[applause] >> Last but not least, a fifth grade gentleman from Mrs. Holland's class, Tristan Kimmel. Mrs. Holland reports. Kristen comes to school every day with a smile and just great sense of humor. She loves having Kristen in his class. He's only starting to reach into his full potential and she cannot wait to see what the future holds here. [applause] Head this way. >> [clears throat] >> One, two, three. One, two, three. One more smile. [applause] >> All right. Congratulations to everyone. At this time, we will let you know that we're here for you. If you do want to sneak out, this is that time to do that. You are welcome to stay. We have a board meeting to continue with, but you have to do [laughter] >> [laughter] >> Sorry about that. All right, we'll go ahead and continue on. Um, at this point, I would like to get a motion uh to approve uh number five consent items A through L.
Uh the other nice thing about this is is that at any one time myself or andor our school resource officer or any administrator can see all of the visitors that we have in the school. So like if we have vendors in the school um that are working on something, we can see that. Um so um this is part of what's called Raptor Technologies. Raptor is built around the I love you guys, which does a lot of school safety initiatives and training. Um this would um go right along with our current um u system that we have in place as far as lockdown procedures and those types of things. The system will cost a one-time expense of $2,590 and an ongoing annual expense of $2388. That first one is mainly just for like the labels, the printers to print out the labels and those types of things.
Happy to hear what you all are going to share tonight. And Ella, thank you for being here. >> Yes. Uh so, thank you for having us. Uh the goal of the ASM is to provide a college preparatory environment for students and we combine that with some uh unique community-based experiences where students actually get to go out to our local universities, healthcare institutions and science industry partners to make uh you know an informed decision about what do they want to do? What is it really like to be a scientist or a medical professional? And so um we have uh you know grown significantly over the past 15 years. We started with 50 students and today we currently have uh 200 over 250 students enrolled representing nine different high schools um from Vanderberg and surrounding counties. And so we're really proud of that uh achievement. Um, and I think another uh aspect of our program that I think highlights our uh goal or um achieving our goal is our graduates.
Several projects we have underway. All we have tonight. >> Any questions for Chris or Mike? Legislation session at this point in time. Bills of that passed in the House or the Senate. They have crossed aisles now. So they're those are in committee and discussing them. Uh next week the rural schools association will have a uh a meeting down to state house to have an opportunity to possibly meet with legislators. So I'll be heading down there to do that and trying to do some lobbying for for Cana Key Valley. Those are all the items we have for the work session. You have any items for us at this time? Okay. Well, we will close the work session.
Is there a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Motion by Milt. Is there a second? >> Second. >> See, you got your minutes. >> Second by Mike. Uh, any further discussion? If not, all those in favor signify by a sign of I. >> I. Same sign for opposed. With none, it is approved. 5 Z. We're back up to Fair View. Where you at? There you go. >> Come back. >> Sorry, I thought I was going to lose my technology. You never know what you're going to get. Am I right, Jason? >> I was a little nervous. Okay, you guys saw your little gift that you got. It's exciting and it's all part of our theme. We're all into themes at Fair View. So, we hope that you enjoy our presentation. Thank you so much for having us. Uh this year, we would love to share with you how we feel that Fairview isn't just a school.
>> Good evening Madam President, Dr. Smith and members of the board. Uh this evening I bring to you a request to submit an RFP for our Chromebook devices. In MSDLT we order uh Chromebooks every spring for grades 2, six, and nine. Sometimes we do have shortfalls in a few of our other grades and we need to um supplement that, but mostly um that's part of our refresh cycle, those three grade levels. Um, so we would like to uh put out an RFP and um get some uh bids some from some vendors and I hope to have a um recommendation back to you at the March meeting. >> Thank you Mr. Harsha.
