[0:07] I call the order to the York

[0:09] [clears throat] County regular school

[0:10] board meeting for August 24, 2026.

[0:14] Good evening everyone and welcome to the

[0:16] start of new school year. Today is an

[0:18] exciting day across York County as our

[0:20] schools fill back up with students,

[0:23] teachers, and staff. There is just

[0:25] something special about the first day of

[0:27] school. It is a fresh start, a chance to

[0:29] set the new goals, make new connections,

[0:32] and look ahead to all the possibilities

[0:35] the year will bring. To our teachers and

[0:38] staff, thank you for everything you do

[0:40] to make our school such a wonderful

[0:42] place for our students. To our families,

[0:44] thank you for your continued partnership

[0:46] and support. And to our students, we

[0:49] hope you have a great first day and a

[0:51] year filled with learning, growth, and

[0:54] plenty of moments that will make us

[0:56] proud. We are excited about the year

[0:59] ahead and all that we will accomplish

[1:00] together. Welcome back everyone and

[1:03] here's to a great school year. I would

[1:06] now like to share the YCSD mission

[1:08] statement. The mission of York County

[1:10] School Division is to ensure every

[1:12] student is valued, supported, and

[1:14] challenged through learning experience

[1:17] which prepares them for success in

[1:19] future.

[1:21] Please join me now in moment of silence.

[1:47] Thank you.

[1:50] This evening, we are pleased to have

[1:51] Tyler Stockton, a fifth grade from

[1:53] Coventry Elementary, here to lead us in

[1:55] the pledge of allegiance. Coventry

[1:58] Elementary School is proud to have Tyler

[1:59] Stockton represent our school as the

[2:01] pledge leader this evening. He just

[2:04] completed his first day of fifth grade

[2:06] and is wonderful example of the positive

[2:09] qualities we encourage in our Coventry

[2:11] Cougars. Tyler is a hard worker with a

[2:14] strong curiosity about a world,

[2:16] especially history, geography, different

[2:19] cultures, and wildlife [clears throat]

[2:21] wildlife with a particular interest in

[2:23] birds. He often explores those topics

[2:26] independently and is excited to study

[2:29] history more deeply this school year.

[2:32] Our outside the classroom, Tyler is part

[2:34] of the Hampton Little League geoc

[2:36] climbing team and takes swimming lessons

[2:39] through the co coastg guard blue diamond

[2:40] swim program. He also attends the local

[2:44] matnasium to strengthen his math skills.

[2:47] His parents share that Tyler enjoys

[2:48] school and continues to thrive with

[2:50] outstanding support he receives at

[2:52] Coventry Elementary. Tyler's curiosity,

[2:55] determination, and love of learning

[2:57] makes us all incredibly proud. Please

[3:00] stand as Tyler leads us in our pledge.

[3:08] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[3:11] United States of America and to the

[3:14] republic for which it stands, one nation

[3:18] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[3:22] justice for all.

[3:29] Thank you, Tyler.

[3:32] Of course, a new school year also means

[3:34] welcome some new faces to our YCSD

[3:37] family. We are excited to have them with

[3:40] us and look forward to all they will

[3:42] bring to our schools. Dr. Carol, Carol,

[3:45] I'll turn over to you so you can

[3:47] introduce new administrative staff.

[3:49] >> All right. Thank you, Mr. Private. as

[3:51] you said, we want to introduce some new

[3:52] staff members and our leadership and

[3:54] also a couple of uh old faces but in new

[3:58] spots. So, uh first of all, we'd like to

[4:00] have as I say her name, please stand. Uh

[4:03] so, first of all is Miss Katherine

[4:05] Cooper.

[4:07] Miss Cooper is the assistant principal

[4:08] now of McGrder Elementary. Uh she brings

[4:11] extensive experience in elementary

[4:13] education and instructional leadership.

[4:15] She previously served as an ACC at Bethl

[4:18] Manor Elementary.

[4:20] Uh she's known for her strong datadriven

[4:22] approach, commitment to [clears throat]

[4:24] student achievement, and ability to

[4:26] build meaningful partnerships with

[4:27] students, families, and staff. With more

[4:29] than a decade of experience in

[4:31] education, she has served as a classroom

[4:34] teacher, reading specialist, and teacher

[4:36] leader across multiple grade levels. Uh

[4:38] Mrs. Cooper holds a master's degree uh

[4:41] in administration and supervision from

[4:43] Liberty University, master's degree as a

[4:45] reading specialist from Old Dominion and

[4:47] a bachelor's degree from the College of

[4:49] William and Mary. She is recognized for

[4:51] her collaborative leadership and

[4:53] dedication to supporting the whole child

[4:55] and she brings a strong foundation of

[4:57] instructional excellence. So, welcome

[4:59] Miss Cooper.

[5:06] Next, we have Miss Melissa Dickerson.

[5:09] or Missy as we know her. Missy is now

[5:12] the assistant principal at Mount Vernon

[5:14] Elementary. Miss Dickerson uh recently

[5:16] served as the York County School

[5:18] Division's assessment and compliance

[5:20] coordinator where she supported schools

[5:22] with data-driven decision-making and

[5:25] assessment practices. She previously

[5:27] worked as a literacy support specialist

[5:29] coaching teachers and leading

[5:30] professional learning and brings prior

[5:32] experience as a classroom teacher and

[5:34] mentor. U throughout her career, Mrs.

[5:37] Dickerson has demonstrated a strong

[5:39] commitment to academic excellence and

[5:41] educator development. She's also served

[5:44] as a literacy support specialist with

[5:46] Hampton City Schools where she coached

[5:48] teachers there, facilitated professional

[5:50] learning, and supported schoolwide

[5:52] literacy initiatives rooted in the

[5:54] science of reading. Her background also

[5:56] includes extensive experience as a

[5:58] classroom teacher in grades one through

[6:00] five, mentoring new educators and

[6:02] leading professional development focused

[6:05] on student engagement and instructional

[6:07] best practices. She holds a master's

[6:09] degree in educational leadership from

[6:10] Old Dominion and is licensed uh in

[6:13] educational administration and

[6:15] supervision. Welcome, Miss Dickerson.

[6:22] Next is Miss Connie Forier.

[6:24] Miss Forier is the assistant principal

[6:26] now at Seafford Elementary. She brings

[6:29] over 15 years of experience in

[6:31] education, including her most recent

[6:33] role as an assistant principal in

[6:35] Williamsburg James City County Schools,

[6:37] where she led data-driven instructional

[6:40] planning, strengthened school culture,

[6:41] and improved student achievement. Her

[6:43] leadership has contributed to

[6:45] significant gains in student outcomes

[6:47] and reductions in discipline referrals

[6:49] through innovative behavior and

[6:50] supportive systems. In addition to her

[6:53] administrative experience, she has

[6:55] served as an instructional leader,

[6:57] teacher, and mentor with a strong focus

[6:59] on building collaborative teams and

[7:00] fostering positive student- centered

[7:03] learning environments. She holds a

[7:04] master's degree in ed leadership from

[7:06] the College of William and Mary and is

[7:08] licensed in school administration.

[7:10] Welcome, Miss Forier.

[7:16] Next, we have Miss Darlene Hood. She's

[7:19] the new assistant principal at Grafton

[7:21] Middle School. She brings a strong

[7:23] background in educational leadership,

[7:25] student support, and school improvement.

[7:27] She most recently uh served as an

[7:29] assistant principal at Booker T.

[7:31] Washington High School in Norfolk, where

[7:33] she contributed to increasing graduation

[7:35] rates, reducing dropout rates, and

[7:38] improving student attendance and

[7:39] academic performance. Prior to that

[7:41] role, she served as dean of students at

[7:43] Kickotan High School and has extensive

[7:45] experience as a school counselor,

[7:47] clinical supervisor, and program leader.

[7:50] Throughout her career, she's

[7:52] demonstrated a deep commitment to

[7:54] student success. She's led initiatives

[7:56] focused on improving chronic

[7:57] absenteeism,

[7:59] uh increasing credit recovery,

[8:01] strengthening school culture, and

[8:03] supporting both academic and social

[8:05] emotional growth. Uh she holds advanced

[8:07] degrees in counseling and educational

[8:09] leadership. and has earned her

[8:11] educational specialist degree in

[8:13] educational leadership. She's also a

[8:15] licensed professional counselor and

[8:17] holds post-graduate light lensure in

[8:20] administration and supervision. And

[8:22] that's a lot to say. Congratulations.

[8:30] Now, not a new face, but someone who is

[8:33] now in her first principal ship. Dr.

[8:35] Jessica Wayoth German known as Dr. WG.

[8:40] She is now the principal at Queens Lake

[8:42] Middle School. Dr. WG has served as an

[8:45] assistant principal at Tab High and

[8:46] Grafton High and began her career as a

[8:49] teacher in 2010. She brings a strong

[8:51] track record of instructional

[8:52] leadership, student support, and

[8:54] building a positive school culture. She

[8:56] earned her EDDD in educational

[8:59] leadership from Virginia Tech and holds

[9:01] advanced degrees in administration and

[9:03] teaching. Congratulations,

[9:10] Next is Miss Katie Coyle.

[9:12] She's now our assistant principal uh at

[9:14] Queens Lake working with Dr. WG. Uh she

[9:18] uh recently served as the ACC at Tab

[9:20] High School and Bethl Manor Elementary

[9:22] School where she's provided leadership

[9:24] and assessment, student support, school

[9:27] safety, discipline, and instructional

[9:29] improvement. Throughout her career, she

[9:31] has demonstrated a strong commitment to

[9:33] student success, collaborative

[9:34] leadership, and building positive school

[9:36] cultures. Katie earned a bachelor of

[9:38] science and education from the

[9:40] University of Nebraska, a master's in

[9:42] curriculum and instruction from Don

[9:44] College, and an educational specialist

[9:47] degree in educational leadership from

[9:48] Old Dominion. She also is nationally

[9:50] board certified in English as a new

[9:53] language. So, congratulations and

[9:56] welcome, Miss Coyle.

[10:02] Miss Meredith Hair.

[10:05] Miss Hair is now the assistant principal

[10:07] at or a assistant principal at Buden

[10:09] High School. Uh she brings extensive

[10:12] experience in educational leadership,

[10:13] most recently serving as an assistant

[10:15] principal in Hampton City Schools as an

[10:18] assistant uh where she oversaw daily

[10:20] operations, supported instructional

[10:22] practices and uh daily operations and

[10:26] fosters a positive school culture. She

[10:29] has demonstrated strong leadership in

[10:31] improving student outcomes through

[10:32] datadriven decision-making, supporting

[10:34] both general and special education

[10:36] programs and being in building

[10:38] meaningful partnerships with staff and

[10:40] families. Prior to her administrative

[10:42] role, she served as an AVID coordinator

[10:44] and a history teacher in Virginia Beach

[10:46] City Schools where she advanced college

[10:49] readiness and student achievement. She

[10:51] has also led professional development

[10:53] for educators across multiple districts

[10:55] focusing on instructional strategies and

[10:57] leadership development. Miss Hair holds

[10:59] a masters of science in education and

[11:01] administration and supervision from Old

[11:03] Dominion and maintains Virginia lenture

[11:06] in both administration and secondary

[11:08] social studies. She's received multiple

[11:10] recognitions for her excellence in

[11:12] teaching and leadership. Congratulations

[11:14] and welcome, Miss Eric.

[11:20] And now up into the schoolboard office,

[11:22] uh we have a new administrator with us,

[11:25] Dr. Karen Swan.

[11:27] Dr. Swan is now the associate director

[11:30] of student services in elementary. Dr.

[11:32] Swan brings more than 15 years of

[11:34] progressive leadership experience in

[11:36] public education, including her most

[11:38] recent role as a principal with

[11:40] Williamsburg James City Schools.

[11:42] Throughout her career, she has served as

[11:43] an elementary school principal for 12

[11:46] years, secondary principal for three,

[11:49] and as the division hearing officer.

[11:51] She's demonstrated strong commitment to

[11:53] improving student outcomes through

[11:54] data-informed decision-making, school

[11:56] improvement initiatives, and

[11:58] comprehensive support systems designed

[12:00] to meet the needs of diverse learners.

[12:02] In addition to her K12 leadership

[12:04] experience, she serves as an adjunct

[12:06] professor at Old Dominion, where she

[12:08] supported the development of future

[12:10] educational leaders. Dr. Swan earned a

[12:12] PhD in educational foundations and

[12:14] leadership from Old Dominion, a master's

[12:16] degree, and a bachelor's degree in

[12:18] English from the College of William and

[12:20] Mary. Welcome aboard, Dr. Swan.

[12:28] And Dr. Melissa Pedigrew.

[12:31] you know her. She's our now our new

[12:33] chief operations officer. Thank you. Uh

[12:38] on days like this, I appreciate that.

[12:40] Dr. Pedigrew brings extensive experience

[12:43] in operations, technology leadership,

[12:45] cyber security, budget management, and

[12:47] largecale system modernization that

[12:50] directly support instructional

[12:51] excellence and organizational

[12:53] effectiveness. Most recently, she served

[12:55] as the director of information

[12:57] technology for the division. Dr.

