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And the original intent of the property was to build a house on it, uh, have kids do that in building trades, too, and then sell the house and have that experience. But, uh, that class no longer does that portion of the curriculum, and there's no plan to use the property. So, actually, the district tried to sell the property back in 2014 and was unsuccessful. So, we're looking to sell this property with your permission. Um, it causes Mark's team a lot of work to maintain it. Um, and it it has no yield for the district. So, what you have here is a process that you guys have some choice in. Uh, it has to be a public bid, but you guys can decide to set a minimum price on the property. Um, and if you do so, then we can accept a bid at that price.
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Can I play a short video? Yeah. So in the top right hand corner is a video that I linked if it likes me. It is short, but it'll just help show you and explain to you what is I Ready. Hi, my name is Mark Bernstein. I'm a national director at Berkeam Associates, and we are the Ready people. For the student, I already studied that pinpoint math and reading skills down to the soft skill level. And number two, it's online learning that specific needs whether those needs are on, above or below level. I'd like to share four things you need to know about. Number one, the online. This means that students do question how to perform. If a student struggles, the questions get easier. If a student, the question becomes more once a student completes the diagnostics, the teacher will know exactly what the student needs.
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May I have a motion to approve to move exhibits policies from the policy manual and move to the administrative procedure manual unless otherwise required to remain in the policy manual as presented. So moved. Second for discussion. Okay.
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It's very hard when they're the same four letters. My point is, could they not also go on to the IASB policy manual and be like, "Oh, hey, we don't have that." When when they do decide they want it, press will then go and update it. I don't think putting it in our policy just so press keeps updating it is a reason to do it if there's another mechanic to being able to find the updated one when it's time. So, if I could offer a a couple things, one is from the information that Mr. Bowman sent um regarding the handling of exhibits. He did say, and I'm quoting this, they are not exhibits are not reference material, but rather items the board should be using to implement directives set forth in adopted board policy. If the board does not intend to use an exhibit to implement a policy, it can be deleted from the manual.
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You said that's where they was submitted. Has that been done? I don't know who I'm talking to. Oh, okay. No, ever last 10 years. What What kind of It may have been done when they first wrote the policy, but not on my to my knowledge, we've never received any sort of financial information from any boosters or PTO's or anything. Okay. So, what we can do is put out that request now and say the board is looking at this policy. We will get some information out to them. Um, and then we can update you through the FYI that it has been done or um if those submissions have been done. I think Jamie had a good point and I saw that word too. should should as opposed to shill mean should and just by that notion of the word should you can have some organizations say hey I don't have to but and is it the intent of the board with that policy to say this is something we want and should we include that word should we change that word or and again I don't want to be a stickler on this but I think whoever came about that policy at that time the board they were looking at some checks and balances here that's all and I think I feel good just them communicating the organizations communicating with the business uh department and saying hey this is our finance here it is and never even have to come to the board but long as we have that process in place and again we have policies we have board policies and I'm a stickler on policies and as well as all of us should be we should follow our policies best we could and there's other policies out there I'm sure that we have been a little because of not knowing the the full intent of the policies have not been following it but now when you know better you do better so and our freshman at one point at the title brought that up a couple weeks ago I'm like wow and I remember years ago that came up but it never got resolved to the intent that these organizations were following the policy.
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All right, meeting is adjourned. Everybody back to their positions. Good old number 17 at bat for Hopkins. Two outs. Base is loaded. Fall down in the dirt for a ball. Strike. One ball, one strike. That ball's down. Pitch is on for a ball. Two balls, one strike. And that's down in the door, too. Three balls, one strike. All right. Don't want a big hit, but don't want definitely don't want to walk walk down a run. That ball's in the air. It's going to be out of play. Hits a car. Parked along Stone Park here. Terrible place to park a car. It's like a full count here. Base is loaded. Two outs. Full count. Hard ground ball just gets by the third baseman. Petta ranging in to get it. Gets it in. Oh, another pass ball the third base, but this one's not going to cause any damage.
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So, we want to make sure that we know what those changes are so that when our kids graduate, they're ready um, and they have a leg up that they know what those tools are, those approaches. So um and then want to turn over to Lauren to highlight a piece of very um a wonderful piece of data. Um so thank you all for having us. Um it's really exciting to be here and I'm really excited to share this um data. So um you might have heard the superintendent um talk in the past about um our student staying within their career paths. Um and so as Pyota mentioned um when she began the presentation, our our focus is really looking at data and making data deform informed decisions. Um and one of those those uh decisions actually happened um several years ago. And sometimes when we implement an um a change, we don't really see the the results of that right away.
