[0:02] this small board meeting of May the 24th

[0:05] 2016 will come to order

[0:08] this time um I asked dr. foster if he

[0:11] would lead us in prayer in the Pledge of

[0:12] Allegiance blessing upon the group here

[0:23] assembled today we ask that you bless

[0:25] our children as they have their few days

[0:28] left in the school year guide their

[0:30] activities at the school's left the

[0:33] parents those teachers who have duties

[0:36] every day toward our children and let us

[0:40] have a safe ending to the school year

[0:42] unless this meeting as well today Lord

[0:45] we ask you and their first responders

[0:47] here and their soldiers abroad bring

[0:51] them home safely help them to protect us

[0:54] these Saints in Christ Jesus name we

[0:57] pray amen

[1:24] do I hear a motion for the approval of

[1:28] the minutes second we have a motion to

[1:31] approve the last minutes and there's a

[1:33] second any discussion all in favor say

[1:36] aye I came before you move forward with

[1:39] the agenda can we just ask for a moment

[1:43] of silence for Commissioner

[1:45] CJ small yes sir and it's safe return

[1:48] back to the United States yes well said

[1:51] we'll take a moment of silence

[2:05] thank you very much thank you dr.

[2:08] Crenshaw do I hear a motion for the

[2:12] agenda adoption so moved second okay we

[2:16] have a motion and a second to adopt the

[2:18] agenda any discussion all in favor say

[2:22] aye aye those opposed motion carries

[2:25] I have miss peek any announcements

[2:28] before I make we're in the last few days

[2:33] of school like dr. Foster said the

[2:36] students last days June the first the

[2:38] teachers June the second professional

[2:41] development has already begun so we have

[2:44] a busy seats a busy summer ahead of us

[2:47] and looking forward to finishing all the

[2:51] plans and being ready to go for the 1617

[2:55] school year my goodness we're talking 16

[2:58] 17 already and another hour and we

[3:01] graduated 3,750 students last week so we

[3:08] saw students walk with diplomas from all

[3:13] 13 of our sites including gun gusty

[3:16] ovens thank you now thank you

[3:20] I'm gonna do one recognition report

[3:25] actually it's a sad one that I have to

[3:26] make we have a board resolution here for

[3:30] a former student of the Mobile County

[3:33] public school system and it's a

[3:37] resolution for Miss Rosetta gamble Brown

[3:40] the sad news to report is that Miss

[3:43] Brown has passed away and we understand

[3:48] from my facts are correct that they are

[3:50] bringing her back to mobile for her

[3:52] funeral but she was a pathfinder for

[3:58] civil rights in Mobile and was one of

[4:01] the first African American students to

[4:03] attend Murphy high school so I'm going

[4:05] to read this resolution and then I want

[4:07] to give it to our board member here mr.

