Do you have audio on? Well, I'll at least introduce my role. So, uh I'm associate editor of the paper. I it's the microphone talking to the mic. Uh I'm associate editor of the paper. Uh it's my second year on the paper. So I was a staff writer previously and then uh this year I was associate editor. Uh I'm kind of like Anakah's number two. Um we were assist were assisted by uh two assistant editors as well. And then in in addition to that we have 11 uh well 10 staff writers and then one game maker and one um cartoonist sort of writing uh the games and the cartoons is something that we added this year and it was good addition. Um so that's a little bit about what we do uh in addition to writing. So we have the podcast, we have the cartoon and then we have the games as well.
Thank you. All right. Anything else for Greg? Greg. We have a lot of activity happening around the athletic complex with our teams and our events going on, but also little kids events and families using the uh you know the outside athletic complex there. And it's just wonderful to see people just being out and about, getting fresh air and being active and uh it's really neat to see the families out and about and enjoying their time. Uh we just recently had our KISSA plan um approved from the state department of education focusing on structured literacy, professional development and again that focus on reading throughout the district will help benefit our students and our teachers uh with reading instruction which is very very important. So uh last part I have is uh I invited okay help me out Byron right? Byron, what's your last name? Byron Walker and Jack to come and share a little bit of information about um Opa Food Service Program.
So, um the funeral services for Brody will be at 10 o'clock on Wednesday at the Cath at the Catholic Church here in Claflin. Um, we requested no school districtwide for any any employees, faculty, staff, or students that want to attend the funeral proceedings throughout that morning and then in the afternoon as well. So, um, we still are going to have a good a cushion of a couple days in there if we need it for something crazy to happen. So, I would recommend that, um, we have no school in the district for Wednesday this week. to approve district motion by Kayla second and a second by Josh. All those in favor say I. I.
Um, and if you're not having fun as a teacher in the classroom, the kids aren't going to be wanting to be there. Um, and I'll just give one example and then I'll open it up to questions and I'll sit down. Um, you can see there the dog with the duck. Um, we we tried something new this year. Um, I think it's kind of funny. Um, but we gave a teacher a duck that's reflective of their personality. Um, that is Cody Ashen Brener's duck. He's our cooking um, club coach. So, it's a little cook, little chef. And when teachers go on long weekends or breaks, I can't wait to see what happens this summer. They take their ducks with them and they take pictures of their ducks doing things. And um, in our one of our pass through hallways, we've been posting all of these ducks.
Um I mean we basically have the format of the the different sections, right? The beginning up to the timelines and then the meaty part is the policies uh to um to go over and bullet points and then uh the last part is uh next steps and and um and recommendations. That's that that's that's easy. So, um I what we could do is if everybody's okay is to uh pick pick a policy or pick something that's a highlight from what we talked about and then insert it into the slide deck there and add some uh talking points and highlights that you feel are important for community council and governing board to go over. How does the governing board? Yeah. How does everybody feel about that? I think that's fine. Um, and if you're not gonna like if if we're not going to finish it within this meeting today, um, which I know is rich coming for me since I'm in a Sonic parking lot right now, but if we aren't going to finish it, then we probably need to just, um, find out who the speakers are and then have them touch base.
Does anybody have any questions on the consent agenda? Nope. Nope. Can I please have a motion to approve the consent agenda? Second. Doug and Tiffany. Yes. Yes. Yes. Superintendent report. Okay. I just have a short report tonight and it's uh regarding the there's a tiff district that exists in Fox Lake that is uh the near the old Dominics. The parking lot, the Old Dominics is and then the north north side of that parking lot's an empty lot. I've shared with you before that there's a uh they've now um changed it to residential tiff. There'll be uh apartment complexes within that tiff. So that that adds some complications for us uh in regards to having students uh coming to Big Hollow that are in that tiff district because we won't get the tax money from that tiff. Um what you have in exhibit nine is an intergovernmental agreement that was developed with uh uh Fox Lake the village Fox Lake uh Grant High School and Big Hollow.
