And there's a a few things in there that we added that the board of finance requested. So, I'm just going to wait to get that on book. And all these materials, CL, this is posted online, too, right under budget. So, anybody that is online, if you want to take a look at the budget book, um it's online and we're going to get the budget book also to board of uh finance members also. But if you look on page uh four, we explain the budget process. On five there in five through uh 10, we really are talking about our stories that are really happening within the can public schools. You can see on page 11 is our class size guideline and page 13 is exactly what the board of finance was asking for for us to explain what each class is the makeup of the class.
Uh we have identified targeted next steps which include uh clearing barriers for our student subgroups in academic achievement. Uh and as well as uh deepening restorative practices at the middle school and high school level to bring student safety perceptions in line with our staff data. Uh we also uh identify that there's uh a need for intense an intense focus on math instruction across all grade levels. Um we through this process will continue to engage our educational partners through the remainder of this school year. Uh we will continue to gather input from our PAC plus our parent advisory council, our DAC um and our student advisory. Um, additionally, we've just uh completed our 2026 uh youth truth annual survey that will also provide us another resource to look at in terms of um uh what our community is experiencing to help us refine uh these next steps that we will also have the opportunity to look at um at our April uh board study session.
Parents, how many of you get stumped with some of that math homework? >> So, thank you for all of all of the support that you've been giving our school. And we'll move on now to you, we're in that same range. There's nothing below 50%. Kindergarten 64, first grade 57, second grade 58. We're in the 60th percentile for 35th and 55th for sixth, 60th and seventh and 59th for 8th. during our during the time where we were going through a lot of with the co in in six years about six years ago there was a gap when we did see and it wasn't so we're really excited to see that we're not in the 40th or in the little 50s we're where we need to be but we're also going back if you walk our campus and you visit your children's pod you're going to see it's going to say wo but it means wildly important goals and that is also part of our leader program.
>> Does anybody have any questions? Short and sweet. >> Okay. >> Also an incredible job. >> Well done. Thank you, Amber. >> Thank you very much, guys. >> Okay, so now we're moving on to 2.03 update on nutrition services and school lunch taste testing. >> Well, this is exciting. >> It's that time of year again. >> Yes, >> one of our favorite board meetings. >> Yes, of course. >> And this is something we started what, two or three years ago? >> Yes, it's and hopefully it's annual >> and that we will be forever moving forward. Right. We we teach the kids, we provide finance for them, but if they're not fed well, they're not going to learn. So, >> here comes nutritional services. >> And also, I just wanted to share I'm going to be handing this presentation over. I will be driving the presentation, but I want you all to know that um that Natalie and I instituted this three years ago.
I certainly would say within the next couple days of seeking clarification if that were to arise, we would not uh withhold or not disclose information that we were in receipt of. We would immediately contact council and be able to come up with whatever decision is necessary. So, for what it's worth, um I understand the concern about not being able to disclose something that we should be able to. I think we can definitely get that uh hashed out and if we want to table it, that would be certainly a decision the board would like to make. Um, but if we do decide to move forward with the policy, we we would still be immediately uh keeping an eye on the situation until we get it rectified. >> Thank you. And and I I I'm not in disagreement of voting yes on it, but I would like to be able to bring that back and add that language back in because I think it's important to have.
I look forward to meaningful work that we can accomplish together. And if appointed, I'm eager to attend one of the March sessions of charting the course and begin group meeting. >> Thank you. >> Um, okay. So, uh, at this point, we'll see if there's any recommendations. >> Can I make a motion? >> Yeah. >> Can I make a motion to nominate Jackie Hopson? >> All right, that's a motion. Is there a second? >> Second, >> All right, so we now have a motion on the table to recommend one of the candidates that we had. So feel free to discuss pros and cons of that candidate. Anyone want to say anything? >> I'm wondering about the process. So are we going to do this for each candidate? >> So the way we've done it in the past when appointing committee members is someone's made a motion to appoint one of the candidates to the seat.
