[37:48] good evening everyone do we have a
[37:52] motion to reconvene from executive
[37:53] session mr. Sweeney and mr. wheeler on
[37:56] that I would like to apologize to
[37:59] everyone we know that your time is
[38:00] valuable I'm sorry that we had
[38:03] situations in the executive session that
[38:05] we had to deal with that put us late
[38:07] tonight but again we apologize and we'll
[38:10] move right into our agenda then oh thank
[38:16] you all right we have a motion and a
[38:18] second to reconvene is there a vote too
[38:20] we already have a second okay everyone
[38:23] in favor please raise your hand okay now
[38:26] we're here with you thank you and if you
[38:29] would please join me for well first an
[38:32] invocation we would like to start
[38:34] tonight with a moment of silence as we
[38:37] remember that one of our teachers was
[38:39] lost to us today gentle wall who was a
[38:43] teacher at Kemps so if you would please
[38:45] join me in a few minutes of silence to
[38:47] think about her and the others that
[38:49] we've lost recently
[39:01] thank you now if you would please join
[39:03] us in the pledge of allegiance to the
[39:05] flag stands one nation under God
[39:16] indivisible with liberty and justice for
[39:19] all alright this brings us to board
[39:28] recognitions dr. Rivera thank you madam
[39:54] chair members of the board and
[39:56] superintendent Ragsdale it's my pleasure
[39:57] this evening to do our Board
[39:59] recognitions and I'd like to start with
[40:01] our class 6a girls track state champions
[40:05] I'm pleased to announce that Cobb High
[40:09] School's claimed two state titles in the
[40:11] 6a girls track in May as I call your
[40:14] name to our student-athletes if you
[40:15] would please stand and remain standing
[40:17] the individual results include the
[40:21] 100-meter hurdles state champion tia
[40:23] jones of walton high school
[40:34] the 300-meter hurdles state champion is
[40:37] alexis jones of campbell high school and
[40:44] at this time I'd like to invite Tia
[40:45] Walton principal Judy McNeil Alexis and
[40:49] Campbell assistant principal Valencia
[40:51] andrews and coach Rob Nichols to join me
[40:54] in the front of the room to recognize as
[40:55] the girls track state champions
[41:53] and one more round of applause for our
[41:55] girl state champions and continuing on
[42:03] with the cop success in track and field
[42:05] I'm pleased to share that we had several
[42:06] schools that claimed state titles in the
[42:09] 6a boys track and field as I call your
[42:12] name student-athletes if you would
[42:13] please stand and remain standing the
[42:16] individual results include the 110 meter
[42:20] hurdles state champions Sierra Williams
[42:22] of Walton High School shotput state
[42:31] champion Isaiah Rogers of Campbell High
[42:33] School
[42:37] and long jump state champion Jeremiah
[42:41] bridges of Hill Grove High School
[42:46] at this time I'd like to call forward
[42:49] Sierra and Walton principal Judy McNeil
[42:52] to join me and be recognized by the
[42:54] Board of Education our superintendent
[43:38] and next our girls lacrosse state
[43:43] champions I'm pleased to share with you
[43:45] Walton High School when the girls 6 a
[43:48] lacrosse state championship the lady
[43:50] raiders beat 6 time defending state
[43:53] champion Milton to win the state title
[43:55] I'd like to invite our Walton high
[43:57] school girls lacrosse team coach Amanda
[44:00] Ryan and once again principal Judy
[44:01] McNeil to join me in the front of the
[44:03] room to be congratulated is the girls
[44:05] lacrosse state champions
[45:30] from track and field lacrosse now it's
[45:32] my pleasure to share with you the class
[45:35] 6a baseball state champions walton high
[45:39] school
[45:47] as they come forward it's also worth
[45:50] noting that Walton High School was
[45:52] ranked at one point by USA Today sports
[45:55] as number five in the nation and I
[45:58] invite please come forward our Walton
[46:00] high school baseball team coach Shane
