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WINSTON-SALEM/FORSYTH COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AGENDA – February 23, 2016

5 p.m. – Closed Session 6:30 p.m. – Open Session

Auditorium Order of Business Page

I.! Call to Order

II.! Closed Session to Discuss a Personnel Matter in Accordance with Article 21A of Chapter 115C of the N.C. General Statutes and to Discuss a Legal Matter

III.! Return to Open Session

IV.! Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and Invocation

V.! Agenda Review

VI.! Special Recognitions

Outstanding Participation in Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart Nancy Sutton and Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools N.C. School Public Relations Association Blue Ribbon Awards Marketing and Communications Department

VII.! Public Comments on Agenda Items

VIII.! Discussion Items

A.!Walking School Bus B.! Finance Committee Report C.! Policy Committee Report

IX.! Consent Agenda Items

A.! Consider Approval of Bid to Replace Chiller at Hanes Magnet School 3 B.! Approval of Minutes of November 24, 2015 23 C.! Approval of Minutes of December 8, 2015 29 D.! General Personnel Report 33

X.! Meeting Open to the Public

XI.! Adjournment

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WINSTON-SALEM/FORSYTH COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MINUTES – November 24, 2015

5 p.m. – Auditorium

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BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Dana Caudill Jones, Chair Robert Barr Lori Goins Clark Lida Calvert-Hayes

Mark Johnson Vic Johnson, Jr. Elisabeth Motsinger David Singletary Deanna Taylor BOARD SECRETARY Beverly R. Emory SENIOR STAFF: Carol Montague-Davis

Steve Oates Chick Plunkett

Kevin Sherrill Kenneth Simington

Darrell Walker Marty Ward Dana Wrights GENERAL COUNSEL: Allison Tomberlin BOARD RECORDER: Theo Helm I.! Call to Order

Board Chairman Dana Caudill Jones called the meeting to order at 5:08 p.m.

II.! Closed Session On motion by Lori Goins Clark and second by Elisabeth Motsinger, the Board voted unanimously to adjourn to closed session to discuss a personnel matter in accordance with Article 21A of Chapter 115C of the North Carolina General Statutes and to discuss a legal matter. The Board adjourned to closed session at 5:09 p.m.

III.! Return to Open Session

On motion by Robert Barr and second by Deanna Taylor, the Board voted unanimously to return to open session at 6:30 p.m.


Ms. Jones called the meeting back to order at 6:37 and led the Pledge of Allegiance and gave the invocation.

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V.! Agenda Review Amend Agenda to Include Discussion Item A., BELL Report on Summer Programs On motion by David Singletary and second by Ms. Taylor, the Board voted unanimously to amend the agenda.

VI.! Public Hearing for Low-Performing Schools

Mechelle Davis-Ivey, a teacher assistant, said she was troubled by the district plan and how it would affect her. She said that it scared her that the process being considering might cost people jobs. She said that schools need the support of families, and partnerships are huge part of how children achieve. She said the district has wonderful teachers, but if they come to work scared it could cause them to leave. She said more thought needs to be put into the plan. Ronda Gordon, the president of the Forsyth County Association of Educators, said that 29 schools have been identified as low performing, and they deal with many concerns. These include more interventions in each classroom and more paperwork, but teachers no longer receive extra pay for it. Students have different needs, and they need different ways to address them. Increasing paperwork is not the means of addressing them, she said. She said she appreciated the Board’s support, and the district needs to find resources to address the issues. Jeff Shu, a teacher, thanked Dr. Emory and Ms. Jones for going to Raleigh for the government oversight committee meeting, which he likened to going to the principal’s office. He said he was embarrassed by reports of the way they were questioned. He said he hoped it would change legislators’ minds. We need better leadership in Raleigh, he said. Dorothy Barton thanked the district for the work in Raleigh. She said that legislators want to destroy education because they are motivated by privatization. She said she followed her father’s advice to follow the money to understand why something shady is going on. The sanctions in the law won’t do schools any good because it doesn’t offer anything to help, she said, and likened it to giving a soldier less ammunition after losing a battle. We feel like those soldiers, and we also feel we need to get rid of ignorant people in legislature, she said. Tony Cole, a teacher, said he had real concern for the administration at his school. After having four principals, his current principal is the most dynamic, but the school is considered failing. What’s that going to say about this person who’s the best I’ve ever seen, he asked, when in two years he could be out. Mr. Cole said that school grades correlated with poverty, with the schools earning Fs having the lowest per capita income. He said he taught a first-grader who didn’t recognize letters. He urged the Board to vote its conscience and vote for kids.

