So that's where really where I'm coming from in terms of what the actual consequences are at the school level. You know, it's not really I don't know if it's my place to insert myself there. Um, it it could be something to consider if you're thinking about like how these things would be handled on the outside of a school system. Do you want to handle them? They're handled differently outside of the school system. And so, do you want to handle them differently or you want to lump them together? But that's not a question for me to answer, you know, through this policy. Yeah. And I would say um if the range encompasses everything from you know a single ounce of alcohol to you know distribution of a dangerous narcotic substance then it may be able to be universal regardless of what the substance is and the nature of the I'll call it the event would really determine where would it um the the schoolbased response would be but as far as as far as the district's legal requirement to know I mean obviously if we have like a bootleger on campus but it could be a little bit different but I yeah so I think yeah I think that question is not for me to answer I just wanted to make sure everybody's aware that there's different requirements there and so I don't want them to get like muddled together really you feel like that third pair paragraph addresses what your uh intent is with the comment.
All right, that's it for our recognition portion and the fun part of the board meeting. If you'd like to stay for the business part, you're more than welcome to, but feel free to leave anytime you wish. A board member code of conduct review. Brian. All right. Thank you.
And there's really only one English word you can make out of that and it's epic. Um, so, so th those core values are something we want to we we have been instilling in our officers and we want them to take out with them in every day with every interaction they have with the public. The other thing we're really placing an emphasis on, you probably are familiar with community policing and there's a lot of words up on the screen right now. I'm not going to read them to you, but we really looked at three core community policing principles. And what they ultimately boil down to is that we as a police department need to work to build partnerships with all the stakeholders in the public. And the reason we need to do this is because it's really a selfish reason reason because for us to effectively do our job, we need the support and really the consent of the public for us to be successful.
All right. Thanks. Yep. All right. Uh, next up on the agenda, approval of summer seasonal assistance, maintenance, and custodial. Um, recommend approving summer seasonal assistance for one additional uh person. They we we approved six last month. They're looking for one additional worker. So, um, I need a motion and a second. to approve additional help for maintenance custodial help for the summer. That individual would be middle school, high school oriented and some outside work as far as mowing and the likes. It' be at the rate of 1550 an hour. So Monday through Thursday, 6:00 a.m. to 4 pm. They're looking at June 2nd through July 25th be the will be the span. So, not quite not quite too much. So, I'll make a motion to approve the seasonal assistance. I'll second. I have a motion and a second. All in favor? I I. None opposed. Up next, approval of food service prices for 2526 school year.
I mean, thank you for um thank you board members for not only allowing us to come and share how we done at contest but then also just allowing us to go on these steps and contest and giving these students the opportunity to grow as individuals in the reasons we have been like you said taking it next level at the national level. So, okay. So, before we dive into lifestyle judging, I want to give you guys an update of like what I've been doing with plan 3. So, um after the March board meeting when we were last here, I got in touch with the National Speaking. It all started off with the congratulations to someone to them informing me that they knew someone that has won the national free speaking contest back in 2017. I've had three practices with him and he's helped me tremendously. He's really helped me on the presentation of the creed but also my response to questions.
Thornsberry mentioned this in the like when we were talking about it in the work session, but the stairs, we're not doing we're not resurfacing those like with the whatever material it is. Um, we're doing something different with the stairs. Correct. Like the rubber. I thought we were putting a rubber down, but I don't remember. That's what that was my question. Yeah, I believe that it will be similar to uh what was in the uh science area that that type of flooring on there because there needs to be some type of non-stip uh slip um thing on there. There may be some type of treads or something on there now, but I think that uh would be part of the steps. Yes. Yes. Because I think they thought just trying to rough those up and try to do anything with the stairs themselves. So, they were just going to put something down on that.
They both partners uh also did the first phase of the renovation there at Forest Glenn. Thank you for that. Uh board questions, Miss Lawrence. Yes, Mr. Smith. As you know, I have a daughter of course. So, we're very excited to see these updates happening. Um it for just for members of the public who don't understand why these um updates were necessary because we did just update remind me the year again that we completed our I don't mean to put you on the spot. I know it was a minute ago but we have updated the school. It's 21 21. Okay. So, in 2021, we did update Forest Glenn, uh, which, you know, obviously was part of our blue ribbon project to touch all of our schools. Can you help the public understand why these additional changes are necessary to support Forest Glenn? Forest Glenn has been growing.
