READY? HEY, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE MONDAY, APRIL 6TH, 2026 WILSON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, REGULAR BOARD MEETING. UM, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A COUPLE GUESTS THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY. OF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE SOME LAKE VIEW ELEMENTARY STUDENTS. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE, UM, A STUDENT FROM GREEN HILL HIGH SCHOOL, MS. IRIS IRIS, IRIS BELCHER. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE MS. STEPHANIE PUGH FROM LEADERSHIP WILSON. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE. UM, WE ARE GOING TO START TONIGHT OFF WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND, UM, WHERE I'D LIKE EVERYONE TO KEEP IN MIND. THERE'S A, THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT GROUPS. FIRST, WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, KEEP, KEEP, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS AND LAW LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OUR MILITARY, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR, IN YOUR PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS. AND THEN ALSO I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE, UH, CLARKSVILLE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT THAT THEY HAD WHERE WE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE LOST TWO STUDENTS WITH ZOE AND ZOE DAVIS AND, UH, ARIANA PEARSON. SO PLEASE KEEP THOSE IN YOUR, IN YOUR THOUGHTS AS WE TAKE THOSE MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, IF EVERYBODY CAN, PLEASE RISE. LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY. THE FLAG IS OVER HERE. LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ARE GONNA LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. SO WHENEVER YOU GUYS ARE READY, YOU START ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, HIS FANS, ONE NATION, GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, WE HAVE ONE ORDER. UH, WE HAVE ORDER OF BUSINESS. BEFORE WE TURN IT OVER TO LAKEVIEW, WE NEED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. NOW WE HAVE TWO NEW BUSINESS ITEMS. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA WITH TWO NEW BUSINESS ITEMS, AND ALSO TO CHANGE 11.9, UH, TO READ WILSON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, VICE GREENHILL HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS A, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR. UM, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? ALRIGHT, ANY DISCUSSION? IT IS 11 POINT, 11.9. UM, YES, MR. HELLMAN. MOTION PASS UNANIMOUS. SEVEN ZERO. UH, UP NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS, UM, SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. UM, WE HAVE LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY. MS. BARNES, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU WANT TO COME TO THE, OVER HERE. OKAY. UM, I CHAMBER, THE, THE FLOOR IS YOURS, SO WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE TO DO. THESE ARE OUR THIRD GRADERS, OR SOME OF THEM, AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A CROSS-CURRICULAR PROJECT IN COMPUTER CLASS WITH ME, AND THEN IN MUSIC WITH MS. CHAMBERLAIN, ALL ABOUT KINDNESS. SO THEY HAVE CREATED A PRESENTATION THAT'S GONNA PLAY WHILE THEY SING A SONG ABOUT KINDNESS, AND THEY ARE EXPRESSING IT EVERY DAY AT LAKEVIEW. AND THEY'RE SO EXCITED TO PERFORM FOR YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY. THANK YOU.
OKAY, UP NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 4.2. WE HAVE THE AMAZING DR. HAWTHORN, IF YOU PLEASE, UH, FLOOR IS YOURS, MAN. IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW THAT PERFORMANCE, UH, TONIGHT. I'M VERY EXCITED. WE HAVE GOT CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY HERE WITH US TONIGHT TO SHARE ABOUT A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR EARLY COLLEGE STUDENTS. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO KICK THIS OFF TONIGHT. UM, I WOULD LOVE FOR THE PRESIDENT OF CUMBERLAND, DR. PAUL STUMP, TO COME UP. HE'S GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT WE WANTED TO KICK THIS OFF TONIGHT WITH JUST, UH, AN, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS. THANK YOU, DR. CATHERINE. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US JUST A FEW MINUTES ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT. I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, MR. PADILLA, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US. AND DON'T YOU HAVE A, DON'T YOU HAVE A SON WHERE, WHO'S IN COLLEGE NOW? YES, SIR. AND WHERE IS YOUR SON? IN CUMBERLAND. JESUS AT CUMBERLAND. CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. I THOUGHT MAYBE, I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE CASE. AND, UH, AND I WANT TO THANK DR. AL FOR, UH, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP THROUGH THESE YEARS. WE'RE SAD TO LOSE YOU, BUT, UH, YOU, YOU, WHERE DID YOU GO TO COLLEGE? I CAN'T REMEMBER. UH, MR. AL OR DR. LURE? CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY. THANK YOU. YEAH, I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT WAS THE CASE. I, UH, NOT TO BE OVERLOOKED, BUT I'M A PROUD GRADUATE OF CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY . OH, THANK YOU. MELISSA LYNN, THANK YOU. I'M PROUD TO CALL YOU AN ALUMNUS, ALUMNI OF OUR GREAT UNIVERSITY AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW THAT I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT I, UH, I WILL BE VERY BRIEF. 'CAUSE MY ROLE TONIGHT IS SIMPLY TO INTRODUCE OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF ENROLLMENT SERVICES, MR. REGGIE BLAIR. MR. BLAIR IS GONNA TELL YOU ABOUT A NEW OPPORTUNITY THAT WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT SHARING WITH ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITHIN WILSON COUNTY. MR. BLARE. THANK YOU. SO, SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY. I FEEL LIKE THE EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOOK AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS THAT ARE PUTTING A LOT OF EFFORT INTO TRYING TO BE SOME OF THE HIGHEST ACHIEVING STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE IN WILSON COUNTY. AND SO, UM, CRAZY IDEA CAME UP. I THINK DR. STU GOT THAT IDEA AND HE SAID, HEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? AND I SAID, I THINK THIS IS FANTASTIC. AND SO WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. I WANTED TO THANK DR. CORAN FOR ALLOWING US TO COME HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. BUT NEW OPPORTUNITY THAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA START THIS FALL, ACTUALLY THIS FALL WHERE OUR TOP THREE EARLY COLLEGE STUDENTS OF EVERY COHORT THAT WE HAVE, UM, THEY WILL END UP GETTING A FULL TUITION SCHOLARSHIP TO CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY. AND SO THE WAY THAT'LL END UP WORKING, LET'S SAY WE HAVE FIVE STUDENTS THAT, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, ALL HAVE FOUR POINT OHS. SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW, HERE ARE OUR TOP STUDENTS, UM, THAT ARE GETTING READY TO GRADUATE. AND THEN IT WILL DEFAULT TO THE WILSON COUNTY RANKINGS BASED UPON LATIN HONORS, THEIR WEIGHTED, UH, GPAS BASED UPON, UH, DUAL ENROLLMENT OR AP. AND SO YOU ALL WILL TELL US, HEY, THESE ARE OUR TOP STUDENTS IN THE COHORT, AND WE WILL OFFER THEM A SCHOLARSHIP TO CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY, TO THE TOP THREE IN EACH EARLY COLLEGE COHORT THAT, UH, THAT COMES THROUGH. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. WE WERE PLANNING IT FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT THEN WE SAID, HEY, CAN WE MAKE THIS HAPPEN THIS YEAR? AND WE SAID, OKAY, WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN THIS YEAR. SO, UH, WE'LL BE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT. AND WE HOPE THAT THOSE THREE STUDENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT IF THEY, IF IT DOESN'T, IF THEY DON'T, IF DOESN'T ROLL DOWN RIGHT. SO WE OFFER IT. IF THEY DON'T TAKE IT, THEY DON'T TAKE IT. BUT WE HOPE, AND WE PRAY THAT THIS WILL BE AN INCENTIVE FOR A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT, UH, WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION POTENTIALLY AT CUMBERLAND AND BE ABLE TO DO IT AT A VERY, IN A VERY AFFORDABLE WAY. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THAT. IT'S VERY, VERY, VERY EXCITING. UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME BACKGROUND, WE HAVE ROUGHLY AROUND 30 STUDENTS EVERY YEAR IN THE, IN THE EARLY COLLEGE COHORT BETWEEN GREEN HILL AND THE ONES THAT ARE ON OUR CAMPUS. AND SO THIS IS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS AND IT'S A VERY REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS IF THEY PERFORM WELL WHILE THEY'RE TAKING THEIR EARLY COLLEGE CLASSES AT CUMBERLAND. AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL SEE THIS AS A TRUE ADVANTAGE FOR THEM. SO THANK YOU. I JUST, NOT TO MAKE SURE MY, MY OTHER SON GRADUATED FROM CUMBERLAND TOO. HE'S A . MY OLDER SON GRADUATED FROM CUMBERLAND, SO I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANNA GO HOME AND DON'T WORRY. YES. MY DAUGHTER, I WAS TRYING TO DECIDE IF I SHOULD CHIME IN OR NOT, BUT YES, CHIME IN. JUST, ALRIGHT, GOOD. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, SECTION FIVE STATEMENTS FROM GUEST DELEGATION SPEAKERS. UM, I DON'T BELIEVE I, I'LL ASK AGAIN.