VII.! Public Hearing to Receive Naming Suggestions for Parkland High School’s Auditorium

No one signed up to speak to the Board. Before the meeting, Flonnie Anderson’s name had been submitted.

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VIII.! Public Comments on Agenda Items No one signed up to speak to the Board.

IX.! Discussion Items

A.! BELL Report on Summer Programs Jerri Haigler, the executive director in the Carolinas for BELL, and Rossi Wade Volley, the director of program operations in Winston-Salem, presented a report on the results of BELL’s summer programs for the district’s elementary and middle school students. The program served 1,108 third- and fourth-grade students from June 29 through July 30 at eight sites. Students attended from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. four days a week. The group included third-grade students who did not pass the end-of-grade test in reading, as required by the state’s Read to Achieve legislation, and other students who needed literacy help. The days included literacy instruction in the morning and enrichment activities in the afternoon. Students showed an average of two months in grade-equivalent reading gains. The program also served 478 students in grades 6-8 at two sites over the same time frame as the elementary students. Students received literacy and math instruction in the morning and enrichment activities in the afternoon. Students showed an average of two months in grade-equivalent reading gains and three months in grade-equivalent math gains. Strengths of the program were increases in communication between BELL and WS/FCS, good student engagement, and high quality staffing and training. Opportunities for improvement were identified as getting supplies and curriculum to sites earlier, recruiting students earlier, improving the staff recruitment process and strengthening the writing curriculum to align with the district. Ms. Haigler and Ms. Volley also presented the Peterkin Educational Leadership Award to Cynthia Rash, who was the program manager at Easton Elementary during the summer. Ms. Motsinger said she was concerned about students’ reading. She didn’t see the results she hoped to see, and asked what happened when the students returned to school. Ms. Haigler said that students were far behind to begin with, and that growth was very important. The students did not fall further behind. She also said that changes to the tests that could be used also impacted results, as the Lexile level set by the state to show proficiency equates to late fourth grade. Ms. Motsinger asked if BELL had research that showed how students did six to 12 months after the program. Ms. Hagler said that they’ve tried to partner with districts to see how they did at the beginning of the following school year, but they don’t have the research yet. Ms. Motsinger said that if the BELL program changes students’ relationships to school, then she wanted to see if was consistent and maintained. Ms. Taylor asked what BELL’s research on follow-up looked like. Ms. Haigler said BELL needed to have a conversation about how to track students in the future.

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B.! Contract Award for Architectural Design – Konnoak Elementary School Darrell Walker, the assistant superintendent of operations, explained that funding was needed to award the contract to for the architect to design a new Konnoak Elementary. The design would be brought to the building-and-grounds committee in the spring. C.! Approval of Training for the Board of Education General Counsel Ali Tomberlin explained that 12 hours of training is required every two years, with two hours of ethics training within the first 12 months of being elected. The Board is allowed to approve which ones to count. Ms. Tomberlin said that the district’s school law training series counts one hour, and the training for orientation and grievance hearings counts for two hours of ethics. Ms. Motsinger asked that the Board include attending a state school board meeting and legislative committee meeting.

D.! Grant of Easements to City of Winston-Salem for Jamison Park Project Mr. Walker said that the easement would help the city along the bus road into the Meadowlark schools as the park is developed. The city would install a fence and gates to control access to the property.