[46:01] Amos principal Judy recognized by the
[46:04] state champions
[47:35] and next I'd like to recognize our new
[47:39] 6a girls state champions from Lassiter
[47:43] high school the lady trojans won the
[47:45] 2016 state championship over metro
[47:48] rivals West Forsyth at this time I'd
[47:50] like to invite representative the
[47:52] representatives of the Lassiter girls
[47:54] soccer team coach Robbie Galvin and
[47:57] principal Chris Ritchey to join me in
[48:00] the front of the room to be honored as
[48:01] the girls soccer state champions
[48:09] Oh
[49:09] and next I'm honored to announce
[49:13] Allatoona high school won the 5a boys
[49:15] lacrosse state championship the
[49:18] Buccaneers captured their first state
[49:19] title by defeating four-time state
[49:22] champion Westminster at this time I'd
[49:25] like to invite forward Allatoona boys
[49:29] lacrosse team coaches Jonathan with Sean
[49:31] Mike Claggett Joe Joe amore dan made ish
[49:36] chars arnoc Jack Layne and principal
[49:40] John Kelly to join me the front of the
[49:41] room be honored by board of education
[51:12] advanced stem certification is the first
[51:15] internationally recognized mark of
[51:17] quality for stem schools and programs
[51:20] signaling the growing emphasis placed on
[51:22] STEM education by educators politicians
[51:26] and business leaders around the world
[51:28] I'm delighted tonight to announce that
[51:30] Tritt elementary school recently
[51:33] received the advanced ed stem
[51:35] certification which demonstrates the
[51:37] school's commitment to preparing its
[51:39] students for their educational and
[51:41] career opportunities in the future at
[51:42] this time I'd like to invite principal
[51:45] Trisha Patterson assistant principal
[51:48] Kendall Kiesling and innovation
[51:50] specialists Alexa Dean to join me in the
[51:52] front of the room to be honored by our
[51:54] board of education superintendent
[52:09] hey
[52:52] and finally i'm happy to announce that
[52:56] cop county has 10 students who were
[52:58] named 2016 National Merit Scholars as I
[53:03] call your name if you would please stand
[53:04] to remain standing Riley O'Neal North
[53:07] Cobb High School and I'll take this
[53:14] opportunity to recognize the other
[53:16] National Merit Scholars then invite
[53:18] Riley to come forward I also want to
[53:20] congratulate although they're not
[53:21] present this evening lacy moss from
[53:24] Lassiter high school Russell puffer from
[53:26] Kennesaw Mountain High School Ilha Bela
[53:29] Graddick from walton high school eric
[53:32] who from walton high school jenna con
[53:34] from walton high school irina quan from
[53:38] walton high school and finally colby
[53:40] Meneer from Pope high school I would
[53:42] like to invite Riley along along with
[53:46] North Cobb High School assistant
[53:46] principal to come forward and be
[53:48] recognized by our superintendent and
[53:50] board of education
[54:50] congratulations to all of our scholars
[54:52] all of our student athletes and
[54:53] certainly our cop county employees madam
[54:55] chair mr. superintendents concludes our
[54:57] recognitions
[55:24] okay thank you all that's always a
[55:26] wonderful part of our our board meetings
[55:29] and now I believe we have no public
[55:31] comments tonight so we'll move right
[55:33] into number six on our agenda which is
[55:36] approval of the minutes mr. Sweeney I'm
[55:39] sure I make a motion that we approve the
[55:41] minutes mr. banks seconds all those in
[55:43] favor please raise your hand unanimous
[55:46] okay all right board business facilities
[55:51] and technologies Oversight Committee
[55:53] report no Sweeney thank you madam chair
[55:56] on the facilities and Technology
[55:58] Committee supported each of the items
[56:00] that are on the agenda this evening then
[56:03] that concludes my report thank you okay
[56:06] now we need a motion to approve our
[56:08] agenda for the remainder of our our
[56:10] meeting mr. chastain make some end mr.