[12:59] Pedigrew has led divisionwide

[13:00] initiatives to modernize systems,

[13:02] strengthen cyber security, reduce costs,

[13:04] and improve service efficiency. Her

[13:07] leadership has resulted in measurable

[13:08] operational improvements, including

[13:10] significant reductions in student device

[13:12] damage, increased service efficiency,

[13:15] and enhanced support for teaching and

[13:16] learning. Dr. Pedigrew holds a doctor of

[13:19] strategic leadership, a master's in

[13:22] public administration, and a bachelor's

[13:24] degree in industrial and organizational

[13:26] psychology. Her career includes

[13:28] leadership roles in K12 education,

[13:30] higher education, and public sector

[13:32] technology organizations.

[13:34] Congratulations.

[13:40] And succeeding her in the IT department

[13:43] is Dr. Bob Sherlock.

[13:46] Dr. Sherlock since joining YCSD in 2021

[13:50] as the associate director of educational

[13:52] technology and innovation. Dr. Sherlock

[13:55] has led initiatives in educational

[13:56] technology, online learning, STEM, and

[13:59] career and technical education. In 2023,

[14:02] he became associate director of

[14:04] secondary instruction and academic

[14:06] programs, supporting curriculum,

[14:09] instruction, assessment, school

[14:10] improvement, and strategic initiatives

[14:12] that enhance student achievement. More

[14:15] than 25 years in public education, he

[14:17] served as a teacher, assistant

[14:18] principal, principal, district

[14:20] coordinator, and division administrator.

[14:22] He holds a doctor of education in

[14:24] organizational leadership from Brandman

[14:25] University, a master's in science of

[14:28] science and educational administration

[14:30] from California State University,

[14:32] Fullerton, and a bachelor's of science

[14:34] and biology from the University of

[14:35] California, Irvine. Dr. Sherlock has

[14:38] been a strong advocate for using

[14:39] technology to improve learning uh

[14:42] teaching, communication, and operational

[14:44] effectiveness. His leadership and vision

[14:46] will help advance YCSD's technology

[14:48] systems and support the evolving needs

[14:50] of students, staff, and community. So,

[14:53] please join me in giving a warm welcome

[14:55] to these YCSD leaders.

[15:03] We're excited to have them on our team.

[15:06] Thank you, Dr. Carol. Now, under special

[15:09] uh recognitions, we have very exciting

[15:11] news. So, I would invite Dr. Carol, if you would uh share more

[15:15] information about BHSL class 2 state

[15:18] champions.

[15:18] >> Thank you, Mr. Pavich. Just needed to

[15:20] catch my breath.

[15:21] >> Go for it.

[15:23] >> Tonight, we have with us the Brutin High

[15:25] School class 2 boys tennis state

[15:28] champions.

[15:37] [applause]

[15:40] » Yeah. Coming up. That's great. if you'll

[15:42] just let the crowd know when uh you know

[15:45] raise your hand or something. Members of

[15:47] two of the team include Kristoff

[15:49] Schweitzer

[15:51] uh Brian Bryson Jones,

[15:54] Alec Rivera,

[15:58] Noah Proik. All right, I did okay. Yeah.

[16:02] Tieran Bradley,

[16:04] Sam Huertus, Peter Henderson,

[16:08] Aaron Lynn, Fernando Moreno, Grayson

[16:12] Cook, and Liam Childress. So, your class

[16:15] two boys state champions, Brutin High

[16:18] School.

[16:29] » I'm sorry.

[16:30] Certainly. Board members, if you'd like

[16:32] to go down there, I'm gonna I'm gonna

[16:34] hang back.

[16:36] >> Understandable. Tonight, sir.

[16:38] >> I got a bad wheel.

[16:45] » And while they're getting in position,

[16:47] uh, Brutin High School athletic

[16:48] director, Mr. Brian Weaver shared under

[16:50] the guidance of their coach James Bar.

[16:53] The boys team played in their fifth

[16:54] consecutive state championship match and

[16:57] were able to win their second state

[16:59] championship.

[17:12] And also I'd like to highlight Kristoff

[17:14] Schwitzer was the individual state

[17:16] champion champion for class two boys. So

[17:20] raise your hand again Kristoff so

[17:21] everyone knows you.

[17:30] » We good?

[17:31] >> Yes. Thank you.

[17:32] >> All right.

[17:34] >> Congratulations guys. And uh are you

[17:37] coach Bar? Yes.

[17:38] >> Okay. Would you like to say a few words

[17:40] for the podium?

[17:47] Just thank you to the board for having

[17:48] us. It's an honor to be recognized

[17:50] tonight. Um this uh this championship

[17:53] today was really or this year was really

[17:55] a testament to the community that

[17:57] supports Brutin High School tennis. Um

[17:59] there were definitely some tribulations

[18:01] along the way. Uh we had injuries

[18:03] towards the end of the season that our training staff helped us um recover

[18:08] from. Both our guys were able to perform

[18:10] at the end of the season. We dealt with

[18:13] graduation on the exact same day as the

[18:16] uh the championship match and we had six

[18:18] seniors and many of them were able to

[18:22] make the trip um in in no small part due

[18:25] to the efforts of many of you in coming

[18:27] to Brutin so that on uh rehearsal day we

[18:31] could actually have a pretty much a full

[18:32] graduation. So so huge thanks to you

[18:34] guys for making that happen. that

[18:36] changed the minds of some of my guys and

[18:38] uh they got up there and competed and

[18:40] were able to get it done. Um parents,

[18:43] huge support from the parents and also

[18:44] helping that take place and so just um a

[18:48] huge a huge effort by everybody. We

[18:50] played our best tennis at the end of the

[18:52] season, but uh as I just mentioned, it

[18:54] wasn't quite that easy to get it done.

[18:56] It took a lot of other help and a big

[18:58] effort by a lot of people and we're uh

[19:00] we're greatly appreciative of that and

[19:02] I'm greatly appreciative of of you guys

[19:04] and them and the parents. So, thank you

[19:06] so much. Thank you for having us. Um we

[19:08] appreciate it.

[19:09] >> All right. [applause]

[19:12] Of

[19:15] course, I'd like to point out that yes,

[19:17] sir, they they are being very modest and

[19:20] everything, but they took they took the

[19:23] state championship five-2. Okay, so it

[19:26] wasn't even close.

[19:30] » Uh, and coach Bar, thank you for those

[19:32] words. And we were uh honored to be able

[19:35] to use the graduation practice to uh to

[19:39] do that. I think on the girls team they

[19:41] had their valid Victorian. She got to

[19:42] give her speech. So that was actually

[19:44] that was a great morning. We enjoyed it.

[19:46] So thank you.

[19:49] » Congratulations one more time guys. Uh

[19:52] we're going to move to the York

[19:54] Foundation for Public Education. I'll

[19:56] ask Mr. Schaeer to share more about it.

[20:01] I'd like to invite Miss Lori Armstrong,

[20:03] York Foundation for Public Education

[20:06] member to step forward and assist Mr.

[20:08] Bowen as he presents gifts to our pledge

[20:10] leader. Congratulations to Tyler

[20:13] Stockton, a fifth grader from Coventry

[20:15] Elementary School for reciting tonight's

[20:18] pledge of allegiance.

[20:26] Special gifts from Cookie Text and

[20:28] Edible Tweet are being presented on

[20:29] behalf of the York Foundation for Public

[20:31] Education in partnership with their

[20:33] donor Gene Fioa of Cookie Text and

[20:36] Edible Tweet. A Sweet Frog gift card is

[20:38] also being noted by Derek Madan.

[20:41] Congratulations, Tyler.

[20:44] [applause]

[20:50] » Thank you, Mr. Schaefer. [clears throat]

[20:53] Now, we're going to be moving to a very

[20:55] exciting section under Dr. Kira's

[20:58] direction. It's going to be grand

[21:00] towards.

[21:00] >> All right. Thank you, Mr. Povich. I'd

[21:02] like to um invite Dr. Vika Stevenson to

[21:05] the podium to present uh to Mr. Bowen.

[21:08] He's going to get up there in my place.

[21:10] And uh we are receiving four grants

[21:14] tonight. So uh Dr. Stevenson, please do

[21:17] the honors.

[21:18] >> Okay. Good evening, Chairman Pyik,

[21:19] members of the board, and Dr. Carol. It

[21:21] is my pleasure tonight to present a

[21:25] 15,500,000

[21:28] Department of War Education Activity

[21:30] Military Connected Schools construction

[21:32] grant to the York County School

[21:34] Division. This award is particularly

[21:37] significant as it represents DOIA's

[21:40] inaugural construction grant and it

[21:42] reflects the AY's commitment to

[21:44] investing in the schools and communities

[21:45] that serve military connected students

[21:48] and families. Our partnership with DOIA

[21:50] has provided YCSD with an important

[21:53] opportunity to strengthen educational

[21:55] facilities for the children and families

[21:57] connected to our military community.

[22:00] This grant will support major

[22:01] construction projects at Bethl Manor

[22:04] Elementary School and TAB High School,

[22:06] helping ensure these students have

[22:08] access to modern highquality learning

[22:10] environments. Tonight, they're already

[22:12] there, but I'd like to invite Dr.

[22:13] Pedigrew and Mr. Bowen and Chairman Pyik

[22:16] to accept this ceremonial check.

[22:19] >> We had our pictures.

[22:20] >> We have had our pictures. Thank you.

[22:28] » Nice try.

[22:29] >> I' I'd like to ask the three of you to

[22:31] remain standing there as we continue

[22:33] this important work. I am very pleased

[22:36] to introduce Mrs. Sonia Zadell, our new

[22:38] coordinator of grants and instructional

[22:40] engagement. She'll be leading the school

[22:42] division's grant efforts moving forward.

[22:44] I'd like to invite Sonia to join me at

[22:46] the podium to present our DCJS awards

[22:48] tonight.

[22:55] » Good evening. I am pleased to present a

[22:58] combined ceremonial check totaling

[23:00] $673,920

[23:04] in funding from the Virginia Department

[23:06] of Criminal Justice Services. This

[23:08] combined award includes $161,150

[23:14] for the school security officer grant to

[23:16] support five new school security officer

[23:19] positions at elementary schools.

[23:21] $386,750

[23:24] for the school security officer grant to

[23:27] continue funding school security officer

[23:29] positions at our secondary schools and

[23:31] $126,20

[23:33] for the school safety personnel grant to

[23:36] continue support for school safety

[23:38] personnel across the division. Together,

[23:40] these grants strengthen school safety

[23:42] and security across the York County

[23:44] School Division.

[23:48] Give a round of applause.

[23:52] All right. Thank you to Sonia and thank

[23:54] you to our school board, Dr. Carol, uh,

[23:57] for your continued support and advocacy

[23:59] for grant opportunities that strengthen

[24:00] our schools and support the division's

[24:02] mission. It has been my pleasure to

[24:04] serve the school division in this

[24:05] capacity for the past five years, and I

[24:07] wish you all the best. Have a good

[24:08] evening.

[24:14] » Thank you very much. Uh at this time the

[24:17] board will take a short recess to meet

[24:18] with award recipients and their

[24:20] families.

[24:47] Uh we will now reconvene the meeting. Uh

[24:50] currently we don't have any unfinished

[24:52] business

[24:54] and under presentations we're going to

[24:55] have capital projects report and I will

[24:58] invite uh Dr. Carol to share report with

[25:02] us.

[25:02] >> All right. Thank you Mr. Povich. Ask Mr.

[25:04] David Kilburn associate director for

[25:06] capitals plans and projects to come up

[25:09] and he's going to share what we've been

[25:10] doing over the summer.

[25:12] >> Mr. Gilbert,

[25:13] >> Chairman Pyovich, members of the board,

[25:15] Dr. Carol, thank you for having me

[25:16] tonight on the capital projects report.

[25:18] I want to recognize up front that I have

[25:20] a lot of slides in this deck, but I will

[25:22] not take all night for you. And I have

[25:23] to chase down Dr. Stevenson with that

[25:25] check for Tab High and Bethl Manor. Uh

[25:27] so starting off with we'll talk about

[25:30] Tab High School, the additions and

[25:31] renovations that is currently under its

[25:33] second round of review at the county. Uh

[25:35] we have about 10 more days left on that

[25:38] review. There were not major glaring

[25:40] issues in the first round of review. So,

[25:42] we are expecting a very favorable

[25:44] outcome with them. Uh, and then we'll

[25:46] start talking with the county purchasing

[25:47] about going out to bid. Uh, over the

[25:49] summer, we did have some significant

[25:51] progress though because we went after

[25:53] and I jumped too far. Nope, I'm out. So,

[25:55] the drama room, we did renovations in

[25:57] the drama room this summer because if

[25:58] you'll remember on the original design,

[26:00] this room was going to be split into

[26:02] two. So, when we made more

[26:03] optimizations, we took this room and

[26:05] this was right before we started. And

[26:07] then my team went through and this was

[26:10] right before the 13th. Um, and if you'll

[26:13] notice the very edges of the stage were

[26:14] not done, but that is the real flooring,

[26:16] the real paint, lighting. Um, and then

[26:19] after the 13th, I'm going to go back one

[26:21] on that. We added the the perimeter to

[26:23] that front stage. So, we did try to

[26:24] truly make this drama room like an

[26:26] auditorium. So, dark stage, the back

[26:28] hallway behind it is dark as well. So,

[26:30] that if they black it out and turn on

[26:31] the spotlights, you are getting

[26:33] theatrical performances in this room.