But that's a conversation we're going to have to really get input from parents on. So Al, this might be a question better for the principles, but what is the school policy? How do teachers I don't want to say behave because that's not the right word but how do they operate in a classroom? The kids got a device whether it's their own device or school's device and they're on a type and way teacher thinks like George said oh they're probably just doing that work. What is the procedure? Do you have a set time for them to be on a device working? If a kid just randomly opens a device says oh I'm taking my notes on my laptop. Is that allowed not allowed? What are you doing right now? Because the same thing with the cell phone policy, like we can write all the policies we want, but if they're not being enforced in the classroom, what's the point?
So in a nerve cell that happens to be a nerve cell right there nerve genes are on muscle cell muscle genes are on intestinal cell for example intestine genes are on but muscle genes are off nerve genes are off. So you see genes are turned off and turned on in some in an organized fashion and that's basically how you get this complex larvae. So let's think about so the experimental approach we use is we study mutants and the idea is that there if there are genes that are controlling the information that's making the egg the the worm those genes if we mutate that gene it should alter the development of the worm. So that's the idea. So we look for mutants that alter development and then we try to identify what those mutants can tell us because a mutation tells us there's a gene and that gene is controlling developmental process.
I want to make sure we stay on our path for policy tonight. Okay. Thank you, Michelle. You're on mute, Michelle. Sorry. Michelle, I don't know if you Okay. Sorry. Can you hear me? Uh, we heard you briefly. It looks like you're flipping back. How about now? Can you hear me? Yes. You're going in and out. I'm unmuted now. Thank you. Sorry, I'm outside. I've got a bad connection. Um, I just wanted to ask, can you just highlight real quickly the actual like can you point to the specific differences? Like I know you said, you know, we're going to go through and we're going to train as a as a group over the summer, but um what's the basically the estimated timeline to get this rolled out? Like you know, when we buy a math program, it takes us a year to buy it, a year to learn it, and then roll it out and it doesn't necessarily get rolled out the same way.
If allowing administrators to not seek truth, act on lies and perform mediocre, then yes, you all, the board of education are doing your job just fine. However, this community wants something vastly different. Poor leadership has continued for too long, and now is the time to create that change, mend the relationships he has broken, and earn our trust back. Thank you. Anybody [Music] else? Where would you like me to stand? I'll just I'll just do it from here. So, um, again, thank you for the opportunity to speak. Again, I'm Jeff Sudter representing the Likewise Steering Committee for Burlington and where we have over 150 community members who have signed a petition requesting that USD 244 allow a release time religious instruction program here at the school. This request is consistent with the 1952 Supreme Court ruling and supported by two Kansas attorney general's opinions allowing release time religious instruction for public school students during school hours provided the following are satisfied.
um is kind of what we're looking at um at this point. So my recommendation is for us to move forward with King Courts to refinish the high school middle school gym floor um to try to get the best amount of life out of it that we can get before we have to sand that thing back down bare bones. Any other questions about that? Is that about the same as ballpark that it's less cost? Yeah. Okay. So, he would just do the one. He would do the two coats. His recommendation is the two coats to try to get it to where it's going to maintain the life expectancy of at least a couple more years before we have to go go down to the wood and start over. Now, is he willing is he able to do that when we need to? Yes. Yeah. He's scheduled right now in 7th and 8th.
And I personally have been a team mom for I don't even know, eight years in volleyball. And I love teenagers. I love what they give back to this community. And when I find or see another person that is willing to invest into our youth, I mean, that just blows my mind because I hear constantly on social media and everywhere else, how disruptive our teens are, how, you know, oh, they're raised wrong or like all these crazy things about teenagers. And I think here is a man that loves them, that knows them, they are seen by him. Why in the world would we even consider not having him? Like that just literally broke my heart. So I was literally doing yard work. I saw it. I text my daughter and she is taking the final over at Yavapi and she's like, "Oh my gosh, mom, no way.