[4:11] battles who's a member of the n-double

[4:12] a-c-p so you can

[4:16] whereas rosetta gamble Bram was born on

[4:18] July the 17th 1947 in Orville Alabama

[4:22] and graduated from Murphy high schoo

[4:25] Tuskegee University and Birmingham

[4:28] Southern College and whereas she was one

[4:31] of Mobile's first civil rights activists

[4:33] and a crucial part of the integration of

[4:35] Murphy high school and whereas her goal

[4:38] was to help fight for equal education

[4:40] for all students and whereas she was

[4:43] loving and a devoted mother

[4:45] grandmother's sister and friend and now

[4:47] therefore I'm mr. Don Stringfellow

[4:49] president of the Mobile Board of school

[4:51] commissioners along with the

[4:53] superintendent of the mobile public

[4:55] school system and the remaining members

[4:56] of the school do recognize the

[4:59] outstanding contribution made by Messrs

[5:01] Rosetta Campbell Brown to the public

[5:04] school system of Mobile County

[5:06] authorization this document requested by

[5:08] mr. Stringfellow and district from

[5:10] district 2 on this 24th day of May 2016

[5:13] and Miss to meet one come in she was

[5:20] born in or via Alabama where my pastor

[5:23] Reverend Charles Arthur Thompson was

[5:25] born in Oroville Alabama who I have

[5:28] attended Stonestreet since I was nine

[5:30] years old I think I'm about 27 now on

[5:35] behalf of the family and the

[5:37] n-double-a-cp in the community we just

[5:39] thank you for this recognition because

[5:41] pair founders always need to be

[5:42] recognized but when they recognize

[5:45] somebody gonna emulate them and father

[5:47] so thank you very much I graduated from

[5:49] the University of South Alabama in the

[5:51] first craze in nineteen so we were pair

[5:54] founders at the University in 1966 thank

[5:57] you that's right

[5:58] Oh mr. Harwell you have any

[6:00] announcements or

[6:03] don't announcer that I have is that on

[6:05] Thursday night it means middle school

[6:07] we're gonna have a town meeting to

[6:10] discuss with the community about some

[6:12] issues that we feel the very rough and

[6:13] so that's all I got okay to start at six

[6:16] o'clock and we inviting the general

[6:18] probably to come in and just to get some

[6:19] comments and input thank you

[6:21] yes sir dr. Crenshaw no dr. Foster

[6:24] no okay thank you we're going to move on

[6:27] to citizens requests I have the list

[6:30] here the first let me read this off to

[6:33] you the delegates who speak will have

[6:35] five minutes to make their presentations

[6:38] the good name and or character of an

[6:40] individual may not be discussed during

[6:42] an open board meeting and our

[6:45] superintendent miss peek will be keeping

[6:47] the time here is the mic is the is it

[6:50] right there okay first one I have on the

[6:53] list here is Miss Kathy batiste miss

[6:56] biteys if you would please I did

[7:02] pronounce a correct my name is Kathy

[7:07] Betty so I'm a representative here from

[7:08] little B with some high school and I

[7:10] represent the PTA I stand before you

[7:13] because of some of the things that we

[7:14] have been talking about that's been on

[7:16] the media this morning that's in

[7:17] reference to make East middle school

[7:19] merging it with with some high school we

[7:22] have parents and supporters that are

[7:24] here today who are against this decision

[7:26] making due to a lot of several reasons

[7:28] and I do know that I only have five

[7:29] minutes to discuss this I just hit on

[7:31] some of the main topics one of the

[7:33] topics is it's in reference to teenage

[7:35] students mixing in with high school

[7:38] students mixing in with middle school

[7:39] students we have decreased our pregnancy

[7:42] rate at Wilson High School we feel that

[7:44] when you merge this school with some

[7:46] that will increase we have done

[7:48] parenting communication in education

[7:51] with our students and once you emerge at

[7:53] your middle school students in we're

[7:54] gonna have issues with that as well

[7:56] social media is the biggest thing here

[7:58] we have we're afraid that we may

[8:00] increase rape cases due to the fact of

[8:02] older students with younger students

[8:04] another thing we want to talk about is

[8:06] in reference to administration we at

[8:08] this point went through a whole school

[8:10] year with a principal who had to serve

[8:12] as a math teacher for the school system

[8:15] when a school board

[8:16] not provide us one so he did double

[8:18] duties which I commend him on that

[8:20] however if you were to blend middle

[8:23] school students in with with some high

[8:25] school there is nothing on your agenda

[8:27] you have not provided to the public that

[8:29] you will provide us with the best

[8:31] administrative staff that we need we

[8:33] don't get enough teachers we don't get

[8:35] qualified enough qualified teachers

[8:37] because I receive a letter every year

[8:40] stating a teacher has not met

[8:41] credibility and that you wanted to

[8:43] inform me but then that destroys our

[8:45] parents from sending their children to

[8:48] school and maintaining them in our

[8:50] school I have a child there myself and

[8:52] believe we're some high school has

[8:54] provide all three of my girls with the

[8:56] best education that they can get and

[8:58] they're all graduating from college the

[9:00] other thing that's on the agenda is the

[9:02] facility with some high school does not

[9:04] even have a cafeteria that can hold the

[9:06] students that we already have how are

[9:08] you gonna merge middle school students

[9:09] in with with some high and our facility

[9:12] cannot accommodate them the other thing

[9:14] is money that was almost millions of

[9:17] dollars I think 7.6 million dollars that

[9:19] was allocated to Maine's middle school

[9:22] to build that establishment there so

[9:24] when you close down Maine's middle

[9:26] school will that money be allocated to

[9:28] with some high school we had a hard

[9:30] enough time trying to get our sports

[9:31] facility to be upgraded so that we can

[9:35] provide better athletes for our

[9:37] collegiate people who come here to

[9:39] recruit you

[9:39] then there's the defibrillated building

[9:42] that sits across from the school that

[9:45] we've been fighting with city councilmen

[9:47] and for you all to stand in that is

[9:49] rat-infested that has caught on fire

[9:52] several times you put our children in

[9:54] danger when you have this building

[9:57] across the street that has not been torn

[9:59] down we've signed petitions we've done

[10:01] everything possible to get you all to

[10:03] tear that building down then there's a

[10:06] club mingoes sits right on the corner of

[10:09] a school system you have George Hall

[10:12] down the street we can even get you all

[10:14] to standing to tear that down and get

[10:16] that move as well for years we are now

[10:20] embarking on a 100-year celebration a

[10:23] school that started in a house in

[10:26] Maysville when blacks were not created

[10:29] equal

[10:30] so when we started from there and we

[10:32] moved to where we are standing now every

[10:35] year you all come up with a tactic to

[10:37] destroy the school credibility

[10:39] number one you rezone the school

[10:42] district the school district resolved we

[10:45] feel may be on your agenda differently

[10:47] was to populate BC rain High School when

[10:52] you populate the BC rain high school

[10:54] that took our children from our school

[10:56] number two not only have you done that

[10:59] you have you discredit us throughout the

[11:01] years through media we made the but we

[11:04] was off the bad school list for four

[11:06] years three to four years as soon as we

[11:08] made it back on the list we are over

[11:11] national news but when Murphy was on a

[11:14] bad list we heard nothing of it not one

[11:18] thing so what we are asking fund I do

[11:20] understand I have one minute what we're

[11:23] asking for is just what you spoke up

[11:25] with the N double AC P is equal T we

[11:28] want the same thing we want the same

[11:30] extracurricular that every school has

[11:33] you took away the drama

[11:34] you took away you start our band dr.

[11:37] Edison told us we couldn't have a band

[11:39] on auxiliary until we got a band

[11:41] director we have all this stuff going on

[11:44] that's negative towards our school but

[11:46] you're not giving us enough to fight

[11:47] with

[11:49] [Applause]

[11:57] next I have June Jones Miss Jones hi I'm

[12:05] June Jones I'm a retired math teacher

[12:08] from Chicago I've come here as a casual

[12:12] observer I'm also sit on the Education

[12:15] Committee of the n-double a-c-p

[12:17] I'm boring them with a leak low League

[12:20] of Women Voters and I have some concerns

[12:24] about the ten failing schools one thing

[12:28] being a math teacher from Chicago I've

[12:31] worked with inner-city schools at-risk

[12:33] schools I have made a coalition plan for

[12:37] the schools where I will hope I can meet

[12:39] with some members where we can go over

[12:41] this plan right now it's about 15 pages

[12:43] so a little bit too long to go into

[12:46] right now but some of the main points is

[12:48] making the board making a school system

[12:50] transparent have a more information that

[12:53] is e that is equally accessible to all

[12:57] people without passwords and

[12:58] what-have-you

[12:59] another thing is accountability now what

[13:02] I'm hearing now some of the things she

[13:04] was talking about was new to me because

[13:06] again I'm new to mobile but some of that

[13:09] is accountability and transparency that

[13:11] the parents should have a voice in I'm a

[13:15] parent I represent a lot of mothers we

[13:17] have the same view you see we're going

[13:20] to say we're gonna have equal

[13:21] opportunity for education we should have

[13:23] that I came in here observing high

[13:25] schools and I see kids counting on their

[13:27] fingers I'm a math teacher

[13:29] I should not see any twelfth grader

[13:32] counting on their fingers I don't care

[13:34] how many kids you graduated they're not

[13:36] qualified

[13:37] they're simply not qualified another

[13:39] thing I have the issue with us having

[13:41] high school people that substitute in

[13:43] high school when they only have a high

[13:45] school diploma you're not qualified to

[13:47] teach so that means when a student have

[13:49] a substitute in their classroom there is

[13:51] no education you have a hundred and

[13:54] eighty days for education every last

[13:56] mono stage to be used for their

[13:57] education now one day should be used as

[13:59] play I do not see eight playgrounds

[14:03] meaning these soccer fields coming up

[14:05] when our children are not being educated

[14:08] you have thousands of kids being

[14:11] undereducated but you're worrying about

[14:13] school playgrounds I don't see that so I

[14:17] really would like to meet with some of

[14:19] you it's a very detailed plan for

[14:21] transparency qualified situations and we

[14:25] have been working on this for a few days

[14:28] we have not asked for the meeting yet

[14:32] but I heard about this meeting this

[14:34] morning on my way to the YMCA so I had

[14:36] to get here and do what I had to do but

[14:39] these are things that are needed that

[14:41] would get your schools to actually

[14:44] become noppfairy schools it is not

[14:47] something that you can turn around in a

[14:48] couple of years from my understanding

[14:50] was talking with the public that you

[14:52] have turned principals around in two

[14:55] three years that is no way in the world

[14:57] you're going to get a school to pass and

[14:59] that lose amount of time you have to

[15:01] change the climate of the school you

[15:02] have to change the attitude of the

[15:04] school and let me just say this I'm not

[15:06] only a high school teacher my bachelor's

[15:10] was in mathematics I have a master's in

[15:12] curriculum and instruction and a

[15:14] master's in educational leadership I've

[15:17] not a plaything right here I'm very

[15:19] serious and this is not just to

[15:20] criticize your system I saw a system not

[15:23] working I came down here and found more

[15:25] students being taught in home-school

[15:28] which kind of opened my eyes to the

[15:30] situation when I went in on the voter's

[15:32] 18 to get kids to register for school I

[15:35] could not believe that kids their

[15:37] children our students was happen asking

[15:40] for better education they deserved it

[15:43] and I'm good you know I can talk forever

[15:45] but I'm good I'm taking this job

[15:51] next we have mr. James Adams my name is

[16:00] james adams i'm the mayor of mount

[16:02] vernon Alabama and I'm standing before

[16:05] you all today didn't come prepare to to

[16:10] give a big lengthy speech anything like

[16:13] that I come on speak from my heart I

[16:15] really feel like that the school bell

[16:20] saw ET bell so wasn't represented well

[16:24] parents did on numerous times a note or

[16:30] notify people that look the teachers are

[16:35] not teaching this or did we we don't

[16:37] have band we they got rid of the

[16:39] athletic courts and stuff like and

[16:42] nothing was done about it okay now did

[16:46] you the kids started numbers started

[16:49] going down okay

[16:51] the reason that's why because if it was

[16:54] your child in school you want your child

[16:57] to get the best education he can under

[17:00] the best teachers that they can so after

[17:03] nothing was done our parents in my

[17:05] opponent didn't have a choice but to

[17:07] start moving kids to other schools that

[17:11] wouldn't be my choice I like to tackle a

[17:13] problem if you got a problem let's try

[17:15] to solve the problem but that wasn't

[17:18] happening because they wasn't getting

[17:19] the results from from the other stuff

[17:22] though so the parents started moving

[17:24] them so when you move kids what happened

[17:27] to the remainder the numbers go down and

[17:29] that's that's what you all are howling

[17:32] about the numbers plus it was a failing

[17:35] school okay if they don't have qualified

[17:38] teachers enough and I wasn't not there

[17:40] one teach me but you won't get qualified

[17:43] kids and you won't get good results now

[17:46] they was telling my shutting it down I

[17:51] am asking that this doesn't happen

[17:54] I remember when Bell saw was blooming in

[17:58] Mount Vernon as a school that change over years because of the

[18:05] problem I'm telling you about different

[18:08] person and you all know how many

[18:09] principles have been up there you all

[18:11] know how many teachers unison up but

[18:13] that was a problem with Bell so getting

[18:16] certified or qualified principals and

[18:19] teachers not saying that they wasn't

[18:21] qualified because I'm not saying but

[18:23] they kept going in and out changing out

[18:25] when you start changing out that's

[18:27] telling me something so after they

[18:29] couldn't get athletics the band they had

[18:32] one of the best bands in mobile counted

[18:35] eight that elementary school when it was

[18:36] up there play with the high schools they

[18:39] played played in my leg row they march

[18:41] with their dog all kind of parades so

[18:45] they had a good core of teachers at that

[18:49] time for some reason we lost them now oh

[18:53] it's sad that the kids are going suffer

[18:58] with this obviously I remember him right

[19:02] out through South :

[19:05] I saw a groundbreaking service and so I

[19:09] got curious and went over there they

[19:11] said this was new middle school I said a

[19:14] mill school

[19:15] you got Bell so down why would you need

[19:18] a but you know things had to happen so

[19:21] then there was North Mobile years what

[19:26] about Dennis they were your kids

[19:28] eventually gonna have to go to North

[19:30] Mobile I said why we got Bell saw a nice

[19:33] school he's not run down anything kids can stand with the best you got so