[26:36] Uh we also did move the visitors

[26:38] entrance along with the security

[26:40] vestibule to another door on the front

[26:42] of the building. That is anticipation of

[26:44] us starting this year. To move that

[26:46] during the middle of the school year

[26:48] would cause great disruption to just the

[26:50] flow of the school and as well as

[26:51] bringing those contractors in to

[26:52] complete that work wouldn't have been

[26:54] feasible as well. So we have moved that

[26:56] now in anticipation of going out to bid,

[26:58] awarding the contract and starting work

[27:00] on the front of the school. I'll remind

[27:02] you that where the the main addition on

[27:04] the front is going to fill in that big

[27:05] sidewalk. So, we had to shift it to

[27:07] another door because we won't be able to

[27:09] use those doors when we start building.

[27:13] Um the some of the things I wrote down

[27:14] that were under review by the county had

[27:16] to do with storm water BMP

[27:17] modifications. Um some parking

[27:19] modifications. Uh again, nothing that

[27:22] was glaringly bad for us.

[27:25] So, then I will jump into Dair

[27:28] Elementary School. The parking lot and

[27:29] bus loop expansion is actually in its

[27:31] third round of review at the county.

[27:33] Also, not a lot of major issues here,

[27:36] but it's, you know, dotting the eyes,

[27:38] crossing the tees, making sure that

[27:39] everything's out there. We are expecting

[27:41] that review to be uh back to us either

[27:43] late this week or by September 2nd is

[27:45] when they actually have to have it back

[27:47] to us. And then again, we will go to the

[27:49] county and go out for bid on this. Um,

[27:51] we are entertaining progress during the

[27:53] school year. We do think that there will

[27:55] be a possibility of going after the end

[27:57] that's towards the baseball field,

[27:59] towards the soccer field without

[28:01] interrupting the functionality of the

[28:02] current parking lot, but we can't really

[28:04] get into that until we've gone out to

[28:06] bid and awarded to a contractor to work

[28:08] through those those details.

[28:12] Uh during the summer though, we did go

[28:14] after the HVAC and building automation

[28:16] with a focus on the building automation

[28:18] for this summer. Uh, I'll remind you

[28:20] that the building automation system is

[28:22] what tells it to turn on, turn off, what

[28:24] set points. It's monitoring CO2

[28:27] and the system that was in there was end

[28:30] of life. We could not get parts for it.

[28:32] So, when a classroom unit would go down,

[28:34] we would spend a day, possibly two,

[28:36] chasing down the problem. And even then,

[28:38] we couldn't get parts for it. So, we

[28:39] were having to go purchase what we put

[28:41] in place this summer, but doing it peace

[28:43] meal. By doing it all this summer, that

[28:45] entire building has been upgraded. The

[28:47] only things that are not at 100% is the

[28:49] heaters that are in the hallways, which

[28:51] as of today we don't need yet, but we

[28:53] will be done with those in the next week

[28:55] or two. And then that part of the

[28:56] project will be complete. And then for

[28:58] next summer, we're going to focus on

[29:00] replacing all of the actual the heat

[29:02] pumps, the mechanical equipment for the

[29:04] gym itself.

[29:07] Seafford Elementary School, I am happy

[29:09] to tell you that the sewer line is 100%

[29:11] complete. Uh passed all inspections. The

[29:14] bus loop was returned to the school

[29:16] about a week before uh teachers came

[29:19] back. Uh there was a little overlap with

[29:20] our cleanup. The storm water is

[29:22] complete. It is installed. Um there's

[29:24] just a simple camera inspection that has

[29:26] to be done on that and that will be done

[29:28] as well. So then there will be one very small thing left to do which is to

[29:32] move the school zone sign. Um and that's

[29:34] really just a matter that we're waiting

[29:36] on VOTE to coordinate. It got a little

[29:38] bit more complicated because it's not

[29:39] just about where it is right now. Now it

[29:41] correlates to the the speed zone

[29:43] cameras. So, we have a little

[29:44] triangulation thing. The V dot has to

[29:46] tell us, you know, X marks the spot.

[29:47] This is where you put the concrete.

[29:51] The divisionwide facility study, I don't

[29:52] have any major updates on that other

[29:54] than we will be meeting on September

[29:56] 1st, joint board meeting, and we'll

[29:58] receive that final report from them.

[30:00] They'll give us some recommendations.

[30:01] So, I'm greatly looking forward to that.

[30:04] Burton High School HVAC replacement. Uh,

[30:06] so if you'll remember, we started this

[30:08] one a little bit early. Um, we were able

[30:11] to put funding towards the design of it

[30:13] prior to July 1st. It wasn't supposed to

[30:14] start until July 1st. So, we're actually

[30:16] sitting at about 70 75% complete on that

[30:20] design. Um, when we got that that uh

[30:23] design back, it came with the cost

[30:25] estimate and currently we are thinking

[30:27] that that estimate is high. Um, so we've

[30:30] talked with the the engineers. They're

[30:32] acknowledging some some room for uh

[30:34] optimizations. We're acknowledging some

[30:36] room for optimizations as well as

[30:38] fine-tuning those numbers. If you

[30:39] remember on tab high, we came down a

[30:41] significant amount when we went from 66

[30:43] to 95% in those cost estimates. Um, so

[30:46] we're we're still continuing with the

[30:48] way that we designed it. Um, and I'll

[30:50] give you an update the next time we we

[30:52] get into the 95 numbers.

[30:55] Burnt High locker rooms. Like I said,

[30:56] I'm going to flow through these and Mr.

[30:58] Schaefer, I heard that you snuck in

[31:00] without me. [laughter]

[31:03] Um, so work is in progress and if Mr.

[31:06] Weaver was still here, I would tell you

[31:07] that the team at Brutin High has been

[31:09] extremely accommodating. We all knew

[31:11] that this project would not be done for

[31:12] the first day of school, but they are

[31:14] moving extremely fast. Um, in fact, I I

[31:17] would not upload my presentation until

[31:19] yesterday because things are not

[31:21] changing by the day, they're changing by

[31:23] the hour. Um, so this is an example of

[31:27] we took out what I would call a flimsy

[31:29] wall. was wood and glass, but this also

[31:31] happened to be the room that the kids

[31:32] were supposed to lock down in if they

[31:34] happened to be in the lock lock locker

[31:35] room during a lockdown. So, we took out

[31:37] that flimsy wall where we're putting

[31:39] brick and mortar back. Um, this is a

[31:41] 24-hour difference. I left at maybe 3:00

[31:44] on Friday, and when I came back at 2

[31:46] o'clock on Saturday, it was up, it was

[31:48] painted, it was done.

[31:51] Um, this is a before picture of the team

[31:54] room side of the boys locker rooms.

[31:55] You'll see, you know, we have damaged

[31:57] lockers in there. there's old wooden

[31:58] benches. Um, it's not great for for

[32:01] walking and definitely not for ADA

[32:03] access. And so this is what we're going

[32:05] back with. Um, and this is a model that

[32:08] my predecessor implemented before me. So

[32:10] you have the the concrete uh blick bra

[32:13] brick um benches and it widens up the

[32:16] walkway so we don't have the wooden ones

[32:18] down the middle. Um, and what you aren't

[32:21] seeing is what we're really waiting on

[32:22] is the lockers. Um, and that's one thing

[32:24] that we've been clear with the school

[32:25] from the get-go. September 16th is that

[32:27] expected delivery date. But again,

[32:30] progress picture. This was again Friday

[32:33] afternoon and this was Sunday. So the

[32:36] epoxy flooring is in, the extra paint is

[32:38] in. Really, this room is just waiting on

[32:40] cleanup and lockers. Um, if it's

[32:42] somewhat hard to notice, but also the

[32:44] LED lighting is installed in all of

[32:45] these rooms.

[32:47] Um, this is the PE side of the boys

[32:50] locker room. They were prepping the girl

[32:51] side of the locker rooms to receive this

[32:53] flooring today. So, in the next 48

[32:55] hours, I would expect to have the same

[32:56] pictures of the girl side just like

[32:58] this.

[33:01] The Queens Lake roof replacement, we

[33:03] have received the preliminary design

[33:04] from the contractor, from the engineer,

[33:06] and so we'll be sitting down as a group

[33:08] within YCSD to re to review that design.

[33:11] Uh, and then we'll give them feedback

[33:12] and then hopefully again go out to bid

[33:14] for that to get some some cost

[33:16] estimates.

[33:18] Bethl Manor Editions. Uh, like I said, I

[33:21] need to find Dr. Stevenson um because

[33:23] she is doing a fantastic job her and her

[33:25] team of setting us up for success on

[33:27] both Bethl Manor and Tab High School. Uh

[33:29] but I do have to you know say with

[33:32] caution we don't have all the guidelines

[33:34] for that money yet. So we have the

[33:37] original grant we got under Whitman. Now

[33:39] we have this one and then there was the

[33:41] PSMI the the military schools on or

[33:45] public schools on a military

[33:46] installation. Um we did receive that

[33:48] final report back. They rank schools

[33:51] from a Q1 down to a Q4. Q4 being the

[33:54] lowest. Bethl Manor did score as a Q4.

[33:57] What I'd like to remind you is that's

[33:59] not a reflection on the school, the

[34:02] instruction. They're still doing a

[34:04] fantastic job and we've been doing a

[34:06] fantastic job prolonging the life of

[34:08] that building. But when we go back and

[34:10] we talk about the division facility

[34:11] studies, it was built in the 60s. It

[34:15] doesn't meet today's standards and

[34:17] that's what they grade the school on.

[34:19] So, uh, we won't get more conversation

[34:22] on that until January time frame is when

[34:24] they fi, so Septemberish they finish

[34:27] assessing all the other schools

[34:28] throughout the nation and then January

[34:30] is when they come back to us and

[34:31] actually sit down with us and start

[34:33] talking about what they're prepared to

[34:34] offer. So it it's a slow roll where we

[34:39] get these grants and then we're going to

[34:40] get this PSMI and they're all sort of

[34:42] going to come to fruition January

[34:44] February time frame when we're going to

[34:45] start having some serious conversations.

[34:50] And then the last one is Brutin High

[34:51] School erosion. That project is complete

[34:54] started and finished during the summer.

[34:55] The contractor did a fantastic job.

[34:59] And that is the report I have for you

[35:00] tonight, but I'm happy to take any

[35:01] questions.

[35:05] » Thank you so much for the detailed

[35:06] report. Anybody has any questions?

[35:09] >> I guess the only question that I have uh

[35:12] on waiting for the funding for Bethl

[35:14] Manor, is there any way knowing that we

[35:17] already have twothirds of what we're

[35:19] looking at? Can we start putting things

[35:21] together and have an idea knowing that

[35:25] we may or may not

[35:27] >> get the third?

[35:28] >> So, the fear is we don't know what the

[35:31] Department of Defense will recommend.

[35:32] >> Okay.

[35:33] >> Um we've we've heavily looked into this

[35:35] PSMI uh program. It can range anywhere

[35:38] from where they say we need to build a

[35:40] couple classrooms to expand. We need to

[35:43] paint lights, update the mechanical

[35:45] features, all the way to we need to

[35:47] build a whole new school. So, I don't

[35:50] want to tell you what they're going to

[35:52] say because I don't know. But for us to

[35:54] go forward and pay, let's say, a million

[35:56] dollars to have an architect design an

[36:00] expansion and then have this program

[36:01] come in and say, "No, we want to do

[36:03] this. We just don't want to go and

[36:05] expend that amount of money on a design

[36:07] when we don't know what they're going to

[36:08] come back to us with."

[36:09] >> Okay, I understand. Thank you.

[36:12] >> And and you're right. I I went to Brutin

[36:15] [laughter]

[36:16] but uh and I I wasn't expecting it to be

[36:19] done by the start of school. What I was

[36:22] looking for was for the 50th anniversary

[36:24] on October 2nd and I think that we are

[36:27] going to hit that.

[36:28] >> That that is the goal. Um I will say I'm very pleased with my team. Um it's

[36:33] been nice to distribute the workload and

[36:35] that's how we've been able to uh

[36:37] accomplish so much. We've had a team at

[36:38] DAR, we've had a team at Brutin carrying

[36:40] off both projects there. Um whereas I've

[36:42] been handling like focusing on Seafood.

[36:45] So um we know that October 2nd date and

[36:48] we will be there. Um like I said, we're showing up to anything the

[36:52] contractor needs, we will be there.

[36:56] >> I got one question, a couple comments

[36:58] actually. Uh on Tap High School, you

[37:00] said we finished the second review and

[37:02] we sent him back plans to the county for

[37:04] the third.

[37:04] >> That one's in in second right now.

[37:06] >> In second, right? Do you think

[37:08] >> Dar went back for the third? What are

[37:10] chance to be the last review before the

[37:12] approval?