IS, UH, IS MR. JACKSON HERE TO SPEAK? I DON'T, I DON'T THINK HE'S HERE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, THE STATEMENTS FROM GUESTS IS CLOSED. WE WILL MOVE ON TO SECTION SIX, APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND. MOTION TO SECOND. MS. SHERRY. MOTION PASS UNANIMOUS. SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO SECTION SEVEN, DISTRICT CONTRACTS. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND. MOTION. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT DISTRICT CONTRACTS? IF NOT, MS. SHERRY READY TO VOTE? JUST EVERYBODY WATCHING KNOW IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT ANY OF THESE CONTRACTS OR ANYTHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. IF YOU GO TO THE, UH, TO OUR WEBSITE AND OUR AGENDA, ALL OF THEM ARE LISTED. MOTION PASS UNANIM SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 7.2. SCHOOL CONTRACTS. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND. MOTION. SECOND. ANY QUESTION ON OUR DISCUSSION ON SCHOOL CONTRACTS? ALL RIGHT. IF NONE, WE'RE READY TO VOTE. MS. SHERRY. MOTION PASSED. UNANIM SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT, STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. WE HAVE GREENHILL HIGH SCHOOL'S. IRISH BELCHER. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. ALRIGHT, UM, WELL AGAIN, I'M IRIS BELCHER, I'M FROM GREENHILL HIGH SCHOOL. UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME AGAIN. BUT, UM, SO AT GREEN HILL THIS PAST WEEKEND, WE HAD HOST OF STUDENTS COMPETED IN PLACE AT THE STATE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. WE HAD MULTIPLE STUDENTS. PLACE TOP THREE, AND THEY ARE INVITED BACK TO COMPETE IN THE INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IN JUNE. STUDENT COUNCIL IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH MAKE-A-WISH ON A LEGO SET DRIVE, WHICH THEY WILL ALL BE DONATED TO VANDERBILT CHILDREN HOSPITAL. LAST WEDNESDAY WE HAD A CAREER FAIR AND IT INTRODUCED STUDENTS TO LOCAL EMPLOYERS, UM, LIKE ALL THE STUDENTS GOING INTO THE WORKFORCE AFTER GRADUATION. AND ALSO THOSE INTERESTED IN OUR WORK-BASED LEARNING PROGRAM OR THOSE JUST LOOKING FOR A SUMMER JOB. UM, STUDENTS, SANDRA YUSEF AND AARON KIM ARE OUR SCHOOL WINNERS OF THE MTE ESSAY CONTEST. AND THEY WERE ALSO SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN WASHINGTON DC YOUTH TOUR THIS SUMMER. UM, WITH FFA WE, LET'S SEE, WE HAD SIX FFA MEMBERS WHO RECEIVED THEIR STATE DEGREES. THIS IS THE HIGHEST DEGREE A TENNESSEE FFA MEMBER CAN RECEIVE WITHIN THE STATE. AND THEN OUR BAND JUST DID A TRIP FOR A CONCERT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT YESTERDAY, AND THEY LEFT WITH A SUPERIOR AND PREPARED MUSIC AND EXCELLENT AND SIGHT READING. AND THE PHIL PHILHARMONIC WINS RECEIVED SUPERIORS ACROSS THE BOARD AND WITH OUR SPORTS GIRLS BASKETBALL WON THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP. SO YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AT GRIN HILL. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM'S DOING REALLY WELL TOO, RIGHT? YES, THEY'RE DOING REALLY WELL. WE'VE HAD, LET'S SAY I WENT TO A GAME THE OTHER DAY AND THEY WON. THEY WERE UP 17 ZERO IN THE THIRD INNING, SO THEY JUST, THEY JUST CALLED IT. NOW DID YOU GET, DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO TO THE PLAY? UH, NO. I DIDN'T GO TO, I DIDN'T GO TO PERCY JACKSON, BUT I DID GO TO, ACTUALLY I WENT TO MOUNT JULIET'S LITTLE MERMAID AND I WAS GREAT. SO YEAH. GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. BELCHER? MOTION TO APPROVE, BUT I WAS GONNA SAY GREEN HILL UP HERE PROMOTING MOUNT JULIET MIGHT GET YOU IN TROUBLE. . I KNOW, I KNOW, BUT I, I DO HAVE SOME FRIENDS AT MOUNT JULIET THAT I WOULDN'T SUPPORT IT. SO, YOU KNOW, BOTH PLAYS WERE TREMENDOUS. I'M KIDDING BY
THE WAY. PROMOTE AWAY. ALRIGHT, IS THERE A MOTION OR DID YOU MAKE THE MOTION OR? OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND. SO ACCEPT THE REPORT. I THINK THE NEXT TIME WE SEE YOU, WE'LL PROBABLY BE ON THE STAGE GRADUATING. YES. OKAY. OKAY. WELL I GUESS I'LL SEE YOU ONE MORE TIME BEFORE THAT. GOOD. ALRIGHT. MOTION PASSES. UNANIMOUS. SEVEN ZERO. THANK YOU MS. ZER. OKAY. SECTION NINE. I REPORT FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON FROM THAT. UM, MR. JENS IS, WILL NOT BE PRESENT TONIGHT. SO WE ARE MOVING ON TO 10.1. THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, SIR. FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU. YOU DO HAVE MY REPORT THERE IN IN YOUR PACKET. UH, FIRST THING, PERSONNEL UPDATE. MS. BROOKE NEVES HAS BEEN ACCEPTED THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR CENTRAL PIKE ELEMENTARY. UH, SHE HAS CURRENTLY BEEN SERVING AS INSTRUCTIONAL COACH AT WA WRIGHT ELEMENTARY. WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR HER. AND WE WILL BE BACK FILLING THAT INSTRUCTIONAL COACH POSITION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SPENT LAST WEEK, MOST OF THE WEEK, UH, WORKING ON STAFFING OUR STAFFING. SO YOU UNDERSTAND IT'S WHERE WE, WE CONDUCT THAT WITH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL PRINCIPALS IN OUR DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP AND LOOKING AT NUMBERS AND PROJECTIONS TO TRY TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT WILL BE NEEDED IN OUR BUDGET, UPCOMING BUDGET. BUT THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN COMPLETED. UH, AND, AND OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE THAT INFORMATION. REMINDER OF FARM DAYS. UH, IT'S MAY, THE 12TH AND 13TH. I'M GIVING YOU PLENTY OF NOTICE 'CAUSE I ENCOURAGE YOU IF AT ALL POSSIBLE AND YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO STOP BY ON ONE OF THOSE DAYS. FARM DAYS WILL BE HELD TO WILL COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS ANNUAL EVENT. IT'S FOR ALL SECOND GRADE STUDENTS IN WILSON COUNTY. UH, AND YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS THERE WORKING, UH, PROVIDING THAT ALONG WITH LOCAL FARMERS. AND I ENCOURAGE, IF YOU EVER GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO STOP IN, IT'S A GREAT DAY. UH, IT'S ONE OF OUR BIG EVENTS. AND SO THAT WILL BE MAY THE 12TH AND 13TH AGAIN AT WILL COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. UH, DO WANNA MENTION A CHANGE IN IN UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, JUST SO, UH, UH, EVERYBODY HAS THIS INFORMATION. IT'S IN OUR POLICY CHANGES, YOU KNOW, FOR YEARS, WILL COUNTY, OUR SPORTS IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAS NOT BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATE ASSOCIATION. UH, THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN, IN THE WAY TSAA ORGANIZES THAT. I THINK IT'S CHANGED FOR THE BETTER. SIX THROUGH 12 WILL NOW ALL BE INCLUDED IN, IN TSAA GUIDELINES. IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENCE. THEY USED TO HAVE TS T-T-M-S-A, WHATEVER. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THIS COUNTY FOR YEARS, UH, OF, OF LETTING OUR, ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS JOIN THAT ASSOCIATION. STATE ASSOCIATION. YOU SAY, WELL, WHAT'S THE BENEFITS? WHAT THE, THE BENEFITS ARE. IT GIVES YOU A GOVERNING BODY AND IT HELPS WITH NUMBER OF GAMES SCHEDULED. IT HELPS, IT OFFERS DISTRICT, UH, REGIONAL STATE PLAYOFF OPPORTUNITIES JUST LIKE THEY'RE GONNA EXPERIENCE IN HIGH SCHOOL. UH, THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS. IT ALSO BRINGS SOME LIABILITY COVERAGE INTO PLAY WHEN OUR SCHOOLS JOIN. THAT IS A SHIFT. AND I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AT, UH, CHUCK IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THIS CHUCK, I KNOW THIS DISCUSSION'S BEEN ONGOING FOR YEARS. IT ALSO HELPS PUT SOME STRUCTURE IN OUR SCHOOL SPORTS. RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING SOME SCHOOL THAT ARE, IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER, THERE'S REALLY NO RULES ON PRACTICE GAMES. UH, YOU GET ALL KIND OF CROSSOVER, MEANING SOME SCHOOLS ARE FOCUSED ON ONE SPORT AND THOSE KIDS ARE DOING THAT ALL YEAR, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S NO RULES. AND WE REALLY THINK THAT IT WILL BENEFIT NOT ONLY OUR SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS, BUT ALSO IT WILL HELP OUR HIGH SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF SOME GROWTH ACROSS THE STATE. EVEN OUR SMALL SCHOOLS, EVEN OUR K EIGHT CAN BE PUT IN A GROUP THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO BE COMPETITIVE IN, IN A SANCTIONED SPORT. UH, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT CHANGE. IT IS IN YOUR POLICIES. AND, AND I THINK IT WILL PROVIDE A LOT OF BENEFITS FOR OUR STUDENTS. ALSO, IT'S COACHING EDUCATION THAT IS PROVIDED. THEY'LL HAVE THE SAME RESOURCES THROUGH OUR STATE. AND AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT YOUR REPORT, I DO HAVE CHUCK HERE TO ANSWER THAT. UH, BUT, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE, UM, ON ANOTHER PERSONNEL MATTER. I GUESS IT'S NOT REALLY PERSONNEL, BUT I WANNA JUST CONGRATULATE AND THANK