E.! One Stop Word Shop Consultant Contract for Hall-Woodward Elementary School Principal Celena Tribby of Hall-Woodward said that her teachers felt that their students needed better vocabulary skills, especially when taking tests. She heard Leanne Nicholson speak about the importance of intensive vocabulary instruction and was impressed. She said that it would help because the school has English-language learners and others that come with a vocabulary deficit. The program included job-embedded professional development for teachers. The company will come in and work on lesson planning and more activities. Ms. Tribby said it would help increase the rigor at Hall-Woodward. In response to a question from Mr. Singletary, she said the instruction was research-based and the school had contracted with the company previously. Mr. Singletary said that he didn’t understand why the district would spend $20,000 to reinforce vocabulary when teachers could do it themselves. He said he would rather spend the money on books. Mr. Vic Johnson said that students need more work in spelling. Ms. Clark asked what kind of follow-up would be done to see if it worked. Ms. Tribby said the proposal had a pretest and a posttest. Dr. Emory said that the consultant gave evidence that the methods had worked in other schools. Mr. Singletary asked who would ensure the implementation of the program, and Ms. Tribby said she would as principal. Ms. Taylor said that she felt Ms. Tribby was on the right track, and Ms. Jones said that she applauded Ms. Tribby for advocating for her students.

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F.! Curriculum Committee Report Ms. Clark said that the committee discussed magnet schools, the choice assignment period, course assignment principles and EVAAS, a tool used to measure student growth.

G.! Policy Committee Report Mr. Singletary said that the committee discussed worker’s compensation and the schedule of committee meetings. H.! Finance Committee Report Mr. Barr said the committee learned about school pay, licensed employee pay, and recommended approval of a budget amendment and transfer.

X.! Action Items A.! Consider Approval of District Plan of Improvement Dr. Emory said the plan represented 81 schools with their own plans. The district is monitoring plans and this summer identified 31 schools in need of help based on growth – including some schools with school grades of A and B. She said she believes it’s an important process for all schools. She said that staff recommended this plan, and she appreciated the public comments. She said that schools and teachers are doing amazing jobs with all kinds of resources. Ms. Motsinger said that one of Dr. Emory’s goals is to have a school system, not a system of schools. She said that this plan shows the team coming together, and that it’s important that the school district is always improving. Mr. Singletary said that this plan of improvement is a clear example that with the help of Dr. Emory and this board, the district is moving from system of schools to a school system. He said the fact that this district identified more challenged schools than the state shows its involvement in the schools. Mr. Johnson said he supported Dr. Emory and that she has done more with summer programs the past two years than the previous 20 years. On motion by Ms. Motsinger and second by Mr. Singletary, the Board voted unanimously to approve the District Plan of Improvement. B.! Consider Approval of Contract Award for Architectural Design for Konnoak

Elementary School On motion by Ms. Calvert-Hayes and second by Ms. Clark, the Board voted unanimously to approve the contract for the architectural design for Konnoak Elementary School. C.! Consider Approval of Training for the Board of Education Mr. Mark Johnson said that he didn’t want to abuse board authority and was against counting state school board meetings and legislative committee meetings toward training requirements.

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Ms. Motsinger made the motion to approve the training with the addition of State Board of Education meetings and state legislative hearings, and Ms. Taylor seconded the motion. The Board voted 7-2 to approve the training, with Ms. Jones and Mr. Mark Johnson voting against. D.! Consider Grant of Easements to City of Winston-Salem for Jamison Park Project On motion by Mr. Barr and second by Ms. Calvert-Hayes, the Board voted unanimously to grant the easements to the City of Winston-Salem. E.! Consider Approval of One Stop Word Shop Consultant Contract for Hall-

Woodward Elementary School On motion by Ms. Taylor and second by Mr. Vic Johnson, the Board voted 8-1 to approve the contract with One Stop Word Shop Consultant. Mr. Singletary voted against the motion.

XI.! Consent Agenda Items

A.! Approval of Minutes of September 29, 2015 B.! General Personnel Report On motion by Mr. Singletary and second by Ms. Taylor, the Board voted unanimously to approve Consent Agenda Items A-B.