So, a theme that echoed throughout the sessions and reinforced by our own industry partners as well as our advisory board members that some of you heard from tonight earlier um is that employees will be expected to demonstrate four core competencies uh which are technical literacy, AI supported problem solving, the ability to interpret and validate data, strong communication skills, specifically within the capacity to collaborate with and guide AI tools. Lindsay is going to talk a little bit more about specifically how that's showing up in our work here. So, as a continuation of the work we've begun at the conference, we've moved beyond initial exploration and into active implementation. Professional development trainings have been focused on the effective use of AI and instruction and have been implemented to support educators in enhancing their lesson design, student engagement, and assessment practices. In addition to that, we have begun developing and mapping next steps to support departments in ongoing curriculum development, which is ensuring that instructional programming remains responsive to emerging emerging technologies and workforce trends and Brenda.
I did meet with a a few board of finance members and explain this to them and ask them if this is what they were looking for and I got a thumbs up that this is exactly what they were looking for. So I was happy with that. And then the next thing that I want to point out is on page 18 and 19 is a personnel summary. And what we've done in the past is just giving you page 18 is our personnel summary. What we added to this year's budget book based upon feedback is on page 19. We explained why everything either went up or down. So page 19 is just different in 20. Now the next piece on page 22, this is where it could get a little bit confusing, but it's all the same. Page 22 and 23, if you just really want to know what our budget is, is 22 and 23.
Uh so for now we have the midyear report that's available uh and and uh this is just a highle overview of uh our midyear data. I would be happy to um clarify any questions that you may have.
So, we're talking about that more across the campus of our students making those wid goals, but our schoolw goals have to revolve around reading. So, a lot of our students were trying to tip those scales for winter benchmark and we saw really great growth schoolwise in reading. Reading is so important in literacy. We have a reading week, but it's so important because it is a part of all the subject areas. If our kids are strong in reading, it's going to really help them with social studies with mathematics, with science, and so forth. An overall percentile for all of our grades in the 60th percentile. We were almost right there into the green, but we're really happy and proud of our students and we're working with those reading interventions across our campus. Language usage ties into reading. This is conventions of writing. So, our students will get some sentences.
This is our third year, I think. Yeah. >> Uh just because we're just so proud of the work that our nutrition services department is doing. They're very innovative. They're constantly looking for ways in which they can entice our students to participate in breakfast or lunch. They're looking at the data to determine when is that opportunity where one of our schools can become a community eligible um program which means that all the students at the schools are able to um get free free lunch and breakfast. So we have three schools now that are identified under the C program. So they're constantly looking at their labor costs and the food costs and most importantly which is really our focus for today is on the use of our commodity entitlement. So I'm going to I'm not going to take away the thunder um from uh Natalie. Um but that's that was the the piece of learning we were hoping to share with you today.
Thank you. >> Uh Mr. Mr. Lsonheiser, can we get in status essentially a response with respect to that? That way before the the next meeting when it comes to setting up an agenda or whatever, depending on what Legal Express is can kind of help us go through with that process. >> Yes. >> Sweet. Thank you, Mr. Lenheiser. So, with that, I'm going to motion then. All right. Great. I motion to approve GDFA uh support staff qualifications and requirements. Second. That would be Miss Schultz. Seconding. Motion carries. 50. This brings us to future agenda items. Does anyone have any requests for future agenda items besides the one that we just got on our last action item? >> I do not. [laughter] >> OM goodness. That brings us to the end everybody. I motion to adjourn this meeting. Second. >> That would be Miss Garman seconding. Everybody vote.
So then we can discuss that candidate because that's the motion on the floor now and we can vote yes or no. >> Okay. And then like let's just say the first candidate gets four votes then if somebody nominates the second candidate and they get like you know >> so we're a five member board right now so three votes in majority >> so if a candidate gets three votes then they're the candidate that gets appointed >> that's how we've done it in the past. >> Okay. Will we have the opportunity to vote for more than one candidate or we only pick one candidate? >> Depends if the first candidate gets three votes or not. >> Yeah. better be rough. That's all I'm saying. >> So you could you could amend the motion twice. >> Okay. >> If you want. >> So the motion on the floor is to appoint Jackie Hoses to the committee.