[56:14] bass all those in favor unanimous okay
[56:18] thank you all right mr. Ragsdale you say
[56:26] madam chair members is born laska mr.
[56:29] John Adams to bring items requiring
[56:31] action following executive session I
[56:33] believe we have two separate items
[56:35] requiring vote yes sir thank you mr.
[56:38] superintendent madam chair members of
[56:39] the board we do have two items tonight
[56:41] first we'll have the personnel report
[56:42] and then a motion regarding a land
[56:44] purchase i'm pleased to present the
[56:46] human resources personnel report for jun
[56:48] 23 26 teen the administration recommends
[56:52] the approval of the identified
[56:53] employment actions of those individuals
[56:55] listed on the personnel action report as
[56:57] discussed in executive session we do
[57:00] have three specific principal level and
[57:02] higher position recommendations dr.
[57:05] Andrew dr. Andrew Bristow recommended
[57:08] for appointment to principal at Cal high
[57:10] school effective July first Donna Lowry
[57:14] read recommended for employment as
[57:16] director communications chief of staff
[57:18] division effective July twentieth and
[57:20] sherry bronte executive director Cobb
[57:23] schools foundation and the chief of
[57:24] staff division recommend you accept our resignation effective june
[57:29] twenty-fourth and this concludes the
[57:31] personnel report Thank You mr. Adams
[57:36] mr. wheeler you recommend what
[57:40] acceptance of that report okay thank you
[57:44] mr. Sweeney second all those in favor
[57:47] please raise your hands okay unanimous
[57:50] thank you okay next motion deals with
[57:55] land I hereby move that the board
[57:57] approved the following real estate
[57:59] contract the purchase of real property
[58:01] and improvements on approximately five
[58:03] point 092 acres at 2445 favor road
[58:08] marietta tax parcel number 17 0 13 0 0 0 3 0 for 1 million nine hundred
[58:17] twenty-five thousand dollars plus
[58:19] ancillary costs including inspection
[58:22] fees closing costs etc their emotion I
[58:26] make the motion that we accept this this
[58:29] recommendation is there a second mr.
[58:32] banks seconds thank you all those in
[58:34] favor please raise your hand okay is
[58:38] there any discussion okay all those in
[58:44] favor thank you all those opposed madam
[58:52] chair i abstain I at this time don't
[58:55] feel like I have enough information to
[58:57] take that boat so with your permission
[59:01] Staind mr. scam horn abstains thank you
[59:04] okay any other land we've covered all
[59:07] those okay next we moved the board
[59:09] agenda items number ten mr. Ragsdale
[59:16] thank you folks all right this moves us
[59:20] to the consent agenda we have four items
[59:23] on the consent agenda if there's no
[59:26] objection will consider those past thank
[59:30] you and losses to discussion agenda
[59:32] items mr. XL yes madam madam chair
[59:34] members of the board velasca mr. John
[59:37] Adams to come forward and bring all
[59:39] three agenda items for this evening
[59:42] thank you sir good evening once again
[59:44] mr. superintendent madam chair members
[59:45] of the board agenda item number one
[59:47] recommendation to approve
[59:49] the award of a contract for the
[59:50] construction of replacement schools from
[59:52] brumby elementary school and east cobb
[59:54] middle school as discussed in detail
[59:57] during the day meeting and is supported
[59:59] by the f NT committee we're recommending
[1:00:00] that you award the contract for the
[1:00:03] replacement of Brumby and east cobb
[1:00:06] middle to mcknight construction company
[1:00:08] out of Atlanta Georgia recommended award
[1:00:11] amount of fifty 1.45 million dollars you
[1:00:15] see the exact amount listed there as