Hold on. I'm just ruding it now. I think my wonder is um are we going to be able to separate them if the policies I almost feel like then in that case we would have to do like a J I C H drug J IC H something other. I don't know I don't know how to do the code names but um for just alcohol but they would end up saying the same thing. Yeah. I just didn't want it to say, you know, I just wanted them to I just wanted to un I wanted to make it clear that law enforcement authorities, it doesn't have to say shall be contacted when it comes down to a student possessing alcohol is really the only thing I wanted to make sure was understood through this policy. Okay. because of our shadow. And so I I guess the way that it's written in the beginning when it's talking when you rewrote and said determines that you know drugs used for non-medical purposes are found in the possession of a student that makes sense.
Anybody any questions on the consent agenda? No. Can I please have a motion to approve the consent agenda? Motion. Second. Joe and Doug. Yes. Yes. Superintendent report. Mr. Gold. Okay. Just have a few things I want to talk about real quick. Uh the first one says, "Is the Illinois assessment of readiness update?" So, our students just took the IR test uh this last couple months, and I wanted to give you a little heads up on some changes that are coming our way with the I um in this document on exhibit 9, I I there's an interview with the state superintendent. I've been in some meetings where he's talked about some of this, and I thought this interview did a good job of capturing it. I'm just gonna you don't need to follow along in it. I'm just going to highlight a few things that he said that I want to point out.
And to do that, we have to build relationships. And when police departments have gotten in trouble in the past, it's because they haven't put forth that effort to build the relationships. And you end up with an us versus them type of mentality. And we want to be a part of the public and we believe we are part of the public not separate from it. This is probably this is not something I came up with. This is what's called a Pelonian principle. It's uh Sir Robert Peele who's considered the father of modern policing. This is almost 200 years old at this point. But you can see the highlighted section that the police are the public and the public are the police. And really what that means is it's incumbent upon every citizen that cares about the welfare of their community um to do certain tasks. And all the police are are a group of that public, a group of those same citizens who have been tasked with doing that.
Do we want to say anything about that? Sure. You know, I got lots of things. I wish I was easy like Tammy. I'm not. It's not. Um, just in case anybody doesn't know, I'm Becky's story and I'm your head of food service here. Um, multiple things. So, I know I know some of you might not understand how it works, but I am a fully self- sustaining entity inside of a school. So, the school doesn't give me any money. I don't take any money. Like we're all our own entities. Um so speaking along those lines, so this next year, like my funding from the government has already been cut $10,000 right off the top and it ends up being more like $15,000 once food comes into the mix from what the government provides for us. Um, so things are not going well. I mean, they're not terrible by any means, but they're not going the greatest.
I know Miss White can vouch and so can I. But we wish we could have video when I start first started to where I am now. I know myself. I know my father's made a huge difference and so has this. I still want to thank you for supporting me through this and allowing me to do the creed a couple of times in past meetings. I'm looking forward to my presentation of the grade Tuesday, June 17th. Exciting. So, after starting practice when school resumes, we started our season in December Congress where I was high overall individual winning the contest. Addison was close behind in 12. We were 13 reasons and finished overall in six. Hi, I'm Maline McCain. I'm gonna talk about a couple competitions. So, first we had Witco, which was on February 23rd, 2005. Um we competed at Wivestock judging and we March 18th attended the move invitational where the team overall 16th overall as we as we entered our junior and senior college contest we attended on March where the team sixth overall and 85 individual I was in the junior division where rash to 15th high individual in my division.
I think those are just clarifications just so we kind of know when we get asked about it. It would be great, but it's not something to to delay what we're doing. So Carrie, what we'll do is we'll add that and then once Pat gets these questions answered, we'll make sure we kick it out to the seven of you there then. Okay. But I I would agree with the steps. Cool. And it may be listed in in some of the submittals, but yeah, I just I didn't see that. So cool. Any other questions?
We added the preschool and kindergarten there uh after the renovation. So expanding uh classrooms uh because we have the portables out there that give them the necessary space right now. So we are adding six classrooms, two offices and a main restroom uh for the building that will put them at a good capacity. And when will the renovations estimated completion date be? Uh just over a year. We we look for that classrooms to be completed and in place for the fall of 26 school year. Any other questions regarding the Forest Glenn plans and specifications? Excuse me. Okay. Thank you for that, Mr. Smith. Moving on to 3.03, the update on catering RFPs. Mr. Matt Miles. Thank you, Madam President, members of the board. Dr. Smith. Back in February, uh, this board gave approval to, uh, put out an RFP to seek new catering vendors for use here at, uh, at the new LEC as well as this building, just other facilities throughout the district.