James Hixson Board Room
Thursday, January 14, 2021
- 7:00pm
This meeting is a meeting of the Governing Board in public for the purpose of conducting the Career Center's business and is not to be considered a public community meeting. There will be time for public participation as indicated by a specified agenda item.
Mission Statement: Central Nine exists to engage and empower students by providing career-based instruction in an innovative learning environment. We make an IMPACT on our students' personal and professional SKILLS, which enables them to succeed in post-secondary and career opportunities.
We have put in an offer on lot 22 in Oldefield Commons off of Smith Valley Road. The offer is contingent on the appraisal and school board approval in February. The lot purchase will also include the architectural drawings for the house that will be built.
We have had five different architectural firms express interest in the RFI. January 22nd is when all the paperwork is due to Central Nine. Based on what comes to us on that day, we will determine who will be interviewed on February 4th to become our architect moving forward.
On January 4th our staff engaged in a professional development session on cultural diversity and implicit bias with Terri Roberts-Leonard. The experience was eye opening for many of us and helpful for our staff to see ways to communicate and understand students and stakeholders while also realizing how we each interact and react to them.
We have a new batch of policy updates that a board member or to should look over in preparation for a first reading in February.
Discussed the duration of the current hybrid schedules each of our schools is on.
Discussed possibilities of getting staff vaccinated.
Discussed the Next Level Programs of study that all high schools and career centers are working through with the Governor's Workforce Cabinet. Some changes at C9 will be taking place with many programs. I plan to present these to the school board this spring.
Discussed the progress of the RFI.