[37:13] >> Theirs should be the last. Um I've

[37:14] already um I spoke with some of um the

[37:17] county codes officials the other day

[37:19] asking for an informal update trying to

[37:22] see, you know, when am I going to get it

[37:23] back and if you have anything that I can

[37:25] have the engineers working on even

[37:26] though you haven't given me the formal

[37:28] one. Um so all the comments on DARE were

[37:31] minimal. We we should not be going for a

[37:33] fourth round. TAB I'm fairly confident

[37:35] we're not going for a third round as

[37:37] well. Um, so what we're doing is usually

[37:40] the architects will receive the comments

[37:42] or the engineers will receive the

[37:43] comments, but we want the comments as

[37:45] well. So we're looking at them. We're

[37:46] seeing, you know, is it something that

[37:48] we can talk through with the county like

[37:51] um there's a an issue called screening,

[37:53] right? Where you plant bushes beside a

[37:54] parking lot to hide it from the general

[37:56] view. Well, we as the school division

[37:59] may have a different view on that and

[38:00] want to have a discussion about it

[38:01] because we want our campuses visible

[38:04] both for safety and for appearance. So

[38:06] we have those kind of conversations with

[38:08] them informally to try and help that

[38:10] process move through. I don't see us

[38:12] going back for a third and if I if it

[38:13] does it's going to be so minute that it

[38:15] won't take 45 days.

[38:17] >> Uh just today I visited uh Grafton High

[38:21] and Grafton Elementary and I want to say

[38:24] uh thank you for the Go Tech Lab. Uh

[38:27] your team did a phenomenal job.

[38:29] >> I can't take full credit for that one.

[38:30] That was Mr. Doolak's team that did did

[38:32] most of that work. I was I was just the

[38:33] face bringing it to you.

[38:34] >> Okay. I'll thank you for that.

[38:36] >> I will share that with you now.

[38:39] >> Thank you.

[38:42] >> All right. And uh summer academy, Dr.

[38:45] Carol, who would be presenting about

[38:47] that?

[38:47] >> Yes. I'd now like to ask Dr. Kristen

[38:50] Bolum, our new associate director of

[38:53] secondary instruction. You remember she

[38:55] was in the elementary slot uh last year

[38:59] uh for secondary instruction and

[39:01] academic programs. And Dr. Dr. Bob

[39:02] Sherlock, director of information

[39:04] technology to the podium to share about

[39:06] our summer programs and the impact they

[39:08] had on our students. Dr. Sherlock, Dr.

[39:11] B.

[39:12] Good evening, Chairman Pyovich, members

[39:14] of the board, and Dr. Carol. Tonight,

[39:17] Dr. Bull and I will provide a overview

[39:19] of our YCSD summer programs, including

[39:21] summer academy, our summer camps, and

[39:24] summer family engagement. I'll first

[39:26] provide an overview of all these

[39:28] programs.

[39:31] So on the screen you'll see at the

[39:33] elementary level uh Heather Roberts and

[39:35] Katie Cooper uh led our Graf &Bth

[39:38] elementary school which served our lower county. Uh to the right uh

[39:44] Steve Leawitz served our Brutin zone

[39:46] which is a combination of elementary and

[39:48] middle school sites. Uh on the bottom

[39:51] left there our middle school site was

[39:53] led by Dr. Jessica Waith German and Dr.

[39:56] Brittany West. So that was for our uh

[39:59] Grafton Tab and York um zone middle

[40:02] school students. And Kristen McNal in

[40:05] addition to overseeing and leading the

[40:07] entire summer programs, she also led the

[40:11] virtual and inerson high school program

[40:13] at Grafton High School.

[40:15] Um for our extended school year program,

[40:18] uh so these are additional services we

[40:20] provide our students with disabilities

[40:21] outside of the school day. that was led

[40:23] by Amanda Thai and Missy Dickerson who

[40:26] you also met a little bit earlier today

[40:27] led our summer camps and family

[40:29] engagement program. So let's take a

[40:31] little bit deeper dive into the

[40:33] elementary program. As you see we served

[40:36] 544 students at both our elementary

[40:39] sites at the Grafton and Bethl and at

[40:41] the uh Waller Mill Elementary School

[40:43] site. And one of the big things for our

[40:46] uh summer academy program is really to

[40:48] enforce those literacy and math skills

[40:50] for our students with the goal to uh

[40:53] integrate not just a math and science,

[40:55] but also to have enrichment activities

[40:57] such as the art you'll see in the upper

[40:59] right there uh art activities and our

[41:01] art um activities that really bring the

[41:04] uh the material to life.

[41:07] The goal of our summer academy uh is to

[41:10] reiterate and to um support the

[41:13] standards and skills students learned in

[41:15] the in their previous uh uh grade in

[41:18] order for them to be successful in their

[41:20] future grade classes. Um in addition uh

[41:23] again we talk we want to make sure that

[41:24] students are exposed to exciting and um

[41:27] hands-on activities such as STEM art and

[41:30] physical education. On the bottom you'll

[41:32] see that um on the bottom right is a

[41:34] STEM activity where students are working

[41:35] collaboratively in a group to again

[41:37] those critical thinking skills. So it's

[41:38] got collaboration skills for the for the

[41:40] students. Bottom left our uh our summer

[41:43] academy uh staff also uh collaborated

[41:46] with the living museum um to bring in

[41:49] presenters to again to bring that the

[41:51] learning to life. And all in all, again,

[41:54] we are the goal really was to support

[41:56] our students uh tuition free to make

[41:59] sure that they're prepared for the next

[42:01] grade level in YCSD. And now, Dr. Bow

[42:04] will talk about our middle school

[42:06] program.

[42:10] » Thank you. Um, so this summer, 259 of

[42:13] our middle school students participated

[42:15] in summer academy with a focus on

[42:18] strengthening English and mathematics

[42:20] skills while also having the opportunity

[42:23] to engage in meaningful career

[42:25] exploration.

[42:26] Our summer academy teachers provided

[42:29] intensive targeted remediation

[42:32] in English and mathematics, allowing

[42:34] students to strengthen foundational

[42:36] skills that they may not have fully

[42:37] developed during the school year.

[42:40] address identified learning gaps and

[42:42] build confidence through focused small

[42:45] groupoup instruction and learning

[42:46] opportunities.

[42:48] Additionally, this year we interwo

[42:52] career awareness throughout the summer

[42:54] academy program for our middle school

[42:56] students, helping them to connect their

[42:59] interests, abilities, and academic

[43:01] experiences to potential future

[43:03] opportunities. Students completed the

[43:06] find your path and would you rather

[43:09] assessments using our school links

[43:10] program which matched their interests

[43:13] and preferences to potential career

[43:15] clusters.

[43:17] Students then had the opportunity to

[43:19] investigate individual careers exploring

[43:22] the education and training requirements,

[43:24] salary expectations, and projected job

[43:27] growth in both Virginia and across the

[43:30] nation. Students also had the

[43:32] opportunity to benefit from direct

[43:34] interaction with professionals in the

[43:37] field through our career cafe breakfasts

[43:40] where guest speakers shared insights

[43:42] about their careers, educational

[43:44] journeys, and workplace experiences.

[43:48] Teachers across the content areas

[43:50] incorporated these career connections

[43:52] into their instruction as they reinforce

[43:54] those English and mathematics skills. So

[43:57] for example, when students um explored

[44:00] budgeting and personal finance, they

[44:02] were able to use salaries from specific

[44:04] careers, helping them to understand the

[44:06] relationship between education, earning

[44:09] potential, and lifestyle choices. These

[44:12] experiences helped our students to see

[44:14] the relevance of the academic learning

[44:16] they were engaging in this summer and

[44:18] broadened their awareness of future

[44:20] opportunities.

[44:24] Our high school summer programs provided

[44:27] students with multiple pathways to

[44:29] accelerate learning, recover credits,

[44:31] and prepare for future academic success.

[44:35] The summer academy

[44:37] achieved outstanding results with 98% of

[44:40] our enrollments resulting in earned

[44:42] credits this year, demonstrating our

[44:44] students commitment as well as the

[44:47] effectiveness of the interventions and

[44:49] supports that were provided by our

[44:51] instructional staff. Throughout summer

[44:54] academy, students earned a total of 449

[44:57] credits, including 354 original credits

[45:00] and 95 recovery credits, helping

[45:03] students to either stay on track or get

[45:06] back on track toward their graduation

[45:08] requirements.

[45:10] This summer, we were especially proud to

[45:13] recognize our five summer graduates.

[45:16] This group included early graduates who

[45:18] also demonstrated determination,

[45:21] perseverance, and academic achievement.

[45:24] For those students, summer academy was a

[45:26] catalyst for reaching an important

[45:28] milestone just a little bit sooner than

[45:31] anticipated.

[45:33] Students also participated in summer

[45:35] enrichment opportunities, including AP

[45:38] boot camp, which helped prepare students

[45:40] for the rigor of advanced placement

[45:42] coursework and position them for success

[45:44] in more challenging academic programs as

[45:48] well as the game of life. Allow me to

[45:51] share a little more about the game of

[45:53] life. Um, this is one of our more

[45:55] popular programs that gives our students

[45:57] the opportunity to engage in hands-on

[46:00] experiences designed to prepare them for

[46:02] the realities of independent living and

[46:04] adulthood. So, you'll see that during

[46:06] the meal planning and kitchen basics

[46:08] component, students learned practical

[46:11] skills related to food preparation, food

[46:14] safety, budgeting, and meal planning.

[46:17] Through the home maintenance and fire

[46:19] safety portion, students developed an

[46:22] understanding of basic household

[46:23] responsibilities, safety procedures, as

[46:26] well as emergency preparedness.

[46:29] And in basic car care and maintenance

[46:31] module, students gained exposure to

[46:34] routine vehicle maintenance, including

[46:36] tire care, fluid checks, and roadside

[46:38] safety. By engaging students in these

[46:41] authentic real world learning

[46:43] experiences, the game of life supports

[46:45] our commitment to preparing graduates

[46:47] who are not only college and career

[46:49] ready, but also equipped to navigate

[46:52] those everyday challenges of adulthood.

[46:57] This summer, we expanded learning

[46:59] opportunities beyond traditional

[47:01] academic interventions by offering a

[47:03] variety of grant-f funded camps to um

[47:06] students in grades K through eight at no

[47:09] cost to our families. You'll see

[47:11] pictured here our bridge to kindergarten

[47:14] camp which helped our youngest learners

[47:15] to build confidence and develop

[47:17] foundational skills to support their

[47:19] successful transition into school.

[47:22] Accompanying that was a parent

[47:24] university component to help support our

[47:26] families as they prepared for this

[47:28] milestone. As well, our STEM camp, which

[47:31] was supported through DODIA grant

[47:33] funding, immersed students in science,

[47:35] technology, engineering, and mathematics

[47:37] through inquiry based learning,

[47:39] collaboration, and problem solving

[47:41] experiences like the one you see on the

[47:43] screen. And our middle school band camp

[47:46] allowed students to continue developing

[47:48] their musical talents during the summer

[47:50] while collaborating with peers and

[47:52] maintaining their instrumental skills

[47:54] over the summer.

[47:58] » Right. To wrap things up, we have our

[48:01] summer family engagement events. Uh and

[48:03] I'd like to uh just kind of touch on a

[48:05] few of those. Uh on the upper left, we

[48:07] have our uh learning to read to uh

[48:10] reading to learn. And that's a second to

[48:12] third grade transition where um one of

[48:14] our reading specialists worked with our

[48:16] parents to uh talk about that critical

[48:18] transition where students are actually

[48:20] um learning what by reading what they're

[48:22] learning. Um on the upper right we again

[48:25] partnered with uh Bayport Credit Union

[48:28] to do our uh bite of reality where

[48:31] students uh learn all about finances of

[48:33] the real world as far as you know is it

[48:35] better to lease a car or buy a car, buy

[48:37] a buy a house or rent a house. uh they

[48:40] even kind of learned about credit scores

[48:42] and such and they're doing this in

[48:43] partnership with their parents which I

[48:44] mean is a great thing for the kids to uh

[48:47] have that conversation with the parents

[48:49] that the parents have probably been

[48:50] talking about this for a while but when

[48:51] they see an actual credit union talking

[48:53] about it I think there's a little more

[48:54] potentially relevance to it for the

[48:56] students on the bottom was our uh STEM

[48:59] night where we partnered with NASA and

[49:01] students learned a few they have about

[49:03] eight or nine different stations and one

[49:05] of those items was they learned about

[49:06] the Aremis uh rocket uh which hopefully

[49:08] will be going to the moon soon and uh

[49:11] they talk about that along with the

[49:14] Q59 quiet supersonic aircraft. So I love

[49:18] that these students are learning about

[49:19] real world things with their families,

[49:21] with their parents, with their

[49:22] grandparents uh about and so it's really

[49:24] a great collaboration between um our

[49:27] partners and the schools. One item

[49:29] that's not on the uh pictures here is

[49:30] our transition to high school. We had uh

[49:33] 250 people uh you know between parents

[49:36] and rising ninth graders attend uh an

[49:40] evening where they heard from high

[49:41] school principles, high school

[49:42] counselors, APs all about those kind of

[49:45] the tricks and the the and the secrets

[49:47] so to speak and just how to survive your

[49:50] first day or your first week, your first

[49:51] year of nth grade. So those are all

[49:54] always that's always a a great event for

[49:56] our our um rising ninth graders.