Cora up. But I'm really excited to see all the folks that have come out this evening, including all of our dlo students and families. It is really cold out there. So, you have braved the weather and here you are. And I know that you'll have some stories to tell us that I'm sure will um allow us to gain some insight into all the wonderful things happening at the dlo. So, Mrs. Coria, you have quite a crowd here. >> I think they brought a lot of support. They sure did. >> You know, it takes a village and everyone is showed up for everyone today. So, it's a great way to start.
um we are going to be watching that enrollment trend super carefully um rather than just okay you know we've never had to we haven't gone backwards in a while. We haven't had a a retraction in so long. So every year we're just we've been adding adding adding adding. So this so we it this is a moment to take pause analyze our enrollment trends and then make the necessary adjustments again with a scalpel um uh very fine you know tuned decision- making. with that. Um, we're monitoring all of the policies right now that are out there. We're monitoring legislation, monitoring what's happening at the federal government. Um, I have a slide. I'll show you that something that it just came today. I got I got one from our state department and then they issued another one kind of confirming today and I'll pull that up. That's the next slide.
Um so that's a pretty intense process and we're paying somebody to like write the grant. It still requires a lot on my end to get that up and going. So working on that with I think shivers is his last name Bush. Um so a couple things that we're looking to propose as changes to our We have some surveys out that they put together for us. Um, but we've talked about number one, I mean, the lady that's kind of in charge of grants agreement have all and our evaluators have all been very upfront like saying we need to have a plan in case we don't get granted because we've already had like at least three cycles. And so like one of the points of 21st century funding is for you to be developing a sustainability plan as you have that Um, so I just want to put that out there like I think as a board, you know, like you need to be thinking like what if because even let's just say we don't get it regranted and we decide that we still need that service.
Friday night, last Friday night's basketball game, our four-year-olds and our kindergarten classes signed the pledge of allegiance and did a fantastic job. Fifth grade student Ellie McKenna was selected as our CPS student of the week. She's the daughter of Brett and Tracy McKenna. We also had an art contest winner. Um, sixth grade Dory RP won first place in a Kansas State Department of Transportation Division of Aviation poster contest. Her poster will go on to Washington DC for the next round of competition and she'll be honored at a ceremony at a later date. Looking ahead, we have our Valentine's parties this Friday. Next Monday, we go to Lions for inservice. Our first graders go to the Clockland Community Center and the Hollywood Legion on the 19th. We have spring pictures coming up on the 24th. There'll be no preschool on the 27th. This is the day that the preschool teachers have a chance to plan.
When Marcelina needs clarification, she doesn't hesitate to ask questions. If a classmate needs help, she is willing to lend a helping hand. Miss Cypriano is very proud of Marcelina. When she grows up, she would like to be a doctor. >> She wants a hard love. Ready? There we go. There you are. from Miss Yazy's third grade class is Ilana Martin. Iliana consistently demonstrates excellence in both her academic performance and character. She reg regularly earns high scores and produces thoughtful high-quality work that reflects her dedication and work ethic. Beyond her own achievements, she is always willing to help her classmates, offering support and encouragement when needed. Her kindness and respect for others help create a classroom environment where everyone feels safe, valued, and confident to learn. She is a wonderful model student, and Miss Yazy is grateful to have her in her class. She is truly deserving of student of the month.
Moody will break off and go check on the on the kiddos for us. Um, so that's a huge thing, building those positive relationships and then that's our biggest opportunity throughout the day to interact with with a huge number of the kids. Um, other than maybe recess and lunch times. So that's one of our big things. Um, monthly safety drills, lockdowns, evacuations, shelters in place. Have to do at least one of those every month at every campus and we kind of rotate through them so that the kids experience all the different pieces and the staff do too. Um, you know, we go in and kind of sometimes kind of bang on the doors, try our keys, see how they well they've done it barricading their doors and they'll, you know, we'll say, you know, please open up and make sure that they aren't doing that. Um, you know, we train the kids to be respectful and and courteous.