[19:41] last year they got rid of all the middle

[19:46] of students and I have a granddaughter

[19:49] right there was she had the third haiji

[19:52] PA in eighth grade this year on the

[19:54] other day she was the top one of the top

[19:57] honor the students there so you're gonna

[20:03] find that in our own schools you know

[20:04] you're gonna find some good with some

[20:06] bad ones my thing is when you moved all

[20:09] the middle students to know him mobile

[20:12] that show enough give way to getting rid

[20:17] of the elementary now to me because you

[20:22] built north mobile it like to me it was

[20:25] a cleverly orchestrated plan um that's

[20:32] I'm thinking for my heart it it feels

[20:34] like it was a plan and that plan was

[20:38] going through when they got no mobile

[20:40] the students eventually went down then

[20:43] you moved to middle school all you have

[20:45] was Elementary not only that they built

[20:49] and I'm not against anybody getting us

[20:51] through school I'm not

[20:53] they built Castle diva a couple of miles

[20:56] away from so when you building new

[20:59] schools around another school what do we

[21:01] expect those kids Thank You mr. Evans

[21:04] thank you sir next speaker is miss

[21:14] Carolyn blanks maze

[21:34] yes I minister caseta Jackson and we

[21:37] just want to let you all know whatever

[21:40] you're doing whatever decision you think

[21:44] you have me this is not the end of it

[21:48] how do you feel

[21:49] see it's not any of your children who

[21:53] you want to merge together how do you

[21:56] feel if your middle school and your high

[21:59] school coming together think about it

[22:03] think about your grand children and

[22:05] teenagers so we want to let you know

[22:10] that this is not the end and we are not

[22:17] gonna stand by and let you do what you

[22:22] want to do when you get ready put your

[22:26] money where you want to put it you build

[22:28] your new center near high school so you

[22:31] want applause Mays middle school in

[22:33] order to find that big ol or college but

[22:39] you can't do that I see y'all in y'all

[22:43] positions making your money but now it's

[22:49] time for all the people to wake up and

[22:52] stop you close I added blacks through

[22:54] all these schools I will let you join

[22:57] you don't care about them talk about

[22:59] your grandchildren think about your

[23:01] children so you never thought about that

[23:05] ha put your children in that position so

[23:11] nice and how many more minutes I got all

[23:13] sister Pete

[23:16] two more minutes okay I'm gonna use my

[23:20] two minutes in the name of Jesus so we

[23:25] ask God right now see I'm talking to

[23:28] Jesus and I'm gonna use my two minutes

[23:31] Lord you know what's going on right here

[23:34] and God we know in school star back we

[23:38] demand our new school for Maine's middle

[23:41] school no I all these yields they've

[23:46] been shut down I would look blood

[23:48] children so God you know you made all of

[23:51] us and you love us our own but God you

[23:54] don't like that either iniquity where

[23:57] people are doing and go reacts you right

[24:00] now in the name of Jesus to move our

[24:03] maize middle school and move on out of

[24:05] schools what we need in the name of

[24:07] Jesus Amy and God you mu you know how to

[24:11] move see we don't know her but we

[24:13] petition it all to You Lord right now in

[24:16] the name of Jesus I understand on one

[24:18] minute but Jesus's are all minute in the

[24:22] name of Jesus Amy and we thank you Lord

[24:25] and love whatever you need to do for the

[24:27] school board lawyer you know how to shut

[24:29] it up in the name of Jesus you're right

[24:32] move it you've not a move on the board

[24:34] you ride a church right now in the name

[24:37] of Jesus Amy and lo we want to give you

[24:39] an honor we want to give you the praise

[24:41] and a mighty name of Jesus and you fix

[24:43] the law fix it Betsy

[24:45] don't let them sleep tonight don't let

[24:47] no time sleep tonight don't ever sleep

[24:50] [Applause]