[1:00:18] budgeted in SPLOST 4 and this will allow
[1:00:22] us to remain on schedule towards the
[1:00:24] construction of this school with a
[1:00:26] scheduled substantial completion date of
[1:00:28] May of 2018 jeremic recommendation that
[1:00:33] we accept discussion agenda item number
[1:00:36] one is presented mr. banks seconds okay
[1:00:39] any discussion okay all those in favor
[1:00:44] please raise your hand hey this
[1:00:46] unanimous thank you next week yes ma'am
[1:00:49] discussion agenda number two
[1:00:51] recommendation to approve the award of a
[1:00:53] contract for tennis court resurfacing
[1:00:55] for Allatoona high school kell high
[1:00:57] school and sprayberry high school once
[1:01:00] again in accordance with supplies for
[1:01:02] these three schools Allatoona Kalyn
[1:01:04] sprayberry are scheduled to receive
[1:01:05] tennis court resurfacing we're
[1:01:08] recommending that you award the contract
[1:01:10] to Talbot tennis in the amount of three
[1:01:14] hundred twenty-five thousand nine
[1:01:16] hundred dollars and that will allow us
[1:01:19] to resurface these tennis courts over
[1:01:22] the summer and have this project
[1:01:24] substantially completed by August of
[1:01:25] 2016 ok mr. Chastain madam chair I
[1:01:29] recommend we accept the motion is
[1:01:31] presented diskant discussion agenda item
[1:01:33] number two Thank You mr. Scammell horn
[1:01:35] seconds okay any discussion all those in
[1:01:40] favor please raise your hand another
[1:01:43] unanimous votes okay last item and last
[1:01:46] but not least agenda item number three
[1:01:47] very similar to agenda item number two except in this case tennis
[1:01:51] court resurfacing at Campbell High
[1:01:53] School Hill Grove High School Osborne
[1:01:55] high school and south cobb again in
[1:01:58] accordance with SPLOST for recommending
[1:01:59] you word the contract to Talbot tennis
[1:02:02] well in the amount of four hundred and
[1:02:04] twenty eight thousand three hundred
[1:02:05] dollars as budgeted in SPLOST for and
[1:02:08] allowing us to remain on schedule to
[1:02:11] perform the project this summer and be
[1:02:13] completed by default okay I'd like to
[1:02:15] move that we accept this recommendation
[1:02:17] is there a second second all right mr.
[1:02:23] Morgan seconds discussion mr. wheeler
[1:02:27] thank you madam chair mr. Adams just
[1:02:33] want to be sure we're talking about I'm
[1:02:34] specifically Hillgrove that the proper
[1:02:39] pre site work is going to be done to
[1:02:41] make sure that that surface is going to
[1:02:43] be lasting so just want to be sure i
[1:02:47] know we've checked on that and i want to
[1:02:49] be sure that that was done yes sir we
[1:02:51] are aware of some of the conditions of
[1:02:53] Hillgrove that needs some some due
[1:02:56] diligence there and we are performing
[1:02:58] that will make sure that the project is
[1:03:00] done not only right but built to last
[1:03:02] good good thank you appreciate you any
[1:03:07] other discussion right all those in
[1:03:10] favor unanimous vote Thank You mr. Adams
[1:03:14] okay that brings us to board member
[1:03:17] comments um mr. scan Mahorn thank you
[1:03:22] madam chair I don't have much tonight I
[1:03:26] would like to remind everybody the in
[1:03:31] the news this week we lost another
[1:03:33] police officer and we seem to be losing
[1:03:36] one or two almost every week it's
[1:03:40] deplorable it's unacceptable if you see
[1:03:43] our men and women in blue they are doing
[1:03:46] a thankless job in many cases for
[1:03:52] minimum wages and shake their hands
[1:03:56] nothing else and take them to lunch if
[1:03:59] you get a chance or by their lunch if
[1:04:00] you see them and again without them we'd
[1:04:05] have chaos thank you madam chair mr.