[50:00] And that concludes our presentation for

[50:02] the 2026 summer programs. We did want to

[50:05] thank the board for continuing to

[50:06] support these programs that been so

[50:09] benefited so many of our students. Um

[50:11] however, we also wanted to thank the

[50:13] administrators, our teaching staff, our

[50:16] uh support staff who really made these

[50:18] programs what they are today. Um we are

[50:20] happy to take any questions or comments

[50:22] at this time.

[50:26] » Okay, Dr. Well, the game of life.

[50:30] >> Yes, sir.

[50:31] >> What uh what campuses was it held at?

[50:35] >> So, um it was held at the Grafton campus

[50:38] this year, but students from all four

[50:40] zones are welcome to attend and

[50:42] participate in that.

[50:44] >> Could they do all three things?

[50:45] >> They could.

[50:48] >> It's definitely necessary. [laughter]

[50:50] >> They really are. I wish I had had some

[50:52] of those experiences myself.

[50:55] >> Have a question. with the game of life.

[50:56] Are you also covering things like powers

[50:59] of attorney, medical powers of attorney,

[51:01] wills, trusts, so they have that

[51:04] experience?

[51:06] >> That's an interesting thought. It's not

[51:07] something that we've covered to date.

[51:10] I I strongly suggest that maybe you add

[51:12] it in there. Especially I know one of

[51:15] the things I had learned uh when our son

[51:18] went to college that when they leave

[51:23] the parents don't have access to any of

[51:26] that information as well as if they're

[51:28] away at college and they have some type

[51:30] of injury or an accident, the parents

[51:33] can't have any access to that. So they

[51:34] need the medical power of attorney and

[51:36] things like that. that may be something

[51:38] that would be beneficial especially with

[51:40] the the high school levels.

[51:42] >> Yeah, thank you for sharing that

[51:43] insight.

[51:44] >> You're welcome.

[51:46] >> Well, just want to say thank you guys uh

[51:48] for bringing such a good news to us

[51:50] every summer. We're proud what you

[51:52] putting together and how many students

[51:53] participate and I believe families

[51:55] appreciate it as well.

[51:57] >> Thank you.

[52:00] >> All right, looks like we have a pay plan

[52:03] update. So, Dr. Carol Yes, thank you. Uh

[52:05] Dr. Wright has pay plan update for your

[52:08] consideration later tonight. So, he's

[52:10] got a brief report on uh what he's

[52:13] proposing. Dr. Rex,

[52:21] » good evening, Chairman Pyitch, Dr.

[52:23] Carol, members of the board. I know

[52:25] you're saying to yourself, uh oh, he's

[52:26] back. So, we have a pay plan update for

[52:30] you this evening for you to consider

[52:32] during the consent portion of this

[52:33] evening. So, first is we have

[52:39] a an addition of an RBT lead. So, we

[52:42] have registered behavior technicians and

[52:45] we're looking at adding a lead to um the

[52:49] pay plan and this um will also be a lead

[52:53] role that will be paid through a grant.

[52:56] So, it is um that grant funded. Next, we

[53:00] have an LPN summer pay for for next

[53:02] summer. We are adding LPNs to our pay

[53:05] plan and we're also adding the LPN to

[53:08] the pay structure for summer and that

[53:12] will be $20 an hour where RNs are $26 an

[53:16] hour. So we have the difference between

[53:18] the two.

[53:20] An addition of 17 days to our IIC's. So

[53:23] we have four IIC's. Three of the four

[53:26] are at 217 days. one is not and we would

[53:29] like to include that one that helps

[53:32] instruction throughout the summer um

[53:35] beginning of school those extended days

[53:37] prepare for welcoming our students and

[53:40] also um for support activities

[53:43] throughout the summer months and we

[53:44] would like to add that to that one IC so

[53:48] that all of them are equal for the 217

[53:50] days. We also have a special education

[53:53] room supplement. We'd like to reinstate

[53:55] the room supplement for qualifying

[53:57] onetoone pair of professionals. We took

[54:00] that away and this is for our pair of

[54:01] professionals that are assigned to one

[54:04] and one onetoone with our students but

[54:06] only in the communication support

[54:08] behavior support or multiple disability

[54:10] classrooms. So we would like to um bring

[54:13] back and reinstate that 5,000 supplement

[54:15] $5,000 supplement to those paras. And

[54:19] then lastly, this is something that in

[54:21] the past the board has approved and

[54:23] after further research, documentation

[54:25] has identified um confirming that this

[54:28] practice was previously approved by the

[54:31] board and historically has been

[54:32] implemented through the annual pay plan

[54:34] update, but it has inadvertently been

[54:38] left out. We like to put it back in to

[54:40] ensure the pay plan accurately reflects

[54:42] existing board approved compensation

[54:44] packages. Um, we're recommending an

[54:47] administrative adjustment to restore the

[54:49] language that aligns substitute rates

[54:51] for our um, substitute bus drivers

[54:58] uh, assistance and security SSOs. I

[55:01] forgot the SSO, but yes, the SSO's in

[55:03] there, too. um and that will put it to

[55:06] the sub rate of zero for the

[55:08] corresponding positions pay scale. But

[55:10] that is something that we would um we

[55:12] need to put back in as a correction to

[55:14] our pay plan that you have previously

[55:16] approved before. With that, that is all

[55:19] the five. Does anyone have any

[55:20] questions?

[55:22] >> I just have one on the special education

[55:24] uh room supplement for the one to one. I know those individuals who perform

[55:29] that uh that that job uh it's a lot. And

[55:34] uh was there a reason why that was

[55:36] removed? I I don't know why that was

[55:38] removed and it was it harder to get

[55:40] somebody to do those jobs is why it's

[55:41] being put back?

[55:42] >> No, we currently have them filled.

[55:44] >> Okay.

[55:45] >> But um we had it removed and it was

[55:48] supposed to be subsumed into their

[55:50] salary. Okay.

[55:51] >> But um due to I think we have four of

[55:53] them um due to the nature and the hard

[55:56] work that they do for those students and

[55:58] what they go through, that supplement

[56:00] needed to be reinstated.

[56:02] >> I wholeheartedly agree. Thank you.

[56:06] >> And for folks at home, uh, IIC, what

[56:09] does it stand for? The IIC's are our um

[56:14] they they work with the division

[56:16] technology integration services and

[56:18] they're they're in our schools and they

[56:21] primarily work with our um teachers with

[56:24] technology in each one of our buildings.

[56:26] >> Thank you.

[56:31] so much. appreciate your time.

[56:40] At this moment, we're going to be moving

[56:42] to the public participation at the board

[56:44] meetings. And before I open to the

[56:46] public comments, I will share some

[56:48] remarks. The school board provides

[56:50] public comments periods for the public

[56:52] to comment on matters related to the

[56:54] business or duties of the school board

[56:56] and school division. School board policy

[56:59] KDBDH

[57:01] governs these public comments periods. I

[57:03] would encourage citizens to review this

[57:05] policy prior to speaking before the

[57:07] board. Briefly, the school board expects

[57:09] speakers to refrain from any speech or

[57:12] conduct that is clear violation of the

[57:13] law such as abusive or threatening

[57:15] language that incites criminal behavior

[57:18] or that creates an actual disruption of

[57:20] the meeting. We ask the speakers direct

[57:22] their comments to the school board and

[57:24] not to the members of the audience.

[57:26] Violation of the schoolboard policy

[57:28] KDBDH

[57:30] may result in a warning or termination

[57:32] of a speaker's time by the chair. This

[57:34] sanction is immediately appealable to

[57:36] the whole board at the speaker's option.

[57:39] Each speaker may speak for up to three

[57:41] minutes. Speaker will present their

[57:43] comments at the podium at a time timers

[57:47] visible to the speaker from the podium

[57:49] and speaker should conclude their

[57:50] remarks when the red light comes on. The

[57:53] timer will begin after you state your

[57:55] name and district or area of residence.

[58:00] We have three speakers tonight and the

[58:03] first one is Miss Pam Pushelle.

[58:15] Good evening. My name is Pam Fusho. I am

[58:18] in district 4.

[58:20] Shannondela County lost their court case

[58:23] on the naming of two schools after

[58:24] Confederate enslavers. Their case was

[58:27] unique as a previous board admitted the

[58:29] names were racist and renamed those

[58:31] schools. A newly elected school board

[58:33] chose to return the original racist

[58:35] names. They are appealing the decision.

[58:38] If they lose, they must pay the legal

[58:39] fees of the plaintiffs over $15 million.

[58:43] Renaming a school such as McGrder is

[58:46] much cheaper. Also consider Waller Mill,

[58:48] named after Benjamin Waller, who owned

[58:50] at least 39 slaves in the Williamsburg

[58:53] area that worked in his home mill and

[58:55] plantations. Waller was a judge and

[58:57] lawyer who handled the legal

[58:59] transactions involved in the sale,

[59:00] conveyance, or management of enslaved

[59:02] people for various estates. John Waller,

[59:06] Benjamin's father, was the original

[59:07] owner of Countente, made famous in Alex

[59:10] Haley's book and movie Roots. Our

[59:14] supervisors and this board discussed the

[59:16] proposed 1% increase in our sales tax to

[59:18] fund school construction. There is a

[59:21] need as many of our schools are aging

[59:23] and an increasing student population

[59:25] means more classrooms. Allowing a

[59:27] potential lawsuit that may end up

[59:29] costing the taxpayers tens of millions

[59:31] of dollars is just foolish. The survey

[59:34] that was conducted purposely failed to

[59:36] explain the history behind the name

[59:38] McGrder, resulting in ignorance induced

[59:40] answers. Failure to respect the black

[59:43] student population is just plain bigotry

[59:45] in action. In 1865, freed blacks created

[59:50] 151 free black public schools in

[59:52] Virginia. Let's honor them, not

[59:54] enslavers.

[59:55] It's about time to welcome black

[59:57] students rather [clears throat] than

[59:59] require them to go to school that was

[1:00:02] named after a person who fought to keep

[1:00:03] them enslaved.

[1:00:05] When the supervisors and Senator Tommy

[1:00:08] Norman created the Tommy tax, we were

[1:00:10] required to pay Williamsburg $400,000

[1:00:12] yearly. The supervisors knew the

[1:00:14] creation of the sports complex would

[1:00:16] cost us 300 to 800,000 uh yearly for

[1:00:20] decades. There is talk of an

[1:00:22] entertainment venue, another losing

[1:00:24] investment. York County is required to

[1:00:26] build a new courthouse or expand its

[1:00:28] size. This and or a failure to enact the

[1:00:31] 1% tax may result in an increase in our

[1:00:33] real estate and personal property taxes.

[1:00:36] All of this when many citizens are just

[1:00:38] trying to survive the Trump

[1:00:39] administration's attack on our economy.

[1:00:42] Have you contacted Congressman Rob

[1:00:44] Whitten to Whittmann to request funding

[1:00:46] for some of these school projects? Oh, I

[1:00:49] forgot. He voted for the destruction of

[1:00:51] our public education system. does not

[1:00:53] care if we have overcrowded or vintage

[1:00:54] schools, but prefers to fund Trump's

[1:00:56] vanity projects and wars. Better to

[1:00:58] concern yourselves with unvaccinated

[1:01:00] students, school vouchers, arresting

[1:01:02] undocumented children, attacking

[1:01:03] transgender students while requiring the

[1:01:06] rewriting of history and science as we

[1:01:07] impose Christianity on students. If the

[1:01:10] referendum passes, will the supervisors

[1:01:12] reduce their contribution by the income

[1:01:15] generated, negating any gain? We need

[1:01:17] facts. Thank you.

[1:01:22] Next, it's Miss Denil Francis.

[1:01:30] Good evening. My name is Denille

[1:01:33] Francis, District 2. History matters.

[1:01:37] McGreder Elementary School was named in

[1:01:39] 1920 during the Jim Crow era. History

[1:01:43] matters. The psychological impact of

[1:01:46] names of enslavers, Confederate imagery,

[1:01:49] and language signaling segregation are

[1:01:51] undeniable. History matters. The

[1:01:55] resistance to integration was so immense

[1:01:57] in Virginia that four school divisions

[1:02:00] completely closed for five years rather

[1:02:03] than integrate. History matters. Some

[1:02:06] Virginiaians forget, never knew, or live

[1:02:09] without impact. So momentum moved

[1:02:11] forward. Truth stretched into what was

[1:02:14] convenient. And folks said, "Rooker

[1:02:16] Elementary was named for a place." But

[1:02:19] that place, that name, that word is,

[1:02:24] was, and will always be inextricably

[1:02:27] tied to Confederate General John B.

[1:02:30] McGrder, a man who ordered the

[1:02:32] destruction and burning of our

[1:02:33] neighbors, the entire city of Hampton,

[1:02:36] rather than concede to the Union. an

[1:02:39] enslaver, a man accused of treason

[1:02:41] against the Union. History matters. As

[1:02:45] we recently heard in the ruling of the

[1:02:47] Shannondoa case with school names, local

[1:02:49] officials everywhere should know the

[1:02:51] actions they take today can cast long

[1:02:54] shadows.