[24:58] okay we've been told by some of our

[25:03] black community you don't know me

[25:05] talking and loud and all that but see we

[25:08] ain't them

[25:09] and we're gonna say like just like we

[25:12] want to say it and if that bothers them

[25:15] they're just too bad if they say we

[25:17] ain't no Christian car we talkin what we

[25:19] talkin well they're just too bad

[25:21] they told dr. King he was a devil but

[25:23] they don't mean nothin

[25:25] okay I do know this and I don't care

[25:28] what nobody person said the information

[25:30] that I have and I got this on legal

[25:33] ground and so don't tell me I don't know

[25:35] what I'm talking about

[25:36] all y'all up in communal about we don't

[25:39] know we talk about the reason they want

[25:42] to close may ends is because it's the

[25:47] whole city plan other choice

[25:51] humility okay the charge community is

[25:56] the consist of our V Taylor Birds veal

[26:02] and barking towel well who goes to those

[26:06] stools the people in the project so they

[26:12] feel like see if they can push this

[26:14] choice neighborhood through then they

[26:17] won't need may ease so that's why the

[26:20] city Mobile mayor steps and all them got

[26:23] together with child and I'm proud to me

[26:25] you know what y'all have on the country

[26:26] well y'all got together and said well we

[26:29] gonna close that down so now what you're

[26:34] trying to do is carry out what y'all

[26:36] understood but don't depend on that

[26:40] there Charles community gonna come to

[26:42] Pam cop I got a little right here from

[26:46] Washington DC that that the mayor in the

[26:50] city can't even push that commuter

[26:52] through unless he gonna get working

[26:54] approval with the community what they

[26:57] gonna do they're not gonna just push

[26:59] this out and be a no snow no no new

[27:02] streets and and no a new buildings and

[27:05] gonna push all them for

[27:07] black folks on the street not this time

[27:10] you're getting it over and Prichard you

[27:13] did only happy here

[27:14] you did it all the orange go and now

[27:17] you're back to do it over here so that's

[27:19] what this main instinct is about but I

[27:22] won't try to know whatever to see you

[27:24] have me will make that will not be the

[27:28] end of that if they take every dollar I

[27:32] got saved up I plan on taking every one

[27:37] of y'all to court about this because

[27:41] it's time that the federal government

[27:43] know how y'all been doing us all these

[27:46] years

[27:47] we are told it's no no we're not gonna

[28:07] do that

[28:08] not anymore I told you everything on the

[28:11] earth goes by season and time nothing

[28:14] happens but by season time you don't

[28:17] have you don't know nobody don't bling

[28:19] about it everything happens on a season

[28:21] he may let some go for seventy year but

[28:24] after that seven year he'll cut it down

[28:26] when God said he got tired of just white

[28:29] folks going in that white house he shot

[28:31] got me somebody now I don't want just a

[28:33] wife or gonna be and so when Barack

[28:35] Obama started running for office

[28:36] everybody Mobile started get it get it get it and now he done

[28:42] beating that and now he's ready for the

[28:47] black community to rise you know when

[28:52] August coming you know how to keep your

[28:54] buck cheering at home you know what the

[28:57] Duke they don't told you what to do when

[29:00] they die on those streets and they're

[29:02] six they talk to you what to do stand up

[29:04] for yourself how we now gonna stand by

[29:07] y'all can depend on their thank you

[29:17] next we have mr. Peter Cutler

[29:27] thank you those of you that don't know

[29:29] me my name is Peter cup 4mu served

[29:32] director with the Alabama Alabama

[29:34] Education Association and we do have

[29:37] some concerns as it pertains to

[29:39] transparency I'm not gonna talk any

[29:41] about that but as it pertains to some

[29:43] budget and fiduciary concerns we

[29:46] understand the original intent of the

[29:48] legislature was to provide for

[29:50] additional funding was to provide four

[29:53] percent pay raise for our certified

[29:55] everybody all or nothing four percent

[29:57] and also an allocation of increased

[30:00] teacher units but what we've come to

[30:03] understand is there's some concern with

[30:05] teacher certifications there there's the

[30:08] case that a lot of middle school

[30:10] teachers with a one through six

[30:12] certificate are being requested by their

[30:14] supervisors to go back to elementary

[30:16] school or obtain a six through 12 or

[30:18] higher certificate and we certainly

[30:20] would hope that you would acknowledge

[30:21] that the state recognizes their one

[30:23] through six certificate and the fact

[30:25] that they can teach for up to two years

[30:27] on emergency status - and have that time

[30:30] to obtain a higher certificate if they

[30:33] so chose that's one concern and let it

[30:36] be known that from the time of ninth

[30:38] through twelfth grade it is the case

[30:41] nationally but specifically to mobile

[30:43] that a student will have over a year of

[30:46] time with a substitute teacher so there

[30:51] is a demand for these increased teacher

[30:53] allocations and we expect that the board

[30:55] would move to increase teacher

[30:57] allocation units and we understand that

[30:59] you do have the authority and discretion

[31:00] to have some flexibility with that but

[31:03] we'd like to see increased teachers we'd

[31:05] like to see more teachers and more

[31:07] opportunity for teachers to obtain

[31:09] through the district's pay paying them

[31:12] to get higher certification if that is

[31:14] the request but we certainly would not

[31:16] want to see a mandate come that they get

[31:19] a higher certificate when it's certainly

[31:21] it's not incumbent that they do so as

[31:23] the state recognizes there

[31:24] certificate so we come to you with those

[31:26] concerns we'd like to see some increased

[31:28] communications from the superintendent's

[31:30] office and the administration and a lot

[31:33] of the leadership assistant

[31:34] superintendents have been very good

[31:36] about communicating with me and I thank

[31:38] you for that when I've asked a question

[31:40] it has been responded to mr. HR however

[31:44] we'd like to see a little more

[31:45] correspondence in cooperation with the

[31:48] superintendent's office and some of the

[31:50] administration as it pertains to

[31:52] academic affairs thank you thank you

[31:57] next we have miss Lisa Washington I'm

[32:26] new here I've only been here a year I

[32:29] want to say hello to the board miss peek

[32:32] I understand you're the first female

[32:34] superintendent here in Mobile and maybe

[32:38] in the state but mistake of the state

[32:42] well not in the state not in the

[32:44] statement okay but to be the first and

[32:47] to know how important your job is as a

[32:51] woman as looking in this room and seeing

[32:54] fellow women there's mostly women in

[32:57] here speaking on the needs for better

[33:00] quality education for our kids and it

[33:03] just seems to me that every time we have

[33:07] to close down to school even after we've

[33:10] used that particular school to get a

[33:13] hundred million dollars to make

[33:15] improvements I understand that last year

[33:19] you yourself and the Board of Health

[33:22] said that may Eames is not to be torn

[33:25] down that it is a school that is

[33:28] qualified to be repair and be rebuilt

[33:31] and resources need to be put into it to

[33:35] help make it better we lose good

[33:37] teachers

[33:38] when we have mold and mildew we lose our

[33:41] babies when we have dilapidated

[33:43] bathrooms and we go down the hall and we

[33:46] can't even walk safely from one class to

[33:49] the next we start to lose and we start

[33:52] to disseminate and it makes me wonder is

[33:54] it something that has to do with real

[33:57] estate is this something that has to do

[33:59] with okay in this area

[34:02] we're under underprivileged we're

[34:05] underrepresented we are people who can

[34:09] be looked upon as an infestation of

[34:11] roaches and so we're gonna stop us out

[34:14] take the school destroy it and move on

[34:18] what happens to our babies we have

[34:21] children who need and deserve that

[34:23] quality education and I know from mother

[34:26] to mother grandmother - grandmother we

[34:29] need to make sure that whatever happens

[34:32] - may in school whether it's being

[34:35] destroyed whether it's being refurbished

[34:38] like I thought it was from a year ago

[34:41] all of a sudden now it's gonna be

[34:43] destroyed I don't understand how the

[34:45] quality went to the point of that is it

[34:48] cheaper is it a real estate I think it's

[34:50] a money thing it's cheaper to tear it

[34:53] down and leave these families which is

[34:56] wet less than 400 student population now

[35:02] one child one family has to struggle

[35:06] with trying to either relocate get a bus

[35:09] go here go there instead of staying and

[35:12] dealing with the problem right there at

[35:15] the site and making it happen

[35:17] we tear it down and spread everybody out

[35:20] and divide us and I just feel like it's

[35:24] the wrong Avenue to take and I'm sorry

[35:27] we disagree but I just feel like if we

[35:32] say we're gonna stay stick and stay and

[35:34] make the problem no longer a problem

[35:36] let's do that instead of running or

[35:39] putting the money in a place because it

[35:43] has a higher value real estate wise and

[35:46] not consider our babies thank you thank

[35:50] you

[35:51] [Applause]

[35:54] X I have Willie and law a grandmother of

[36:08] a student that means my grandson is not

[36:15] emotionally maturely ready to be pushed

[36:21] in with a bunch of high school students

[36:26] to be there he will never go to two

[36:32] Williamson in under these conditions you

[36:36] know that school is I think as a is it a

[36:42] good school if we can band together and

[36:45] bring the programs there that you have

[36:49] at these other schools have multiple

[36:52] reading and enrichment math they have

[36:55] bands they have functioning bathrooms

[36:59] they have walkways where the seem it's

[37:02] not falling from the top and a lot of

[37:06] them are much older you know there was

[37:09] money allocated for maize for the floor

[37:12] for a couple other schools and when

[37:16] Murphy sustained some damage they took

[37:20] it from everybody to fix Murphy because

[37:24] they wanted Murphy 50 Murphy fix right

[37:25] now well Marty could have tear it tear

[37:29] it down

[37:33] in our our kids deserve that our kids

[37:40] are worth more than what you can ever

[37:44] imagine you get you get people like

[37:48] dizzy collapse it comes from a school

[37:50] like that you have there's so much

[37:54] talent so much knowledge so much that

[37:59] can happen with those kids if you only

[38:02] put forth an ounce of effort to cure the

[38:08] problem instead of stop with them

[38:10] killing them throwing them to the

[38:12] wayside

[38:14] [Applause]

[38:17] next Jesse McDaniel good afternoon

[38:31] as always it's an honor and privilege to

[38:34] be here today to represent teachers and

[38:36] support staff in the Mobile County

[38:38] public school system my name is Jesse

[38:40] McDaniel and I work with Alabama

[38:42] Education Association I rise today to

[38:47] speak about an issue that is probably

[38:51] going to be overlooked and I didn't want

[38:54] it to be because it's very important if

[38:56] you'll if you have an agenda it's item G

[38:58] 5 the plant which is the what they call

[39:02] the fund balance plan if you look at

[39:06] that plan and you look down to the fifth

[39:10] bullet point on that plan there's

[39:14] something that's really alarming to me

[39:16] as a professional association leader

[39:19] here in this county and that is the

[39:21] proposal that this school board adopt a

[39:23] plan to actually endorse increasing

[39:28] class sizes and you would be increasing

[39:31] class sizes by reducing the number of

[39:34] locally funded units beginning this year

[39:38] by 13 teachers this is being proposed in

[39:44] an effort to save a million dollars a

[39:46] year

[39:47] with the promise of more reductions in

[39:50] locally funded units in years to come

[39:54] now you can ask any mother in this room

[39:58] whether or not they think their child's

[40:00] classroom needs to be larger but I know

[40:03] the answer to that question you can ask

[40:04] any educator in this room if class sizes

[40:07] need to be larger and I know the answer is not to enlarge your class

[40:14] sizes and to lay off teachers the answer

[40:17] is to reduce class sizes which is

[40:19] exactly what the Alabama Legislature put

[40:23] in their budget this year for the first

[40:25] time in a long time

[40:27] 425 additional teachers across this

[40:29] state many of those will be coming to

[40:32] Mobile County and so what this fund

[40:35] balance plan is proposing is to just say

[40:38] okay well the legislature is going to

[40:40] give us some more teachers so we're just

[40:41] going to get rid of some of our local

[40:42] units so that we can save a million

[40:44] dollars a year with more with the

[40:47] promise of more to come in subsequent

[40:49] years this is absolutely the wrong way

[40:52] to go and I couldn't just sit here and

[40:55] let that go unchallenged I mean somebody

[40:57] needs to be speaking up for these

[40:59] teachers I'm proud of these community

[41:01] members speaking up for themselves but

[41:03] the teachers need somebody up here

[41:05] speaking for them and the answer is not

[41:10] to increase class size by cutting

[41:13] teacher units you need to be going in

[41:15] the opposite direction reducing the

[41:17] class size we care about education it is

[41:20] without dispute that a lower number of

[41:23] students in a classroom is is important

[41:27] one final thing if you look down board

[41:31] members to where it says other

[41:32] suggestions one of those suggestions is

[41:35] that this board consider outsourcing

[41:39] special education paraprofessional

[41:41] positions to companies like Appleton and

[41:44] other quote unquote talent management

[41:47] companies I would urge the greatest

[41:51] caution in that consideration because

[41:54] there are a lot of unanswered questions

[41:56] when you want to talk about outsourcing

[41:59] your special ed jobs for kids who are the least of these

[42:03] in this world what kind of background

[42:07] checks are these people going to have

[42:09] what kind of training will these

[42:11] employees be given what kind of chain of

[42:14] command is going to be in place when you

[42:15] have contractors working alongside

[42:17] district employees

[42:19] how will you recruit and retain quality

[42:21] employees who have no job rights no

[42:24] security no benefits and no opportunity

[42:26] for representation I would urge the

[42:30] greatest possible caution board members

[42:32] in these considerations thank you very

[42:34] much next speaker is Miss Betty Mac shin

[43:12] machine just asked me to speak on her

[43:14] behalf my name is ty burton and i do not

[43:19] have children and the Mobile County

[43:20] public school system can y'all help me

[43:24] now okay I do not have children and the

[43:28] Mobile County public school system I was

[43:32] actually not even a student of the

[43:33] Mobile County public school system

[43:35] although I am for mobile but I live on

[43:38] DeSoto Drive directly behind Maine's

[43:42] middle school and currently I manage one

[43:50] of the largest law firms in Mobile and I

[43:53] want you to know that if I feel like the

[43:56] children who live on my block are in

[43:58] jeopardy we are going to seriously suit

[44:02] you there's going to be some real

[44:04] problems our community is tired of it

[44:08] and we're not going to take it anymore

[44:11] if we have to start a mobile city school

[44:15] system that is what we will do whatever

[44:18] it is to protect those children and

[44:20] every little tyke he should just like me

[44:24] that's what we're going to do so we are

[44:28] here to listen I would love to hear the

[44:31] conversation about why it's a good idea

[44:33] because currently you have not cuz you

[44:36] have not given any type of notice to our

[44:39] community about it you do not have the

[44:42] authority to just purge on and do what

[44:45] you want to do without being accountable

[44:47] to us and we are hereby holding you

[44:51] accountable and that's it

[44:55] [Applause]