So the first one was security and then the next one was really outside of that and so we are reconstruction. totally tearing down their existing styling that in the same in a much larger footprint, same spot just to give them better facilities there. What have you learned about our district and our needs and what kind of what do you see as our greatest challenge? So, what we know about your district um is that you have elementary schools, middle school, two middle school and a high school. Um we know that you've got growing enrollment and there are pressing enrollment needs at certain locations. Um we know that you community was very divided about the proposal to build a new high school. um and that there are many that think a a different approach to the facility needs for the district might be u warranted. And so that's why we propose a master planning public engagement process to truly figure out what are the real options for meeting it, vetting those options with the community and getting people sort of going in the same direction as opposed to trying to kind of continue a divided camp approach.
Motion. I got a motion to second. All in favor? I I guess we got any comments on those policy comments? All right, on to first reading of policy updates. [Music] Um, PO 1213.01 through AG754A. So, this is first reading for this month. We'll approve those next month uh upon uh second reading. New business, approval of bus driver stipen for active coaches. It's recommending that approval of $50 stipen for coaches who hold a CDL license and drive a bus requiring a CDL license to athletic events that they are coaching retroactive to March 1st, 2025. Need a motion and a second to approve that stipen for bus drivers for active coaches. I'll make a motion to approve the stipen for the active coaches. I'll second. I have a motion and a second. All in favor? I keep asking keep forgetting to ask your question. Okay. Uh, approval of live streaming board meeting stipens.
So, Um, so we would like to take any questions for uh anybody who might have any questions. Um, I don't know that this is this is necessarily a question. Um, just you once again uh stunned how how about the funding that they the grants could only supply the corporation. Um, is that every year type of a thing or is that just to get started? Um, I've contacted about three or four different foundations and people who might show an interest in that. Um, and Duke Energy was the most obvious one because they've got a vested interest in this. And um, publicity wise, it looks amazing for them to to have their name in the front of this. Um, and so she was on board right away. They have two different funding opportunities. One is a $2 to $5,000 one. The other one's a $10 to $15,000 one.
I played the video clip and they explained to the class what that word is and how what they've learned and how to use it in a sentence. So, like I said, this is vocabulary is an area that a goal that we're working on this year. And so, they're doing a great job. They really enjoy it. So, um I have to do a lot less um reminding reteing because it sticks. They have they um are able to make meaning uh of these words and these definitions. And then this is a tool that I'm super excited about. Um I went to the WEDA national conference in October and learned about this wonderful AI piece um that I brought back and I have been using it mo many times over. Um, I like the fact that it has the option to work on vocabulary and writing, which is, like I said, are two goals, but also it includes critical thinking, collaboration, reading, uh, strategies, summarizing, all the things that Mrs.
Bids came in at estimated cost. Uh good competitive bids. is a GMP contract for Davis and Associates for Crestview Elementary Edition is 5,731,457. Total project all in hard cost soft cost is at $7 million. Later in action items, I'll be bringing to the board a recommendation to approve this contract. Thank you, Mr. Smith. board.
And because our um facility is spread out a bit like most collaboratives, it allows people um out in midway to be able to participate as well. So um I also do, you know, building visits, program visits. Um we do walkthroughs where we get to know, you know, the students and the staff. I greet every Monday. I greet at one building or another students coming in for the week. Um so I I think it's just really being a person, you know, being vulnerable. When we opened school this year, I shared a story about um one of my brothers like we talked about the why. I wanted people to think about, you know, why do we do this work, right? Why are we here? Working with students and in collaborative sometimes, you know, days can be incredibly difficult. Um so why are we here? Why do we keep coming back?
So excellent. Michael, do you want to introduce you something? Oh, sure. Um I'm Mikey. I am a staff writer. I'm a senior. I joined this year. I'm not super big into writing. Um, but joining this club has kind of led me to write more, so I've been getting better at it. Um, and mostly I just joined the Spectrum because everyone in the club is super cool and I really really enjoy being around them and that's like the only reason I joined. Um, but I have a lot of fun, especially because I'm more on the media side. And so, we kind of combine um the newspaper and our media um uh thing. So, I I I think this club is super fun and I'm really glad uh we're being spotlighted tonight. Thank you very much. Yeah. Almost exactly a year ago from right now, I got a message on Reddit from a man claiming to be Aaron Foli.