[1:04:07] Sweeney thank you madam chair I just
[1:04:10] want to reiterate the congratulatory
[1:04:11] notes for the students the student
[1:04:13] athletes
[1:04:14] also the scholars that were here this
[1:04:15] evening and particularly for Walton high
[1:04:19] school with the men's baseball team the
[1:04:22] women's lacrosse team and this the
[1:04:26] scholars scholars that recognize this
[1:04:28] evening thank you thank you mr. banks
[1:04:31] talking about a chair just want to
[1:04:33] emphasize the graduations over with the
[1:04:38] summer started there's a lot of activity
[1:04:40] witness in the schools for summer
[1:04:43] academies which are very aggressive this
[1:04:46] year and also the sports academies and
[1:04:52] the sports feeder schools programs that
[1:04:56] are in process right now during the
[1:04:59] summer so there's a lot of activity
[1:05:00] going on in our schools even though
[1:05:02] school is out i also want to
[1:05:05] congratulate again not the treasure
[1:05:08] patterson the principal at trent
[1:05:10] elementary school for achieving the sax
[1:05:13] or a bass dead stem certification which
[1:05:17] is going to be recognized international
[1:05:18] so that's that's the first elementary
[1:05:21] school in these kaveri to have that
[1:05:24] distinction hopefully there's some more
[1:05:27] coming right behind there i also want to
[1:05:30] say congratulate our thank you to the
[1:05:32] cough Chamber of Commerce for putting on
[1:05:35] the partnership form or summat this this
[1:05:40] week where there was a good turnout that
[1:05:43] a lot of principles some of assistant
[1:05:45] principals were there and it people
[1:05:51] don't really appreciate our know much
[1:05:52] about our partnership programs that we
[1:05:55] have with the chamber of commerce with
[1:05:56] our business community it's very
[1:05:59] critical to our schools particularly our
[1:06:01] high schools that they participate
[1:06:04] because they not only bring money but
[1:06:07] they also bring experience and
[1:06:08] commitment and care to our community so
[1:06:12] thank you to the Chamber of Commerce for
[1:06:15] putting this on and for their support of
[1:06:17] the cobb county school district thank
[1:06:19] you madam chair mr. Chastain thank you
[1:06:22] madam chair I really have no comment so
[1:06:24] that I hope everybody is having a great
[1:06:25] summer because the first day of school
[1:06:27] will be here
[1:06:28] for you know it thank you very soon
[1:06:31] that's right um I again would like to
[1:06:34] extend our sympathies to the wall family
[1:06:36] and to the whole Kemp school family I
[1:06:38] know it's difficult any time that we we
[1:06:41] lose someone particularly tragically so
[1:06:43] our thoughts will be with you and for
[1:06:46] everyone else I do join mr. Chastain and
[1:06:48] saying I hope you're having a good
[1:06:49] summer Thank You mr. Ragsdale yes sir
[1:06:52] ma'am cheer it does you know that's a
[1:06:57] very heavy time when you lose an
[1:07:01] employee especially in this manner the
[1:07:05] gentle wall family will certainly be in
[1:07:07] our thoughts and prayers be thinking
[1:07:10] about you and wish you Godspeed in
[1:07:13] getting through through this and know
[1:07:16] that everyone will from the Kent family
[1:07:18] will be surrounding you and helping you
[1:07:21] get through that I also want to say hope
[1:07:26] everyone is having a great summer and
[1:07:29] remind all of our students as we focus
[1:07:32] on this upcoming year is reading to keep
[1:07:36] reading over the summer got a lot of
[1:07:38] programs going on during the summer to
[1:07:39] help her students maintain their
[1:07:41] momentum going through the summer I'd
[1:07:44] also like to say congratulations to to
[1:07:50] one of our employees a teacher Scott
[1:07:53] shomer as I was flipping around channels
[1:07:58] this week I heard someone on wheel of
[1:08:02] fortune say that they were from acworth
[1:08:04] well of course I looked to see if you