[45:00] next up miss Donna Kay Buckley miss

[45:05] Buckley

[45:08] okay

[45:10] last is miss Quinn pew-pew

[45:18] thank you I'm Councilwoman Gwen Pugh

[45:20] from Mount Vernon did you say I was

[45:22] laughs yes ma'am

[45:23] I'd like to share my minutes with a

[45:24] couple of parents here from bill somehow

[45:26] I will share five minutes say something

[45:30] I'll share my minutes with you all I

[45:32] wrote down what I had to say so it won't

[45:34] take but a minute

[45:35] again I'm Councilwoman Pugh from Mount

[45:37] Vernon and I'm here to give a plea I

[45:41] want to give a plea to you all to give

[45:44] our current principal a chance

[45:48] there is no elected office that has one

[45:51] year to get things done

[45:53] there's no elected office that has one

[45:56] year to make any real changes but since

[45:59] she has been there we Belle saw Mount

[46:03] Vernon sits between two multi-million

[46:05] dollar steel plants and she has gotten

[46:08] them involved they have donated funds

[46:10] they have donated their time she told me

[46:13] just yesterday there are probably 40

[46:16] employees of these plants a week that

[46:19] comes and reads with our children they

[46:22] want to be a part of our community our

[46:25] new principal wants to be a part of our

[46:27] community but she has not had a chance

[46:29] to become a part of the community and

[46:31] when these students back now we've been

[46:34] here before about six years ago and I

[46:36] won't go into the past but I do want to

[46:38] allow this parent to speak someone that

[46:40] actually has a child there now but we've

[46:43] been here before and when we were there

[46:45] before we had more students then we lost

[46:48] our band teacher first we lost him

[46:50] part-time and then we lost him full-time

[46:52] as one of the other speakers said who

[46:55] wants their children to go to a school

[46:57] where there is no extracurricular

[47:00] activities and it's unfair it's kind of

[47:05] I don't want to say we were set up to

[47:07] fail

[47:09] I don't I don't want to say that because

[47:13] I'd like to think I mean I see doctor superintendent Commissioner I'd

[47:17] like to think that we were not set up to

[47:19] fail but we everything was taken away

[47:22] from us and the parents did what parents

[47:24] do

[47:25] I want the best for my child so it's

[47:27] just 15 miles away I'm gonna go to South

[47:30] Co roll where there is band teachers and

[47:32] there are issu curricular activities and

[47:34] our school is on a solid foundation that

[47:38] school as someone else stayed it looks

[47:40] better than any new school that you have

[47:42] we have no issues with that I know of

[47:45] any running down of the school other

[47:49] than our numbers and I feel like that

[47:52] our numbers is a reaction to the

[47:55] curriculum that has left

[47:57] thank you for my name is Linda chest

[48:10] pain my son attends to be a Mount Vernon

[48:13] I would like to express to you that I

[48:15] have seen great improvement with

[48:17] BellSouth since miss corner walker has

[48:20] been there I would like you all to

[48:23] reconsider closing the school giving her

[48:25] opportunity to do what she has set out

[48:27] to do she's building the children up

[48:30] they are more enthused to learn even

[48:33] though it's just the five down the feels

[48:35] great down yet and still they are

[48:38] willing my son comes home every day mama

[48:43] I did this I made this grade he's very

[48:46] informed about what he need to do she's

[48:49] there to help I made a phone call to her

[48:52] about his grades she jumped on it right

[48:55] dance and make sure it was you know what

[48:57] it was so and then she and she

[49:00] encouraged him that he was doing his

[49:02] best because of the college it was set

[49:04] up but anyway as a parent I've been in

[49:08] situations myself where my

[49:10] transportation was broken I could call a

[49:12] neighbor and say go pick up my child if

[49:15] they're sick or or

[49:21] but anyway please reconsider closing the

[49:23] school we need our school right there in

[49:26] Mount Vernon thank you excuse me I know

[49:33] that my name was not called however I do

[49:35] have a question there some of us out

[49:39] here seated that were here at 12:45

[49:42] 11:45 excuse me and several of us some

[49:47] of us took off from our jobs to have the

[49:51] opportunity to come and address the

[49:52] board on the matings Williamson High

[49:54] School issue and I'm just needing to ask

[49:57] the question we want to know you know

[49:59] how did you select your speakers did you

[50:01] choose from a list of people what was

[50:05] the rationale for the speakers you call

[50:06] because there's several of us out here

[50:08] about six or eight to be exact who've

[50:11] not had an opportunity to speak our

[50:13] being one of them and my name is Linda

[50:15] Wilson I am a 1969 graduate of

[50:18] Williamson High School a lifelong member

[50:20] of the Maysville community and I have

[50:24] some essential questions about this

[50:26] proposed merger regarding matings and

[50:29] Williamson high school very essential

[50:31] questions why was the decision made we

[50:36] were traumatized on Sunday afternoon at

[50:38] an Alumni Association meeting when we

[50:40] heard the news several of us just went

[50:43] into shock didn't know what to do when

[50:45] was the decision made who was informed

[50:48] why weren't the citizens of the

[50:50] Maysville community informed these are

[50:53] very essential questions that I've not

[50:54] heard an answer to you know out of all

[50:57] the rhetoric that's been passed around

[50:59] no one can answer these questions I also

[51:02] would like to call your attention to the

[51:04] National Historic Preservation Act of

[51:06] 1966 which authorizes the Secretary of

[51:10] the Interior to maintain a National

[51:12] Register of district's sights buildings

[51:16] structures and objects significant in

[51:19] American history architecture

[51:22] archaeology engineering and culture

[51:26] Williamson High School will celebrate

[51:28] the 100th year of its founding that's

[51:31] you and I would say that it represents

[51:33] the

[51:34] of the culture in the Maysville

[51:36] community that is all that some of the

[51:38] people in the community has to look up

[51:40] to football games athletic events

[51:43] community meetings meeting places you

[51:47] know so we need to be reminded of this

[51:51] Authorization Act that if we interfere

[51:53] with buildings and structures that have

[51:57] been the whole Maysville community by

[51:59] the way is on the National Historic

[52:02] Register of Historic Places so we're not

[52:05] gonna stand by and let you merge

[52:09] Williamson high school

[52:11] we're not gonna let you stand by and

[52:13] close it this is all we have to hold on

[52:15] to this is our pride and joy and it will

[52:18] be our pride and joy you approved the

[52:35] recommendation to close burning school

[52:39] we discussed yesterday that there has

[52:42] been a continuing decline in enrollment

[52:44] since 2007 it's 82% under capacity at

[52:50] this time

[52:50] Somu time we have a motion and a second

[52:56] to uphold the superintendent's

[52:58] recommendation for the closing of the

[53:01] belt Bell saw Mount Vernon school any

[53:03] discussion

[53:07] no discussion all in favor say aye aye

[53:10] those opposed no motion carries action

[53:16] item G 2 I'd ask that you approved the

[53:20] addendum to the continuous improvement

[53:22] plan that was approved on March the 29th

[53:27] to address the academic needs of 12

[53:30] schools identified as failing schools by

[53:33] the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013

[53:37] in this addendum due to the incline a

[53:42] declining enrollment at Maine's middle

[53:45] school and in an

[53:47] effort to provide a comprehensive

[53:49] program which will include additional

[53:52] classes and electives at Williamson high

[53:56] school we I'm asking that you approve

[54:00] relocating the ins middle school

[54:03] students to Williamson high school and

[54:10] it's out g2g to on your computer to

[54:32] establish the program for the middle

[54:34] school students as the Williamson middle

[54:37] grades up middle grades Preparatory

[54:41] Academy with the combined enrollment

[54:45] there'll be eight hundred and thirty

[54:47] seven students Williamson High School

[54:51] has a capacity of eleven hundred there

[54:56] will be a dedicated wing for the middle

[54:59] school Academy and schedules that will

[55:03] accommodate both sets of students there

[55:06] is and I want to repeat there is no plan

[55:10] to close Williamson high school excuse

[55:15] me

[55:15] Williamson high school will remain as

[55:17] Williamson high school and will contain

[55:20] middle school grades I would ask that

[55:23] you approve that do I hear motion

