just explain a little bit about how much time the
theater directors are spending with my kids so my son he participated in both football and in wrestling this year and I'm going to brag just a second on him he got County champ for wrestling he got defensive player of the year so he he loves his Sports and I don't want
anything to happen with the sports our our sports are they're just wonderful but he also utilizes he loves Fine Arts and so he also participated in junior theater Festival and in Beetle Juice and he's in that now and so right now if I
combine the hours of just in my Google Calendar of the practices with we combine both Sports It's 190 hours of time spent with them and then with by the end of Beetle Juice it's going to be with jtf and Beetlejuice
256 hours that he's going to spend with Miss isum so that's a 66 hour difference and she's still only getting one supplement um I do want to add that the football coach and wrestling coach was the same coach so he
got two and I he 100% deserved it he's amazing so I also want to just say that my daughter and she'll talk about this in a little bit she's actually her only thing after school is with Miss isim so she's are she's going to be logging
about 362 hours for this school year with that so I just want to explain like how much my son is also an advanced band and he spent I think about seven hours so far and so I understand there might
be more payment for the band but a lot of that time is actually like directly during the school day and so not that they don't deserve anything else but I do think theater needs to be right there with them and there shouldn't be a discrepancy because really it's at um
just comparing them it's it's par for what an athletic uh situation is so I would love for you guys consider each and every show as a season and for them to be paid at that percentage and I think the percentage has been talked
about but I still think it needs to be separate Seasons uh in order for them to get paid comp and comp compensated the way that I feel is truly best and equal so thank you so much thank you Amy um Eden
cook uh good evening everyone my name is Eden cook and I'm a middle schooler at mil Creek Middle I'm here today to talk about something that means a lot to me the pay for our Fine Arts Middle School theater directors specifically I believe they should receive the equivalent
payment that a athletic supplements get if I did the math correctly we've had 117 days of school so far this year out of those days I've spent 2 hours every single day after school with Miss Isam for2 of them that means that I've only gone home directly after school for 15
days this entire year I want to clarify that I'm not saying this to complain in fact being a part of the Middle School um mil Creek Middle School theater has been the best experience of my whole life as you might remember sixth grade can be a little stressful we're all trying to meet the people and friends
and figure out where we fit in I truly believe there's no better Community to be a part of than our theater program it has provided me with a sense of belonging creativity and teamwork that I cherish however I've noticed that our theater teachers are not compensated fairly for their incredible amount of time and effort they put into our
Productions they work tirelessly often putting more hours than our coaches do during Sports Seasons I believe it's only fair that they receive a pay structure similar to what our athletic coaches receed I propose that each theater production should have its own supplement
reflecting on the commitment and dedication that our directors like Miss isim give to us it is important to recognize their hard work and ensure their they are compensated appro appropriately for the time and energy they invest in helping us grow as
students and performers thank you for your time and consideration and I hope you'll support our theater program and advocate for pay for fair pay in our amazing directors just as you would for our a a athletes also come check out Beetle Juice it's GNA be great thank
you thank you Eden uh Vivian cook good evening everyone my name is Vivian cook and I'm a fourth grader at mil Creek Elementary School I just finished being a part of the cast and wi wona play and it was such an amazing experience experience I loved every
moment of and I want to give a big shout out to my directors Miss kpatrick and Miss Lisa they were fantastic as I think about my future I really hope to be a part of the mil Creek Middle School theater program someday it's something I'm really excited about but there's something
important I want to talk about today I want to make sure that our theater directors are are getting paid fairly for the amount of time they spend with me and my siblings even though I'm only in fourth grade I can read and see how unequal it feels when I compare
the fine art teachers to the athletic coaches I believe that both deserve to be compensated well for the hard work but it's really important that it's equal I hope that by the time I get to Middle School the teachers will be recognized for all the effort they put
in that and that they will be compensated for what they TR they're truly worth they help us grow grow and learn and express ourselves just like sports coaches do they thank you for listening to me today and I hope you will consider
making changes to support our amazing theaters teachers thank you Vivian uh next will be uh Nate King good evening um before I begin your provided with a packet that goes deeper into the detail with the issues with
both the apparel bid process and the contract and this will also be emailed to you later my name is Nate King and I have five students in Williamson County schools and I'm also the president of the Franklin athletic booster club Williamson County schools had the opportunity to give thousands of student athletes in the county something they've
