Regular School Board Meeting

001that you bring it out. figuring something out. We don't speak [Music] Makes sense. You guys breathing. Make sure it's >> test. Kelly. >> You want to text her quick? It's up to you. >> Katie is running late. She got lay of a doctor's appointment. So >> just text >> give it one minute and then we'll show on the road I guess. All right, I guess we'll go ahead and call the meeting to order. This is the monthly school board meeting uh for August 25th, 2025. At this point, I ask everyone to please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you all. Uh

002looking first for a motion to approve the agenda. Okay. Um, I would like >> Jamie first, Cory second. I would like to amend the agenda. Um, from the meeting of the whole or the committee of the whole, uh, playground equipment was supposed to be on the agenda. That'll be added under new business. it' be letter J um for playground equipment and hopefully Katie will be here to discuss that further. And then uh under close section or close session, the addition of letter G, expulsion point of order. Looking for a motion to approve the agenda with those amendments. Second. >> All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. Okay. Special appearance. Casey Holt. Come on up, please. It doesn't matter. Sit, stand, whichever works. >> Okay. Well, I'm Casey Holtz and I have um a donation

003for your guys' teachers um in the amount of $4,000. Um we were able to raise $8,000 at our teacher fundraiser out of the Drunk Air Bar. Not sure if you guys heard about that or not. >> It's pretty awesome. >> It is awesome. >> We had a lot of silent auction items, a lot of success with that. A lot of um involvement with the community, which was really cool to see. Um Dr. Cher was the dump tank victim and it was cold and rainy so and he was a trooper soap to you buddy. >> Yeah. I hope that you guys are able to disperse that among your teachers and they can use it for whatever they need I guess. >> Awesome. Thank you to the junkyard and that's awesome. Thank you very much. So moving

004on to accepting donations. >> I'll make that motion to accept the donation. John Clark. >> I'll second that. >> Motion by Corey, seconded by Jamie to accept the donation. All those in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. All right. Moving on. Comments from the public. Is there anyone that wish to speak tonight? Okay. Um before we proceed, There it is. Uh, the board has opted to have a public comment period at this school at school. This is enough. Anyways, the board has opted to have a public comment period at this school board meeting. Each commenter is limited to a maximum of three minutes for the commenters remarks. The period shall be limited to 10 individual speakers, extend for 30 actual minutes, whichever limitation permits. greater total number of speakers. Each commenter shall be identified by

005the commenter's name, place of residence, where the commenter as a student or students currently enrolled in the district andor is a staff person in the district. Comments must be directed solely to the board andor the designate and must not address other members of the audience during this part of the meeting. The board during the public comment period will not discuss the agenda issues raised by the public commenter but may discuss such agenda items at the conclusion of the public comment period. All individuals who comment during the public comment period are reminded that the information provided this evening is intended to provide information to the board so that can fulfill its role. In receiving public comment, the board encourages the commenter to engage in civil discourse that models character and ethical behavior. In that vein, all

006parties are reminded that all information offered be truthful and honest. False statements or stigmatizing charges may subject the individual making such statements to legal repercussions, including but not limited to defamation claims. Other specific procedures for the public comment period that mentioned hearing can be found in board policy. That being said, uh you like to come up please? >> Can I clarify one thing there? Um it's typical with Robert rules of orders if a speaker has not been able to say what they would like to that another speaker can yield their three minutes to them. >> Yes, absolutely. >> Okay. Yeah. So if Sarah hasn't finished and anyone would like to yield their time to her, she will be able to continue. Brewster. I had uh two students enrolled here and as an alumni siren alumni

007and with my husband also being an alumnest I write this out of deep concern and sincere investment in the future of Sirens school district. We both care deeply about this community. We want to see it thrive, not decline. Whether the board believes every decision was made appropriately or acknowledges there may have been missteps along the way, the outcome is undeniable. I personally know of at least 15 students who have left the district as well as four families of alumni who have withdrawn their support or relocated their children elsewhere including us. These are not isolated incidences. They are part of a growing pattern that cannot be ignored. Many of these families have voiced frustration over the lack of transparency in decision, inconsistent leadership, and perceived decline in academic and extracurricular opportunities. Some have cited unresolved issues,

008staff turnover, or poor communication between the district as reasons for leaving. This district is at a critical crossroads. If changes are not made, if leadership does not begin to listen more openly and act more decisively, you risk losing more than just enrollment numbers. We risk losing the heart of this community and eventually the disability or viability of Sina school itself. We do not want to see the doors of sinus school closed. We want to see them open wider, stronger, and more welcoming than ever before. But that will only happen if those in leadership are willing to reflect, listen, and do better. Thank you. >> Excellent. Thank you very much, sir. Was there anyone else that wish to speak? >> Okay, at this time before we move forward, I yield the floor to uh our clerk,

009Eric. >> I just want to start out by saying that there are some amazing teachers, coaches, and families in this district that we have formed great relationships with. Thank you to those who went above and beyond for our families. Unfortunately, we have dis we were disappointed with the handling of the sexual harassment case last year with the lack of communication and accountability. With the recent lack of communication and blatant disregard for the victim's well-being by the administration, we have found enrolling our kids in another district to be in their best interest. With everything Siren is facing right now, the board needs to start asking the administration tough questions. Why are we prioritizing one child over what's best for the majority of students? Why are the victims and other families forced to upend their lives and

