YOU. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THIS BUSINESS MEETING OF THE HENRY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. IN ORDER TO ENSURE A PRODUCTIVE MEETING, ATTENDEES AT THE MEETING HAVE AGREED TO THE DECORUM EXPECTED OF A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. DISRUPTION TO CONDUCTING THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD WILL RESULT IN THE BOARD MOVING TO A RECESS, A VIRTUAL FORMAT OR SUSPENSION OF THE MEETING TO A LATER DATE. I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO THE CHAIR TO OPEN OUR MEETING. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS RIDDLE, AND GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I LOVE HAVING A FULL BOARD ROOM. THIS IS SO EXCITING! I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED BUSINESS MEETING OF THE HENRY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH AT 7:01 P.M. AND IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE BEGIN BY STANDING AND JOINING ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I WILL NOW GET US STARTED BY TURNING IT OVER TO DOCTOR PACE FOR HIS WELCOME. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY. WELCOME TO THE SEPTEMBER MEETING OF THE HENRY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. AS WE OPEN TODAY'S MEETING, PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE PASSING OF A MEMBER OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TEAM. THANK YOU. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STUDENTS, PARENTS, DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO JOINED US AUGUST 26TH AT THE MCDONOUGH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOR THE STATE OF OUR SCHOOLS ADDRESS. THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THE POWER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HENRY COUNTY AND SPOTLIGHT THE EXCEPTIONAL TEACHING AND LEARNING THAT GOES ON EVERY DAY IN OUR SCHOOLS. A FULL VIDEO OF THE PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE NOW ON OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. IN HONOR OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MONTH AND THE NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF THE MANY FIRST RESPONDERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. IF WE HAVE ANY FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE AUDIENCE, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED AT THIS TIME? THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 15TH, WE WILL OBSERVE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH ACROSS HENRY COUNTY SCHOOLS, A TIME TO CELEBRATE THE VIBRANT CULTURES, RICH HISTORIES, AND SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF HISPANIC AND LATINO COMMUNITIES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE ANNUAL HISPANIC HERITAGE CELEBRATION ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11TH AT THE FAIRVIEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. MADAM CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES MY WELCOME. AND I TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR PACE. WE WILL NOW MOVE IN OUR AGENDA TO OUR INSPIRATION. AND I HAVE TO SAY, I'M ALREADY INSPIRED, HAVING SEEN ALL THE INCREDIBLE ARTWORK THIS EVENING. BUT, DOCTOR PACE, DO WE HAVE ADDITIONAL INSPIRATION TONIGHT, MADAM CHAIR? YES WE DO. I'M EXCITED TO BRING INSPIRATION FROM COTTON INDIAN ELEMENTARY BEING PERFORMED BY THE COTTON INDIAN ELEMENTARY CHORUS. THEY'LL BE PERFORMING A SONG TITLED I'LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF TEACHER MISS HEIDI LONG AND PRINCIPAL MISS MAHOGANY JACKSON. AT THIS TIME, PLEASE WELCOME THE COTTON INDIAN ELEMENTARY CHORUS TO THE FRONT. YOU CAN KEEP CLAPPING. IT'S A LONG LINE. IT'S A IT'S A LONG CHORUS. I SEE.