MR. BAR BARKER. IF YOU KNOW, RECENTLY HE WAS, UH, HE WAS ROASTED AND, UH, BY THE KIWANIS CLUB, BUT IF, IF YOU'VE GOT A REPORT ON THAT, HE REPRESENTED HIMSELF IN WILSON COUNTY VERY WELL. AND, UH, I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THE ROASTERS, BUT WE, I THINK WE HAD A BOARD MEETING . SO, UH, NOT THAT I'M ROASTING YOU BART TONIGHT, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY, BUT HOW YOU REPRESENT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND, AND, AND, UH, BRING A, A BIG PART OF, OF BUILDING TRUST AND COMMUNICATION WITH ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS. THANK YOU. UH, LAST THING IS AN UPDATE. I WANNA GIVE A WEST WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL UPDATE. AS, AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, WE HAD QUITE A WEEK THERE LAST WEEK WITH SOME THREATS BEING CALLED IN. UM, LET, LET ME SAY THINK. OUR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, ALL ALL DEPARTMENTS, MOUNT GIT OR SROS, HOMELAND SECURITY, EVEN FBI, UH, FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR QUICK RESPONSES TO OUR CALL OUT FOR, FOR HELP. UH, IT WAS A NON-CREDIBLE THREAT. YOU DID NOTICE SOME OF OUR SAFETY. WE TALK ABOUT OUR SAFETY LAYERS. WELL, YOU GOT TO SEE SOME OF THEM OTHER DAY. AND, UH, WANNA THANK OUR FACULTY, OUR, OUR STAFF, OUR PARENTS. IT WENT GREAT. NOW, IS IT A DISTRACTION? ABSOLUTELY. BUT WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA TAKE SAFETY SERIOUS. WE'RE GONNA COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS AS SOON AS WE GET INFORMATION. UH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WILSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS CONTINUING THAT INVESTIGATION. THEY WERE WORKING ALL WEEKEND. I KNOW, UH, THERE'S OTHER AGENCIES WORKING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THEM DEVELOPING A, A, A LEAD THAT WILL, WILL PROVIDE PROSECUTION FOR SOMEONE DISRUPTING OUR SCHOOL DAY. UH, WE FOLLOWED UP YESTERDAY MORNING WITH BRINGING IN ANOTHER LAYER. UH, OUR, OUR WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEM WAS PUT IN PLACE THERE FOR, FOR SEVERAL DAYS. WE'LL MAKE A DECISION WHEN WE THINK WE, 'CAUSE WE'RE ROTATING THAT AMONG SCHOOLS. I DO WANT TO REITERATE, THAT WAS NOT ANYTHING DUE TO THE INFORMATION WE HAD. IT WAS A NON-CREDIBLE THREAT. BUT WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE THESE THINGS SERIOUS AND, AND THAT WE DO HAVE SOME, UH, SAFETY MEASURES, A LOT OF SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE TO PROTECT OUR KIDS. UH, I DO THINK A LOT OF PARENTS CAME AND THAT CAREER CAUSED SOME, SOME, SOME TRAFFIC ISSUES. BUT, BUT OUR TEAM HANDLED IT GREAT. OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR TEACHERS WERE PHENOMENAL AND EVEN OUR STUDENTS. AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS, UH, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA COMMUNICATE THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE THAT WE CAN. BUT AT THIS POINT, IT IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION THAT IS, IS IN THE HANDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND I TRUST OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT THEY WILL WORK THIS TO THE NTH DEGREE TO TRY TO BRING, UH, A, A SOLUTION TO SOMEONE THAT IS TRYING TO DISRUPT OUR SCHOOLS. UH, AS FOR ME, UH, THAT IS OF, OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE. UH, AND I KNOW YOU AS I KEPT YOU COMMUNICATED ALONG THE DAY WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON AS INFORMATION WAS COMING IN. BUT, UH, WE, WE WILL ALWAYS TAKE SAFETY OF OUR KIDS SERIOUSLY. WE WILL WORK WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE WILL RELY ON THEM, UH, IN THESE TIMES BE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE EXPERTS AND, AND, AND DO A TREMENDOUS JOB. SO, UH, BUT PLEASE DON'T THINK THAT THAT THREAT'S JUST WENT AWAY. THAT THREAT IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND, AND I BELIEVE THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING WITHIN THEIR POWER TO, TO FIND OUT WHO HAS, HAS, HAS DONE THIS, UH, AT THIS TIME. DR. COUGHLIN, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER NEWS ACADEMICALLY? JUST A COUPLE THINGS. JUST A REMINDER, OUR TCAP EOC TESTING BEGINS APRIL 13TH. THAT'S NEXT MONDAY, AND THAT'LL RUN THROUGH THE 1ST OF MAY. UM, HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR, UH, PRE-K LEAD TEACHER, BROOKE CARR. SHE PUT IN FOR A PRESCHOOL DEVELOPMENT GRANT AND RECEIVED $250,000 WOW. UH, TO BE USED AT CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY IN SETTING UP THAT PRE-K PROGRAM THERE. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM. A SUMMER LEARNING CAMP OR SUMMER LEARNING ACADEMY INVITATIONS WENT OUT AND THAT, UH, REGISTRATION PROCESS CLOSES APRIL 17TH FOR THOSE PRIORITIES STUDENTS. SO THAT'S JUST A REMINDER TO OUR PARENTS TO GET THAT COMPLETED BEFORE APRIL 17TH. MR. MAYFIELD, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING CONSTRUCTION WISE? I, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN COMMU, YOU'LL COMMUNICATE ALONG. YES, SIR. MR. ADAMS STUDENT SERVICES? NO, SIR. JUST, UH, I WANT TO THANK THE PARENTS AT WEST WILSON AND DONOR CREEK. FABULOUS JOB. THEY WERE VERY, UH, APPRECIATIVE,
UH, AND, AND, AND I APPRECIATE HOW RESPECTFUL EVERYONE WAS ON SITE. MS. OWENS, DO YOU HAVE A HUMAN RESOURCE REPORT? I DO. YOU SHOULD HAVE 10 COPIES OF THE NEW BROCHURE. UM, IF YOU NEED MORE COPIES, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. BUT THIS, UM, IT IS HOT OFF THE PRESS. IT STILL KIND OF STINKS A LITTLE BIT , SO YOU MIGHT WANNA AIR OUT A LITTLE BIT. UM, BUT THEY ARE HOT OFF THE PRESS AND, UM, LOOK VERY NICE. SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED. UM, YOU ALSO RECEIVED TWO THINGS FROM GALLAGHER. ONE IS JUST THE, UM, REPORT FOR FEBRUARY, AND THEN THE OTHER IS JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THEY SEND US EACH YEAR JUST TO LET US KNOW, UM, ABOUT THEIR FEES AND, AND THAT KIND OF INFORMATION. SO YOU HAVE THAT. ALSO, UM, THE, UM, DEADLINE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DIRECTORS OF SCHOOL SEARCH IS TOMORROW AT THE END OF THE DAY. UM, SO FAR WE HAVE 11 APPLICANTS. UM, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK ON THOSE NOTEBOOKS ALL ALONG. I HOPE, UM, DEPENDS ON HOW MANY PEOPLE APPLY BETWEEN NOW AND, AND THE DEADLINE, BUT I HOPE TO HAVE THOSE NOTEBOOKS READY. I KNOW THAT WE SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE A MEETING NEXT TUESDAY, BUT MY SUGGESTION IS THAT, UM, YOU JUST COME PICK UP THE NOTEBOOKS. I WILL SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN THOSE NOTEBOOKS ARE READY, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN COME PICK UP THE NOTEBOOK. UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THE NOTEBOOK. I DID PUT SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN THERE. UM, AS AN EXAMPLE, THERE'S INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIFFERENT LICENSES FOR THE ADMINISTRATORS BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT ADMIN LICENSE, SO I JUST THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW WHAT THOSE DIFFERENT LICENSES ARE AND WHAT THEY MEAN. UM, I ALSO TOOK ALL OF THE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OFF, SUCH AS THEIR ADDRESS, THEIR PHONE NUMBER, THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS. UM, SO IF YOU SEE, YOU MAY SEE A SYMBOL FOR A PHONE AND THERE NOT BE A PHONE NUMBER. I WENT AHEAD AND TOOK THAT OFF SO THAT THERE, THERE'S NOT ANY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, UM, IN THERE. UM, SOME PEOPLE PUT THEIR REFERENCES IN ON THEIR APPLICATION AND SOME PEOPLE PUT IT IN AS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT. SO YOU MAY JUST SEE IT, UM, LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR THE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS. AND THEN IF SOMEBODY SENT SOME LETTERS OF REFERENCE, UM, I JUST PUT THAT ALSO AT THE END OF THE DOCUMENT, TAKE DOCUMENTS FOR THAT PARTICULAR APPLICANT. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIRECTOR SEARCH? OKAY, I WILL HAVE THOSE NOTEBOOKS JUST AS SOON AS I CAN AND I'LL SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO EVERYBODY AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN THOSE NOTEBOOKS ARE READY. THANK YOU. MAKE SURE YOU PICK UP YOUR NOTEBOOK TOO. I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A . YOU NEED TO GET YOUR APPLICATIONS AND GO . I WILL DELIVER 'EM IF I NEED TO. UH, MR. SEBASTIAN, DO YOU HAVE A FINANCE REPORT? UH, YES. I'VE GOT A COUPLE THINGS TO REPORT ON. UM, WE GOT OUR MARCH ESTIMATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR TEST ALLOCATIONS. UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE STILL HOLDING STEADY. UM, SO THE FUNDING PROJECTED FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 FOR TISA IS 133 MILLION 857 245. THIS IS UP FROM THE FINAL THAT WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR. UH, LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 1 28, 2 15, 5 87. SO IT'S ABOUT A $5.4 MILLION INCREASE INTO THE FUNDING. NOW THE QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THAT MONEY? WELL, IT'S ALREADY YEAR MARKED FOR TEACHER RAISES. UH, SO EVERY BIT OF THAT'S GONNA GO TOWARDS SEIZURE RAISES TO GET US TO THE 50,000 THAT WE'RE LEGALLY MANDATED TO ON THAT. UH, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES FROM THIS MONTH TO THE APRIL. TYPICALLY THE APRIL'S THE ONE THAT WE GO WITH AS FAR AS THE REVENUE WE'RE GONNA RELY ON FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES. SO AT THE END OF APRIL, I'LL GET THAT FINAL NUMBER, BUT WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME AND I'LL HAVE ALL THAT READY FOR OUR, OUR MAY MEETINGS WHEN WE START REVIEWING BUDGET. THEN, UM, SWITCHING GEARS, I GAVE YOU ALL A REPORT FOR OUR SELF-INSURANCE FUND, OUR FUND 2 64. UH, THERE'S THREE PAGES THIS TIME. THE FIRST TWO ARE THE, UH, REVENUES AND EXPENSES. THE REVENUES INCLUDE THE $3 MILLION THAT WE DID FROM 1 41 TO SELF-INSURANCE FUND. THE THIRD PAGE HAS THAT BACKED OUT JUST TO GIVE YOU MORE REALISTIC VIEW OF WITHOUT THE, UH, FUND BALANCE TRANSFER THAT WE DID THERE. UH, SO CURRENTLY WE ARE SITTING AT ABOUT A DEFICIT OF $4.3 MILLION IF