[1:02:56] Local officials have the ability to

[1:02:57] impact history. While the school

[1:03:00] division is always dealing with a lot

[1:03:02] and we are all living in times where

[1:03:04] everything is triaged from capital

[1:03:07] improvements to leaking roofs to laptop

[1:03:09] insurance policies, bus schedules and

[1:03:12] restoration of teacher steps that are

[1:03:14] sure to make the spotlight very soon. We

[1:03:17] need to all keep sight of the bigger

[1:03:20] picture, too. the larger messages to

[1:03:24] students and our community about

[1:03:26] compassion, inclusion, and belonging

[1:03:29] that are literally shaping the future

[1:03:31] for all of us. History matters. McGrder

[1:03:36] Elementary School has held its name due

[1:03:38] to inertia and the path of least

[1:03:40] resistance, but one day soon that will

[1:03:43] end. And that history will show that the

[1:03:47] future of all our students matter even

[1:03:50] more. Please rename Recruiter Elementary

[1:03:52] School. Thank you.

[1:03:58] » Last, it's Miss Mary Lasser.

[1:04:04] » Good evening. Mary Lacader, Brutin

[1:04:06] District. In May 1921,

[1:04:10] in in May uh 2021, York County school

[1:04:14] administrators gaslighted the public in

[1:04:18] an article titled community torn over

[1:04:20] name change. Let's be clear, the former

[1:04:23] residents of McGrder never felt lost.

[1:04:26] That patronizing tagline was invented by

[1:04:29] a women Mary graduate student for a

[1:04:31] dissertation.

[1:04:33] Instead, [clears throat] the words of

[1:04:34] the black man were weaponized to advance

[1:04:38] a racist agenda, keeping a Confederate

[1:04:40] general's name on a school.

[1:04:43] Students are never taught the atrocities

[1:04:45] committed by John B. McGruda.

[1:04:49] No photo no photos of the vibrant

[1:04:51] historic predominantly black village of

[1:04:53] McGruda exists on the school walls. Even

[1:04:56] in the 1990s, students created a time

[1:05:00] capsule. The history of black residents

[1:05:02] was ex entirely excluded in favor of

[1:05:06] interviewing a white former resident,

[1:05:09] Mr. Bingley. Non-black citizens loudly

[1:05:13] protest that they do not want their

[1:05:15] history erased. Yet, they make zero

[1:05:18] effort to teach the truthful history of

[1:05:21] this man on this or this community. This

[1:05:24] institutional disregard has deep roots.

[1:05:27] Black students were barred from McGruda

[1:05:30] until roughly 1964

[1:05:32] as York County actively participated in

[1:05:35] massive resistance against Brown versus

[1:05:39] the Board of Education. When the

[1:05:41] government displaced McGrder residents

[1:05:44] in 1942,

[1:05:46] black students were forced into the

[1:05:48] segregated Brutin Height School,

[1:05:50] subjected to substandard accommodations,

[1:05:53] academics, and extracurriculars.

[1:05:56] School board members and administrators

[1:05:58] are smart enough to know that a first

[1:06:01] name is not required to honor someone.

[1:06:05] Walle Park was named for in for the

[1:06:07] enslaver Benjamin Waller. McGruda

[1:06:10] Boulevard and Ronald Reagan airport

[1:06:12] similarly omit first names. School

[1:06:16] leaders school leadership knows exactly

[1:06:18] who this school honors. Every day,

[1:06:21] innocent children are forced to wear

[1:06:24] shirts featuring the name of a

[1:06:26] Confederate defender of slavery. They

[1:06:28] are being turned into little billboards

[1:06:31] unknowingly continuing the legacy of

[1:06:34] massive resistance.

[1:06:37] And I hope that you all will

[1:06:40] look within yourself. I don't I don't

[1:06:42] know what's inside of you. I'm beginning

[1:06:44] to feel that you're empty. So, uh, you

[1:06:47] know, it's time to face the truth and

[1:06:50] stop telling the public these untruths

[1:06:52] that, uh, you're teaching about McGrder

[1:06:55] and that it's named for the village and

[1:06:57] you want to honor that that community.

[1:07:01] You didn't talk to those people. They

[1:07:03] would never have agreed and say, "We

[1:07:05] feel lost, so please keep the name."

[1:07:08] >> Thank you, Mr.

[1:07:11] >> I close the public participation for

[1:07:13] comments of citizens.

[1:07:15] Uh moving to financial matters. Mr.

[1:07:18] Richardson, please discuss with us.

[1:07:22] >> Thank you. Uh Mr. Chair, financial

[1:07:25] matters is quite long this evening. I

[1:07:27] have uh the month of June and the month

[1:07:29] of July uh to report on. So significant

[1:07:33] expenditures for June. And I'm just

[1:07:35] going to uh briefly cover some of the

[1:07:38] instructional instructional related

[1:07:40] expenditures

[1:07:41] uh that totaled approximately

[1:07:43] $2,692,640.

[1:07:47] All of this is uh actually on board

[1:07:49] docs. So you'll be able to see the

[1:07:50] detailed um details on that as well. Uh

[1:07:54] so accelerated learning, we spent

[1:07:56] $684,900

[1:07:58] for STEM scopes math for grades three

[1:08:01] through five. America's healthc care

[1:08:03] staffing 23,290

[1:08:06] for contracted sign language speech

[1:08:08] language private services and special ed

[1:08:10] teacher Emily Hayes uh $45,450

[1:08:16] for contracted interpreter services uh

[1:08:19] Hton Mufflin Publishing $673,700

[1:08:23] for middle school English uh and

[1:08:25] publications in audiovisisual materials

[1:08:28] uh IB organization annual fee 313

[1:08:32] $13,000.

[1:08:33] Language Line Services, $18,200

[1:08:36] for document translation services. New

[1:08:39] Horizons, $563,900.

[1:08:42] And that was for tuition for special

[1:08:44] education students. Uh Red, Inc.

[1:08:47] Corporation, $42,200

[1:08:49] for new renewal, licensing, and

[1:08:51] training, online program design to

[1:08:53] improve grammar, punctuation, and

[1:08:55] writing skills. Uh, Plan B Academy for

[1:08:58] CSA tuition was $103,825.

[1:09:03] Uh, the College of William and Mary,

[1:09:05] $22,600

[1:09:06] for graduation services for uh, this

[1:09:09] past for graduation. Um, Fasian Center 8

[1:09:12] $81,270

[1:09:14] for CSA tuition. Uh, Treasure of York

[1:09:18] County, County of York for APNIB fee

[1:09:20] reimbursement for schools, $18,300.

[1:09:24] Treasure of Virginia $11,100

[1:09:27] and that was for tuition for the 2026

[1:09:29] summer residential governor school and

[1:09:32] world languagemies

[1:09:34] and

[1:09:36] varo vir

[1:09:38] uh for cafeteria seating for Grafton

[1:09:40] High School was $13,000 was paid out to

[1:09:42] that uh Winger Corporation $11,000 for

[1:09:46] band instruments and for replacement of

[1:09:48] band instruments $13,400

[1:09:51] to West Music and payments to technology

[1:09:54] related items totaled approximately

[1:09:56] $613,521

[1:09:59] and included some payments to uh CDWG

[1:10:03] LLC uh for Microsoft license license

[1:10:06] renewal and miscellaneous computer uh

[1:10:09] peripherals $52,000

[1:10:11] and $52,300.

[1:10:15] Uh Cox Cox communication 37,600

[1:10:18] and that was for our divisionwide

[1:10:20] internet and Ethernet services. Uh Shik

[1:10:23] Communications, $15,350

[1:10:26] to install cameras at McGrder Elementary

[1:10:29] and other miscellaneous wiring and

[1:10:30] installations.

[1:10:32] Verizon Wireless 16,700 for divisionwide

[1:10:35] cell phones

[1:10:37] and payments for administration totaled

[1:10:40] $ 38,110

[1:10:42] and included payments for workman's comp

[1:10:44] claims and payments for operations and

[1:10:47] maintenance total 1,33,365

[1:10:51] and included payments to centus which is

[1:10:54] for our fire safety and inspections and

[1:10:56] uniform rentals and that was $39,545.

[1:11:01] Dominion Energy for Divisionwide Utility

[1:11:03] Services and that was for our April

[1:11:05] payment uh which was paid in in June. Uh

[1:11:09] $392,500.

[1:11:12] Ferguson Holdings, $12,900 for HVAC

[1:11:15] parts and supplies. HRSD for plumbing

[1:11:18] services was $66,150.

[1:11:22] Uh Newport News Waterworks for

[1:11:24] Utilities, $23,985.

[1:11:27] Uh train HVAC parts and supplies

[1:11:31] $11,135.

[1:11:33] Treasure York County uh $597600.

[1:11:38] Uh so $597,600

[1:11:40] for extra duty deputies fuel and sho

[1:11:43] sewage utilities. Uh so just as a side

[1:11:46] note to that, I'll refer to Mr. Bowen

[1:11:48] for that. Um that's not just for the

[1:11:51] month of June. That's an accumulated

[1:11:53] total. Is that right, Mr. Bowen? this

[1:11:55] these bills come in and we pay them.

[1:11:57] They they tally up over the over the year

[1:12:04] » because when people see that and they

[1:12:06] see like deputy services, it's not all

[1:12:08] just

[1:12:09] >> that's that's correct.

[1:12:10] >> All at one time. So

[1:12:11] >> that's for the quarter for deputies,

[1:12:13] >> right? I just want to point that out and

[1:12:14] for also for sewage utility,

[1:12:15] >> right? Because it's going to be the same

[1:12:16] thing for the next month. It's a large

[1:12:18] amount, but it's not just for that

[1:12:19] month. It's an accumulation. So I just

[1:12:22] want to point that out when they see

[1:12:23] that. While I have you out there, uh,

[1:12:24] the fuel cost, did it went up over time?

[1:12:28] >> The fuel cost did increase, but we were

[1:12:29] able to cover those expenses within that

[1:12:31] budget.

[1:12:31] >> All right. Thank you.

[1:12:33] >> Um, and so our Virginia National Gas was

[1:12:36] $16,150

[1:12:38] for a utilities payment. Um, custodial

[1:12:41] maintenance supplies to WW Granger, 21

[1:12:44] $22,100.

[1:12:46] And we spent for floor wax for schools,

[1:12:49] $17,300.

[1:12:51] Uh, we got a lot of floors to cover in

[1:12:52] all of our schools, our 19 schools. Our

[1:12:55] payments for transportation totaled

[1:12:57] $821,100

[1:12:59] and included payments to Auto House

[1:13:01] Collision Center for paint and repair

[1:13:03] services, $26,400.

[1:13:06] Kingmore Supply, $646,800

[1:13:10] for four buses and parts and supplies.

[1:13:13] McCarthy Tire, 14,700 for parts and

[1:13:16] supplies. Rush Truck Center, uh, 17,500

[1:13:21] for miscellaneous bus parts and

[1:13:23] supplies. She Ford Lincoln, $105,700

[1:13:28] for two vans for school nutrition. And

[1:13:30] our payments related to school nutrition

[1:13:32] totaled appro approximately $859,150

[1:13:36] and included payments to Sedexo,

[1:13:39] $836,150

[1:13:41] for food service operations and Wellbar

[1:13:45] truck equipment, $23,000 for liftgates

[1:13:49] for the two new truck vans that were

[1:13:50] purchased. Uh payments related to CIP

[1:13:53] projects totaled $795,910

[1:13:58] and included uh payments to AC's uh

[1:14:01] 27,200 to TAB middle school HVAC

[1:14:04] projects for building uh automated

[1:14:06] controls at DAR at DAR elementary school

[1:14:09] HBA architecture and interior design

[1:14:12] which division which was for

[1:14:14] divisionwide facility study and that was

[1:14:16] $96,890

[1:14:19] and Hudson Associates 51 $1,750

[1:14:22] for the Queens Lake roof design.

[1:14:25] Thompson Engineers, $130,260

[1:14:28] for the Brute and High HVAC replacement.

[1:14:30] Uh MSAPC for the Daryl Elementary bus

[1:14:33] loop project, $77,430.

[1:14:37] And RMM Architects for the Tab High

[1:14:40] Design, $412,380.

[1:14:44] Now, we're going to move into the July

[1:14:46] claims certified for payment for July of

[1:14:49] 2026 for technology related items

[1:14:52] totaled approximately $495,350.

[1:14:56] Active Internet Technologies uh $83,500

[1:15:00] for communications platform for staff

[1:15:02] and parents. Frontline Technologies

[1:15:05] $21,700

[1:15:08] uh for HRMS MIS uh ASAP Subfinder Kev

[1:15:13] Group 29,100 for school cash line

[1:15:16] accounting system for school activity

[1:15:18] funds Tyler Technologies 24,700

[1:15:22] for Vers Versatan transportation system

[1:15:26] Virginia bus systems $35,450

[1:15:30] for print shop printers copier fleet

[1:15:32] payments and X2 development 120,900

[1:15:37] for Aspen student information system

[1:15:39] renewal.

[1:15:40] Payments for administration total $48,50

[1:15:44] and included payments to NAFUS which was

[1:15:47] $10,100 which is membership to the

[1:15:49] National Association of Federally

[1:15:51] Impacted Schools. Our Virginia High

[1:15:54] School League membership for the 2627

[1:15:57] year was 16,900.