XII.! Meeting Open to the Public Gene Trippe said that he had not addressed the Board for a while and that he was feeling better. He said that a Nov. 5 newspaper story bothered him because it showed that Kimberley Park Elementary is a resegregated school because the picture didn’t show any white students. He asked if the board wanted to send the message that it has segregated schools, and that he hoped not. Mr. Mark Johnson pointed out that his wife, cousin and grandparents were attending the meeting and thanked them for his support.

XIII.! Adjournment

No additional items were brought before the Board. On motion by Mr. Barr and second by Ms. Taylor, the Board voted unanimously to adjourn at 8:30 p.m.

Dana Caudill Jones, Chairman Beverly R. Emory, Superintendent

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WINSTON-SALEM/FORSYTH COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MINUTES – December 8, 2015

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BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Dana Caudill Jones, Chair Robert Barr Lida Calvert-Hayes

Lori Goins Clark Mark Johnson Vic Johnson, Jr. Elisabeth Motsinger Deanna Taylor BOARD SECRETARY Beverly R. Emory SENIOR STAFF: Carol Montague-Davis

Steve Oates Chick Plunkett

Kenneth Simington Darrell Walker Dana Wrights GENERAL COUNSEL: Allison Tomberlin BOARD RECORDER: Theo Helm

I.! Call to Order Board Chairman Dana Caudill Jones called the meeting to order at 5:15 p.m.

II.! Closed Session to Discuss a Personnel Matter in Accordance with Article 21A of Chapter

115C of the N.C. General Statutes and to Discuss a Legal Matter On motion by Robert Barr and second by Lori Goins Clark, the Board voted unanimously to adjourn to closed session to discuss a personnel matter in accordance with Article 21A of Chapter 115C of the North Carolina General Statutes and to discuss a legal matter. The Board adjourned to closed session at 5:15 p.m.

III.! Return to Open Session On motion by Elisabeth Motsinger and second by Deanna Taylor, the board voted unanimously to return to open session at 6:36 p.m. On motion by Ms. Motsinger and second by Ms. Taylor, the board voted unanimously to name Dionne Jenkins interim general counsel for 90 days.


Ms. Jones led the Pledge of Allegiance and gave the invocation.

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V.! Election of Chair and Vice-Chair Ms. Motsinger nominated Ms. Jones to serve as chair, and Lida Calvert-Hayes seconded the nomination. The nomination was approved unanimously. Ms. Calvert-Hayes nominated Mr. Barr to serve as vice-chair, and Ms. Taylor seconded the nomination. The nomination was approved unanimously. Both Ms. Jones and Mr. Barr thanked the Board for its support.

VI.! Agenda Review

On motion by Vic Johnson and second by Ms. Taylor, the board voted unanimously to approve the agenda as written.

VII.! Special Recognitions

2015 Teacher of the Year Charity Sutphin, Parkland High School Boys 1A State Team Champion, Cross Country Walkertown High School Boys 4A State Team Champion, Cross Country Mount Tabor High School Holiday Card Winners Dana Caudill Jones’ Choice Lenora Blalock, Grade 5 Caleb’s Creek Elementary School Alana Matthews, Art Teacher Dr. Beverly Emory’s Choice Asly Cisneros-Noyola, Grade 12 Glenn High School Erin Jones, Art Teacher Robert Barr’s Choice Michaela Hernandez, Grade 11 West Forsyth High School Nathan Newsome, Art Teacher Lori Goins Clark’s Choice Eduardo Diaz, Grade 9 North Forsyth High School Lana Stephens, Art Teacher

Lida Calvert-Hayes’ Choice Reilly Calvert, Grade 5 Meadowlark Elementary School Melanie Messick Lyon, Art Teacher Mark Johnson’s Choice Isaac Hampton, Grade 8 Kernersville Middle School Sara Young, Art Teacher Victor Johnson’s Choice Hannah Hayes, Grade 7 East Forsyth Middle School Julie Lewis Stephen, Art Teacher Elisabeth Motsinger’s Choice R. B., Grade 12 Carter High School Elizabeth Singley, Art Teacher

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David Singletary’s Choice Cora Layher, Grade 8 Hanes Magnet School Barbara Butryn, Art Teacher

Deanna Taylor’s Choice Marisela Zacapala, Grade 5 Easton Elementary School Adele Randall, Art Teacher

VIII.! Public Comments on Agenda Items No one signed up to speak to the Board.