I'M THE ONE WHO CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. YES, I WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AGAINST ALL ODDS I CAN LIVE TO SHARE MY LOVE WITH OTHERS. YES, I WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE I CAN MAKE IT. TAKE MY HAND. AS WE MAKE THIS JOURNEY ACROSS THE LAND. AND. I, THE ONE WHO CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. YES, I WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. AGAINST OUR ODDS I CAN LIVE TO SHARE MY LOVE WITH OTHERS. YES, I WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I WILL MAKE IT. TAKE MY HAND AS WE MAKE THIS JOURNEY ACROSS THE LAND. I HAVE THE COURAGE TO KEEP GOING ON. I HAVE THE FAITH. WHEN ALL HOPE WAS GONE. I HAVE THE STRENGTH TO KEEP GOING ON I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, YES I CAN. THE ONE WHO CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. YES, I WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AGAINST ALL ODDS I CAN LIVE TO SHARE MY LOVE WITH OTHERS. YES, I WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. I WILL MAKE IT. TAKE MY HAND AS WE MAKE THIS JOURNEY ACROSS THE LAND. WE ARE THE LUCKY ONES WHO CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. YES, WE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AGAINST ALL ODDS I CAN LIVE TO SHARE MY LOVE WITH OTHERS. YES, WE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WE WILL MAKE IT. TAKE MY HAND. AS WE MAKE THIS JOURNEY. ACROSS THE LAND. WILL MAKE. A DIFFERENCE. ACROSS THE LAND. A DIFFERENCE. ACROSS THE LAND. WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WE WILL MAKE IT SO. MY HAIR. ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR COTTON INDIAN ELEMENTARY CHORUS. WHO MAKES THE DIFFERENCE? YES, YES. YES. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MISS HEIDI LONG, PRINCIPAL MISS MAHOGANY JACKSON. YES. OUR STUDENTS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. MADAM CHAIR. THAT CONCLUDES OUR
INSPIRATION. WELL, IT IS SAFE TO SAY WE ARE ALL INSPIRED. AND I WISH YOU ALL COULD HAVE SEEN THE JOY AND ENTHUSIASM ON MISS HEIDI LONG'S FACE AS SHE DIRECTED THAT CHOIR. THAT WAS INCREDIBLE. WE WILL NOW MOVE IN OUR AGENDA TO OUR AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS. DOCTOR PACE, IT SEEMS WE HAVE A FEW THIS EVENING. YES MADAM CHAIR, WE DO HAVE A FEW AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS OF SOME OF OUR ELEMENTARY ARTISTS, SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD TO JOIN US UP FRONT AT THIS TIME. WELCOME TO EVERYONE. JOINING US TONIGHT, I'M KYLE SEARS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, AND WILL BE FACILITATING AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS. THIS EVENING. WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING EXCEPTIONAL WORK BY OUR STUDENT ARTISTS, THEIR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO HELP SET AND MAINTAIN THE CONDITIONS FOR EXCEPTIONAL LEARNING HERE IN HENRY COUNTY SCHOOLS. TONIGHT, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MORE THAN 70 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARTISTS WHOSE ARTWORK WAS SELECTED TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE THIS SCHOOL YEAR AS PART OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS ART GALLERY. FIRST UP FROM BETHLEHEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CAMDEN BOSTIC AND ZOE HARVEY. FROM BIRCH CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, KIMANI MAYO AND VICTORIA PAEZ CHAMORRO. FROM COTTON INDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LEE ALLEN AND ANDREW AUSTIN. FROM DUTCHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. JOURNEY. BUFORD, JANKI PATEL AND CHARLOTTE DUDLEY. FROM EASTLAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ANDREW WIN AND ALYSSA SALAKO. FROM FLIPPEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LAUREN HARMON AND ETHAN WINN. FROM HAMPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. LUKE MANNING AND DEVAL FREEMAN.
FROM HICKORY FLAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, RILEY CRADDOCK AND SANAI JACKSON. FROM LOCUST GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FENDI STEVENSON, AND BROOKLYN TUCKER. FROM LUELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VICTORIA MURDOCH, JANIE DUVAL, AND REN MANN. ONE MORE PICTURE. FROM MOUNT CARMEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. LANEY AKINS, ESTELLA PADILLA, PARIS MATTHEWS, AND MARK HESTER. FROM NEW HOPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, RAYLAN EVANS AND EDEN ENSWORTH. FROM OAKLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ADRIAN ANDREWS AND SY JOHNSON. FROM OLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, VIRGINIA HOSKINSON AND HAYDEN WILLIAMSON.