[55:27] so moved there's a there was a motion

[55:31] and a second to approve the

[55:32] superintendent's recommendation I'm

[55:34] moving Maine's middle school to

[55:36] Williamson High School to establish the

[55:38] middle grades Preparatory Academy any

[55:41] discussion yes that's some discussion

[55:43] you know I've had comments about this

[55:46] not only doing this do Surrey that y'all

[55:50] put in today but only to because I was

[55:54] only notified about the plans at a

[55:58] meeting on Friday at Murphy High School

[56:01] I think it's disrespectful to me as a

[56:03] commissioner I think it's disrespect for

[56:06] me as a commissioner because I really

[56:08] believe that as a redacted official duly

[56:11] elected official that is my

[56:13] responsibility to turn talk to it and

[56:16] work with my constituency to inform them

[56:19] about issues that affect or impact the

[56:21] quality of life for them and for their

[56:23] education I already knew what y'all

[56:26] we're gonna do today because I already

[56:27] know the man said but like today to say

[56:30] it earlier this is not the end this is

[56:32] not the end and so on Thursday night at

[56:35] Maine's middle school we're gonna

[56:37] convene the Town Meeting and we're gonna

[56:39] get together and we're gonna put

[56:41] together a plan because while there are

[56:43] responsibilities for you too as a board

[56:46] member I think y'all have disrespected

[56:48] me as a board member because when you

[56:51] have when you hate the problem at Denton

[56:54] middle school

[56:55] y'all had town meetings with your

[56:56] community so you could discuss the

[56:58] possibilities of what was happening when

[57:01] you're handed a brazier you had town

[57:04] meetings to deal with that but I have

[57:06] not been afforded the opportunity of the

[57:08] Commission to exercise my duly elected

[57:10] four responsibilities and like I said I

[57:13] came here today with the understanding

[57:15] of what position I was in and I'm not

[57:17] prepared to talk anymore because I know

[57:19] that talking ain't gonna do no good the

[57:22] superintendent has been on a one-way

[57:24] road to close means ever since I've been

[57:26] on the board

[57:27] she's been on a road to close it because

[57:29] the several million dollars that was

[57:32] allocated for means and the 2012 budget

[57:35] has been taken away there has to be some

[57:38] lord

[57:39] that equal opportunities and education

[57:41] should be for all students we got this

[57:44] old slogan out here but it starts with

[57:46] us where does it start with us when we

[57:48] see the impact of the Hat on the

[57:51] african-american student in the Mobile

[57:52] County public school system you could do

[57:54] what you want to do today and I think

[57:56] it's the same and disrespectful to me as

[57:59] a commissioner and I applaud my

[58:00] colleagues but more importantly though

[58:03] I'd like to just conclude by saying that

[58:06] I didn't even come here to talk today

[58:08] because I already knew what the deal was

[58:10] I know what I was going to do just like

[58:12] you know what you're gonna do but at the

[58:14] st. and old we need to change that was

[58:17] slowly about this starts with us and

[58:19] stay that it stopped it who will be wont

[58:21] to because african-american era commits

[58:26] african-americans african-americans are

[58:29] disproportionately represented in this misrepresent so what I have done

[58:35] I've also made a Conte in anticipation

[58:39] of what you were going to do today I do

[58:41] have a chi met with Loretta Lynch last

[58:44] week when she was in town the United

[58:46] States Attorney's are turning and then I

[58:50] have a direct contact to the Department

[58:52] of Education and we will be filed in the

[58:55] federal complaint alleging that African

[58:57] American students because of their race

[59:00] or via disproportionate impacts about

[59:03] closing schools and that they have been

[59:05] denied participation in programs and

[59:09] school activities as related to federal

[59:12] funding being involved and see I've been

[59:14] on this board almost two years now

[59:16] and miss Peake has always been on a

[59:18] one-way road to railroad everything I've

[59:21] done and I've read it on camera

[59:24] and I'm mad you did but I know about

[59:27] raising hell they ain't gonna get

[59:28] nothing done today but I do know one

[59:31] thing though this is not the end and I'm

[59:33] not going to fail I think this is

[59:35] classic racism it's fast

[59:39] any any further discussion

[59:42] [Applause]

[59:53] I will add it's a balance I would like

[59:59] to add that miss peak is an honorable

[1:00:01] person I'm making my statement balance I

[1:00:10] listen to you and you spoke I would like

[1:00:13] to say though that miss peak and her

[1:00:15] staff are honorable people and they're

[1:00:17] trying to do what's best for the

[1:00:19] students in this particular situation

[1:00:22] they've all worked hard to do that I

[1:00:25] think it's unfair to categorize them in

[1:00:29] a certain manner as you have done but

[1:00:31] that's my feelings about it any other

[1:00:34] any further although you have a right to

[1:00:38] express your opinion I as an elected

[1:00:41] official have a duty authorized right to

[1:00:43] express mine too

[1:00:44] and I am so dissatisfied today because I

[1:00:47] really feel that the process of in the

[1:00:51] vertebrae Davis case that were found in

[1:00:53] 1960 streets specifically outlined that

[1:00:57] the reason why it was far because the

[1:00:59] African Americans were disproportion

[1:01:01] they're not getting the equal

[1:01:02] educational opportunities in the school

[1:01:04] system you could take means and the

[1:01:07] reason why I mean is failing because 10

[1:01:10] years in a row they did nothing to a

[1:01:13] bird didn't yield you prepare principals

[1:01:17] and teachers who came to that school

[1:01:19] system and all set up here come on

[1:01:21] nobody honorable ain't no honor in this

[1:01:23] why did he uh if dr. Foster plastic

[1:01:36] graces that's what the question is you

[1:01:42] referring to this board that's right

[1:01:47] all right that's great thank you all

[1:01:50] right we've had a we've had a motion and

[1:01:55] a second and discussion all in favor say

[1:01:58] aye

[1:01:58] hi those opposed no no the motion carries miss peek

[1:02:04] action item G action item g3 order

[1:02:13] please come to order

[1:02:16] action item g3 I'd ask that you amend

[1:02:20] board policy 5.0 9 this is to add to

[1:02:26] this that students receiving attended

[1:02:30] zone transfers are bound to the school

[1:02:33] to which they transfer for one year or

[1:02:36] two semesters chairman sir

[1:02:39] off emotion every three items 3 through

[1:02:44] 34 second we have a motion and a second

[1:02:50] to approve action items G 3 through 34

[1:02:54] any discussion on the pan to reveal the

[1:03:00] farm I like to risk my vote or no I'll

[1:03:05] pull item 5 3 through 34 excluding item

[1:03:10] 5 okay we have a motion

[1:03:11] excuse me I failed to ask for two items

[1:03:15] to be pulled if I could do that right

[1:03:17] now and those are the leader in me

[1:03:20] number 17 and 18 we need to do some more

[1:03:25] work on that so if we could 17 18 17 and

[1:03:29] 18 okay let my motion exclude item 17

[1:03:32] through 17 and 18 thank you okay doctor

[1:03:35] and we had a second a second I make sure

[1:03:39] I've got this correct dr. pinchelow you

[1:03:41] you're moving for approval of action

[1:03:43] items G 3 through 34 excluding G 17 18

[1:03:49] was pull and also G 5 that's correct

[1:03:52] okay any further discussion all in favor

[1:03:56] say aye those opposed motion carries

[1:04:00] miss pg5 please that is the I'd ask that

[1:04:08] you approve the plan to rebuild the fund

[1:04:11] balance to one month

[1:04:13] operating funds we have a motion second

[1:04:18] and a second any further discussion all

[1:04:25] right we have a motion and a second to

[1:04:27] approve action item G 5 2 a plan to

[1:04:31] develop to meet our fund balance all in

[1:04:35] favor say aye aye those opposed no

[1:04:38] motion carries

[1:04:41] action item G we have a motion to

[1:04:50] approve action item G 35 through 40 1

[1:04:54] mister 41 do I hear a second second

[1:04:59] there's a second all right we have a

[1:05:02] motion to approve 34 through 41 is that

[1:05:07] correct mr. Harwell okay any further

[1:05:11] discussion all right all in favor say

[1:05:14] aye aye those opposed motion carries out

[1:05:24] of County travel is listed and that's

[1:05:27] consent agenda item line yes ma'am we

[1:05:30] hear motion miss June sir well here a

[1:05:38] second we have a motion and a second to

[1:05:41] approve consent agenda items one in two

[1:05:44] out of County travel and various bits

[1:05:46] any further discussion all in favor say

[1:05:50] aye aye those opposed motion carries mr.