YOU INCLUDE THE, UH, $3 MILLION THAT WE TRANSFERRED. IF NOT, IT'S ACTUALLY MORE OF A $7.3 MILLION DEFICIT FOR THE YEAR, UH, WITH THE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HAS BEEN HELPING OUT. BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'VE ONLY BEEN DOING THAT SINCE UH, JANUARY, I BELIEVE. SO, UH, WE HAVEN'T HAD A FULL YEAR EFFECT ON THAT. NOW, I WILL SAY THAT I'M MONITORING THIS FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS BECAUSE IN PART OF JUNE AND JULY AND PART OF AUGUST, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OUR PAYCHECKS TO THE SELF-INSURANCE FUNDS. SO THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE MONTHS THAT WE REALLY FEEL THE EXPENSES COME IN, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S NO OFFSETTING REVENUES FOR THAT. SO WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS THERE'S AN ESTIMATED $7 MILLION IN EXPENSES THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR OVER THE SUMMER. BUT I'LL KIND HAVE TO LOOK AT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CUMULATIVE REPORT ON THE SECOND PAGE, OUR NET POSITION, WHICH IS OUR FREE CLASH, UH, CASH FLOW IS $7.7 MILLION. SO I MEAN, IF WE HAVE TWO MONTHS OF NO REVENUE, I MEAN IT WOULD, IT WOULD COMPLETELY EAT THAT UP. SO MAY OR JUNE, I'LL LET YOU KNOW IF WE DO NEED TO DO SOME TYPE OF FUND BALANCE TRANSFER TO HELP WITH CASH FLOW. UM, LIKE I SAID, IF, IF WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO, I'LL RECOMMEND THAT. BUT IF NOT, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT TO TOUCH UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE UNLESS WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO. BUT ONCE AGAIN, I'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW. ED, CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY, I KNOW, UM, AROUND BUDGET TIME, WE'VE DONE ABOUT A $3 MILLION TRANSFER THE PAST FEW YEARS, CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. HAVE WE ALSO DONE A $3 MILLION TRANSFER IN JANUARY? LIKE IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY AND I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD IS ON THIS FRONT PAGE, A $3 MILLION TRANSFER IN JANUARY, 2026. IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S WHEN WE DID IT, YES. HAVE WE DONE THAT THE PAST FEW YEARS AS WELL? OR IS YES. I BELIEVE LAST YEAR WAS 2 MILLION AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ANOTHER 2 MILLION. SO ON TOP OF WHAT THE DISTRICT MATCHES TRADITIONALLY YES. WE'RE ALSO SUPPLEMENTING ABOUT $6 MILLION A YEAR. THAT'S CORRECT, YES. AND WE MIGHT DO MORE THIS YEAR. THAT'S CORRECT, YES, DEPENDING. THANK YOU. UM, AND I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, UM, IF I LOOK AT LAST YEAR, WHICH IS FISCAL YEAR 25, OUR EXPENSES THROUGH MARCH. SO ESSENTIALLY THE SAME TIME THIS YEAR OUR EXPENSES WERE SITTING AT 20 MILLION. SO YOU SEE THIS YEAR WE'RE ALREADY AT 25 MILLION. THAT'S HOW MUCH THOSE EXPENSES HAVE GROWN. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT SNAPSHOT OF JULY THROUGH MARCH LAST YEAR WE WERE SITTING AT $20 MILLION IN EXPENSES. THIS YEAR WE'RE ALREADY AT 25 MILLION. THANK YOU MR. SEBASTIAN. I HAVE, UH, ON TEZA. YES. OKAY. AND YOU KNOW HOW THOSE RULES KIND OF WAFFLE, UM, ARTESA ESTIMATE IS BASED ON THIS YEAR'S ENROLLMENT, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, THEY LOOK AT THE LAST 12 MONTHS. AND SO IT INCLUDES PART OF THIS YEAR? YES. AND THEN PART OF THE DATA FOR LAST YEAR. OKAY. SO IT FLUCTUATES A LITTLE BIT. SO IT'S NOT A FULL, WHAT OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT IS, IT'S AN AVERAGE OF THE LAST 12 MONTHS. AND IS THERE AN, UM, AN ADJUSTMENT DURING THE YEAR IF FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE INCREASED ENROLLMENT, DO THEY DO ADJUSTMENTS OR ARE WE JUST KIND OF EVERY 12 MONTHS? YEAH, SO THERE'S A, UH, THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENT TYPICALLY IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER, WHICH THEY CALL A FAST GROWTH. IF THE, IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR YOUR COUNTY HITS CERTAIN METRICS AS FAR AS STUDENT POPULATION INCREASE, THEY GIVE YOU ESSENTIALLY AN ADJUSTMENT ON THAT. AND THEN THE JULY PAYMENT THAT WE RECEIVE ALSO, THEY DO AN ADJUSTMENT ON THAT PAYMENT. SO FOR JULY, 2026, IF THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENT NECESSARY FOR, AS FAR AS POPULATION WISE, THEY ADJUST THAT FINAL PAYMENT ALSO. NOW, WHEN THEY DO THE ADJUSTMENTS, UM, IS IT JUST ON NUMBERS OR FOR EXAMPLE, DOES IT INCLUDE THE WEIGHTED ISSUE? DO THEY, DO THEY GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, DO THE ADJUSTMENT ON THE TYPE OF WEIGHTS WE HAVE BECAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE AN INFLUX IN OF HIGH WEIGHTED. YEAH. SO THEY, THEY LOOK AT ALL OF THE, SO NOT JUST ON THE BASE BUT THE UNIQUE LEARNING NEEDS ALSO, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT THE DIFFERENT WEIGHTS ON THAT ALSO. OKAY. SO THEY ARE, THEY ARE KIND OF ADJUSTING EVERYTHING AS THEY GO YEAH. TO MAKE, OKAY. WHEN, WHEN THEY EXPLAINED IT TO ME, THEY SAID THAT, NOW ACCORDING TO THEM, THEY DO LOOK AT THIS QUARTERLY AND THEY ADJUST THE NUMBERS BASED ON THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. OF COURSE. THAT IS MY REPORT. I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS MR. LUTRELL? YES, SIR. ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC THAT MIGHT BE WATCHING THIS, THE INSURANCE FUND IS RUNNING A DEFICIT OF $7 MILLION
A YEAR, IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT WE JUST HEARD IS WELL, YOU, YOU'RE PROJECTING YOU WON'T KNOW TILL YOU CLOSE UP FOR YOUR YEAH. PHYSICAL YEAR, BUT YES. WELL IT, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT THE RED LINE, WHICH IS EXPENSES ARE ACTUALLY KICKING UP. THEY ARE. AND THE REVENUES AREN'T TRUE. UM, JUST IF I WERE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS, I MIGHT HAVE SOME QUESTIONS LOOK LIKE, WHAT IS THE PLAN? WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO HERE? WELL, WHAT FIRST THING YOU GOTTA DO IS WHAT WE'VE CONTINUE TO DO AND, AND THAT'S INVEST MORE IN OUR BUDGET. INITIALLY, FIVE YEARS AGO WE WERE INVESTING $6,500 PER EMPLOYEE AND IT WAS KEEPING OUR FUND FINE. TODAY WE'RE INVESTING OVER $9,000, 80, 86 50, 86 50. AND OF COURSE WHEN YOU GET INTO BUDGET, WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING, THAT NEEDS TO GO UP COMPARATIVE. WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND AT OTHER COUNTY THAT HAVE THIS, YOU'RE LOOKING ANYWHERE FROM 11 TO $14,000 EMPLOYEE INVESTMENT TO, TO KEEP THAT FUND SOLVENT. SO THAT'S YOUR FIRST STEP THAT YOU HAVE TO DO. SO JUST TO REVIEW, WHAT I THINK YOU SAID IS WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE MONEY FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO CLOSE THIS GAP. WELL, I DON'T THINK, I CAN'T, WE'RE NOT GOING TO, WE, WE HAVE TO BRING A BALANCED BUDGET TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING IN OUR BUDGET THROUGH OUR GROWTH MONEY AND, AND, AND LOOKING AS WE DO THIS BUDGET, CAN WE PUT MORE INTO OUR EMPLOYEES? THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR FIVE YEARS. BUT, UH, WE DO HAVE INSTRUCTIONS TO BRING A BALANCED BUDGET TO YOUR COUNTY COMMISSION. BUT THE, THE SIZE OF THE BUDGET, THERE'S NO LIMIT ON. CORRECT. IT COULD BE LARGER AS LONG AS IT'S BALANCED. RIGHT. IT'S WELL, IT'S GOTTA BE BALANCED AND, BUT WE, AND WE GET OUR GROWTH MONEY ALREADY. WE DON'T HAVE TO GO ASK FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, YOUR GROWTH ON PROPERTY TAX, YOUR GROWTH ON SALES TAX, THEY'RE GIVING US TO THAT UPFRONT TO BUILD INTO THIS BUDGET. YES. SO THE ANSWER IS WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW WE'LL CLOSE THAT WE'RE GONNA SPEND MORE MONEY ON IT CLEARLY AS PART OF IT. WELL, WE'RE GONNA INVEST MORE IF YOU INVEST MORE REVENUE MM-HMM . BUT YOU CAN'T CONTROL YOUR EXPENDITURES ON INSURANCE. RIGHT. AND I THINK WE'RE SEEING THAT NATIONWIDE. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING I'M SEEING IS IF LAST YEAR THEY SAID EXPECT A 10 TO 12% INCREASE, SO IT LOOKS LIKE OURS IS GOING OVER THAT A LITTLE BIT. RIGHT. SO YOU HAVE TO INCREASE YOUR REVENUE IN THAT. THAT'S WHY WE TOOK THE STEP LAST YEAR WITH OUR EMPLOYEES INVESTING INTO IT AND, AND THAT'S GONNA CONTINUE. AND THEN WE, WE'VE BEEN INVESTING, UH, MORE REVENUE FOR EMPLOYEE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO THIS FUND. RIGHT. AND AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT. SO, SO THE EMPLOYEES HAVE CONTRIBUTED MORE, WE'VE CONTRIBUTED MORE AND YET THE EXPENSES CONTINUE TO OUTGROW THE REVENUES AT, AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. YEAH. OKAY. AND, AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING TO IT FOR, FOR TWO YEARS, BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND THIS TILL YOU CLOSE THAT YOU CAN HAVE A MONTH WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE THE EXPENSES. MM-HMM . I MEAN IT IS JUST WHEN YOU'RE A SELF-INSURED INSURANCE, THERE'S FLUCTUATION AND, AND UH, THAT, THAT'S JUST WHERE IT IS. OKAY. THANKS. I APPRECIATE IT. AND MR. MACK, JUST, JUST TO ADD TO THAT ALSO, UM, YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS THAT WE CURRENTLY DO. SO YES, CURRENTLY IT'S 86 15 PER EMPLOYEE. UM, I'VE GOT AN ESTIMATE HERE. IF WE INCREASE THAT BY $2,000 PER EMPLOYEE, IT'S GONNA COST US AT MINIMUM $4.6 MILLION A YEAR. THAT'S JUST CONTRIBUTING $2,000 MORE TO GET CLOSER TO THE BREAK EVEN NUMBER THAT WE REALLY NEED IT, IT NEEDS TO LOOK CLOSER TO 12,615, WHICH WILL COST US CLOSE TO $9.3 MILLION PER THE YEAR. THAT'S ON TOP OF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY CONTRIBUTING AT THE 86 15. YEAH. WE'RE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES I THINK THAT SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN GENERAL HAVE, AND WE'RE NO EXCEPTION IS TEACHER PAY AND BENEFITS. RIGHT? SO EACH TIME YOU RATCHET UP THE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION, THAT MAKES US A LITTLE LESS COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER COUNTIES. SO WELL WE'RE THAT, THAT CAN'T GO ON AT, YOU KNOW, FOREVER. I HAVE NO INTENTION OF BRINGING ANY MORE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION AND WE ARE STILL WAY BELOW SURROUNDING DISTRICTS ON OUR EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION AND I HAVE NO INTENTION OF BRINGING THAT INTO BUDGET. I THINK IT HAS TO BE DONE WITH MORE USE RESOURCING OUR REVENUE. YEAH, I JUST THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE IS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A, YOU KNOW, OVER WHAT 23 TO 24 WAS A 50% INCREASE IN 24 TO 25, 26. WE'RE LOOKING AT OVER 133% INCREASE IN THOSE EXPENSES. SO I THINK WE, IT'S HARD TO GAUGE EVEN WITH THE, THE INFORMATION WE GOT FROM GALLAGHER THAT HAVE, WE HAVE ANY REAL SENSE OF WHAT DIRECTION THAT'S GOING. UM, SO I GUESS IF WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET, WE HAVE TO KIND OF PROGRAM SOMETHING BETWEEN 75 AND A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE OVER THE OVERAGES WE HAVE THIS YEAR IF THAT TREND CONTINUES. SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO
KEEP IN MIND AS WE WE GET INTO BUDGETS, UH, UH, THAT'S BEEN ON OUR MINDS FOR, THAT'S A BIG PART OF YOUR BUDGET IS YOUR BENEFIT PACKAGE. AND AT THE SAME TIME I WILL SAY WE HAVE AN UNBELIEVABLE BENEFIT PACKAGE THAT I DO NOT WANT TO IMPACT OUR TEACHERS BY LOWERING THAT, THAT MAY BE A DECISION IN THE FUTURE OF THIS BOARD. UH, BUT I WILL NOT BRING THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION. WE MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. DO WE ALREADY SECOND. ALRIGHT, MS. SHERRY? YEAH. MOTION PASS UNANIM SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO SECTION 11 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REC FOR SCHOOLS 11.1 RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE POLICY SECTION FOUR WITH AND WITHOUT CHANGES ON SECOND READING. ALL POLICIES AND SECTION FOUR HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED CHANGES ARE ATTACHED. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION SECOND. MOTION IS SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, READY TO VOTE. MS. SHERRY, WHILE WE'RE VOTING, IRIS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY FOR ALL THIS MEETING. . OH, SHE KNOWS. MOTION PASS UNANIM SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11.2. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE POLICIES SECTION SIX WITH AND WITHOUT CHANGES ON SECOND READING. ALL POLICIES IN SECTION SIX HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED CHANGES ARE ATTACHED. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION SECOND. MOTION SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, WE'RE READY TO VOTE. MS. SHERRY, AND WHILE WE'RE VOTING TO EVERYONE WATCHING, THIS IS THE SECOND READING ON THESE POLICIES, OF COURSE THEY'RE ALL LOADED INTO, UM, THEY'RE ALL LOADED IN BOARD DOCS. SO IF YOU WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE POLICIES, PLEASE DO. MOTION PASSED UNANIM SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11.3. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE POLICY 4.607 ON SECOND READING WITH ADDITION OF THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE. UH, STUDENTS WANTING TO WEAR A QUARTER SASH DOES NOT DIRECTLY FROM THE SCHOOL, MUST REQUEST PRINCIPAL APPROVAL 30 DAYS PRIOR TO GRADUATION. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I'LL SECOND DISCUSSION. DID WE SAY THAT THIS IS SOLELY ON PRINCIPAL'S DISCRETION AS TO WHAT HE OR SHE WILL ALLOW? YES. OKAY. MR. BADILLA, I HAVE REALLY SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THIS. UM, AND, AND HERE'S, AND I BELIEVE YOU BROUGHT UP THE, THE DEPLOYMENT CORD. UM, THAT, AND, AND I ABSOLUTELY GET THAT BECAUSE MY SON IS IN THE MILITARY AND GETS DEPLOYED. MY CONCERN IS IF A PRINCIPAL DENIES SOMETHING THAT THERE WILL BE, UM, THIS IDEA THAT THEY'VE BEEN DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AND HOW THAT MIGHT AFFECT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SCHOOL, WHAT TYPE OF CORDS ANYMORE. BECAUSE WHEN I WAS IN THE CLASSROOM AND WHEN I WAS IN EDUCATION, THE CORDS WERE DIRECTLY TIED TO ACADEMICS FROM THE SCHOOL. AND HAVE THEY CHANGED? IS THERE, ARE THERE CERTAIN THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED NOW THAT'S ALLOWED NOW? 'CAUSE IN MY DAY, BACK IN THE DAY IT WAS ACADEMICS, IT WAS CONNECTED TO ACADEMICS. SO HOW HAS THAT CHANGED? I THINK THERE, THERE ARE THINGS FROM THE STATE THAT WERE MANDATED TO RECOGNIZE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE, BUT THEN IT'S WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THOUGH? IT'S, IT'S LISTED. I MEAN, IT'S ON
THE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. OH. SO I, IF YOU WANT ME TO, TO READ, IT'S, IT'S A LONG LIST OF THINGS WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE. SO, UH, JUST FOR REMIND, SO THIS IS JUST FOR GRADUATION AND THIS IS, UM, UH, IT'S GONNA BE, OF COURSE THE PRINCIPAL'S GONNA HAVE TO APPROVE, BUT I GUESS SOMEBODY COULD SUE EVEN IF THIS POLICY WASN'T IN PLACE. SO WE CAN, WE CAN BE SUED FOR ANYTHING. ALL RIGHT. AND I JUST THINK THAT, UM, THIS IS A ONE DAY GRADUATION THAT THAT FAMILY, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, IT'S MILITARY, IF THEY WANT TO WEAR A DEPLOYMENT SASH OR WHATEVER, THAT PRINCIPAL AT THAT LEVEL WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THAT GRADUATION ALLOWS. UM, I JUST, I THINK HAVING THAT, THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE ALLOWS SOMEBODY TO REQUEST SO THAT WE DON'T GET A, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET, WE DON'T, WE'RE, IT'S NOT AMBIGUOUS, YOU KNOW, WHERE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO OR PEOPLE COME THE DAY BEFORE GRADUATION WANTING TO WEAR SOMETHING AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED LAST GRADUATION. SO NOT TRYING TO KNEE JERK OR NOT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO CHANGE EVERYTHING. BUT, UM, LIKE I SAID, I SPOKE WITH THE DIRECTOR AND WE SAID THIS WOULD, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD BE OKAY TO GIVE THE, THE PRINCIPAL THAT LATITUDE TO MAKE A DECISION IF THEY WANT, WOULD LIKE TO WEAR SOMETHING. UM, AND I GUESS I TRUST OUR PRINCIPLES TO BE ABLE TO PULL THOSE THINGS. THEY MAKE THOSE DECISIONS EVERY DAY. UM, WHAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN MAKING THIS FOR A ONE DAY GRADUATION WHERE IT WOULD BE JUST PRETTY MUCH THAT FAMILY, YOU KNOW, AND THAT THAT STUDENT WOULD BE THE ONES WEARING THAT AND THEY WOULD BE HONORED FOR THAT. SO THAT WAS JUST MY REASONING. SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, I I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS WAS GOING TO PUT UNDUE PRESSURE OR IF THIS IS GOING TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE OF THE PRINCIPALS. I I, I MEAN, I HAVE TO ASK YOU SIR. WELL, I, I THINK THE 30 DAYS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE POLICY BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM A CHANCE IF, IF SOMEBODY COMES AND MAKES REQUESTS AND THERE'S ANY CONCERN, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO RESOURCES THEY HAVE HERE. OUR LEVEL, EVEN LEGAL, UH, I, I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST PART OF THE POLICY. IT'S KIND OF HARD WHEN PEOPLE GET UPSET WHEN THE DAY OF, OR THE, THE DAY OF PRACTICE SOMETHING GETS BROUGHT UP AND OUR PRINCIPALS ARE LIKE, WHAT DO YOU DO? WHAT YOU DON'T WANT IS JUST TO TAKE A KNEE-JERK REACTION. WELL, I'M NOT GONNA ALLOW. UH, SO I, I THINK THE 30 DAY GIVES HER A CHANCE FOR ANYTHING IS ISSUED TO BE WORKED OUT. OKAY. THAT THAT'S THE THAT WAS JUST MY CONCERN. THE KEY TO THE POLICY. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, I'M JUST GONNA SAY THIS SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE SIMPLE ENOUGH, BUT THINGS RARELY ARE THAT SIMPLE. I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT I THINK WE AS BOARD MEMBERS, IF SOMEONE COMPLAINS THAT THEY DIDN'T GET SOMETHING APPROVED, WE NEED TO STAY OUT OF THAT BECAUSE WE'VE PUT THIS POLICY THAT IT'S PRINCIPAL'S DISCRETION. SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT. AND THAT'S THE BIG THING IS THAT PRINCIPALS ARE IN CHARGE OF THOSE GRADUATIONS AND THEY, WHO THEY WANT TO HONOR AND WHO THEY WANT TO ALLOW TO WEAR WHAT. AND SO I JUST THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE BUFFER ZONE. SO ALL THESE FAMILIES TRAVELING HERE THINKING THEY'RE GONNA WEAR THIS AND THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO ASK. NOW, YOU KNOW, THEIR FAMILIES DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM NOT BEING ABLE TO WEAR SOMETHING I REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT THEIR FAMILY'S DONE OR INVOLVED IN. YEAH. SO WE, WE CAN VOTE IF THERE'S NO MORE. WANNA SHARE. MOTION PASSED A UNANIM. SEVEN ZERO. UH, MOVING ON TO ITEM 11.4. A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE ROOF REPAIRS AT WA WRIGHT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND MOTION. AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, MS. SHERRY, YOU READY TO VOTE? MOTION TO APPROVE. SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11.5. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE, UM, REPAIR OF JIM FLOORS AT GREENHILL HIGH SCHOOL. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION SECOND. MOTION A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, MS. SHERRY, READY TO VOTE? MOTION PASSED UNANIM SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11.6. RECOMMEND TO APPROVE TRACK RESURFACING AT WILSON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND MOTION AND SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, MS. SHERRY, READY TO VOTE?