[1:15:59] Our Virginia School Board Association

[1:16:01] membership and board docs renewal was

[1:16:04] $21,50.

[1:16:06] Payments for operations and maintenance

[1:16:08] totaled 61 $631,310

[1:16:11] and included payments to Centas uh

[1:16:14] Centas, which was the fire inspection

[1:16:16] and safety inspections and uniform

[1:16:19] rentals, $12,800.

[1:16:22] Mobile lease 39,400

[1:16:24] lease expense for modular classrooms.

[1:16:27] Republic Services

[1:16:29] 13,960

[1:16:31] solid waste disposal custodial supplies

[1:16:33] to Riverside Paper $10,700

[1:16:36] and again the treasurer for the York

[1:16:38] County for extra duty deputies and fuel

[1:16:41] 524,950

[1:16:44] WW Granger for custodial maintenance and

[1:16:46] supplies $29,500.

[1:16:49] And with that, uh, significant changes

[1:16:52] relating to the operating budget for

[1:16:54] July revenues. State revenue for July 26

[1:16:57] is approximately 1.5 million higher than

[1:17:01] July of the previous year. And the

[1:17:02] increase was primarily driven by an

[1:17:05] increase in basic aid, special

[1:17:06] education, and a rollover from the state

[1:17:08] bonus funding from 26 to 27 uh fiscal

[1:17:12] year. And for July expenditures for

[1:17:15] technology are approximately $500,000

[1:17:18] less in July 26 than in 2025

[1:17:22] as a result of a significant payment in

[1:17:25] 2025 for student services or student

[1:17:27] devices that we we paid out. I'm sorry.

[1:17:30] Um significant changes relating to the

[1:17:32] food service budget. There were none um

[1:17:35] for the nutrition budget. And resolution

[1:17:39] 26-46 requires the board's approval

[1:17:42] authorizing the procurements of more

[1:17:43] than $100,000 and change orders greater

[1:17:46] than $50,000.

[1:17:48] And there are two items on the

[1:17:49] resolution totaling $356,000

[1:17:52] and the details of which can be you can

[1:17:55] be viewed again on board docs. And Mr.

[1:17:57] Chairman, I would now move to approve

[1:18:00] financial matters as listed.

[1:18:02] >> Thank you, Mr. Richardson. May I have a

[1:18:04] second?

[1:18:06] We have a second. Is there any questions

[1:18:08] or discussions?

[1:18:09] >> Yes, I have one question on uh 10 C the

[1:18:14] uh financial resolution. Are we at that

[1:18:16] or are we doing each individual?

[1:18:19] Are we doing all of all four of these

[1:18:21] together or are we doing each one

[1:18:22] individual?

[1:18:23] >> This is just for one resolution which is

[1:18:25] 2546

[1:18:27] >> 2646.

[1:18:28] The question I had on that

[1:18:31] resolution was uh why are we hiring Sans

[1:18:34] Anderson law firm?

[1:18:46] » Mr. Pman, thank you for that question.

[1:18:48] Um we well we often get that that

[1:18:50] question but Sans Anderson uh we

[1:18:52] contract with them to uh provide

[1:18:55] specific services often related to um

[1:18:58] special education. So while we do have a

[1:19:01] board attorney um this is sometimes the questions and the work that is

[1:19:07] needed is beyond her immediate scope um

[1:19:10] of expertise. And so when we when we

[1:19:13] talk about um uh attorney services

[1:19:17] relating to specific things like special

[1:19:20] education, it's important to have

[1:19:22] someone who is is is whose field of work

[1:19:25] is specific to special education.

[1:19:28] >> Is there a reason that we chose Sans

[1:19:30] Anderson and not another firm? Did we

[1:19:33] seek any other firms for bidding? So for

[1:19:36] professional services, it's not required

[1:19:37] that you go out to bid um because you

[1:19:40] what you want to do is you want to go to

[1:19:41] the firm that provides the best

[1:19:43] expertise and SAS Anderson is one of the

[1:19:46] top firms in the state that provides

[1:19:48] legal services for spec specifically to

[1:19:52] special education.

[1:19:53] >> I understand they do a large volume but

[1:19:57] >> not just a large volume but the

[1:19:58] attorneys there that we have

[1:20:00] historically used provide us with

[1:20:02] excellent service.

[1:20:03] >> I have heard from um some different

[1:20:06] special ed families around the state

[1:20:10] that they were not pleased with Sans

[1:20:13] Sand Anderson, sorry. Um

[1:20:17] that

[1:20:19] it it was not a professional um

[1:20:23] combination and

[1:20:26] they had great difficulty with it. So

[1:20:28] I'm not supportive of using Sans

[1:20:31] Anderson. I I I will defer to Miss Barry

[1:20:34] if she has anything to add to that. Um

[1:20:39] >> and all our dealings with Sans Anderson,

[1:20:40] they've been always professional and

[1:20:42] I've never heard a complaint. It could

[1:20:44] be that the people who you've reached

[1:20:47] out to or you've spoken to were on the

[1:20:49] other side against Sans was against

[1:20:52] them. Maybe they represent they

[1:20:54] represent school divisions, not

[1:20:56] necessarily parents.

[1:21:04] Thank you, Mr. Bowman. Uh, Miss Howard,

[1:21:09] >> a motion was made by Mr. Richardson and

[1:21:12] seconded by Mr. Schaefer to approve

[1:21:14] financial matters as listed. Mr.

[1:21:16] Richardson,

[1:21:18] >> yes.

[1:21:20] >> Mr. Schaefer,

[1:21:21] >> yes.

[1:21:22] >> Mrs. Fairman,

[1:21:23] >> no.

[1:21:24] >> Mrs. Goodwin,

[1:21:25] >> yes. And Mr. Pyovich,

[1:21:27] >> yes.

[1:21:28] >> The motion passed 4 to one.

[1:21:31] Thank you, M. Howard. Uh, we're going to

[1:21:33] be moving to consent calendar. Uh, we

[1:21:36] have approval of personal actions,

[1:21:38] approval of minutes for the work session

[1:21:40] on May 11th, work session on June 8th,

[1:21:43] special meeting on June 8th, special

[1:21:45] meeting on June 11th, special meeting on

[1:21:47] July 8th, and special meeting on August

[1:21:50] 3rd. Approval of donations in the amount

[1:21:52] of 48,218

[1:21:54] 99 cents. Approval of the fiscal year

[1:21:56] 2028 proposed budget calendar. Approval

[1:22:00] of 2526 annual progress report for and

[1:22:04] financial statement for York River

[1:22:06] Academy. Motion to authorize Melissa

[1:22:08] Pedigrew, chief operations officer.

[1:22:10] Candy Skinner, chief academic officer.

[1:22:13] William Bowen, chief financial officer,

[1:22:15] or Dr. David the writes, chief human

[1:22:18] resource officer to sign for division

[1:22:20] superintendent in the absence of

[1:22:22] division superintendent as of August

[1:22:24] 24-26.

[1:22:26] Approval of lease agreement between the

[1:22:28] county school board of York County,

[1:22:29] Virginia and child evangelism fellowship

[1:22:32] of Virginia

[1:22:34] Peninsula chapter approval to authorize

[1:22:36] division superintendent to donate a

[1:22:38] surplus of school buses to the uh to the

[1:22:41] county of York and approval of pay plan

[1:22:44] updates and approval of consent calendar

[1:22:47] as listed.

[1:22:49] >> Can I have a motion for approval?

[1:22:51] >> I make appro a a motion that we approve

[1:22:53] the consent calendar as listed. I'll

[1:22:55] second

[1:22:56] >> Miss Howard.

[1:23:01] » A motion was made by Mrs. Goodwin and

[1:23:02] seconded by Mr. Richardson to approve

[1:23:04] the consent calendar as listed. Mrs.

[1:23:06] Goodwin.

[1:23:08] >> Yes, Mrs. Fairman.

[1:23:09] >> Excuse me. Could I ask a question? There

[1:23:11] was just one on 11A.

[1:23:15] There was one name that was listed twice

[1:23:18] u for Tab Middle School volleyball

[1:23:20] coach. It has like the first and last

[1:23:23] name and then right next to it it's

[1:23:25] first name, middle initial, last name. I

[1:23:28] just want to make sure that it's

[1:23:30] basically just one individual getting

[1:23:34] that funding. I'm going to assume that

[1:23:36] that's just a typo.

[1:23:38] >> I'd ask Dr. Wrights to come up and

[1:23:40] address that question.

[1:23:46] » You are correct. It is just one name. It

[1:23:48] was just twice on there. and I will

[1:23:51] admit that.

[1:23:52] >> Okay. Thank you,

[1:23:55] » Miss Howard.

[1:23:58] >> Uh, Mrs. Fairman,

[1:24:00] >> yes.

[1:24:01] >> Mr. Schaefer,

[1:24:02] >> yes.

[1:24:03] >> Mr. Richardson,

[1:24:04] >> yes.

[1:24:04] >> Mr. Pyovich,

[1:24:05] >> yes.

[1:24:06] >> The motion passed five to zero.

[1:24:09] >> Thank you.

[1:24:12] And uh we have an actions uh under

[1:24:15] actions consideration of approval of

[1:24:17] resolution 2648.

[1:24:20] A resolution declaring its intention to

[1:24:23] reimburse itself from the pro proceeds

[1:24:26] of one or more grants made by the

[1:24:28] Commonwealth of Virginia for certain

[1:24:30] expenditures made and or to be made in

[1:24:32] connection with certain capital

[1:24:34] improvements.

[1:24:36] Uh can I help please motion second?

[1:24:38] >> If it please the chair. I've got Mr.

[1:24:41] Bowen up here. speak to items A and B.

[1:24:44] >> Thank you, Dr. Carol. Um members of the

[1:24:46] board, this resolution um is a

[1:24:48] resolution that's required by the

[1:24:50] Department of Education. They issue

[1:24:52] bonds for our state technology funds. Um

[1:24:55] we receive $544,000

[1:24:58] annually for those funds and in the

[1:25:00] summary have provided what those funds

[1:25:03] can be used for. In addition, we have to

[1:25:05] provide $108,800

[1:25:08] in matching funds for a total of 652.8

[1:25:12] $652,800.

[1:25:14] So that that incorporates all the

[1:25:15] funding that's required, but it's an

[1:25:17] annual resolution that has to be adopted

[1:25:20] by the board declaring our intent to

[1:25:22] reimburse ourselves for those qualifying

[1:25:24] technology expenses.

[1:25:29] » U may I have a motion and second?

[1:25:31] >> I I move approval of resolution 26-48.

[1:25:35] >> I'll second.

[1:25:37] >> Okay. Any discussion? [clears throat]

[1:25:40] Howard? A motion was made by Mr.

[1:25:42] Richardson and seconded by Mrs. Goodwin

[1:25:45] to approve resolution 4648.

[1:25:48] >> Mrs. Goodwin,

[1:25:50] >> yes. Mrs. Fairman,

[1:25:52] >> yes.

[1:25:53] >> Mr. Schaefer,

[1:25:54] >> yes.

[1:25:54] >> Mr. Richardson,

[1:25:56] >> yes.

[1:25:56] >> And Mr. Povich,

[1:25:57] >> yes.

[1:25:58] >> The motion passed five to zero.

[1:26:01] >> We have the resolution 26-49 presented

[1:26:04] to us for uh approval. It's a resolution

[1:26:07] approving the transfer of 2,355,500

[1:26:12] from the revenue stabilization fund to

[1:26:15] the school division's capital

[1:26:16] improvement fund as identified in FY27

[1:26:20] through 32 approved capital improvements

[1:26:23] plan.

[1:26:26] » Thank you, Dr. Mr. Povich.

[1:26:29] Um, for this resolution, um, there's

[1:26:31] actually two pieces or two parts to it.

[1:26:34] Um it's $2,355,500

[1:26:37] from the revenue stabilization fund to

[1:26:39] support our capital improvements uh

[1:26:41] fund. 2 million of that goes to support

[1:26:44] the TAB high school project which was

[1:26:46] approved by the board in in uh January.

[1:26:49] It was also adopted by uh the board of

[1:26:51] supervisors in May. Um what's been added

[1:26:54] to that is $355,500

[1:26:57] which is for some unanticipated

[1:27:00] unexpected repairs at the Brutin High

[1:27:02] School campus. We had three areas in the

[1:27:05] campus where we um had some significant

[1:27:08] erosion and we found out that there were

[1:27:10] drain pipes that needed to be replaced.

[1:27:12] This was something that was not planned

[1:27:13] as part of our CIP and so we didn't have

[1:27:16] the funds readily available for that. So

[1:27:18] we're asking for your approval tonight

[1:27:20] then to ask the board of supervisors

[1:27:22] also to um cover the cost of that using

[1:27:25] stabilization fund dollars. And then the

[1:27:28] last piece is um in late spring Dr.

