meeting adjourned

end of that info item
on to public comment
one electronic comment: Brandi Brandl had questions about spending.
No in-person public comments.

someone in the room tells me the SROs *are* in the room for the school board meeting.
And the new solicitor is Jeffrey D. Litts.

(And significant time savings, too.)

It looks like students in grades 4, 5, and 6 who attend fairview intermediate will be most impacted. Some students will go to NCMS, some will go to the CCHS - in an empty wing there.

Allen Middle School Closure plan - turns out, it will save significant taxpayer dollars to close Allen for construction/renovation.

✔️American Music Abroad Tours, Red Land HS baseball trip, Cedar Cliff HS baseball trip all bundled together.
✔️Pyramid Health Ed Services
✔️Instructure transcription services

end of business items
on to information items
4 policies (WHICH LOOK NORMAL) are online for public review

Mrs. Cox - I found some of these to not be very bipartisan so I will be a no for CNN10.

Discussion:
Mrs. Cox is a NO vote for CNN10. "I got online and saw it, can you tell us what programs will be covered? (Mr. Gay: CNN10 and the Carl Azuz piece are both pretty similar and publicly available, and both intend to present fair, unbiased news.)

✔️ Instructional Resource approval - The world from A to Z with Carl Azuz & CNN10 (7-2 Cox, Davis)

✔️Staff attendance at professional meetings 8-0-1 (Guistwhite abstained)
✔️Agreement with Camp Hill SD for a Camp Hill student to participate in CCHS JROTC

On to business items. All are 9-0 unless otherwise indicated.
✔️ personnel 8-0-1 (Kambic abstained from item 7A3B for athletic director)
✔️ Bills
✔️ Real estate tax refund
✔️Macy's property tax appeal - this has been ongoing since 2018.

The board will have a retreat at some soonish point, where they'll determine committee assignments and talk about their priorities for the upcoming year.

No blue cards on business items

now they're on to committee reports

They were about to move on to business items but Mr. Brinton asked if they could do board "shout outs" - so they're doing that.

Also - an eagle-eyed audience member noted that the security guards are not in attendance this evening. *Interesting.*

Now students who work as paras in the district are sharing their stories.

The inside illustration is by Abir Loukili of Red Land, and the outside illustration is by a student whose name I missed, and the presentation in the minutes isn't working to download and they haven't posted it on social media yet.

Bradon Long, who is using his "TV voice," is introducing the students who wrote/drew the district's holiday card.

10 students received an honorable mention.

They receive about 400-500 submissions annually by students.