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[Music] Good morning everyone. It is our great pleasure to present the Mason Taylor Musician of the Year Award. An honor that recognizes not only outstanding musical achievement, but also character, dedication, and the impact a student has on our community. I've had the privilege of working with this incredible student since they were in fifth grade. From the very beginning, it was clear that they had something special. Not just talent, but passion, focus, and a willingness to go above and beyond to grow as a musician. Over the years, I've watched their dedication turn into true artistry. They've consistently impressed directors and clinicians at our festival competitions. always earning high praise. And on multiple occasions, they have recognized or been recognized with outstanding soloist awards, a rare and well-earned honor. But what truly sets this person or individual apart is not just their musical gift. It's their character.
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So we were trying to corral kids and we couldn't get it was really difficult to get the bus to come back and pick us up when we had scheduled instead of what was mistakenly communicated to the bus driver. So I I actually have and I'm happy you brought that one up. Um there were a couple of um incidences and uh we do a lot of field trips and so when those things happen they really stand out because it is outside the norm. Uh we have worked with our transportation director and our IT director and Dominic uh the director of finance to create a new process to book those buses in a more electronic and efficient way. So that um because there's two separate paperwork pieces and in that situation one was done correctly the other one was not and that created that miscommunication. Um, so we absolutely were aware of that and uh worked pretty quickly um to put in a new process for next year.
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Recognizing students who choose military service by name is a small gesture that carries lasting meaning. I respectfully urge the board to ensure these students are honored verbally also at Thursday's ceremony. Thank you. Thank you, [Music] Dylan. Our next speaker is uh Kaden [Applause] Covert. Did I get that right, Kayen? Okay, whenever you're ready. Um, personally, uh, congratulations on a finished school year. Uh, long one, but, um, I'm glad that, uh, we got through a completed school year. Um, I'm personally, uh, had a very enjoyable year. So, I'd like to thank you guys for doing that. Um, I'm also representing the Highland, uh, broadcasting program. Uh, for anyone back there that's in Highland broadcasting, would you guys raise your hand? All righty. Um, I, um, personally, uh, I also did, uh, some color commentary for the football crew this year. um did some camera work for the football crew as well.
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And if no bids come in, we can give it to a realtor to sell on our behalf. If you do not set a minimum bid, then we can either repost it again um or if there is a bid that we don't want, we can reject it, but we cannot give it to realtor if we do not set a price for the minimum cost. Questions? I think we're recommending and can object of setting a minimum cost of $50,000 and if it doesn't sell then we have the option of going to a real estate agent should we so choose. Anybody object to writing the resolution that way. Okay. No other questions. Um, I will entertain a motion to adopt the attached resolution authorizing the sale of real property located at 709 Leam Street by public bid at an amount not less than $50,000. So moved. So moved by Raquel.
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So, it eliminates the necessity to over test their children, thus allowing more time for teaching. Number two, the online instruction is personalized to the individual. Once a student completes the diagnostic, his or her deliverance, so we give each student their own pathway based on diagnostic results. that the student that we will get left to help that student will receive that's above grade level support for those who have gaps to fill and for those who are exceeding grade level expectations number three I is not a grading tool your child will get an A or C minus based on how they perform at I support students countable students gives students math and reading content that is right at their level. I help children to grow but is not used to assign grades. And number four, I is not designed to oppose the teacher. In every school district, teachers are your school asset.
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Any discussion? I I just want to ask I don't know if I like yield to Dr. White or uh to Dr. Thomas if if everybody just wants to go over the rationale one more time and and what's going to happen or what is being asked to consider right now. Sure. So um one of the things we've found in the course of our review of all the policies was that the exhibits can be part of policy or they can actually be moved to the administrative procedure manual. And we talked a little bit about that at the committee of the whole and one of the questions that the board had and and is a concern is will they first of all will the board be able to see those and second of all will they be able to be regularly updated. Um also uh we had talked about uh we were looking to do with the procedural manual exactly what we just did with the policy manual use the IASB process to get into like the press plus for procedural manuals.
