So, it was your direction. I I we can look to um you know, put out an opening for an assistant director and see what type of applicants we get. >> Yeah. And it's not just like the succession planning also, but like >> he needs >> we need to have Absolutely. >> I mean, if at 10:00 at night and on Saturday morning and Sunday morning and >> if something happened where he couldn't those pipes for those chillers and we got that cold spell, we'd have lost two chillers. >> Yeah. >> And that's hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment. >> Yes. So, >> yeah. So, we need two employees just for the fact of having two work. >> Yeah. and also learning all the things he does >> and and that and and they'll that person will also do lots of other things too. Of course, our great manages the janitorial staff bill.
But we don't use that road very often. So pretty. I'll reach out to the city and see if it's not the city or if it's in the county and I'll try to get what it cost to sell that road and then I'll bring that back to you guys. >> Okay. So, a couple other items. Um, we have started our property insurance this year um for renewal. Um so we have ball rolling on that in the right direction. Um have a lot of sickness going on in the district right now between um all the buildings. We do not have school on Monday. So uh we have an inservice day. So we're going to hope doing some disinfecting kind of during that day. But, you know, if our numbers keep projecting the way that they are, we might be having a conversation later without having to have a day just to get in the building next week as well.
>> Are you available on the second? >> I am. It just it just seems like it's like really quick for them to their stuff together to present it. Unless we're just >> 35th, >> huh? >> What about the 4th 35th? Because I would I would >> the fourth maybe. >> Fourth. >> Oh, but that's still the week of spring break. >> No, it's following the following week. >> Oh, okay. >> The fourth. the fourth. >> Okay. Anybody want to make a motion uh to move it to March 4th? Wednesday, March 4th. >> I'll go ahead and make the motion to move our March date, our March meeting to March 4th. >> Second. >> Motion made by Miss Hendris, second by Miss Leonard. >> All those in favor of this motion, Kathleen Vano, >> Siao, >> Leonard. Motion carries. >> Thank you. Uh number seven, discussion and possible approval.
>> Yeah. >> Um it was on page 90 something like that. Yeah. >> Uh 90. Yeah. Was the starting. >> Okay. >> All right. Uh any questions for Miss Wolf on this one? >> All right. This too is a an action item and I will entertain a motion. >> I'll make that motion. I move to approve the updated HR documentation for speech and language pathology training facial technician network administrator IT director curriculum and ed tech coordinator career exploration teacher digital media arts teacher and teacher on assignment at HMS >> second all in favor I all right item 9A a uh CVHS course description for fiscal for school year 2627. >> Hello ladies again. So um you have in front of you are course descriptions for 2627 school year and what crossed out are things that we're we'd like to remove from the course description book and highlights are what we'd like to add.
We share offices. You know there's the west math and science east math and science. So I'm seeing an opportunity there. to reach out to my math friends. >> Thank you. >> Well, thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> You all are welcome to stay. >> I told them they could leave. >> Things are going downhill. Very >> good. Thank you too. Have a good night. >> Thank you. >> Make Rona stay. >> Just Rona though, right? Right under the thing. >> All right, that was cool. >> Yeah. >> Um, next item is textbook recommendations for uh next school year. Uh, this is a first reading. Correct. Um, so nothing for the board to uh act on tonight. Uh, although um there is a spreadsheet there. Uh, looks like Mark, we only have one >> very small >> recommendation for next year. Um >> is that because we're now everything's online >> pretty much >> for the most part?
So the same data will be for south. You can see at south we're at 97.9. You can round up to obviously 98, but we're going to keep it that way. Um but amazing right like our team is engaging um and this is the first time we're looking at it that this way for our CS perspective. So again great credit to our leaders in the in the building. And then the next um slide goes back to the South High Alpha and you can see their numbers are a little higher which you look at the blue. Those are the ones that meet those the unique students that meet the three um areas that we're looking at. Um but you can also see it dip down last year but all of the 61 did have problem solving meetings and then you can see that 426 unique students also had problem solving meetings.