been wanting for years the opportunity to opportunity to wear and compete in Nike apparel instead you chose to reward a vendor that has consistently failed to honor the current contract by failing to to provide for the needs of the student athletes in the county when it comes to supporting the
day-to-day aspects of Athletics Williamson County provides the bare minimum schools are able to purchase uniforms and equipment because parents we buy tickets pay athletic fees buy player packs and fund raise I will spend close to $3,000 this year on athletic
fees and player packs for my students at Franklin High School this number does not include the fundraisers we support or the donations we make this is our money not the district's money parents are saddled with this burden and you have you had the
opportunity to ease that burden but and chose not to instead you chose to allow one District employee who has F fought against a change and defended the current vendor for years to influence the entire process he's more concerned with personal promotion and protecting his personal relationship with a vendor
than doing what is best for the people he was supposed to represent the students athletic directors coaches and parents in Williamson County there was very little comparison between the competing bids yet misleading and dishonest information was provided throughout the process and had a direct
impact on the process athletic directors and coaches have had a voice and a vote when it comes to these contracts Through The Years this time they were not given a vote these are the people that have to deal with the issues every day yet they were discounted in this process you had
the chance to do something great for the kids but chose the status quo instead and I'll leave you with one final comment you chose to give a contract to a company whose owner talks about his commitment to Williams County schools yet chooses to send his kids to a school where they get to compete in Nike
uniforms thank you for your [Applause] time thank you Nate okay Kate geese good evening everybody hi my name is Kate ke and I'm sorry I'm gonna read these comments because I don't want to
leave anything out so first I want to thank um all of you for the way that you conduct yourselves I really appreciate that you treat one another with respect even when you disagree even when you disagree vehemently I appreciate when you stand
up for one another when a public public commenter uses a threatening word towards someone else another board member that says a lot to me that you all can disagree and model what that looks like and I really appreciate it and I think we need more of it being
respectful of one another is in my opinion one of the Hallmarks of Civil Society we may disagree but when we resort to name calling or bullying we have lost our integrity there's a lot going on in the world and there are many issues vying for our attention and I
want to implore you implore you to continue to work toward making our schools a safe environment for all of our children one that recognizes the talents abilities and potential of all our children whatever their skin color
or hair color or personal interests we've heard a lot of students advocate for equal pay for the overtime of the theater teachers put in and we could think about what the unequal pay says
about our value system I think it's true that a budget is a moral document as it is a testament to our values but we don't have to think about it we could just fix it not usually a good idea but it's possible similarly we
could think about the reasons that black children are consistently given harsher punishments for similar behavior infractions in our school district and across the country this is not a WCS problem alone it happens everywhere we could talk about why
children of color are thought of for partic participation in certain activities and not in others we could talk about why some adjectives seem to be used more often for people of certain racial or ethnic groups than others I personally think we should talk
about these things but we don't have to we could just make sure that we've developed systems that hold certain standards of behavior among our students and staff and then hold everyone accountable in the same manner I think it's important to talk
about the because I can't always know how something I say will affect someone else I have the ability to hurt people's feelings without meaning to there is a difference between intent and impact did you know that black history
month is often the least favorite month of the year for black students I didn't know that until recently but I do remember asking in grade school why they get a month and we don't and it took me a long time to realize that kind of
every other month every month is White History Month it is their least favorite month that should not be they should not be bullied more because we are recognizing history thank you Peg
riti Peg hi there I would like to discuss the science uh textbook review process I'm not here to talk about any content just the process the actual review space was terrific but
the entire process of review was very confusing unnecessarily rigid and not consistent throughout there was not a regular schedule to the review it was 3 hours on this day six hours on that day
as of today we've only had a total of 23 hours to review these textbooks over the past 1 and a half months for all science book options from K to 12 and that goes for teachers as well however if you saw
something you would like to note you are not allowed to take any photographs we are told it's against copyright regulations making a personal copy using a camera comes under fair use provision we can all go to the library and make