FROM PATE'S CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. KIRSTEN SMITH AND JULIE WYNN. FROM PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ROBERT JONES AND LAYLA BURNETT. FROM RED OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, KENNEDY STANCIL AND JORDAN WOODYARD. IN THE THIRD DESIGN. THAT'S RIGHT. FROM ROCK SPRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ELIJAH STOCKS, GRACE DESIRE, CASSIDY KOONTZ, BRADLEY MCNEIL, OLIVIA RECTOR, NATALIA VARGAS JIMENEZ, AND PRESLEY AUSTIN. ONE STEP OVER IN FRONT OF. EVERYONE. YOU MADE IT FROM ROCKY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MALACHI REDDING AND HAYDEN SMITH. IN THE MIDDLE, MADAM. FROM SMITH BARNES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, NOAH MENDEZ, CAMERON COOPER, CHRISTIAN THOMAS, AND ISABELLA BOLANOS VEGA. DID YOU FINISH SHAKING HANDS? GO AHEAD. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. FROM STOCKBRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ADDISON POWELL AND ZARIAH SANDERS.
FROM TIMBER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, KYLIE TORRES AND EMMELINE RICHARDS. FROM TUSSAHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. REINA DELGADO AND CHANCE BANKS. THANK YOU. FROM UNITY GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SAVANNAH BELL AND ROSANNA BAUGH. FROM WALNUT CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, JOSIAH PURNELL AND AVA MARIE SEVERINO. FROM WESLEY LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ARIANA SELLERS AND SERENITY WILLIAMS. CONGRATULATIONS. OH. THERE YOU GO. I GOT IT. NICE. FROM WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ELSIE BUENROSTRO, ROBERT BOGAN, KINGSLEY ROBINSON. SOPHIA ALBORNOZ, NIKIYA POMPEI, KENNEDY BUNCH, HELEN MANZANARES, AND ISABELLA MENDOZA.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO DO A RETAKE FOR BETHLEHEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. CAMDEN BOSTICK AND ZOE HARVEY. COME ON. SO COME ON. OVER. TURN AROUND. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. DOCTOR PACE. THIS CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S RECOGNITION OF EXCEPTIONAL OUTCOMES BY OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND LEADERS. AS OUR TEAM GETS THE PODIUM SET BACK UP. PARENTS, WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT Y'ALL ARE HERE TONIGHT. WE KNOW IT'S LATE AND KIDDOS NEED TO EAT SUPPER. AND WE HAVE LITTLE ONES IN THE ROOM. SO IF YOU NEED TO MAKE AN EXIT, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO SO. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM F AND OUR AGENDA. CAN I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 11TH, 2025? A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 2025. THANK YOU, MRS. EDWARDS. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, DOCTOR NUTT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND FOR ZERO MINUTES ARE APPROVED. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO G PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. DOCTOR PACE, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THIS EVENING? YES, MADAM CHAIR, WE DO HAVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THANK YOU, DOCTOR PACE. THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS FOR THE BOARD TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA OR OTHER SUBJECTS PERTINENT TO THE BOARD AND THE HENRY COUNTY SCHOOLS COMMUNITY. AS A REMINDER, THE WINDOW TO SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS FROM 6 P.M. TO 6:55 P.M. IN THE LOBBY FOR THOSE VIEWING AT HOME. PUBLIC COMMENTS MAY ALSO BE SUBMITTED AT PUBLIC COMMENTS AT HENRY K12 US. THOSE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION HAVE AGREED TO THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS GOVERNING THEIR PARTICIPATION. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE MEMBERS OF THE HENRY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. UNUSED TIME MAY NOT BE GIVEN TO ANOTHER SPEAKER. ALSO, SPEAKERS SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS WON'T RESPOND TO EACH SPEAKER, BUT EACH SPEAKER WILL RECEIVE OUTREACH FROM A MEMBER OF STAFF FOLLOWING THEIR COMMENTS. SPEAKERS MAY NOT USE VULGAR OR INSULTING LANGUAGE. NAME A STUDENT OR EMPLOYEE INDIVIDUALLY OR DISCUSS ANY CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS. ANY VIOLATION OF THESE PARAMETERS WILL RESULT IN A COURTESY REMINDER. ANY FURTHER VIOLATION WILL RESULT IN THE SPEAKER'S TIME BEING FORFEITED. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THAT THEY SIGNED UP UNTIL THE LAST SPEAKER IS CALLED. OUR FIRST SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS TANISHA GERMAN. MISS GERMAN. AS YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, IF YOU'LL JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE MICROPHONE THAT'S ON THE PODIUM, IF THE BASE OF THAT MICROPHONE HAS A GREEN LIGHT ON. OKAY, YOU CAN BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. Y'ALL. NO, MA'AM. YES. YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, MA'AM. GREAT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE ON THE BOARD AND EVERYONE ATTENDING TONIGHT. MY NAME IS TANISHA GERMAN. I'M THE MOTHER OF A SPECIAL NEEDS
CHILD WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN SAFE IN HENRY COUNTY SCHOOLS, BUT WASN'T TONIGHT. I DON'T JUST STAND HERE FOR MY SON. I STAND HERE FOR EVERY PARENT IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO HAS BEEN IGNORED. WHEN OUR CHILDREN CRIED OUT FOR HELP, MY SON WAS THREATENED. HE WAS TOUCHED. HE WAS HUMILIATED, HE BEGGED FOR SAFETY, AND I BEGGED FOR ACTION INSTEAD OF PROTECTION. THE DISTRICT DISMISSED AND PUNISHED HIM HARDER THAN HIS PEERS. ON FEBRUARY THE 5TH, WE ASKED FOR A SCHEDULED CHANGE TO KEEP HIM SAFE. IT NEVER CAME. ON FEBRUARY THE 24TH, WHILE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE DISTRICT, HE WAS VIOLATED BY A STAFF MEMBER. AFTER THAT, THE RETALIATION BEGAN HARSHER DISCIPLINE, FALSE LABELS, HUMILIATION AND SILENCE. AND JUST WEEKS AGO, LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED THAT ANOTHER STUDENT WILL FACE A FELONY CHARGE OF TERRORISTIC THREATS FOR TARGETING MY SON, A FELONY. LET THAT SINK IN. IF THE POLICE CAN SEE THE DANGER, WHY COULDN'T THE DISTRICT AND THEN KIM CAME SOMETHING NO PARENT SHOULD EVER HEAR. AN ADMINISTRATOR TOLD ME DIRECTLY THAT HIS BOYS WERE THE SAME STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE LOCUST GROVE SHOOTING THAT KILLED A YOUNG MAN ON JULY 29TH IN LOCUST GROVE, GEORGIA. HE TOLD ME IF HIS BOYS WANTED TO DO SOMETHING, THEY WOULDN'T WARN ME, NOR MY SON. THEY WOULD JUST DO IT. THAT IS INTIMIDATION. THAT IS ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE OF VIOLENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING IT, THIS DISTRICT LEFT MY SON AND EVERY OTHER CHILD VULNERABLE. THIS IS BIGGER THAN MY SON. EVERY PARENT HERE HAS A STORY. STORIES OF CHILDREN BEING BULLIED ASKED, DENIED THEIR IEPS, THEIR IEP RIGHTS PUSHED ASIDE BECAUSE IT WAS EASIER TO PROTECT THE SYSTEM THAN TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN. WE'VE ALL BEEN TOLD TO STAY QUIET. WE'VE BEEN MADE TO FEEL LIKE WE'RE OVERREACTING. BUT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU WE ARE NOT OVERREACTING. WE ARE DEMANDING THE BARE MINIMUM THAT OUR CHILDREN BE SAFE, RESPECTED AND TREATED FAIRLY. WE DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY. WE DEMAND THAT WHEN A CHILD REPORTS ABUSE OR THREATS, THEY ARE BELIEVED WE DEMAND EQUAL TREATMENT FOR BLACK CHILDREN, FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, FOR EVERY STUDENT WHO HAS BEEN TREATED AS LESS THAN, NO MORE RETALIATION, NO MORE COVER UPS, NO MORE DELAY WHILE CHILDREN SUFFER. IF YOU CAN'T PROTECT THEM, THEN YOU SHOULDN'T BE SITTING IN THOSE SEATS. I WILL NOT STOP FIGHTING FOR WB. I WILL NOT STOP FIGHTING FOR EVERY STUDENT PARENT WHO'S VOICES WAS IGNORED. YOU MAY TRY TO SILENCE US, BUT WE ARE LOUDER