Okay. >> Um uh unfortunately for some of them and the types of when they come in, there's attorney review that's involved in those. So, they become very cost um overwhelming for our system. And so when you see penning, it's because we've gotten a voluminous number of reports. Yeah. >> And so, but they are all time bound and there are very specific guidelines that are communicated to the individual about when they'll get the final response. >> Heather, Dr. Concade, this lives in your department specifically. So you want to add to that? >> So there is an initial timeline, but we do have the ability to request additional time. So as Dr. Kagatti mentioned, we do remain within those. Sometimes there is um some additional dialogue in um in situations where the FOYA is just too broad. It's either voluminous or potentially no record. So there is communication though within and we stay within the guidelines >> um even uh when there are attorney uh communications.
Parent. Yes. as you stated that uh the state board of accounts require that if a check has not been cleared within the past two years that we have to present those checks to you in the list and then uh you approve those to be receeded back into the fund in which it was originally uh rolled out of and I recommend your approval. Board members, I'll entertain a motion. I move that the board school trustees receipt said warrants back into original funds. >> Second. >> Motion by Jennifer, seconded by Mike. All those in favor? That motion passes 5.
We've also increase the maintenance and utilities budget. So I mean you've heard me talk many times about our aging facilities and what we're doing. We're doing everything we can but it it what we have is not sufficient to fix what what goes wrong in these buildings. We have made an adjustment uh to the maintenance and utilities budget for $365,000. That is not for major repairs or or improvements. That's just day-to-day fixes and routine maintenance. Um so sounds like a bit of money, but when it's spread over the six building, the six school buildings, it's not a lot of money and um it's probably not enough. But it is an increase and it will help us do what we have to do to maintain these buildings long term because at the moment we're not getting any new ones. So, >> Madam Chair, >> through you Mr.
>> Absolutely. >> So, that person would be involved with all that also. So, >> yeah, I think that's the path we need to go down. Okay. If I won't be the first one to work on >> I think we've all said it. >> Okay. >> Yeah, I think we've all said it. Okay, great. >> I got I got your direction. Thank you. Guess with that, are we at risk anywhere else? >> We used to be transportation report. We're back to that science and social studies. Who's going to pre on that? I don't have any results for science and social studies because that's not tested in my building. So, Mr. >> Thank you, Darl. >> Um, I don't know if any of you guys have this issue at all. Can we scroll back to that top slide because my eyes are so bad now that I can very >> just Thank you very much.
So, we'll see what our numbers look like. So, trying to do our best there. Our teachers are doing a great job trying to be healthy and and be in school, too. They're working really hard to make sure that they're not getting sick. So, uh, one of the other items I wanted to throw on your guys' radar just I know in the next couple weeks we have some decisions to make um, with with hearings for closures and things like that. Um, did have some community members in Wilson that said that we did move forward with transfer. They left the building left the way it was. I just want to make sure we understand is there's some items in that building depending on what happens it's bought with grant dollars. Okay. some of the touchscreens, some of the adopt iPads, um some of the Chromebooks, those sorts of things, maybe even some of the -ray stuff that we're talking about as well.
Family leaison position. >> May I please have uh principal VK to make the recommendation to the county board. >> Good evening. um Intermediate Elementary School would like to recommend Juan Diaz Romo for the apparently on position for 2025 to 2026 school year. >> I hear a motion. I'll make a motion to approve. >> Second. >> All those in favor of this motion? Captain Vance >> Mappy Hendricks. Thank you. >> Number letter G, consent agenda. Um, remember we're pulling the senior trip from this um agenda and that uh that's going to be at a later date. And we also pulled the family layers on, but everything else in there would be under the consent approval. if it's approved. I hear a motion for approval. >> Motion by Sylvia Hendris. >> Second by Miss Dion Leonard. >> All those in favor of approving the consent agenda. Kathleen Vance.
I do want to bring your attention to page six where it says um Yavapai College associates degree opportunities. We are very very very excited about this bringing this to the campus next year for the class of 2030. They'll be the first year um cohort to um have advantage of this. Um, so we are working with the Alpai College to have a pathway to an associates degree and that could be an associate of arts or science or even business, whatever they want, and they'll work with their counselors. And so the class of 2030, their second semester of their freshman year, they'll take their first two courses with Yavapai College. And we will have next year, we're happy about and excited about this, we're going to have a CTEYC lab. because there are a lot of CTE classes that are offered online and our YC classes are going for the pathway will be online as well.