copies of a page Educators may also make copies of pages for students as part of their educational plan researchers and Scholars can also even use quotes from copyrighted works the only thing that serves by disallowing taking photographs
is to slow down the process of parents teachers and community members from Gaining information and communicating it back as informed feedback the only activity that's allowed is handn notes we literally must write or type the page
the pages or passages we find objectionable or perhaps faulty in the merits of the science upon arrival we are given this form and it says I quote parents and community members who review materials digitally can use this public comment
form link to submit feedback to use the textbook committee to the textbook committee it appeared that we would be able to view the text and the teacher books online as in the center this is not the ca the case not all the digital
links to the textbooks and more importantly to the teachers additions that's where all those extra details are given for the lessons and we all can agree the heart and the soul of the curriculum some only link to the student
workbooks and all are very very difficult to navigate there are different login codes passwords for each and every book it's weighty it's time consuming and it serves to disconnect parental and community members from the
process so I think we can do better perhaps we can have like a page where all the digital links are and somehow automatically do the passwords so we can all have a a chance to review so thank you so much for
listening thank you Genevie hey hos hello um all right we have already touched on how bad the review process is and how difficult it makes it for parents teachers board members and concern Williamson County residents to thoroughly examine the curriculum I feel
this process is designed to keep people out of it and we really do hope to see that change that said based on what we have been able to go through we are requesting if it's possible that we delay the adoption of the science curriculum for a year with all the changes happening on a federal level and
new guidelines coming out what feels like daily it just makes sense after reviewing we know that there are things throughout basically all of the Publishers that are likely and thankfully no longer going to be allowed in our schools so instead of picking a curriculum now spending lots of ta
dollars just to potentially have it challenged in a year why not wait avoid wasting money give Publishers the time to update their books accordingly and give the state time to help fix this hor horrible review process so we can select a curriculum that will best serve all of
our students to actually learn and love science thank you so much for your time thank you thank for thank you all for your public comments tonight excuse me uh let's see next
up uh approval of the agenda I'm going to need a a motion in a second on that okay got a motion in a second uh any questions okay this will be a v Voice vote oh okay uh all in favor say I I
I those opposed okay approved approval of the consent agenda which includes approval of January 21st 2025 Schoolboard meeting
minutes uh board policy for first and final reading uh 4.63 promotion and retention approval of the city of Franklin green infrastructure easement at Franklin High School approval of a
request for lease of the cafeteria and gymnasium at Amanda H North Elementary School by Ascent Church approval of tennis storage shed at Centennial High School approval of shade structure at Pier Perry Creek Elementary School
approval of a batter's eye at Summit High School approval of the storage shed at Fair View Elementary approval of an Outdoor Classroom at Chapman's Retreat Elementary uh recommendation for field
trip fees all these are included in the uh consent agenda do I have a motion in a second okay thank you Donna and Margie be a uh Voice vote all in favor
signify by saying I I I I those opposed okay agenda agenda taken care of thank you all right Communications to the board superintendent golden thank you Mr chair and uh I want to Echo what you said Mr chair thanking the public
commenters of course uh we will um from time to time have students comment we very much appreciate that uh I want to also mention that we very much appreciate our parents involvement we know uh that we can't do what we do without the support of our parents uh so thank you sir for uh for the comments
related to that uh when when we celebrate our uh uh PTO leaders or booster leaders through our shining Apple award I often will articulate the money uh F the the money donations that
we receive through parent efforts but I will also usually add that we haven't been able to and we can't measure the time and the value of parents uh and their commitment to our to to their children's activities with us and there's no substitute for that time uh
so I want to I want to reemphasize that uh I also want to mention uh since we did have a couple of comments related to uh student safety that is an ongoing effort every day uh our our our school communities are working on that uh
including developing consistency with uh with how we discipline students and finally I want to thank the parents who who who uh or citizens who spoke to our uh science textbook adoption process I know that the online uh posting of a portion of that of those materials is an
effort from the state uh to increase accessibility and I know that that's an ongoing effort as well because traditionally they give us five copies of what we are looking at uh and then we're we're we're limited to those five copies so we'll make sure that we share that feedback uh with our with our state