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I think that there is an option that these and and they've got some that they recommended stay as uh in the policy manual, but they don't have to be in policy. And then they um also had some and this is what part of what these are that they were recommending be in procedures. So there is a way we can still do it. It wouldn't be the way press is where we get the red line strikeout now directly on the page. However, they still show up in the press packets that we get four times a year. So the those um press booklets that come out, we would still get those for exhibits even if the exhibits weren't in the policy. So those still show up on there. So if all the exhibits were moved to the procedural manual, we could still update those as they're coming.
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If I may, um I'm not also looking for a dance floor type of thing. Um it's a board policy. It was just more so just wondering how efficient are we? Um if we have a whole education foundation, what are they raising the money for and what are they doing with it? And if I'm only raising $3,000 a year, is it even effective? I don't know. So it was just more so how do we just even have conversations with our fundraising arms whether it's a PTO or boosters or whatever just to say so what y'all doing you know and just to know what's going on and how can we be better cuz what if we are only raising $1,000 a year I wonder if there's things that we could do differently or some ideas we could do to make the programming and the fundraising arms of these organizations better support our school board like you know their intent.
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There is two runs were able to get in there. That hard hit ball out to uh left field. Tough play here from Ben McKay. No chance to get to that ball. It was just right down the line. Now we have runners at uh second and third. Another ball down in the dirt. Another good stop. Shaw up at bat here for Hopkins. He's quickly ahead of the count. Two balls, no strikes. It's just outside. Good looking pitch. Just fell a little bit outside. Three balls. There's a base open. Their batter takes all the way. Three balls, one strike now. That's in there for a strike. Full count. Two outs. Runners in second and third. That's a ball. Loads them up again. We're going to have another meeting on the mound here. It's the second meeting of the inning. So, going to have a pitcher change here.
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Um and so what you're looking at here is actually um our our positive placement rates. And so if you're not familiar, as part of our Perkins report, every year we survey our graduates. Um, and what we're really looking for is are they staying within their career paths, are they um and and what what are our unemployment rates? Um, and so in 20 the class of 2023 was our first graduating class um under a new policy that you um some of you here were involved in implementing. Um, and that really prioritized students first choice, their shop selection. Um, and so we prioritized that. We we looked at our data and our enrollment numbers and um really wanted to emphasize students and and and supporting them in what their what their selection was for their career path. And um and so in our graduating class of 2023, you see this significant rise in placement where we have a 95% now positive placement.
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They're the kind of person who lifts up the entire ensemble, who leads with kindness, humility, and grace. They're supportive of their peers. They're respectful to their teachers and an absolute joy to work with. This year, something truly special happened. A generous donor from our community reached out and asked if they could give the gift of music to a student who has not only excelled musically, but also embodied integrity, perseverance, and heart. Without hesitation, this student came to mind for both of us. Thanks to this donor's kindness, this student will receive their very own instrument to carry with them into high school and beyond. And just a little shout out to Miss Hatch. She spent a lot of time repairing this instrument, cleaning it, and getting it ready for this kid. This award is named in honor of Mason Taylor, a student whose passion for music and strength of character left a lasting mark.
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I don't know who you're looking at, but I was very grateful for that. I'm so sorry this isn't a budget topic. I can't speak to this, but it's solved for next year. So budget. So like back spent money to solve it for spent money out of the budget. Okay, great. That happened. Great. Because that was a you know a question and a concern. So well thank you. Transportation I would love to You have any more budget questions? I'm absolutely happy to talk about budget. Thank you guys for all the work that you do. I appreciate it. Gale question. Welcome. Hi Gail Smith. Hi Gail. Go ahead. Um, I have a quick uh question about the gifted money that comes from the state and I was curious if that money is based on the number of gifted students that are enrolled in the district or does every school district get the same amount of money for their gifted program?
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Um I think we were very successful uh in working our way throughout the season of um just getting better and improving as a broadcasting program. Uh we won awards for short films uh as uh Jacob Frederick's mentioned in his last um in his last testimony. Um and we also won the year before. Um we um had a short film that I thought was um very intriguing, very entertaining um in the last year as well. Um, I think Mr. Clones has brought us like a very welcoming program. Uh, I entered the class as a freshman. I am currently a junior and I've taken broadcasting all three years of um, my high school career and Clonez has welcomed everyone with uh, open arms and I think um, all these kids over here can testify to that. And um, as you know, as you have we heard that the broadcasting program was getting cut.
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