TOGETHER. MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT IS YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS DEMARIO RICHBOURG. AND MISS RICHBURG. AS YOU APPROACH, IF YOU'LL JUST MAKE SURE THAT GREEN LIGHT IS ON, OKAY. BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. I JUST LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS THAT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A FOLLOW UP ON FOR MY TEACHERS AND YOUR TEACHERS. THE BIWEEKLY PAY NOT JUST THE TEACHERS, BUT THE SERVICE COMMUNITY AS WELL. THE FRONT OFFICE FROM EVERYBODY IN THE DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A FOLLOW UP ABOUT THAT. THE HIRING PROCESS DELAYS. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A FOLLOW UP ABOUT THAT. THE SAFETY, THE LIGHTING, I HAVE PICTURES. I HAVE BE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SEND THOSE TO YOU. THE LIGHTING IN THE PARKING LOTS ARE STILL AT A MINIMUM. THE BUILDING REPAIRS WHEN THERE'S A LEAK. THAT'S STILL AN ISSUE, PREFERABLY STOCKBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. WHAT DOES IT TAKE? WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TO FULFILL THE WORK ORDERS? LANDSCAPERS. THE LANDSCAPERS HAD DAMAGED A TOTAL OF TWO WINDOWS, ONE OF THEM SHATTERED, AND BOTH MY CHILDREN FELT THE EFFECT OF THAT BECAUSE IT SHATTERED ON THEM. ACADEMICS. WHY ARE THE NEED FOR TEACHERS IN A SCHOOL IS MEASURED BY THE BY STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO, AND NOT MEASURED BY THE QUALIFICATION OF A TEACHER TO TEACH A SUBJECT, SUCH AS MATH. A PE TEACHER CANNOT TEACH MATH IF THEY HAVE NEVER TAUGHT IT, THEY'RE NOT QUALIFIED. SO THE RATIO THE WERE. HOWEVER YOU DO IT, MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN
TEACHERS. YOU KNOW THAT DOESN'T WORK. STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO DOES NOT WORK. IF THIS TEACHER IS NOT QUALIFIED TO TEACH THAT SUBJECT. THEREFORE WE HAVE KIDS SUCH AS MY DAUGHTER WITH A WHOLE MONTH WITHOUT A TEACHER BECAUSE OF HIRING DELAYS, BECAUSE OF THE STUDENT TEACHER RATIO. DRESS CODE. IF A SCHOOL WANTS TO ENFORCE A DRESS CODE STANDARD SUCH AS UNIFORMS, THIS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE STUDENT HANDBOOK. NO. HANDS DOWN, IT SHOULD BE OPTIONAL. IT SHOULD BE LISTED IN THERE IF YOU NEED ME TO TELL YOU, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE YOU WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. GRADUATION DATES AND LOCATION SHOULD BE PROVIDED IN MAY, IN THE MAY, IN MAY, PRIOR OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO 2525 STUDENTS PARENTS SHOULD HAVE KNOWN IN 2024 VICE VERSA. WHY DOES STOCKBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, BEING A STEM SCHOOL WOULD STOP? EXCUSE ME? WITH STOCKBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL BEING A STEM SCHOOL, THEY SHOULD HAVE THE HAVE THE STATE OF THE ART FACILITY JUST AS THAT SCHOOL, STEM SCHOOL THAT IS BEING BUILT. HISTORY SHOWS THAT STOCKBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL USED TO BE IN THAT LOCATION. THEY SHOULD ALSO GET THE SAME RESPECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS RICHBURG. DOCTOR PACE, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FOR THIS EVENING. AND I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PARLIAMENTARIAN. MADAM CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR PACE. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR BUSINESS ITEMS. AND THESE WERE DISCUSSED ARE ARE ONE BUSINESS ITEM FOR TONIGHT WAS DISCUSSED AT OUR STUDY SESSION. SO IF YOU WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND THAT WE WOULD INVITE YOU TO GO BACK AND HEAR THE DISCUSSION AROUND THIS ITEM. CAN I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE TO APPROVE BUSINESS ITEM H ONE. FOR MOTION TO APPROVE BUSINESS ITEM H ONE. THANK YOU, MISS EDWARDS. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, DOCTOR NUTT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND FOR ZERO H. ONE IS APPROVED. CAN I GET A MOTION, PLEASE, TO APPROVE H TWO PERSONNEL AS PRESENTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE H TWO THAT WE PERSONNEL FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU, MISS CARTER. IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU, MISS EDWARDS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THREE ALL OPPOSED? ONE. THREE. ONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN I WE ARE NOW TO OUR BOARD. SUPERINTENDENT CLOSING REMARKS FOR THE EVENING. DOCTOR NUTT, DO YOU WANT TO START US OFF THIS EVENING? SURE. THANK YOU. THIS MONTH IS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MONTH, AS WE HAD CELEBRATED THE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, NATIONAL FOOD SAFETY EDUCATION MONTH, NATIONAL ARTS. SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN OUR ARTS PROGRAM. CONGRATULATIONS TO UNITY GROVE FIFTH GRADE STUDENT BO BROWN ON BECOMING A READATHON FINALIST. BO RECEIVED A SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION FROM SHAQUILLE O'NEAL FOUNDATION, THE HENRY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. V 103 GRIGGS. STREET, SORRY, AND SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR PACE, CONGRATULATIONS TO LUELLA HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND. OH, GO TO THEIR INVITATION TO PERFORM IN THE CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY HOMECOMING PARADE THIS OCTOBER. CONGRATULATIONS. THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY AND AN HONOR FOR THESE TALENTED STUDENTS AND MUSICIANS IN THEIR HIGHLIGHT THEIR HARD WORK AND TALENT IN SUCH A PRESTIGIOUS COMMUNITY SHOWCASE. CONGRATULATIONS TO LUELLA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT MIKAYLA DAVIDSON ON HER ACCEPTANCE INTO THE GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL MOCK TRIAL LAW ACADEMY. MIKAYLA WAS ACCEPTED BY THE STATE BAR ASSOCIATION. WOW OF GEORGIA IN THE HIGHLY SELECTIVE PROGRAM. CONGRATULATIONS, MIKAYLA. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE OPENING OF THEIR NEW BUILDING OUT BEHIND OAKLAND ELEMENTARY. IT IS A NICE PLACE. LUCAS GROVE WON THEIR GAME AGAINST ELCO THIS WEEKEND. GO, WILDCATS! MCDONOUGH WORKED REALLY HARD AND THE WARHAWKS PLAYED PLAYED HARD AND THEY'LL WIN IT THIS WEEKEND I'M SURE. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO HAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY WON THEIR GAME. CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY. YOU'VE HAD A GREAT
FIRST MONTH AND START OF THE YEAR AND SEPTEMBER. WE'RE JUST REAL PROUD OF YOU AND TEACHERS. KEEP DOING WHAT YOU DO BEST AND THAT'S TEACHING. WE'RE WE'RE PROUD OF EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR ARNETT. MRS. CARTER, I JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY GRANDPARENTS DAY TODAY ACTUALLY TO OUR AMAZING GRANDPARENTS. LOVE THAT SEVERAL OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THEM THIS MONTH. THAT'S SO EXCITING. TEACHER OF THE YEAR CELEBRATION IS OCTOBER 2ND. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL TEACHERS THAT ARE BEING RECOGNIZED. ALL OF OUR CLUSTERS ARE HOSTING COMMUNITY CONVERSATION CLUSTER MEETINGS. SO PLEASE REACH OUT TO YOUR STUDENTS SCHOOLS FOR DATES AND TIMES IN YOUR CLUSTER. IT'S FALL BREAK, WHICH IS CRAZY. SO JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE AT THIS POINT. IT'S BEEN A GREAT START. I FEEL LIKE TO OUR SCHOOL YEAR. I JUST HOPE EVERYONE HAS A WONDERFUL BREAK AND ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND FAMILIES ARE ABLE TO RELAX AND ENJOY TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, MRS. CARTER. MISS EDWARDS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. COMING FROM DISTRICT TWO, I REALLY ENJOYED THE STATE OF THE SCHOOLS ADDRESS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOLS. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER IS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MONTH, AND EXPRESSED MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR OUR LOCAL RESPONDERS, AS WELL AS THE HENRY COUNTY SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY TEAM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS DEDICATION AND PREPARATION AND PLANNING, ENSURING THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF DAILY. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT SEPTEMBER 16TH IS NATIONAL IT PROFESSIONAL DAY AND EXPRESS MY SINCERE THANKS TO ALL OF THE IT PROFESSIONALS WHO SERVE HENRY COUNTY SCHOOLS. YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION KEEP OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF LEARNING AND PRODUCTIVE THROUGH THE EFFECTIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY EVERY DAY. WE TRULY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU. I'M WAVING AT THEM IN THE BACK, BUT THEY ARE WATCHING ME. ALRIGHT I'M FINISHED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS EDWARDS. DOCTOR PACE THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS FROM WHEN THE BOARD TOOK ACTION ON PERSONNEL. THIS IS FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING, AS WELL AS FROM THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING HELD ON JULY 28TH. LET ME START BY WELCOMING MR. MICHAEL BROWNING, PRINCIPAL AT TUSSAHAW ELEMENTARY. DOCTOR JAMILA MARTIN, PRINCIPAL AT WESLEY LAKES ELEMENTARY. MR. RODNEY MALLORY, SUPERVISOR AT G NETS. AND MRS. ROXANNE EVANS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT BETHLEHEM ELEMENTARY. CONGRATULATIONS. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS IN YOUR NEW ROLES IN HENRY COUNTY SCHOOLS, AND I HOPE EVERYONE HAS AN ENJOYABLE AND RESTFUL FALL BREAK. AND DON'T FORGET TO READ EVERY DAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THAT CONCLUDES MY CLOSING REMARKS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR PACE. JUST A FEW SPECIAL CELEBRATIONS FROM DISTRICT FOUR. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE GRANDPARENTS DAY. FIRST, FOR TO ALL OF THE WONDERFUL GRANDPARENTS WHO TRULY ARE THE VILLAGE THAT KEEPS THIS PLACE GOING AND EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND STAFF FOR SUCH THOUGHTFUL EFFORTS IN SHOWING APPRECIATION TO GRANDPARENTS. YOUR DEDICATION HELPS CELEBRATE THE IMPORTANT ROLE GRANDPARENTS PLAY IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS AND STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY. AND ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO MCDONOUGH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SHANAYA GUZMAN, AARON TARPLIN, JADA JOHNSON, JANAYA MCCOY, JASMINE RODRIGUEZ, AND KARINA WILLIAMS ON BEING INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL EDUCATION EQUITY LAB HONOR SOCIETY FOR THEIR WORK DURING THE SPRING 2020 SEMESTER AT SPELMAN COLLEGE. THIS I KNOW AMAZING. THIS HONOR PLACES THEM AMONG THE TOP 20% OF NEARLY 8000 STUDENTS NATIONWIDE WHO EXCELLED IN RIGOROUS, COLLEGE LEVEL COURSES OFFERED BY TOP UNIVERSITIES. THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING HENRY COUNTY SCHOOLS SO WELL. I HAD THE HONOR OF ATTENDING OUR FIRST COMMUNITY CLUSTER CONVERSATION AT MCDONOUGH HIGH SCHOOL. SO THANK YOU TO MCDONOUGH FOR HOSTING US SO WELL, AND I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE ALL OF YOU INVITE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO COME OUT TO A CLUSTER
CONVERSATION NEAR YOU SO THAT WE CAN HEAR YOUR VOICE AS WE BEGIN TO CRAFT OUR NEXT FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN. AND I KNOW THAT YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS WILL SURELY TAKE US TO GREAT NEW HEIGHTS HERE IN HENRY COUNTY SCHOOLS. AND I HOPE EVERYONE HAS THE MOST WONDERFUL FALL BREAK. AND YOU GET LOTS OF REST AND RELAXATION, AND WE WILL SEE YOU BACK SOON. AND WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE BOARD, I WILL NOW ADJOURN OUR MEETING AT 7:51 P.M. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT AND BE SAFE. THE CHAIR HAS ADJOURNED THE MEETING AND ATTENDEES CAN