MOTION ROOM APPROVED UNANIMOUS. SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11.7, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE ATHLETIC TRAINING PROPOSAL. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I'LL SECOND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, MS. SHERRY? I MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUS. SEVEN ZERO. OKAY, NEXT UP, 11.8, RECOMMEND RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE BUDGET AMENDMENT MEMO 2 0 2 6 12. UM, YOU KNOW MR. SEBASTIAN OR MR. SEBASTIAN? SIR, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS PLEASE? YES. UH, THIS IS BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER 12. GOT A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON HERE. UH, THE FIRST THING IS, UH, WE'RE DRAWING DOWN THE EARMARKED MONEY THAT WAS SET ASIDE FOR WILSON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL TRACK RESURFACING IN THE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. WE'RE ALSO DRAWING DOWN THE EARMARK MONEY FOR THE WILSON CENTRAL TENNIS COURT REPAIRS AT $250,000. UH, I'M REALLOCATING FUNDS FROM, UH, OTHER CHARGES, MAINTENANCE LINE TO THE FINANCE LINE FOR, UH, TRAVEL OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS. THIS HELPS WITH MILEAGE COSTS THAT WE'VE HAD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TRAVELING FOR BOOKKEEPING SUPPORT THIS YEAR. UH, SO WE'RE CLOSE TO OVER SPENDING OUR LINES. WE NEEDED THE A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR FINANCE. UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON HERE IS FOR A CONTRACT THAT WAS APPROVED TONIGHT FOR ARBITER PAY $25,240. THIS WILL HELP OFFSET THE COST FOR THIS, UH, CONTRACT FOR THE FIRST YEAR. ARBITER PAY WILL BE USED AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND OUR K EIGHTS. UH, THIS WILL HELP IN ASSISTING AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO PAY THE REFEREES A WHOLE LOT EASIER. THE BOOKKEEPERS WERE ALL VERY HAPPY. THIS IS GONNA SAVE THEM HOURS EVERY WEEK WHEN WE HAVE THIS MORNING EVENT. SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY. SO YEAR ONE, UH, THE COUNTY'S GONNA PICK UP THE COST. AND THEN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 28, UH, I'M GONNA RECOMMEND FOR THE SCHOOLS TO PICK UP THE COST INDIVIDUALLY. THE MAX IS ABOUT $3,000 PER, PER SCHOOL, BUT, UH, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO PAY FOR THE FIRST YEAR ON THIS. UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON HERE IS WE WERE AWARDED A CIVIC SEAL GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 FROM THE STATE. UH, DUNNO IF DR. CRAN HAS ANYTHING TO ADD ON THAT. I THINK IT WAS SPECIFIC TO WILSON CENTRAL. UM, I THINK IT WAS EARMARKED FOR MODEL UN, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. YES. FOR MODEL UN UH, SO $10,000 ON THAT, WHICH IS GREAT. THE NEXT ITEM I'M ON HERE IS A, UH, CTE REQUEST. UH, MS. BONNIE HALLMAN. UH, WE ARE REALLOCATING $3,500 FROM AN EQUIPMENT LINE TO OTHER CONTRACTED SERVICES. UH, THIS IS EARMARKED FOR WAGES FOR A TCAT WELDING INSTRUCTOR, UH, AT GREEN HILL HIGH SCHOOL. SO SHE WAS GONNA BE SHORT ON HER OTHER CONTRACTED LINES. SO WE'RE REALLOCATING $3,500. UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON HERE IS HER CENTRAL CAFETERIA. MS. TINA HUTCHINS REQUESTED THIS, UH, WE ARE REALLOCATING $25,000 FROM A SALARY LINE. SHE ONCE AGAIN, OTHER CONTRACTED SERVICES. UH, THIS IS JUST TO HELP WITH KITCHEN INSPECTIONS, REPAIRS, AND RECYCLING SERVICES. SHE PROJECTED THAT SHE WAS GONNA NEED THE ADDITIONAL $25,000 THIS YEAR. AND THEN LASTLY ON HERE, THIS IS BY A REQUEST BY MS. JO BETH FOR EXTENDED SCHOOLS. UH, WE'RE REALLOCATING, UH, $10,000 FROM FURNITURE AND FIXTURES TO OTHER CONTRACTED SERVICES. AND THIS IS HELP TO
HELP WITH THE KIDS CLUB SUMMER FIELD TRIPS. OKAY, I KIND OF JUMPED THE GUN ON THAT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MO I'LL SECOND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE BUDGET AMENDMENT ITEMS? IF NOT, IT WAS, UH, I THINK IT MIGHT. WAS IT MS. KIM? OKAY. OKAY, PERFECT. UM, NO DISCUSSION. READY TO VOTE WHILE WE'RE VOTING. MR. PADILLA, CAN WE TAKE ABOUT A 10 MINUTE BREAK AFTER THIS? ABSOLUTELY. MOTION WAS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. UM, WE'LL BE TAKING A 10 MINUTE BREAK IF EVERYONE COULD BE BACK AT SEVEN 11. AT SEVEN 11. THANK YOU. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO, UH, WELCOME EVERYBODY BACK. WE'RE GONNA JUMP RIGHT IN TO ITEM 11.9, WHICH WAS AMENDED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. UH, THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE TENNIS COURT REPAIRS AT WILSON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION. AND SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? WE JUST HAD SOME, UH, UPSET PARENTS THAT IT WASN'T GREEN HILL. YEAH, I'M JUST JOKING. . THEY WERE ALL EXCITED AND THEN IT WAS CORRECTED, SO THERE YOU GO. NEVER KNEW PART OF MY LIFE WOULD BE DEALING WITH TENNIS COURTS AND SEWERS. AND ROOFS. AND ROOFS. AND THE MOTION DOES REFLECT WILSON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. THE MOTION WAS APPROVED. SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11 POINT 10, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE POLICY 1.404 ON FIRST READING WITH CHANGES TO ALIGN WITH NEW STATE LAW. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I WILL SECOND. DOES, UM, YOU ANY DISCUSSION? ANYONE NEED TO, UH, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST GETTING IN LINE WITH THE, THE LAW. UH, IF YOU PULL IT UP, YOU CAN READ THE PROPOSED POLICY AND THIS IS ON FIRST READING, SO WE WILL HAVE IT BACK ON THE, UM, AGENDA FOR THE APRIL 16TH BOARD MEETING. SO IF YOU REVIEW AND FIND ANYTHING, THAT'S FINE. I WILL JUST SAY I APPRECIATE YOU INCLUDING THE, UM, STATE STATUTE WITH THIS. IT WAS HELPFUL. THANK YOU. YES, I BELIEVE THAT WAS PROBABLY DR. OR MR. GREEN DID THAT. SO THANK YOU MR. GREEN, WHILE WE HAVE THIS TOPIC OPEN, I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE REQUIREMENT THAT PEOPLE THAT WISH TO SPEAK UP NEED TO SIGN UP IN WRITING 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE. NO OTHER BOARD IN WILSON COUNTY THAT I KNOW OF HAS THAT REQUIREMENT. UH, THE COUNTY COMMISSION DOESN'T, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOESN'T. I TALKED TO JAMES MANUS TONIGHT AND HE SAID THE CITY OF MOUNT JULIET DOESN'T NOR DOES THEIR PLANNING COMMISSION. YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU MAKE MORE DIFFICULT TO DO, YOU GET LESS OF. AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THIS 24 HOUR THING IS PREVENTING THE PUBLIC FROM COMING AND TALKING TO US, UM, IF THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO, PREVENT THEM FROM TALKING TO US AND MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT. THAT THAT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD, GOOD WAY TO DO IT IS SAY YOU'VE GOTTA SIGN UP 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE IN WRITING. I KNOW WITH THE, UH, COUNTY COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION MOUNT JULIE CITY COMMISSION, YOU JUST SHOW UP AND YOU DO SOMETIMES HAVE TO PUT YOUR NAME ON THE LIST. I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY INTEREST WHILE WE'VE GOT THIS OPEN OF THIS BOARD TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER FOR CITIZENS TO TALK BY REMOVING THAT 24 HOUR IN WRITING REQUIREMENT. MR. MACK, THE REASON THAT THAT CAME ABOUT, UM, I BELIEVE WAS THAT IT WAS HAPPENING RIGHT BEFORE, AND IT WAS OVERWHELMING OUR BOARD SECRETARY WHERE THEY WERE COMING UP AND SHE WAS TRYING TO GET OUR STUFF READY. SHE WAS TRYING TO GET THIS STUFF READY AND THEN, UM, THEN SHE WAS TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE LINE THAT WAS HAPPENING, UH, AT HER DESK. AND I BELIEVE THAT PART OF THAT WAS NOT IN ANY INTENTION OF KEEPING THE PUBLIC FROM SPEAKING, BUT TO TRY AND HAVE HER NOT HAVE SO MANY THINGS TO DO. RIGHT. WHEN THE, I MEAN, WE WERE HAVING PEOPLE ONE MINUTE BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING COMING UP AND THAT WAS, I THINK, THE INTENT. IT WAS NEVER AN INTENT
TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM SPEAKING. WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S, UH, A MUCH EASIER WAY TO DEAL WITH THAT. THE COUNTY COMMISSION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, MOUNT JULIET CITY COMMISSION, MOUNT JULIET PLANNING COMMISSION SIMPLY HAVE A LIST THAT PEOPLE PUT THEIR NAME ON. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHY THE BOARD SECRETARY NEEDS TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT OR PERHAPS SOMEONE ELSE COULD DO THAT. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S A PRETTY HIGH HURDLE FOR A CITIZEN THAT WANTS TO COME AND SPEAK TO HAVE TO GET THE RIGHT FORM, FILL IT OUT, GET IT TO THE RIGHT PERSON ALL 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE WHEN THE OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODIES IN THE COUNTY SIMPLY SAY, SHOW UP AND TALK TO US. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, UM, FIRST, UM, IN, IN, IN MY TIME UP HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER DENIED ANYBODY AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL SIGN UP AFTER THAT 24 HOUR PERIOD AND IT'S ACTUALLY WRITTEN, YOU KNOW, ON THE REQUEST. YOU KNOW THAT IF IT IS PAST THAT 24 HOUR TIME PERIOD, ANY BOARD MEMBER CAN GRANT THAT REQUEST. UM, IF SOMEONE HAS SHOWN UP AND WANTED TO SPEAK, UM, WE'VE MADE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THAT AS WELL. SO I THINK THE, THIS IS A GUARDRAIL, UM, NOT NECESSARILY TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM SPEAKING, BUT TO HAVE A PLAN OUT FOR OUR MEETING. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER THING IS, UM, BEING ABLE TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT TOPICS THEY'RE GONNA BRING UP SO WE CAN BE PREPARED TO GET INFORMATION TO ANSWER THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. UM, BUT, BUT EVEN IF THEY DID SHOW UP AND WANTED TO SPEAK, UM, THIS WAS JUST SOMETHING WHEN WE, WE, I KNOW WE, WE WE HAD A LOT OF SPEAKERS WHERE NOW WE'RE NOT HAVING THAT MANY. UM, IS THAT A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING? I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IF WE REMOVE THIS 24 HOUR POLICY OR REQUIREMENT THAT WE'RE GONNA GET A FLOOD OF SPEAKERS, WELL THEN LET'S FIND OUT. I THINK, DIDN'T WE HAVE, UM, WAS IT FIVE DAYS? YES, WE USED TO HAVE, THEY HAD TO DO IT FIVE DAYS IN ADVANCE. SO WE, WE MOVED IT TO 24 HOURS TO GIVE MORE GRACE TO THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK. AND I THINK THIS POLICY ALSO ALLOWS US TO HAVE STRUCTURE TO OUR, UM, MEETINGS. AND, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS ISN'T PROHIBITING ANYBODY FROM COMING TO SPEAK. I'VE PERSONALLY NOT HEARD FROM ANYONE. UM, BUT IF YOU KNOW THAT'S THE CASE, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM THOSE FOLKS WHO THINK THAT THIS IS A, A HINDRANCE TO COME SPEAK AT OUR, OUR MEETINGS. YEAH, I THINK IT'S JUST TRYING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T EXIST. YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THIS COUNTY COMMISSION SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO FUNCTION JUST FINE WITH PEOPLE SHOWING UP AND SPEAKING AS DOES THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS DO THIS, DO THE MOUNT JULIET BOARDS. I JUST FIND IT INTERESTING, UH, THAT THIS BOARD HAS FOUND ALL KINDS OF REASONS TO WANT TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR CITIZENS TO SPEAK. AND I JUST THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THIS IF YOU ALL SEE IT AS A PROBLEM. IF YOU DON'T, I'M JUST ONE VOTE OUTTA SEVEN, I'LL BE QUIET AND WE'LL MOVE ON. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, THAT'S FINE. I JUST, UM, WE'VE BEEN OPERATING HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR 24 HOUR IN WRITING SIGN UP. BUT I WOULD SAY PRIOR TO THIS LAW, IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK AT THE COUNTY COMMISSION, IT HAD TO BE SOMETHING THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA. YOU COULDN'T JUST COME AND SPEAK JUST TO SPEAK. MAYOR HUDA ROUTINELY LET ANYBODY SPEAK ON ANY TOPIC, INCLUDING A WHOLE ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE RECENTLY ABOUT THE ICE THING FROM ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE. YES. SO AGAIN, I'M JUST MAKING THE MOTION, IF IT DOESN'T GET A SECOND, LET'S MOVE ON. I JUST WANTED TO, WHILE WE WERE ON THIS TOPIC, AND BY THE WAY, HATS OFF TO THE STATE FOR REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT THAT IT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE AGENDA ITEM. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT MOVE. BUT THIS BODY COULD TAKE IT A LITTLE FURTHER AND, UM, MAKE IT COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT THE OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODIES IN WILSON COUNTY DO AND TRY TO ENCOURAGE MORE CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT, MORE CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT, MORE CITIZEN COMMENTS. MY, MY MOTION IS OUT THERE. IT DOESN'T GET A SECOND. LET'S MOVE ON. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, JUST SAY THIS. THEY GAVE ALL OF THE BODIES IN THE STATE CHANGE THE LAW FOR THAT, BUT NOT FOR THE LEGISLATURE. THE LEGISLATURE DID NOT OPEN THAT DOOR. UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE A CONSTITUTIONAL BODY, THEY WAIVED THAT PARTICULAR THING SO THEY, YOU KNOW, RULES FOR THE, NOT FOR ME SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. IS THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THIS IS TO REMOVE THE 24 HOUR REQUIREMENT TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK BEFORE THE SCHOOL BOARD. ANY MORE DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, ONE SECOND. OKAY. THIS IS AN AMENDMENT
AND THIS IS THE FIRST READING TO REMIND EVERYBODY A MOTION TO REMOVE LANGUAGE AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULE START OF EACH BOARD MEETING TO REQUEST A TIME TO SPEAK. UM, IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU, MR. PAT? ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? ALRIGHT, READY TO VOTE. OKAY, SO MOTION PASSED WITH FIVE? YES. ONE NO AND ONE ABSTAIN. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND VOTE ON THE AMENDED ON THE MOTION WITH THE AMENDMENT. ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, MS. SHERRY? MOTION PASSED. SIX. YES, ONE ABSTAIN. UM, MOVING ON TO JUST, JUST A REMINDER, THAT WAS THE FIRST RATING, SO IT'LL BE COMING BACK UP. SO IF THERE'S ANY, ANYONE WANTS TO REACH OUT, ANY, UH, CONSTITUENTS ON HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US. UM, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11 POINT 11, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE CHANGING BUDGET FINANCE DEPARTMENT, PART-TIME POSITION TO A FULL-TIME POSITION. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND. DO YOU WANNA SPEAK ON THAT OR IS IT, I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY CUT AND DRY. MS. SMASH, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT POSITION, WHAT THAT IS? YES. SO, UH, FOR A FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET, YOU GUYS HAD APPROVED A, UH, $20,000 FOR A PART-TIME BOOKKEEPING SUPPORT POSITION. UH, I HAD NOT HIRED FOR THAT YET, BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UH, I'VE NOTICED A NECESSITY TO HAVE A FULL-TIME ADDITIONAL BOOKKEEPING SUPPORT POSITION. UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL REQUESTS FROM PRINCIPALS, BOOKKEEPERS AS FAR AS EITHER COVERAGE AT THE SCHOOLS OR PRINCIPALS WANTING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, SITTING DOWN, LEARNING THINGS, ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR BOOKS. WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO DO THAT AT THE SCALE THAT WE NEEDED TO DO IT. IT, SO THIS WILL HELP SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE REQUESTS. AND WITH THE BOOKKEEPING SUPPORT POSITION THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, RIGHT NOW THEY ALSO HAVE INVENTORIES THAT THEY HAVE TO DO AT EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL TOO. SO IT'LL JUST HELP ALLEVIATE AND ALLOW MY STAFF TO BE ABLE TO GO AND SERVE OTHER PRINCIPALS AND THEIR BOOKKEEPERS AND HELP KEEP THEM UP TO DATE AND HELP US DO A BETTER JOB OF INFORMING THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THE CURRENT STAFF THAT WE HAVE. IS THERE A DOLLAR AMOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT? SO IT DEPENDS. UH, THERE'S NOT A SET DOLLAR BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON THE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FOR THE PERSON THAT GETS HIRED ON FOR THE FULL-TIME POSITION. SO CURRENTLY, LIKE AS I STATED, WE HAD $20,000 BASED SALARIES SET ASIDE. SO IF WE BRING IN SOMEBODY WITH ABOUT FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, THAT LOOKS TO BE $48,000 FOR THE YEAR. SO IT'D BE ABOUT A DIFFERENCE FOR THE YEAR, ABOUT $30,000 THOUSAND DOLLARS OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAD BUDGETED. IF WE GO TO THE EX OTHER EXTREME SIDE OF THINGS AND DO SOMEBODY WITH 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, THE COST FOR THAT FULL-TIME WOULD BE $68,000. BUT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF I'D GET ANYBODY WITH 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, RELEVANT EXPERIENCE THAT IS NOW IS THIS, IS THIS A, UH, IS THIS GONNA BE A PERMANENT OR A CONTRACT? A YEARLY BASE? PERMANENT. IT'S PERMANENT, YEAH. IT'LL BE SO CREATING A PERMANENT SPOT. OKAY. YES. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, MS. SHERRY, MS.
MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUS. SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11 POINT 12, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVED FIXED ASSET, MISSING INVENTORY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND MOTION. AND A SECOND. THERE IS A LIST, UM, OF MISSY GUI. I DON'T KNOW IF I DID HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. UM, WILSON CENTRAL HAD, UM, IN PARTICULAR THE TEXAS INSTRUMENT CALCULATORS LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE A MULTIPLE NUMBER THAT ARE STOLEN. IS THERE SOME, UM, IS THERE SOME WAY THAT, HAVE THEY DONE ANYTHING TO MITIGATE THAT? 'CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT ONE, LET'S SEE, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, UH, AT A COST OF 1 37 FOR MOST OF THEM. MR. MAYFIELD, DO YOU, DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MANY CALCULATORS YOU HAD BEEN PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT TO SCHOOL THAT SIZE? THOUSANDS. WE AT LEAST HAVE AT LEAST A CLASSROOM SET FOR EVERY MATH TEACHER AT A MINIMUM. SO, UM, A LOT OF TIMES OUR TEACHERS DO HAVE LIKE THE, THE, UH, LIKE SHOE RACKS THAT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, YOU PUT YOUR CALCULATOR IN AND THEY'RE NUMBERED. SO I'M NOT FOR SURE WHY THE, THE 10, BUT THERE IS A, A LOT OF CALCULATORS AT THOSE BUILDINGS. SO YOU HAVE 30, YOU HAVE A CLASS SET, AT LEAST A CLASS SET. NOW, SOME CALCULATORS HAVE GOTTEN OLD AND DAMAGED, SO WE'VE, YOU KNOW, HAD TO REPLACE OR WE'VE ADDED TO THEIR, UM, THEIR INVENTORY AS WE'VE GOTTEN NEW, NEWER DEVICES. SO SOME OF THOSE MAY BE OLDER DEVICES. OKAY. WELL I'M LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE STOLEN. AND SO BASICALLY BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY, THEY COULD HAVE JUST WALKED OUT AND NOT REALIZED THEY TOOK IT. IS THAT? YEAH, AND WE, WE REVIEW THESE LISTS WITH THE PRINCIPLES. UH, SO BEFORE THIS EVEN GETS ANYWHERE NEAR THE, THE FINALS. SO ONCE WE COMPLETE THE INVENTORIES, UH, TINA, MY, THE INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNED TO THE INVENTORIES, SHE'LL REACH OUT TO THE PRINCIPAL AND SAY, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MISSING. PLEASE DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND SEE IF YOU CAN LOCATE THEM. THE PRINCIPAL, I BELIEVE, HAS SEVEN TO 10 DAYS TO KIND OF LOCATE THEM TO SEE IF THEY'RE ANYWHERE TO BE LOCATED. SO ONCE WE COMPLETE THAT PROCESS AND THEY DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AS FAR AS TRYING TO LOCATE THE ITEMS, THEN WE GO BACK AND TALK TO THE PRINCIPAL AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHERE YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR WEAKNESS, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY YOU LOST, YOU KNOW, OR YOU HAD 10 CALCULATORS STOLEN. SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY JUST GO THROUGH AND TALK TO THEIR STAFF AGAIN AND SAY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BREAK DOWN WHAT HAPPENED. IF THERE, IF, IF IT WAS LIKE A CERTAIN JUST ONE CLASSROOM THAT HAD THE ISSUE, HE TALKS TO THAT TEACHER. IF IT WAS ACROSS THE SCHOOL, WE'LL JUST KIND OF REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, HEY, KEEP AN EYE ON THESE CALCULATORS AND, AND IT'S A CALCULATOR. I MEAN THE, SUCH A SMALL THING THAT'S THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD BE EASILY GREW LEGS AND KIND OF WALKED OFF. SO, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT, THAT GO BEHIND THE SCENES BEFORE THIS LIST GETS TO YOU. SO YES, THEY DO TALK TO THEIR STAFF