folks as they work to continue to improve that process as well Mr chair we spent some time talking about budget at the work session that's not on the agenda for for this month because that is scheduled for a vote in March just want to reiterate uh that that uh
preliminary process we went through and uh and and reiterate that we're encouraging you all to if you have any questions or comments certainly bring those to uh to miss farmer or me I know we had some Human Resources uh information in mixed in that as well and
so Miss Hall is available for those questions uh we already even today had a little bit more information from the state related to the revenue side of the budget so it it's a slight exaggeration probably racial but almost every day uh we're hearing a little bit more on the
revenue side as we try to make those uh make those ends meet so this is definitely a work in progress um with that I I I I think we had a a parent mentioned that we we have canceled school for tomorrow because of the incoming snow the in the snow is
projected to arrive here somewhere between 8:30 and N uh so with that I'm going to transition quickly to our student and staff spotlights uh Mr Corey Mason our assistant director for uh for our Communications Department is
speaking Carol bird song I'm being a little tonguey CH cheek wore out her voice today giving the school message related to uh to uh to our closing schools Mr Mason that's right Carol's resting those golden pipes just in case she needs them later on this week so
we're going to kick things off for this month's student Spotlight Award winners with 23 perfect ACT students we'll start in brenwood brenwood High School meline Anderson got the perfect 36 on her
act also at brenwood Rohan Das Gupta got a perfect 36 as did Andrew Estrella and Kade McConnell at Centennial High School we have Addison Edmonson Dean goner and Michael
Rada from Franklin High School tagert huffling Evelyn Wang and Abby web got that perfect 36 over at Nolanville High School deac balam Muran got a perfect 36 and at
Paige High School Adam Kerwin McKenzie a John Gray Abby ryal bayy Murray and Christopher pek got that distinction over at Ravenwood high school we have Jackson
andrees Caitlyn green William Hoskins Claire lock Thomas Pierce and over at Summit High School last but not least Nathan Phillips got that perfect ACT score over in the world
of college Career and Technical education at Paige High School you see here Bronson Claflin Carson Bryan and Brandon Fox they're all in the TV film program there at paage high school and they won first place in the 2024 student
television network challenge competition for best public service announcement and their teacher over there is Dave Holt and in club sports the teams Winning State and national championships include the grassland middle school cheerleading team you see them here they
won the state and National Title in the large Middle School Division their coach is Lisa Wheeler spring station's middle school cheerleading team won the Junior game day live National Title they are coached by Missy
Scott Franklin High School cheerleading team won the national title for the small varsity non-tumbling game day category they are coached by Jessica Clark Becky Brennan and Talon gisler over at Independence High School
the cheerleading squad and the pep band work together to win the national varsity game day live and pep band Championship over in Florida they are led by David Grayson Ravenwood High School's cheerleading team won the state and National varsity cheerleading
championship and they are coached by Melissa bull the Brentwood High School cheerleading team won the state large Varsity Championship they are coached by Haley Stevens Amelia Norfleet Jackie Morgan and Mandy bisc and Ravenwood High School won the
state large Varsity jazz dance title their dance team did over at brenwood Middle School the cheerleading team there won the state large middle schools championship and they are coached by Shannon Doris and last but certainly not least over at Thompson Station Middle School
their cheerleading team got the state game day small middle school championship and they are coached by Ashley Schmidt congratulations to all of our staff and student spotlights and Mr chair that's my
report okay thank you wow what a what a state and national titles wow it's just unbelievable and 36 on the ACT I still haven't got that figured out but congratulations to all
um next uh on the agenda uh board chair report there's nothing really to report tonight other than weather so we'll just keep moving on new B business uh 20242 School Board budget approval of
general fund Amendment 2.25 State special Schools transportation reimbursement of 13679 do I have a motion in a second I didn't get ahead of myself did
I okay the motion oh I'm sorry I was waiting okay thank you okay uh Jason any recation thank you Mr chair this is a a
revenue uh for from uh from the state for transportation reimbursement for our special education transportation service I do recommend approval okay let's uh go ahead and vote on that any questions okay let's
vote come down when someone makes a motion and tell you who it is okay yeah I was trying to see it up there but yeah okay there's a lot to look at yeah okay let's go ahead and vote
CLA Claire yeah uh Miss Reeves yes thank you the vote is 10 yes Z no okay thank you approval of family tuition rate for
2025 and 2026 I need a motion in a second motion okay thank you Tanya and Donna recommendation Mr golden thank you Mr chair this is our annual uh tuition
rate based on the uh based on the cost per student and the revenue that we receive from the state I did want to remind the board what we talked about at the work session uh we do not have a structure for out of County students to attend Williamson County Schools so the purpose of this is quite limited we do have some Provisions for those who are