>> Yep. And some a lot of teams are kind of developing their own resources and not purchasing textbooks. So >> So we'll bring that forward to you um next month um for your approval. In the meantime, as required by law, this is one of the weird quirks of Illinois school code. We do have a copy of this textbook here. here. And is it in your office, Mark, or with RE? >> It'll be in mine. >> Okay. So, if anybody wanted to per peruse that and take a look at it, it'd be in Mark's office for your review. >> Ronnie's all over it. >> Well, just as a side note, um you'll notice one of the authors, Jason Stacy, um used to be a teacher here. So, >> uh he left us probably 15 years ago, >> 25. >> Yeah, >> maybe 20 years ago. Um >> it was a while ago.
So um again it kind of captures like their interventions and supports that they do. Um if you go back to again the visual of the bubble all those things that are happening they are documenting all those um like Hank was mentioning that is a task but it's it's a it's well worth it. Another example I'll give you is from an administrator. The the first time I get a parent phone call, the first thing I do is I look at a student's contacts and I see all their interventions that the team did. Um because that just gives me an idea of you know where are the interventions provided? What is the parent experiencing and how can we work together to to support that student? So it's super helpful um you know when you're trying to trying to look at that as a holistic approach. So and I think our last one is just questions on Hey Scott, can you go back to the prior prior uh slide?
>> Okay. And just related to that too, we've seen lately a significant number of lawyers >> from different groups >> being sent to other school district asking for similar information. A lot of document are being requested at the same time to the point where attorneys that represent school district as well as committee group have introduced legislation to be considered uh by the state legislator to try to help uh school district manage that. And what has happened because of the volume of that is a significant amount of money that school district are incurring in attorney's fees to be able to fill that requirement. And sometimes some of the requests are intentionally burdome and and just voluminous. The expectation that the requesttor will be able to get the attorney's fee paid for. So it's becoming a significant problem. So that four bills were introduced uh before the legislature to be considered this legislative session.
Is there any I forgot to ask if there was any discussion? >> There was not. We'll speak. >> Thank you. I think I caught that on the left one, too. All right. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> All right. Uh item number 10, moving right along, board member items. Mr. Yoder, >> I guess, uh not to repeat anything from before. I I love uh highlighting the outstanding orals and all the things, but we kind of talked to that. So, um great work to all of them. I just don't want to to to rehash that for my my portion. Um, something that I noticed in the the um in the consent agenda reports was a a difference of uh cost of items from this January to last January. And I guess one thing that I would just like the public to know um as I as I'm looking at that what I would call it fresh eyes or I'll say rookie eyes um was I was a I I see what our house budget changes from year to year and we talk about like consumer spending reports and we talk about like the price of eggs and such.
Kylie, just for curiosity with the type of winter that we've had, what's what are uh how are our utility bills and costs coming in? >> They're high as you would expect, right? They we've had record cold uh temperatures. We've had some real some real issues and coupled with the fact that um our heating systems are not working very well at the moment. They're very inconsistent and we're doing what we can to to fix them and provide the right learning environment for kids, but it's been a battle this winter and um you know it's it's from you're about a month behind with all the utility bills. you know, but by the time you get the the new utility bill, it's already it's for a month ago. Um, so what we've seen so far is pretty high pretty high utility bills. >> Yeah. Significant. Um the the other thing on there that I'll just mention, we'll talk more about it, so I'm not going to dwell on this at the moment, but staff moved from school choice 245,000.
uh slide number three for me versus science assessment. So or social assessment. So um we do our social studies assessment locally. There's not a state mandate for data like we've talked about with English and uh reading, writing, math, those types of scores. So, we do ours locally and right now they actually spent time today grading theirs and it's more of an essay form uh where our entire department grades specific assessments that they have put in their department. So, they're grading those right now. Um so, there's no data to collect in terms of scores that we report to the state social studies wise. Um and it's not something is tracked or publicized or anything like that. It's strictly localized based. Each district decides if they want to do it or not regardless of >> just the first year. >> No. >> And so we do do that fourth grade.
So, some of depending on which direction, you know, we go or um we're forced to go with this with this. I just wanted you guys to be aware there's some of those items that have to be in classrooms for the kids, but we're going to have to pay back those items. So, just wanted to make sure we were clear on that depending on way things. So, um those are the items I have on my super this month.