[1:06:02] separate cover one through nine

[1:06:07] okay we have a motion to approve student

[1:06:12] expulsion one through eight is there a

[1:06:14] second

[1:06:18] two more minutes to take note of the

[1:06:21] efforts that were made to get in touch

[1:06:24] with the parents rather - these are

[1:06:26] student explosions and the the inability

[1:06:29] for them to respond I thought that was

[1:06:32] just real sad given the magnitude of

[1:06:34] decisions of the infraction I know

[1:06:38] something I think we're not doing but it

[1:06:40] just just really sad to say that many of

[1:06:44] them that's just not respond to our

[1:06:46] letter for hearing dr. Crenshaw glad you

[1:06:49] brought that up because I've noticed

[1:06:50] that at every meeting that we have these

[1:06:52] that what there's always seems to be a

[1:06:55] number of them like that and and and it

[1:06:58] saddens me to see that they're not

[1:07:00] involved in that so thank you for

[1:07:01] bringing that up

[1:07:02] all right we we have a motion to approve

[1:07:04] action items I mean student explosions I

[1:07:08] one through eight and we had do we have

[1:07:12] a second second okay any further

[1:07:15] discussion all in favor say aye those opposed motion carries

[1:07:21] it speak information information ones the usual monthly

[1:07:30] financial statement to is the mystery

[1:07:34] science K through five trial that is

[1:07:38] cost-free and then purchase orders of

[1:07:42] five thousand dollars in over I am so

[1:07:44] happy I know now what mystery signs k5

[1:07:46] trial exactly it's a free pilot force to

[1:07:50] use in that area so it's good to know

[1:07:53] that there's no next we'll move to any

[1:07:57] questions about that gentlemen all right

[1:08:00] next we'll move to item to any item

[1:08:01] discussion any old business any board

[1:08:06] superintendent requests I just wanna

[1:08:09] remind us super tuna to look into that

[1:08:12] library situation and mr. Sheffield has

[1:08:19] and can share information weekend on the

[1:08:22] condition of the transportation facility

[1:08:25] I have a opportunity to go over there

[1:08:27] and see those de lapin

[1:08:28] buildings and it should be something who

[1:08:30] I'll be to do to tear those down that's

[1:08:32] a horrible

[1:08:33] dr. Crenshaw which ones with those in

[1:08:35] Whistler okay any other superintendent

[1:08:41] requests any pending matters mister

[1:08:47] attorney-client privileges I sent the

[1:08:50] board for emails a 17th May 18th do I

[1:08:58] hear a motion in this move that we

[1:09:00] accept the recommendations of our

[1:09:02] attorneys second we have a motion in a

[1:09:05] second to approve the recommendation of

[1:09:07] our attorneys in these particular cases

[1:09:09] any further discussion all in favor say

[1:09:12] aye

[1:09:12] hi those opposed motion carries mr. peek

[1:09:18] scheduling of meetings I think I

[1:09:21] understand from yesterday all of them

[1:09:23] thank thank you Miss chambers for

[1:09:26] getting us up-to-date

[1:09:27] mr. Hecht you've got some information

[1:09:29] for us that was the and while we're on

[1:09:45] that I have noticed that many bring this

[1:09:53] up last time it didn't get a chance to

[1:09:54] but many of the hearings that we have

[1:09:57] scheduled and have planned to have mr.

[1:10:02] hack and his department have efficiently

[1:10:07] and effectively worked out solutions to

[1:10:10] those so that those hearings were

[1:10:14] solutions that were acceptable to both

[1:10:16] the board and to the employees and that

[1:10:20] those hearings were not necessary in

[1:10:24] addition to that I'd want to say that

[1:10:26] the HR is rounding the corner on doing

[1:10:33] the kinds of things that when

[1:10:35] I wish that HR had done and I have in

[1:10:41] the past criticized HR right things no

[1:10:49] job in that respect as in the respect of

[1:10:54] settling the kinds of cases that do not

[1:10:57] really need to come to the board we

[1:10:59] appreciate that mistake it will not be a

[1:11:01] raised mister and I'd also like to

[1:11:06] concur miss AK it seems like we're

[1:11:08] moving along in a timely manner now and

[1:11:10] I appreciate your you and your

[1:11:12] department's efforts in this comes as

[1:11:17] close to your making okay all right

[1:11:27] any other discussion about scheduling

[1:11:29] with me the only thing I remind you

[1:11:31] there's a facility in lien frog

[1:11:34] presentation on Thursday and then the

[1:11:37] special call board meeting on Monday

[1:11:40] June and the lien frog is at ten o'clock yes yes ma'am

[1:11:43] okay do I hear a motion for adjournment

[1:11:46] so move the motion in a second all in

[1:11:50] favor say aye

[1:11:52] we are adjourned

[1:12:03] we are Bobcat nation

[1:12:09] we are the

[1:12:11] academy of theodore haskell a place

[1:12:18] where dreams become

[1:12:27] you

[1:13:30] we are Bob detonation

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[1:13:52] hello I'm Martha peak superintendent of

[1:13:55] the Mobile County Public Schools

[1:13:56] parental involvement is encouraged and

[1:13:59] valued in the Mobile County Public

[1:14:01] Schools there are many opportunities for

[1:14:03] parents to be involved through PTA

[1:14:06] volunteering in the schools being active

[1:14:09] in field trips and booster clubs we

[1:14:12] encourage parents to take an active part

[1:14:14] in the day-to-day education of their

[1:14:17] children parental involvement it matters

[1:14:20] in the Mobile County Public Schools

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[1:15:04] here at Citronelle high school our

[1:15:06] signature Academy focus is on advanced

[1:15:09] manufacturing industry and technology

[1:15:11] we're also in the middle of a brand new

[1:15:14] building project which includes the

[1:15:17] complete renovation of our career

[1:15:19] technology building and facility which

[1:15:22] will allow us to grow our career tech

[1:15:24] programs we are very excited about our

[1:15:28] relationships with our industries along

[1:15:30] Highway 43 which is within our tenant

[1:15:32] zone and we look forward to building

[1:15:35] those relationships as we move forward

[1:15:37] with our signature Academy program our

[1:15:45] Korean Technical educational program

[1:15:47] offers advanced manufacturing as I was

[1:15:50] signature Academy along with industry

[1:15:53] and Technology Academy all three

[1:15:56] combined are referred to as the MIT

[1:15:59] academies of citronella high school

[1:16:00] within each Academy we have career path

[1:16:03] choices for students to select each of

[1:16:06] these career pathways are based upon

[1:16:09] rigor relevance and relationship in an

[1:16:12] effort to prepare all of our students

[1:16:15] for college and careers

[1:16:17] we aren't believer in in athletics at

[1:16:21] Wildcat Nation and we just want to make

[1:16:23] sure that everybody understands that the

[1:16:25] changes that we're going through the new

[1:16:27] schools and new facilities that are

[1:16:29] going on that you know this is going to

[1:16:32] be the place to be we're really really

[1:16:34] extremely excited about the

[1:16:36] opportunities that we're going to have

[1:16:37] here citronella

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[1:16:44] you

[1:16:53] I'm a brunette and this is 11 questions

[1:16:56] with the teacher what is the best part

[1:16:59] of your job the best part of my job is

[1:17:02] definitely interacting with the students

[1:17:03] I'm also a coach so I get to interact

[1:17:05] with some young ladies what is your

[1:17:08] favorite color my favorite color is pink

[1:17:12] [Music]

[1:17:15] what is my favorite movie of all time my

[1:17:19] favorite movies would have to be the

[1:17:21] Harry Potter series mountains or the

[1:17:25] beach

[1:17:25] totally Coke or Pepsi I really drink

[1:17:32] coke but if I need a few extra lemons I

[1:17:34] go to Pepsi what do you do on a rainy

[1:17:37] day um probably watch movies and play

[1:17:40] with my puppy dog all day when something

[1:17:43] happens professor myself the same

[1:17:49] question for six years

[1:17:52] Alabama or Auburn definitely

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[1:17:59] Walmart or Target I'm definitely a