So ACT affirmed that GLTS is moving in the right direction as Pennyota said and that um preparing students for future-driven workforce is fully aligned with our district's broader vision and long-term strategic goals. So the integration of AI modern instructional practices and high quality curriculum design uh strengthen strengthens equitable and bias-free learning experiences for our students. Um it expands personalized supports and helps remove barriers for full student participation. Um this work directly advances our district commitments to post-secondary readiness, workforce alignment and consistent um highquality learning environments across all programs. Um so as GLTS continues to grow and adopt researchbased frameworks, it ensures alignment and coherence across all career pathways and supports sustainable growth uh without compromising quality. So collectively, this work reinforces our position as a statewide leader in career and technical education. I truly believe that uh proactively preparing students for a rapidly evolving economy while upholding core values of equity, excellence, and access.
If you want to just compare where we were in 25, 26, and 27, it's just there in number form. If you go to page 24 through 31, it gives you a fiveyear runout of where we were five years ago to where we are now of increase and decrease. Now, what's really new, and I do have to thank my administrative team for doing this and Claudia in Anna for putting this together, is page 32 through 37. It's all the same of what was in the previous pages, but it gives you a line item analysis of each one of the accounts and why they went up or why they went down or why they stayed the same. That's one of the things that the board of finance was looking for. I met with the board of finance chair to ask him if this is what he was looking for.
>> Um I don't have any questions. I just have comments. You know, I I'm proud to say that um your staff and um cabinet superintendent and the board, you know, I think we're doing a great job. You know, I do see a change in a lot of the um goals as they're going. They're looking better and um I mean, I'm very proud of Sierra High School on their graduation rate. the attendance is improving and I can vouch for a gold four because I feel that um parents do feel more included and I want to thank community schools for that because I think since that's been going on you know parents will even run the meeting on their own they don't need an administrator they don't need a um someone that works at the school right as they say and they feel very comfortable and I feel that um once they feel welcome and listened to they're more comfortable I still say the school climate it that really gets to me all the time because I'm not sure they're understanding what school climate is.
our primary students will get on the test. It might read to them and say, you know, is this a question? What should go at the end of the sentence? But this has to do with writing. So our students, as you can see, they're all in the green. And we test this starting in second grade. So we're really proud of where our kids are at. This is really amazing. Could you go back? >> Yeah. I just wanted to see that again. So Mrs. Yeah, today when I was reading for the fifth grade students, I explained to them we're going to do a little poetry writing contest for them to write poems about peace and kindness and the Rotary peace committee is going to read them and we're going to give you prizes. And one little girl says, "What if I want to write a five to 10 page essay instead of a poem?" I said, "However you want to express yourself is fine with me." So she's like, "Okay." But that ties into writing under competence.
And so everything that we do tonight will be related to our commodity entitlement and the foods that are processed and created based upon those commodity entitlements. So with that, I am going to uh just drive and be quiet and allow Natalie to take over. So it's all yours. Thank you, Miss Vets, Dr. McCord, Miss Murray, esteemed board members. Thank you for having us here tonight. I know I always have problems with this. Okay, >> you just tell me when to turn the page, Natalie. >> So, the title of our presentation tonight is nutrition services discussion on NSLP, which which stands for National School Lunch Program, Commodity Foods, and Taste Testing. Today's report includes introducing our team, statistics, defining the commodity foods program, taste testing some school food products, and then a small discussion on the reimburseable breakfast and lunch definition and possible changes in the future.
Is there anyone who wants to speak to that? >> I think Jackie is a great candidate. I They're obviously all three are really great candidates and we're so lucky to have an option for three people. I just I personally um jive with Jackie the most. I like the idea that she came here as a I didn't even know you came here as a school choice student. I didn't know that. I like your connection to the town and the fact that you came and that you've experienced it from different avenues. I appreciate um the decision that you had to make with your son and that you're still you you lived through that and you it dialed you in more. It didn't make you get more hands off and I think that's a really valuable trait. >> Anybody? >> I think any of the three candidates would be incredible candidates and I'm very excited for the district.