[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
[1:13:36] [Music]
[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
[1:14:24] [Music]
[1:14:43] [Applause]
[1:14:44] [Music]
[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
[1:16:40] [Music]
[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
[1:17:58] [Music]
[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
[1:18:33] [Music]
[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
[1:18:58] [Music]
[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
[1:20:44] LT
[1:20:48] [Music]
[1:20:54] forever mining spirits free
[1:20:59] [Music]
[1:21:02] laughs of
[1:21:08] [Music]
[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
[1:22:20] [Music]
[1:22:23] summer or winter for sure winter because
[1:22:26] I do not like to sweat
[1:22:29] [Music]
[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
[1:23:37] [Music]
[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
[1:25:56] [Music]
[1:26:15] [Applause]
[1:26:19] [Music]
[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
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[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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