[1:18:02] target shopper if you could have lunch

[1:18:05] with anyone in history who would be and

[1:18:08] where would you eat with anyone in

[1:18:11] history I probably stay in Frank I would

[1:18:16] have lunch with Anne Frank and I would

[1:18:17] take her to Monty later

[1:18:19] what was the first concert you ever

[1:18:21] attended my first concert I ever

[1:18:25] attended probably wasn't my first but

[1:18:28] the one I can remember right now I went

[1:18:29] to the Jonas Brothers concert with all

[1:18:31] my sisters

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[1:18:38] why did you become a teacher

[1:18:41] because I love making young people proud

[1:18:45] of themselves by doing the little things

[1:18:47] by turning in homework by acing a test

[1:18:49] and the accomplishment that they feel I

[1:18:52] feel the same thing this has been 11

[1:18:55] questions with Mary Burnett a teacher

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[1:19:38] our mission at alpha Brian high school

[1:19:40] is to unify several communities as one

[1:19:42] graduating body by enhancing the

[1:19:44] athletic academic artistic and service

[1:19:47] talents of the students individually and

[1:19:49] of the school holistically thereby

[1:19:52] increasing their educational and social

[1:19:54] experiences as well as their personal

[1:19:56] growth the school embodies its purpose

[1:19:59] by promoting academic achievements

[1:20:01] Career and Technical opportunities and

[1:20:03] holistic growth through programs such as

[1:20:05] signature Academy of coastal studies

[1:20:07] wherein students are provided hands-on

[1:20:10] learning opportunities in the fields of

[1:20:12] marine science aquaculture horticulture

[1:20:16] maritime and industrial technologies and

[1:20:18] recreation travel and tourism the

[1:20:21] overall goal of a LeBron high school is

[1:20:23] to create an exceptional environment

[1:20:24] that engages challenges and supports all

[1:20:27] students so that they may thrive and

[1:20:28] achieve their academic potential every

[1:20:30] year while preparing them to pursue

[1:20:32] college and career readiness

[1:20:33] opportunities at Allen Bryan high school

[1:20:36] we are creating a culture of higher

[1:20:37] learning higher standards and higher

[1:20:39] expectations

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[1:20:54] forever mining spirits free

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[1:21:02] laughs of

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[1:21:11] I shall ever

[1:21:26] Wever and this is 11 questions with a

[1:21:28] teacher what is the best part of your

[1:21:32] job the best part of my job is seeing

[1:21:35] that light bulb goes off in my students

[1:21:37] eyes I'm just feeling that and seeing

[1:21:40] when they grasp a concept that I've

[1:21:42] worked hard to teach them what was the

[1:21:45] last book you read I just completed my

[1:21:48] masters in school counseling and so I

[1:21:49] let a read a lot of graduate school

[1:21:51] books but one of my favorite was what

[1:21:53] color is your parachute it's a

[1:21:56] phenomenal book about finding a job in

[1:21:58] today's market what is her favorite food

[1:22:01] sugar rush though nuts I could eat them

[1:22:04] all day every day 24 hours a day

[1:22:07] Mountains are the beach for sure the

[1:22:10] mountains I burned very easily for the

[1:22:12] beach is not my favorite place what is

[1:22:16] your favorite color green of course

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[1:22:23] summer or winter for sure winter because

[1:22:26] I do not like to sweat

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[1:22:37] Alabama are all burn all burn for sure

[1:22:41] my great-great uncle played football

[1:22:44] there for all those of course I'm not a

[1:22:46] fan

[1:22:47] do you have any hidden talents no if you

[1:22:54] could have lunch with anyone in history

[1:22:55] who would it be

[1:22:56] and where would you eat anyone in

[1:23:00] history I'd have to say George

[1:23:01] Washington and I would take him to

[1:23:03] sugarless doughnuts what was the first

[1:23:06] concert you ever attended Paula Abdul

[1:23:09] loved it my very first one my dad took

[1:23:12] all four girls why did you become a

[1:23:18] teacher I want to make a difference I

[1:23:21] want to see the world change in good

[1:23:24] ways and I think doing it you can do

[1:23:26] that a lot as a teacher you can affect

[1:23:28] people for sure this has been 11

[1:23:31] questions with Heather Weaver a teacher

[1:23:36] you

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[1:23:42] as time passes we recognize achievements

[1:23:46] quality commitment and excellence in our

[1:23:48] lives these factors are elevated and are

[1:23:51] called traditions since its inception in

[1:23:53] 1953 Maddie Thomas Blount high school

[1:23:56] has developed a rich and lasting

[1:23:59] tradition for educating successful

[1:24:01] students the alumni have blunt give

[1:24:03] their traditions as a true

[1:24:05] accomplishment not resting on the past

[1:24:07] but ever flowing throughout many years

[1:24:09] of academic success which can be

[1:24:12] explored developed and nurtured now

[1:24:15] begins a new era in education not a

[1:24:17] change in education but an extension of

[1:24:19] the blood tradition this era began in

[1:24:22] August 2013 when the Health Care Act

[1:24:24] says signature Academy process was

[1:24:26] introduced to students parents

[1:24:28] businesses and the waving community

[1:24:33] as part of the rigorous curriculum

[1:24:35] through the academies at Maddy T Blount

[1:24:38] high school our students will gain

[1:24:40] college and career opportunities our

[1:24:43] partnerships with local employers

[1:24:45] strengthen the relationship between

[1:24:47] school and work thus providing students

[1:24:49] with job training internship and

[1:24:51] leadership opportunities additionally

[1:24:54] students may gain college credit paid

[1:24:56] internship and industry recognized

[1:24:59] credentials health science is not only

[1:25:02] one of the fastest growing fields in

[1:25:04] today's economy but one in which

[1:25:06] graduates are virtually assured

[1:25:08] employment qualified candidates at all

[1:25:11] levels are in-demand nationwide and

[1:25:13] infirmary health we provide a realistic

[1:25:16] hands-on learning environment to support

[1:25:18] the needs of a growing global economy in

[1:25:21] addition one can boast of its business

[1:25:24] marketing and Human Services academies

[1:25:26] as well as the industry curriculum

[1:25:28] taught at Faulkner career-tech Center

[1:25:31] developing well-rounded students is very

[1:25:33] important through sports and other

[1:25:35] extracurricular activities that we offer

[1:25:36] we will prepare our students

[1:25:38] intellectually academically and socially

[1:25:41] we're indeed proud of everything that we

[1:25:44] have to offer here at Blount high school

[1:25:45] and of every student who chooses to

[1:25:47] enter our doors it starts with us

[1:25:52] you

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[1:26:21] you

[1:26:26] last year the class of 2015

[1:26:30] earned over 97 million dollars in

[1:26:32] scholarships in the class of 2016 is

[1:26:35] already on its way James Lauder Jackson

[1:26:39] State University Kennedy Gooden Troy

[1:26:41] University and Murray Thornton

[1:26:43] Alabama because one out of every three

[1:26:46] MCPS s students goes on to college with

[1:26:49] at least one scholarship in hand no

[1:26:51] matter where they go go Blazers go

[1:26:54] Bulldogs go Jags roll tide

[1:26:57] go bagger Southern Miss to the top it

[1:26:59] began with Mobile County Public Schools

[1:27:02] graduating students who are college and

[1:27:05] career ready it starts with us

[1:27:10] [Music]

[1:27:17] welcome to BC rain high school where we

[1:27:21] believe in preparing students to be

[1:27:22] college and career-ready our mission is

[1:27:27] to provide all students with a rigorous

[1:27:30] and relevant hands-on educational

[1:27:33] experience that will foster life long

[1:27:36] learners we are proud of our academic

[1:27:39] rigor and real-world connections in

[1:27:42] which our students are engaged at all

[1:27:45] levels including our signature Academy

[1:27:48] of aviation and aerospace within our

[1:27:52] school we believe it is important for

[1:27:54] our students to be well-rounded and

[1:27:57] Excel not only academically but socially

[1:28:00] our students practice the essential

[1:28:03] skills necessary for success within a

[1:28:06] college atmosphere or a workforce

[1:28:08] environment education is more than

[1:28:11] information found in textbooks education

[1:28:14] is exploration experiences and

[1:28:16] invaluable opportunities to grow BC rain

[1:28:20] nourishes students within a small

[1:28:22] learning community which is a supportive

[1:28:25] and student-centered learning

[1:28:27] environment we offer students the chance

[1:28:30] to realize their untapped potential you

[1:28:33] possess more than you think I hope you

[1:28:36] see the opportunities BC rain has to

[1:28:39] offer I look forward to seeing you

[1:28:41] during your campus visit remember

[1:28:44] education is the key to your future for

[1:28:48] more information on the opportunities BC

[1:28:50] rain can offer you call 2 5 1 2 2 1 3 2

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Mobile County School Board Meeting May 25, 2016

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