[1:27:32] Skinner um shared with the board that we

[1:27:35] had a temporary uh loss of funding in

[1:27:39] title one, a partial loss of funding in

[1:27:41] our title one grant. And part of that,

[1:27:44] we had as as a result of that, we had to

[1:27:46] move four positions off of title one

[1:27:48] into our operating budget. So, we're

[1:27:50] asking the the school board and the

[1:27:52] board of supervisors to appropriate just

[1:27:55] uh for the year $425,000

[1:27:58] to cover the cost of the loss of that

[1:28:00] title funing. Now if this loss extends

[1:28:03] greater than one year then we'll have to

[1:28:05] incorporate that in our FY28 budget

[1:28:07] process but u to get us through this

[1:28:10] just first year we're asking for that

[1:28:13] temporary transfer from the revenue

[1:28:15] stabilization fund. Now I will say uh we

[1:28:17] have 12 over $12 million in the fund now

[1:28:21] and um with the end of 2026 it looks

[1:28:24] like we're going to have $1.8 8 million

[1:28:26] that will be transferred in excess

[1:28:28] impact aid that was collected in 26 that

[1:28:30] will be redeposited into the fund. So

[1:28:33] the actual use of funds is just

[1:28:36] negligible because we're we're

[1:28:37] reimbursing ourselves from uh excess

[1:28:40] balances in 2026 or from 2026.

[1:28:44] >> Thank you. Uh may I have a motion and a

[1:28:47] second approval?

[1:28:51] Go ahead.

[1:28:53] Um, I'll make a motion to accept the

[1:28:57] resolution number 26-49.

[1:29:00] >> I'll second.

[1:29:02] >> Any discussion?

[1:29:05] >> Miss Howard?

[1:29:09] » A motion was made by Mrs. Goodwin and

[1:29:11] seconded by Mr. Schaefer to approve

[1:29:13] resolution 2649.

[1:29:16] Mr. Richardson.

[1:29:18] >> Yes.

[1:29:19] >> Mrs. Goodwin.

[1:29:21] >> Yes. Mr. Schaefer,

[1:29:22] >> yes.

[1:29:23] >> Mrs. Fairman,

[1:29:24] >> yes.

[1:29:25] >> And Mr. Povich,

[1:29:26] >> yes.

[1:29:26] >> The motion passed five to zero.

[1:29:28] >> Thank you, Miss Howard. Uh, we have the

[1:29:30] consideration of approval of minutes

[1:29:32] from the regular meeting on May 18, 26,

[1:29:35] and special meeting on July 1st. Can I

[1:29:37] have a motion and a second for approval

[1:29:39] of those two?

[1:29:41] >> I make a motion that we approve the

[1:29:43] minutes from those two meetings.

[1:29:45] >> Second.

[1:29:46] >> Discussion.

[1:29:50] A motion was made by Mr. Schaefer and

[1:29:51] seconded by Mr. Richardson to approve

[1:29:53] minutes from a regular meeting on May

[1:29:55] 18th and a special meeting on July 1st.

[1:29:58] Mr. Richardson,

[1:29:59] >> yes.

[1:30:00] >> Mr. Schaefer,

[1:30:01] >> yes.

[1:30:01] >> Mrs. Fairman,

[1:30:02] >> abstain.

[1:30:03] >> I was not there.

[1:30:04] >> Mrs. Goodwin,

[1:30:06] >> yes. And Mr. Pyovich,

[1:30:07] >> yes.

[1:30:08] >> The motion passed four to zero with one

[1:30:10] abstension.

[1:30:12] >> Under policy, we don't have any

[1:30:14] discussions. We don't have any first

[1:30:16] readings, but uh under Our second

[1:30:19] reading we have policy IK which is for

[1:30:21] academic planning and course selection.

[1:30:23] Dr. Carol any comments?

[1:30:25] >> Yes. Thank you Dr. Mr. Privich. Dr. It's

[1:30:28] twice now. Uh Dr. Candy Skinner uh chief

[1:30:31] academic officer will come to the podium

[1:30:33] to give you information regarding this

[1:30:34] policy as we're asking for expedited

[1:30:36] approval. Dr. Skinner.

[1:30:39] >> Good evening. Mr. Piovich, members of

[1:30:41] the board. Tonight we bring to you an

[1:30:44] expedited policy approval for policy IK,

[1:30:48] academic planning and course selection.

[1:30:51] This is coming before you tonight

[1:30:53] because the Virginia Code, which was

[1:30:55] approved on July 1st of 2026, now

[1:30:59] requires school divisions to develop and

[1:31:01] implement policies requiring each public

[1:31:04] middle and high school to provide at

[1:31:05] least three days prior to the course

[1:31:07] registration deadline, parental

[1:31:09] notification by email or text message of

[1:31:12] course enrollment deadlines, and the

[1:31:15] process for parents to request changes

[1:31:17] to their students course selection.

[1:31:21] Dr. SK, is it three days or 30 days?

[1:31:24] >> Did I say three? It's 30. I apologize.

[1:31:26] 30.

[1:31:27] >> Sorry. I need better glasses, I think.

[1:31:29] >> All right.

[1:31:33] » Can I have a a motion and second for

[1:31:36] approval?

[1:31:38] >> Make a motion to approve policy

[1:31:41] IK. Second reading.

[1:31:44] >> I'll second.

[1:31:45] >> Any discussion?

[1:31:48] Miss Howard,

[1:31:49] >> a motion was made by Mr. Richardson and

[1:31:51] seconded by Mrs. Goodwin to approve

[1:31:53] revisions to policy IK, academic

[1:31:56] planning and course selection. Mrs.

[1:31:58] Goodwin,

[1:31:59] >> yes. Mrs. Spearman,

[1:32:01] >> yes.

[1:32:02] >> Mr. Schaeer,

[1:32:03] >> yes.

[1:32:03] >> Mr. Richardson,

[1:32:04] >> yes.

[1:32:05] >> And Mr. Povich,

[1:32:06] >> yes.

[1:32:06] >> Motion passed five to zero.

[1:32:08] >> Thank you.

[1:32:09] Miss Howard. Uh, and I will

[1:32:11] take turn time over to Dr. Carol for his

[1:32:14] report.

[1:32:15] >> All right. Thank you, Mr. Pyovich and

[1:32:18] board [clears throat] members, we

[1:32:19] enjoyed a great first day of school,

[1:32:21] welcoming over 12,700 students. Our

[1:32:25] executive leadership team was out at

[1:32:27] schools this morning, and we had a video

[1:32:29] call with our principles at 1:00,

[1:32:32] followed up with a team call, the

[1:32:34] executive team call 4:00 to make sure

[1:32:36] that we had uh to get feedback and to

[1:32:39] make plans for action steps to smooth

[1:32:40] out any problems that occurred during

[1:32:43] the day.

[1:32:44] Comments from the principles were that

[1:32:46] everything was going really well. Uh

[1:32:48] some remarked about the high energy in

[1:32:50] the schools and other ones said it was

[1:32:52] so calm. Um others noted that it was

[1:32:55] really smooth opening while another

[1:32:57] stated it was like a normal day and

[1:33:00] which is probably the strangest comment

[1:33:02] because anyone knows the first day is

[1:33:04] never normal. Uh in our executive team

[1:33:08] followup uh this afternoon, we

[1:33:09] identified some minor areas to address

[1:33:11] tomorrow and uh traffic and

[1:33:13] transportation should improve over the

[1:33:15] rest of the week. I I do want to thank

[1:33:18] our custodial crews for the hard work in

[1:33:20] turning over our buildings uh this

[1:33:22] summer uh and the pride in which they

[1:33:24] carry out that summer cleaning. I mean,

[1:33:26] the buildings looked fantastic and

[1:33:28] everybody was mentioning that. I also

[1:33:31] want to thank the county grounds

[1:33:33] maintenance crews. Uh I went to every uh campus over the last week and I can't

[1:33:40] remember when the campuses looked so

[1:33:42] good that they had them looking great.

[1:33:44] Uh great shape as we welcomed everybody

[1:33:46] back. Uh we did have bus transportation

[1:33:49] issues that will get ironed out over

[1:33:51] this week as well as a lot of car riders

[1:33:54] on that first day. Uh that caused some

[1:33:56] traffic delays which is typical the

[1:33:58] first day uh but they always reduce over

[1:34:00] the first week. And I urge anyone that

[1:34:03] had an individual subpar experience to

[1:34:05] reach out to their individual schools or

[1:34:08] let the division know through our let's

[1:34:09] talk blue uh platform so that we can

[1:34:12] assist. U I'd also like to pass along

[1:34:15] since you passed in the consent agenda

[1:34:17] uh the donation of one of our older

[1:34:19] buses to uh the fire department. Chief

[1:34:21] Baldwin wants me to extend his thanks

[1:34:24] for that.

[1:34:26] Next, I'd like to share some good news

[1:34:27] about academic performance. US News and

[1:34:30] World Report uh published their national

[1:34:32] high school rankings last week. It was

[1:34:35] exciting to see that all four of our

[1:34:36] comprehensive high schools rated in the

[1:34:39] top 11% in the nation uh with TAB High

[1:34:42] School placing in the top five. So

[1:34:44] that's a that's a great uh a great mark

[1:34:47] for us. Um also the state will be

[1:34:50] releasing last year's last spring so

[1:34:53] test scores at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow

[1:34:56] morning. We extend we expect again to be

[1:34:59] a state leader in results but I can't

[1:35:01] share any details at at this time. We

[1:35:03] are we are under an embargo. Uh Dr.

[1:35:06] Skinner will be presenting those details

[1:35:08] to you at our next work session on

[1:35:10] September 14th in detail.

[1:35:13] Also my last two items regard capital

[1:35:15] planning and financing. As you saw we

[1:35:17] were busy this this summer and as you

[1:35:20] know there will be a referendum question

[1:35:22] before the county's voters in November.

[1:35:24] Division staff is making efforts to

[1:35:26] ensure that there is true and accurate

[1:35:28] information available about the proposal

[1:35:31] to assist voters in making an informed

[1:35:33] decision. We have a section on our new

[1:35:36] web page dedicated to this subject on

[1:35:38] the front page titled sales tax

[1:35:40] referendum.

[1:35:42] It also links to a York County

[1:35:44] government page with additional

[1:35:46] information. So um so that we know that

[1:35:49] that's going on. Um, and on a related

[1:35:52] note, the division entered into a

[1:35:54] contract with an architectural

[1:35:55] consultant back in March, and this was

[1:35:58] before the passage of the legislation

[1:36:00] about the 1% sales tax. We are scheduled

[1:36:03] to receive the recommendations from that

[1:36:05] consultant jointly with the board of

[1:36:07] supervisors at their next work session

[1:36:09] on September 1st. These recommendations

[1:36:12] will inform our capital planning over

[1:36:14] the next 15 years. I want to I want to

[1:36:17] emphasize that these will be

[1:36:19] recommendations and they will inform our

[1:36:21] thinking, but no commitments are made

[1:36:23] based on a consultant's report. So, I

[1:36:26] encourage those that are interested to

[1:36:27] watch the broadcast because they will

[1:36:29] inform us and help guide us as we now

[1:36:32] start to look at a 15-year horizon on

[1:36:35] our capital improvement program, not

[1:36:37] just a six-year one. And that completes

[1:36:39] my superintendent's report. Thank you

[1:36:41] very much.

[1:36:42] >> Thank you, Dr. Carol. Uh I just want to

[1:36:44] say thank you uh and to entire staff,

[1:36:47] families for such a great and successful

[1:36:50] first day of school. Uh for presenters

[1:36:53] that came to us tonight and work hard on

[1:36:55] a summer break to present all the

[1:36:59] information for us. We do appreciate

[1:37:00] that. Uh with that being said, I just

[1:37:03] want to remind that our next meeting

[1:37:04] will be a work session here at Yorkole

[1:37:07] on September 14th at 6 pm. Uh, and right

[1:37:11] now we have some close session this

[1:37:13] evening. So I could I would like to ask

[1:37:15] our board members to take us into close

[1:37:17] session.

[1:37:18] >> Okay. I move that the York County School

[1:37:20] Board meet in close session pursuant to

[1:37:22] Virginia Code section 2.2-3711A1

[1:37:25] of the Virginia Freedom of Information

[1:37:27] Act for consideration and discussion

[1:37:29] regarding specific candidates for

[1:37:31] appointment to the following advisory

[1:37:33] committee. Career and Technical

[1:37:35] Education Advisory. As the matters

[1:37:37] addressed in close session are

[1:37:39] confidential. No minutes or recordings

[1:37:41] are permitted.

[1:37:43] >> Second,

[1:37:44] >> Miss Howard.

[1:37:47] >> A motion was made by Mr. Schaefer and

[1:37:49] seconded by Mr. Richardson to approve

[1:37:51] the York County School Board to meet in

[1:37:53] close session as stated. Mrs. Goodwin,

[1:37:55] >> yes.

[1:37:56] >> Mrs. Fairman,

[1:37:57] >> yes.

[1:37:57] >> Mr. Schaefer,

[1:37:59] >> yes.

[1:37:59] >> Mr. Richardson,

[1:38:00] >> yes.

[1:38:01] >> Mr. Pyovich,

[1:38:02] >> yes.

[1:38:02] >> Motion passed five zero.

[1:38:05] >> Thank you, sir.

[1:38:06] >> We are in close session.

School Board Meeting - August 24, 2026

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