Do you regret it?" He said, "No, I don't regret it. I feel it was worth it. It taught me good life skills I can bring to college. It is good to learn, but it's good to learn and have good academics, but also I love tennis. It helped me balance balance two things I'm passionate about, which is a useful skill for college." I thought that was amazing that he could see this and see these kind of different bounds that he goes through and how he learns he has to take this balance and do it something good because it's going to be really beneficial to him outside of outside of Stevenson and going into college. Moving on for our next meet Monday. This is Aradia. She is on student council on my very own and this is she's trying to become an officer next year which is a huge thing.
Uh, does anybody have any questions on the foyer requests? >> No. >> Does anybody have any questions on the monthly reports for the board? >> Uh, the next regularly scheduled board meeting will take place on Monday, March 9th, 2026, close session beginning at 6 pm. Uh, we do need to enter into a second close session tonight.
Um, it's been a great time every time. One of my favorite parts is actually getting to work with any students that make it from our own schools because it um it's just a different different experience than you get, you know, with with with our personal crews. So, you get to experience kids from all over the state. Um [clears throat] and then you get to experience our kids working with other kids and representing our schools in a great way. So, we also had two kids from North. I don't know if they're they were here. Okay, cool. They were great, too. We love them. So, [laughter] Mrs. Mo, she was part of the crew. Um, Mo, you want to say a couple things? >> Hi, I'm Mo. I'm a senior at Downer's Grove South. Um, it was a really fun experience and I'm glad that I was pushed to do it and that I was accepted into it.
We've really seen quite an increase of students who have attended this uh program over the years. Um we're really intentional about inviting students that attend our early learning center as well as as well as reach out to our community and encourage our early learners to attend the step up to kindergarten experience as they transition to kindergarten. Uh this year it'll be held at Long Beach and Old Post and it'll be early August to really kind of capture that essential learning as they transition into kindergarten. Uh we are excited to continue to provide maker spaces in our elementary schools this summer. This is something we started several years ago. It's really that opportunity for kids to create and innovate. Um we have a variety of different resources and we've provided training over the years to help our teachers really create those amazing spaces for kids. And we include our families too.
So I really appreciate all of their work. As you can see, we have amazing students and sponsors here at Middle School West. >> Thank you, Mr. Chief. >> Thank you.
Um Tanner here has also helped to record choir concerts. Yeah, for this choir concert, uh, all the bad weather we've had, you know, it's really sucks for all that bad weather and they couldn't go to these competitions that they wanted to go to. So, they had me come in with a video camera and I recorded a choir concert for them so they can send out to these judges and get do the contest like they wanted to. >> So, yeah. So, we are just available as a resource for any staff or administrator who would need video editing, graphic editing, or anything of that nature. So, Thank you so much for your time.
She is our secretary in the high school on if you and your family want to come on up. And Miss Witchman and I'm going to read to you what was submitted for Anna. Anna's diligent, organized, compassionate, and professional are the four words that come to mind when I think of Anna. She she is the secretary at the high school and we are so blessed to have her in this role. Anna is the first person you see in the mornings and she's always polite and pleasant when greeting you and I agree with that. >> Students adore Anna as she knows all of their all of them by name. I often hear Anna talking to students about their day and congratulating them on their accomplishments. Not only does Anna take care of our front office, but she takes care of our staff. There's not a week that she that goes by that Anna does not bake homemade treats for our teachers and instructional assistance.
A being the minutes for the January 12th, 2026 regular meeting, regular board meeting and the board of finance meeting. Uh 5B, the minutes for the January 21st, 2026 work session. Uh C, the monthly imperial claims fund transfer report. 5D, the approval of the monthly financial report as submitted by the treasurer. And then of course 5E through L, we have a couple internal transfers and recommendations here as well as a fundraiser for the fancy pants art society and culinary. Um actually that's an event um student and parent night. Uh deli choir's perfect pastries that's March 16th. And then of course the sophomore class has the laundry detergent fundraiser March 1st through the 30th. I'd like to get a motion to discuss 5 A through L as >> Mr. President consent items.