moving into the county have a non-contingent contract where they can pay on the front end and then when they move in we reimburse and a provision within our policy for students who are finishing out a school year after having moved being able to stay in school through the end of that school year so
in those limited instances uh this this uh this fund uh this this vote uh will have an impact on those parents paying tuition during those limited times so I do recommend approval thank you Mr Golden any uh
discussion no discussion let's go ahead and vote Yes ma'am I do recommend approval Miss Reeves yes thank you the vote is 10 yes Z no thank
you okay let's move on approval of Encore summer program fees for 25 and 26 need a motion in a second okay thank you Melissa and Tony uh recommendations Mr golden thank you
Mr chair this is for our Encore program which is a true summer camp program in the summertime uh we're asking that you approve this uh this fee based on the uh the memo that Dr oer proposed do recommend approval thank you any
discussion okay thank you let's go ahead and vote Miss Reeves yes thank you the vote is 10 yes Zer no thank you next up is approval of the 2024 25
superintendent evaluation instrument need a motion in a second thank you Melissa Eric got a motion in a second recommendations Mr golden thank you Mr chair this is a part of my contract that
actually um includes you all approving an instrument for my evaluation a few months ahead of the actual evaluation this reflects the same evaluation structure that we've had for the past few years and I have to give a shout out to Dr Margie Johnson she actually
noticed a typographical error uh that we've double checked has been in place probably six years uh but you were the first one to notice it uh um that's actually in the demonstrable characteristics in the state required elements for uh for student achievement uh we made a typographical correction to
that spot but with that correction I do recommend approval for us to implement this evaluation instrument in if I'm not mistaken three months thank you Mr Golden any discussion okay seeing none Let's uh
let's go to a vote M Reeves yes thank you okay got all the votes in the votes 10 yes zero no thank
you okay board policy first readings okay first readings at first readings I'd just like to say this we had a lot of discussion about first readings and uh they're very important and you all know that anything that that you
feel is necessary to change or to discuss goes right back to policy the next time around for a second reading so let's carry on here uh public records request 3.64 need a motion in a second
thank you Tony and Margie uh Mr golden thank you Mr chair I'll just re repeat what you mentioned that this is for first reading and we did have a lot of discussion so I do recommend that you pass this to return it to the policy committee for further discussion recommend approval okay
recommend app approval any discussion okay with that said let's move to about Miss Reeves yes thank you the vote is 10 yes Z no thank you
4301 interner Scholastic Athletics Motion in a second thank you Margie and dren any any discuss or uh Dr Mr Golden uh thank you Mr chair uh there's one proposed change again to go back for
second reading uh it includes uh um institutionalizing the standard that we have that U participation or enrollment in a non-school sponsored activity will not be a pre prerequisite to participation in a in a school athletics team so I felt like it was worth making
sure that that was mentioned I do recommend approval to return this to the policy committee for second reading thank you Mr Golden any discussion okay let's move to a vote Miss
Reeves yes thank you okay 5118 criminal background checks need a second or a motion in a second okay Mr Driggers and Tony bosk thank you
Mr Goan thank you Mr chair this is putting into policy a new state requirement uh that actually will be a good thing for us that will automatically update uh uh criminal background checks for our employees there's a lot of detail to it based on
what uh is described institutionally as the federal w back program the record of arrest and prosecution W uh so do recommend approval to take this for a second reading thank you Mr Golden any
discussion I'm quiet well with that said let's vote Miss Reeves yes thank you the vote is 10 yes Z no thank you
5.11 line and staff relations Motion in a second okay Tanya and Melissa thank you Mr golden thank you Mr chair this and the next item on the agenda organization charts is a is an effort via the policy
committee to combine two policies so the proposed language that we have in there is borrowing or moving from the next item uh to combine this into one policy so I do recommend approval on first reading thank you Mr Golden any
discussion okay with no further discussion let's vote Miss Reeves yes thank you the vote is 10 yes Z no okay that's going to wrap up our meeting
thank you all for coming out tonight if I may Mr CH o I'm sorry you got the last item what which one organization chart the very last you still have to do Oh I thought that was deleted I thought that's what you just did I'm not
mistaken Mr cook it takes a separate vote correct okay sorry about that it takes a separate vote he combined them but it does take a separate vote for uh 5.83 organizational charts deletion do I have a motion in a second
Mr Bostic and Mr Driggers thank you you want to speak on that again I'll just repeat what I said before so recommend approval all right recommended approval to any discussion okay let's uh let's go and vote Miss Reeves yes thank
you okay with that said we'll end this meeting safe safe drive home thank you