IX.! Discussion Items

A.! Update on School Improvement Plan Reviews and School Support Teams Carol Montague-Davis, the assistant superintendent for secondary administration, explained the process of reviewing school improvement plans. She said it aligned with the district’s priority to provide schools and departments the differentiated support they need to maximize student outcomes. She said that 12 teams helped schools by reviewing plans, conducting learning walks at the schools to provide feedback and then help schools write their plans for 2016-18. She thanked the 12 facilitators who led the teams: Benika Thompson, Andy Kraft, Janie Costello, Velvet Simington, David Sisk, Amy Nail, Paula Wilkins, Alex Hoskins, Sam Dempsey, Leslie Baldwin, Heather Horton and Deborah Hartman. Superintendent Beverly Emory said that this level of support has generally just been for Title I schools in the past, and that feedback has been positive from non-Title I schools to receive similar support. She said that the district was also trying to combine Title I compliance, school improvement plans and low-performing schools’ requirements to reduce work for schools. She said that the teams have helped changed the mentality that central office just creates things to do at the school level. B.! Building and Grounds Committee Report Mark Johnson said that the committee recommended using lottery funds to pay construction debt, reviewed DPI facility needs assessment done ever, discussed traffic study and cost estimates to improve traffic around schools.

X.! Action Items

A.! Consider Approval and Authorization of Education Lottery Funds for Payment 2007A and 2008 Bond Debt Service

On motion by Mr. Vic Johnson and second by Ms. Calvert-Hayes, the Board voted unanimously to authorize the use of lottery funds for payment of 2007 and 2008 debt service. B.! Consider Approval of Revisions to Policy 9000, Bylaws of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth

County Board of Education On motion by Ms. Clark and second by Mr. Vic Johnson, the Board voted unanimously to approve the revisions to Policy 9000.

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C.! Consider Approval of Budget Amendment and Transfer #1 On motion by Mr. Barr and second by Ms. Calvert-Hayes, the Board voted unanimously to approve the budget amendment and transfer. D.! Consider Approval of Lease: Union Cross Bobcats at Southeast Middle School On motion by Ms. Taylor and second by Mr. Vic Johnson, the Board voted unanimously to approve the lease for Union Cross Bobcats. E.! Consider Approval of Lease: Winston-Salem Tiny Tarheels at Ibraham Elementary

School On motion by Ms. Motsinger and second by Mr. Vic Johnson, the Board voted unanimously to approve the lease with the Winston-Salem Tiny Tarheels.

XI.! Consent Agenda A.! Approval of Minutes of October 6, 2015 B.! General Personnel Report On motion by Ms. Calvert-Hayes and second by Ms. Taylor, the Board voted unanimously to approve Consent Agenda Items A-B.

XII.! Meeting Open to the Public

No one signed up to speak to the Board. Ms. Motsinger said that it was General Counsel Ali Tomberlin’s last meeting with the Board. She said that Ms. Tomberlin served the Board well and would be missed.

XIII.! Closed Session

On motion by Mr. Vic Johnson and second by Ms. Calvert-Hayes, the Board voted unanimously to adjourn to closed session to discuss a personnel matter in accordance with Article 21A of Chapter 115C of the North Carolina General Statutes at 7:20 p.m.

XIV.! Return to Open Session

On motion by Ms. Taylor and second by Mr. Mark Johnson, the Board voted unanimously to return to open session at 8:30 p.m.

XV.! Adjournment

No additional items were brought before the Board. On motion by Mr. Barr and second by Ms. Taylor, the Board voted unanimously to adjourn at 8:30 p.m.

Dana Caudill Jones, Chairman Beverly R. Emory, Superintendent

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