[1:08:07] knew and then Pat Sajak said and you're
[1:08:12] a teacher and he said yes I'm a science
[1:08:16] teacher at Harrison High School and
[1:08:20] obviously definitely proud of him
[1:08:23] representing us and he did very well he
[1:08:26] won the game and went on to win the
[1:08:28] final puzzle as well I'll not share how
[1:08:33] much he won but not enough for him to
[1:08:36] retire so he's back with us I emailed
[1:08:39] him as I was watching and
[1:08:41] duh obviously it was recorded earlier
[1:08:43] but he certainly made us proud and want
[1:08:47] to wish him congratulations also want to
[1:08:51] wish good luck to Sheree Bronte she's
[1:08:54] done a great job with the foundation
[1:08:57] just had a lot of great success with the
[1:09:01] foundation brought a lot of success to
[1:09:03] our students and our teachers as far as
[1:09:06] the nation's and contributions that had
[1:09:09] been made there bounce and I wanted to
[1:09:13] end up finally on I can't say how much
[1:09:18] that we are excited me specifically to
[1:09:21] welcome Donald Lowry to our one team she
[1:09:26] is going to be just a tremendous team
[1:09:30] player as she brings her numerous years
[1:09:35] of experience over 29 years of
[1:09:37] experience in broadcast on to us and
[1:09:40] just real excited about what she's going
[1:09:42] to be able to do for communications here
[1:09:46] in our district and and just take us
[1:09:48] above and beyond to sights unseen before
[1:09:52] so I want to wish a hearty and humble
[1:09:56] welcome to her and can't wait hopefully
[1:09:59] she's watching and will be here first
[1:10:02] thing in the morning I'm just kidding I
[1:10:03] know she's not going to be so don't feel like you got to be here I was
[1:10:06] just saying that so again hope
[1:10:09] everybody's having a safe summer and
[1:10:11] look forward to school starting next
[1:10:14] Monday just kidding almost though mr.
[1:10:19] Morgan thank you madam chair I also want
[1:10:22] to sin sincere condolences out to the
[1:10:24] Kemp family into the wall family on for
[1:10:28] that tragedy I think everybody up here
[1:10:30] knows that tragedy happens but if you
[1:10:34] keep putting one foot in front of other
[1:10:35] eventually you know you get through it
[1:10:37] and prayers and thoughts are most
[1:10:39] definitely with that entire family other
[1:10:42] thing I want to say that out tonight
[1:10:45] I'm rocking the Cooper middle school
[1:10:50] shirt because you can't hey what Chris
[1:10:54] you can't can't hate the player hate the
[1:10:58] game not to play oh this is Cooper
[1:11:01] middle school I think they just recently
[1:11:02] got the stem certification is that
[1:11:05] correct and I know that y'all you know
[1:11:07] y'all probably think it's a favorite
[1:11:09] over there but compliments of Mary
[1:11:11] Elizabeth I got this shirt I don't see
[1:11:14] anyone else up here we aren't wearing a
[1:11:16] shirt tonight but Cooper middle school
[1:11:19] congratulations on your stem
[1:11:20] certification I know a lot of great
[1:11:23] things will be produced out of that and
[1:11:25] that concludes my comments mounting
[1:11:27] chair Thank You mr. wheeler thank you
[1:11:31] ma'am sure closing we repeat that our
[1:11:36] thoughts and prayers are for the wall
[1:11:38] family and the Kemp community for their
[1:11:40] loss I know we've all said that but it's it's hitting home in our in our
[1:11:45] area and our thoughts are with them q
[1:11:52] mr. mr. banks would like that add
[1:11:56] another comment are we going to allow
[1:11:58] that do we need to take a vote on it you
[1:12:01] know I usually come up with a trivia
[1:12:03] question but this is not a trivial
[1:12:04] question this is a significant date
[1:12:06] gillotti they ate it's going to be a
[1:12:09] very significant date and at the next
[1:12:12] board meeting our explain what that
[1:12:15] significance is anniversary Thank You
[1:12:19] mr. banks will wait with bated breath on
[1:12:21] that okay thank you very much we are
[1:12:24] adjourned
[1:12:28] you