They have a presentation on their services. Again, we're not deciding or doing anything specific, but uh again, food service has been a talk of the conversation that we've talked about here. Um and so, uh I'll turn it over to Jack and Byron just to share some information with the board. Hey. All right. As Craig said, my name's Jack Kane. Uh, I worked for Oprah for 8 years. Before that, I was in Kansas education 35 years. Uh, 29 of those was at Canon Gava where I grew up. And then I was superintendent at Iola uh 2013 to 2017. That's where I kind of ran into HA. Uh we were having issues with the food service. I didn't even know what a food service management company was until then and um so after I retired, they asked me to uh tell someone. So uh here I am.
Any opposed? Same sign. Motion passes. And then uh tennis courts. Michael Ryan's going to talk to us. Forgive me if I screw some up. here. It's my first board real board meeting I've ever really been to. So, I could experience something today. Um, and feel free to interrupt whenever you want to. Um, it'll help me out a little bit probably. All right. So, the main goal today is basically to, uh, get the green light to move forward and hope that or so I can see if people in the community are interested in pursuing it. Um, uh, one of my biggest frustrations here in tennis over the last couple years is I or we just don't have the space that we need to give the kids the best experience possible. I don't think I came from Smoky Valley where we had eight beautiful tennis courts and we had and we have more kids out here than they have at Smoky Valley.
There's everything from cruises to football games to to um apparently a dog trying to eat it. Um he said he smeared peanut butter on the bottom of it to get the dog to do that. So I'm like, "Okay, of course you did." Um because if you're not having fun at work, what's the point of doing that? Um this is my the end of my 32nd year in education and I can honestly say that I've never worked at a better place with better people um and had more fun doing it.
I'm happy to support speaking. Um, and then it's I I I feel like a couple of people said that they wanted to present. We just get all those people together so that way we can like create the like common the theme slides for community council. Does that make sense? If everybody's going to take a policy, you'll need a time to come together and think about um patterns and trends we saw in our work. Okay. Um All right. Uh so let's make sure we're all working off of the same one. Um, do we want to use the one that has more slides or the one that has less slides? I kind of feel like the one that has more slides is a good uh template because that has that already has a little template there of uh policies that were viewed so far. Does anybody have an issue with that?
We've been working on this and I will tell you that um I'll give you the the basics of it and then um kind of share some input from our attorney as well. Um, we have a cost per student at Big Hollow. That that's through the audit. We're we we get we break out what our costs per student are. Um, we also have through the audit, we know how much revenue we're getting from the state per student. Uh, the difference in that we would hope would be made up by local taxes. Um what the tiff states is that however many students are inside that tiff uh in that who live in within that tiff district every year we'll send a report to the tiff district. If we have 10 students we'll send a report that says we have 10 students and then they will pay us our cost per pupil uh for for those students.
with all of your projects with the schools, have you ever helped the districts with grants or are you familiar with the grant process for Sure. Um we're not a dedicated grant writer, so we'll just throw that out there. But they are things that we work with uh all the time. So um you know from the small the you know school maintenance grants we work with all of our clients to pursue those on a yearly basis up to the very large you know we worked with one of our clients to secure a grant that was uh nearly $2 million uh to help renovate the building in a method that they were looking for was something that was very environmentally driven. But so yes, we are very familiar with that process and ready to step in and support you in pursuit of those grants. Obviously back in the day school construction um with the master planning um how long we did a uh what was it a enrollment study um so is that something that um you would be able to use and um would that in any appreciable way uh shorten the time frame for conducting a master plan?
It's recommended approval of a $75 stipen for the first three hours minimum and an additional $25 an hour for any additional time. And and I'm not mistaken, this is for our live streamer guy back here. Correct. That's that's what we're talking about. Not not for board members when the meetings go along, right? We don't get it $75. So this is this is to pay our IT guys that are that are doing our live stream here. So, it'll be $75 automatically unless it goes over three hours. And at that point, it'll be $25 an hour additional. So, I need a motion in a second to approve that live stream board meeting stipened. I'll make a motion to approve the live streaming board meeting stipen. I'll second it. I have a motion in a second.