THOUGH. UM, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. AND SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL KIND OF MAYBE COME UP WITH A PLAN TO SEE IF WE CAN HELP MITIGATE THESE, YOU KNOW, STOLEN ITEMS FOR THE NEXT YEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU. COURSE. HOW DID THEY DECIDE IF THEY TAG IT AS LOST OR STOLEN? I'M SORRY. HOW DID THEY DECIDE IF THEY MARK IT LOST OR STOLEN? UH, THE PRINCIPAL MAKES THAT DETERMINATION. UH, TYPICALLY I THINK WITH THE STOLEN ITEMS, THEY'RE ABLE TO CHARGE THE STUDENT FOR THE, UH, LIKE THE REPLACEMENT. UH, SO THE, THE PRINCIPAL MAKES THAT DETERMINATION WHETHER IT WAS LOST OR STOLEN. LIKE MAYBE A STUDENT CHECKED OUT A CALCULATOR AND DIDN'T RETURN IT. BECAUSE IF THEY'RE ABLE TO CHARGE A STUDENT, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WOULD KNOW. I MEAN, HOW THEY WOULD KNOW WHO TO CHARGE IF IT WAS STOLEN. YEAH. UH, THE PRINCIPAL WOULD MAKE THAT DETERMINATION LET'S US KNOW IF IT WAS, UH, LOST OR STOLEN. OH, I WAS JUST GONNA, I WAS KIND OF LOOKING BACK AND FORTH AT THE LOST AND STOLEN AND DR. MYERS. I WAS GONNA SAY, I, I BET SOME OF THOSE FIND THEIR WAY BACK. SOMEBODY ACCIDENTALLY BROUGHT ONE HOME AND THEN BRINGS IT BACK. UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE LABELING THEM SPECIFICALLY AS STOLEN. I DON'T KNOW. HAVING BEEN IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, I WILL SAY IT IS, AS MR. SEBASTIAN SAYS, WHEN WE GOT THE LIST, WE LOOKED HIGH AND LOW AND TORE ROOMS APART AND SEARCHED THE WHOLE BUILDING. EVEN IF WE ONLY HAD ONE ITEM, YOU DIDN'T WANNA HAVE THAT, YOU DIDN'T WANNA BE THE SCHOOL WITH THE ITEM THAT WAS MISSING. SO I DO KNOW THAT THIS LIST MIGHT LOOK LIKE THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS MISSING, BUT I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN SEARCHED FOR OVER AND OVER AND OVER. ALRIGHT, ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? LEMME SHARE. YOU'RE READY TO VOTE
VERY QUICKLY. MR. SEBASTIAN, THIS IS A FINAL REPORT WE JUST RECEIVED. YES. ALL THE INVENTORIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. OKAY, THANK YOU. YES. MOTION PASS UNANIMOUS. SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM 11 POINT 13. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE EXCHANGE STUDENT LIVING IN HIGH SCHOOL 2026. 2027. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? I'LL SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT READY TO VOTE? MS. SHERRY? MOTION. MOTION PASS. UNANIM. SEVEN ZERO. OKAY. OLD BUSINESS. UM, I DO WANNA BRING SOMETHING UP MR. BADEA. ARE WE GONNA HAVE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORT? UH, I GUESS WE CAN DO THAT NOW. ARE YOU READY, MR. COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORT? I AM MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. IT'LL BE REAL BRIEF AND I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING TARDY, BUT I WAS WATCHING MY GRANDSON PLAY BASEBALL FOR A ONE INNING AND THEN I CAME ON ACROSS THE STREET. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC TO REPORT TO YOU TONIGHT. I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN ANY ACTIVITY ON ANY OF THE CASES WE'RE INVOLVED IN, BUT, UH, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ASK TONIGHT OR WANT ME TO CHECK INTO, I'LL BE GLAD TO DO THAT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. MOTION TO ACCEPT COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALRIGHT. MOTION IS SECOND. MS. SHERRY MOTION WAS APPRO UNANIM SEVEN ZERO. MOVING ON TO OLD BUSINESS. I JUST WANTED TO BRING SOMETHING UP REAL QUICK ABOUT THE DIRECTOR SEARCH. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING THE, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING THE NOTEBOOKS WITH ALL THE APPLICATIONS AND EVERYTHING. UM, SOON, MAYBE THIS WEEK, UM, MS. OWENS IS GONNA SEND OUT AN EMAIL. MY QUESTION TO THE BOARD IS WE HAVE APRIL 21ST TO SELECT THE TOP FIVE AND WE HAVE A BOARD MEETING APRIL 16TH. I'M NOT TRYING TO PUSH THE DECISION TO THE 16TH, BUT I'M WANTING TO ASK THE BOARD, UM, JUST FOR PLANNING PURPOSES IF TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE THAT, ARE WE MEETING ON THE 21ST OR ARE WE TURNING IT BACK INTO HR ON THE 21ST FOR HER TO RELEASE THE TOP FIVE? WHAT, WHAT UM, WHAT ARE WE DOING? DO WE EACH SUBMIT OUR OWN TOP FIVE? YES. OKAY. WE DON'T SEE A NEED FOR A MEETING TO DO THAT. OKAY. WELL, UM, I WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT IN YOUR MINDS 'CAUSE WE'RE MEETING ON THE 16TH. SO IF IT CHANGES TO WE'RE ON THE 16TH, WE THINK THAT WE NEED TO MEET AND TALK, THEN WE CAN ADJUST THEN. IS THAT OKAY, MS. OWENS? ALRIGHT. YES. I'LL, I'LL PROVIDE YOU A LIST OF ALL THE NAMES AND THE WAY THAT WE DID IT THE LAST TIME WAS EVERYBODY SELECTED THEIR FIVE NAMES THAT THEY WANTED AND THEN WE TOOK THE, THE TOP FIVE NAMES. OKAY. SO YEAH, THAT'S JUST, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, NEW BUSINESS WE HAVE, UM, I'LL SAY THE FIRST ITEM, WE'LL JUST NAME IT I GUESS 13, 13.1 OR, UM, WE HAVE A, UH, A MOTION TO REALLOCATE USE OF FUNDS IN GENERAL PURPOSE SCHOOL FUND. 1, 4 1. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION SECOND. OKAY. UM, REAL QUICK, DO YOU WANNA HIT ON THAT? YES. I HAVEN'T REALIZED THIS ONE MADE IT ON THERE. UH, YEAH. UH, RECOMMENDING, UH, THE REAL REALLOCATION USE OF FUNDS FROM ORIGINAL EARMARKED MONEY FOR WEST ELEMENTARY ROOF REPAIR, ATHLETIC FIELD MAINTENANCE FUNDS, AND WILSON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS COURT REPAIRS. UH, WE'RE GONNA REALLOCATE THE OVERAGES FROM THOSE EARMARKED FUNDS TOWARDS THE ROOF REPLACEMENT, UH, WA RIGHT, WHICH YOU GUYS APPROVED TONIGHT. AND FOR THE, UH, WILSON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL TRACK RESURFACING THAT CAME IN OVER THE ORIGINAL EARMARKED AMOUNTS. SO THE WEST ELEMENTARY ROOF REPAIR, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE HAD EARMARKED $1.6 MILLION. WE ENDED UP ONLY USING 902,000, SO THAT LEFT US $697,000 LEFT. THE ATHLETIC FIELD MAINTENANCE FUNDS, WE HAD A EARMARKED 750,000. WE ENDED UP USING
428,566. SO THAT LEFT US 321,433. AND FOR THE WILSON CENTRAL TENNIS COURT REPAIRS, WE HAD A YEAR MARKED 250,000. WE ENDED UP USING A HUNDRED THIRTY FOUR EIGHT HUNDRED, SO THAT LEFT AS 115,200. SO OVERALL REMAINING FUNDS FOR WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY YEAR MARKED WAS 1 MILLION 1 34 222. SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING REALLOCATING THE USE OF THAT TOWARDS THE ROOF REPLACEMENT AT WA, RIGHT, WHICH IS 996,483. AND THE WILSON CENTRAL TRACK RESURFACING CAME IN AT A QUOTED 2 37 739. WE ADD A HUNDRED THOUSAND YEAR MARK. SO THAT GIVES US A DIFFERENCE OF A HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN, SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY NINE. SO JUST THE OVERAGES THAT WE HAD FOR THE OTHER EARMARKED MONEY, WE'RE REALLOCATING IT TOWARDS OTHER PROJECTS THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THINK WE'RE READY TO VOTE. MS. SHERRY AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, IT'S NOT NEW MONEY, IT'S JUST MONEY THAT WAS ALREADY GEAR MARKED. I CAN PASS UNANIMOUS. SEVEN ZERO. UM, OUR NEXT ITEM, OUR NEXT NEW BUSINESS ITEM IS, UM, DR. MYERS. THANK YOU MR. PADILLA. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS LETTER TO YOU. PLEASE ACCEPT THIS LETTER AS MY FORMAL RESIGNATION FROM THE WILSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION REPRESENTING ZONE TWO EFFECTIVE TUESDAY, APRIL THE SEVENTH, 2026. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN PRESENTED WITH AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL TAKE US TO EAST TENNESSEE. AND WHILE WE ARE EXCITED FOR THIS NEXT CHAPTER, IT'S DIFFICULT TO STEP AWAY FROM A ROLE THAT HAS MEANT SO MUCH TO ME. IT HAS BEEN A TRUE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF ZONE TWO AND ALL OF WILSON COUNTY. I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE TRUST PLACED IN ME AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, EDUCATORS, AND SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THE PROFESSIONALISM OF MR. LURE AND HIS STAFF. THEIR STEADY LEADERSHIP AND DAILY COMMITMENT TO WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN A GREAT DEAL TO ME DURING MY TIME OF SERVICE. IN ADDITION, I'M THANKFUL FOR MY BOARD MEMBERS AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ALONGSIDE THEM. I APPRECIATE THEIR DEDICATION TO THE IMPORTANT WORK OF GOVERNING AND SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS. I CAN, I WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THE FUTURE OF THE DISTRICT FOR ITS LEADERSHIP AND FOR THE STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND FAMILIES IT SERVES. WILSON COUNTY SCHOOLS HOLD A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART AND I WISH THE DISTRICT CONTINUED STRENGTH AND SUCCESS IN THE YEARS AHEAD. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY BEYOND THIS, UM, I HAVE SEEN AND DEALT WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT DISTRICTS IN MY CAREER OF ALMOST 35 YEARS. I HAVE DEALT WITH AND WATCHED BOARD MEMBERS AND BOARDS AND SUPERINTENDENTS AND DIRECTORS OVER THOSE 35 YEARS. AND I'VE TALKED TO BOARD MEMBERS RECENTLY. THIS COUNTY HAS A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP. THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT BETWEEN THE DIRECTOR, THE BOARD, THE STAFF, THE COMMUNITY THAT IS NOT PRESENT IN A LOT OF OTHER DISTRICTS. DISTRICTS. YOU HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL. AND I TRULY HOPE THAT THIS FUTURE, UH, THE FUTURE OF WILSON COUNTY AND ITS SCHOOLS JUST BLOSSOMS BEYOND ANYTHING IMAGINABLE. THANK YOU. I'M JUST LIKE TO SAY DR. MYERS, THAT, UM, I'VE BEEN GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THIS BOARD OVER THE PAST, YOU KNOW, ALMOST FOUR YEARS. AND, UM, UH, YOU'VE HELPED US, YOU KNOW, ASSISTED THE WHOLE DISTRICT IN GETTING WHERE WE'RE AT. AND THAT WILL, UM, ALWAYS BE THANKFUL FOR THAT. AND JUST KNOW THAT, UH, YOU ALWAYS HAVE A HOME HERE IN, IN WILSON COUNTY IF, IF YOU EVER COME BACK AND VISIT AND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, WE'RE SAD THAT YOU'RE LEAVING, BUT WE'RE HAPPY THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NEXT CHAPTER TO YOUR BOOK AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO LETTING YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE FOR YOU IF YOU NEED ANYTHING. SO, THANK YOU, DR. MYERS.
ANY MORE NEW BUSINESS? IF NOT, UM, NEXT BOARD MEETING IS APRIL 16TH. UM, PLEASE BE CHECKING YOUR EMAIL FOR AN EMAIL FROM HR TELLING US TO COME PICK OUR, OUR BOOKS UP. UM, WITH THAT BEING SASSY, ONE MORE MOTION. MOTION TO ADJOURN. ADJOURN.