010switch schools to feel safe and secure? With it, I sincerely wish this school and its students the best. With that being said, I am submitting my resignation effective immediately. Thank you. >> I'm going to be missed, Eric, but I understand and thank you for your service. Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. Um, I mean, this is kind of technically the end of the public comment period. A special board meeting will have to be set up in regards to assigning a new clerk and um how to go about replacing uh Eric's position. So, get that scheduled and set up. Moving on. Treasures report for July 2025. >> Second. Can I interrupt and make a comment? Because there's no paper copies attached to the agenda. Could you please read what the treasure statement is so that

011it is on record? >> Is it attached to the paper? >> Is it on the board? >> I understand that, but I think it also will be attached to the paper comments paper if it's not available if they're not looking at it online. Becky, >> you're welcome. I I understand that I have a copy of it, but these people do not. So, >> thank you, Becky. Okay. So, we have a motion by Jamie, seconded by Paulie. uh to accept the treasures report for July 2025. All those in favor say I. I opposed. Moving on. Uh president's reort and correspondence. Um, we're looking at a new year ahead of us and I don't think we're going to say it's necessarily going to be an easy year ahead of us. Um, but we're going to do everything

012we can to provide for the students as much as possible. Um, and hopefully everyone else's kids are excited as mine about getting back to school because they're tired of me apparently at home. So, that being said, uh, look forward to seeing him back in and for hopefully a good year ahead. Um, moving on reports, superintendent. >> Okay. Um, I'm sharing with you the SAA report, which I often do when it come in regard to u state reports, mostly budget information. You can see that there was no uh increase in uh state student increase in state aid um other than the 325 that was offered by the governor previously. So um there's no inflationary increase. You can see for the cost of fuel, technology, food. Um they did not raise the peral categorical aid. Then we're

013also facing some potential federal education cuts uh in the future. Just want to share this with you. And basically the funding formula works where you basically if state aid is increased, taxes go down. the state aid decreased taxes go up kind of like the teeter totter. That's kind of the the message here that um without the increase in state aid just basically we were given special education aid. We do have you know a number of special education students who will receive aid there. But in terms of anything additional other than 325 per state aid for us in the district. In fact, we're going to see a decrease. >> And then the other part was the um fundraising for the um volleyball informationational piece. >> So with the budget, what is the increase with special education

014funds? >> Um I think we were supposed to budget for.5% I think that's what the state was causing but when we were prepared they were saying more closer to 3% student totally >> it's on overall funding first it might be I don't think it's 3% first group but it's funding >> on the forecast model it has that this year The amount per student increase is $325. Right under it says the per categorical aid is 742. Are those the number? >> Yeah, those aren't special education. Those are the problem general. >> So we don't have that number. We don't have a specific number in terms I don't even know if state they've given us a percentage but I don't know what that >> we don't know if that's per special ed student or staff or just

015the amount percentage of students we have >> I think it's yeah I think it's percentage per district but I don't think that state because um like I said bear is telling us the budget 3% state was allocating 4.5 million about that. Take a minute. >> I know when I had read earlier about it, they initially were talking about very specific like special needs. >> Yes. And that's >> so I mean if they increased it well that's great but if it only applies to you know even a percentage of you know >> special presented as a categor categorical recent specialist. so specific. Well, hopefully it sends more this way because I know we could definitely use it to help out those students and the staff. Once I have the numbers and I'm not sure in terms

016of what exactly that looks like >> and it's going to be different for every anything else for Kevin regards to these items. Okay. Uh, moving on. Principles reports, Miss Herman. >> Um, yeah, we're gonna kind of the three of you listen, we're all going to do um attendance initiative and we're making attendance a priority this year with our students. Um, our at the elementary, we we have a lot of absences, but we don't have any that I feel. So, let me just back up. I tallied everyone today. So out of 135 students, 21 are chronic absences, meaning that they have 18 or more absences. And I'm going based off of this sheet in in the top kind of is how I broke it down. Those with 10 to 17 m absesses were 56 students. and

017those with nine and below were 58 students. Uh so although the chronic numbers are significantly lower than our middle and and low range, um I still want to focus in on really getting kids here. I think with CO we um even the years after COVID we've all been kind of like oh we don't want to send them to school if they've got a runny nose and you know but we're kind of encouraging them to really take inventory of their you know and so um just so that they know that if the kids get worse through the day we're going to send them home but if we can get them here and get them working a lot of times Sometimes they're okay. Some of my littles come with just a little tummy ache, maybe because they're

018nervous. Um, but just really getting parents to send those kids to school and so that we can increase our nine and below um, a little more is the goal. Um, and so I'm going to be posting these flyers. So there's two different ones. I just did them front to back for you guys, but I will be posting them around the school a little bit too and when they come in the doors, there'll be some um different handouts throughout the year and just kind of some guidelines like when should we send them to school, when should we not, and and hoping that we can get them to make appointments and vacations during our vacation times and days off. So, uh, if we can just increase those a little bit and bring those numbers back into the

019nine and lower range. Um, state statute is no more than 10 absences per year. So, we're we are significantly higher especially in that 10 to 17 with six kids having that. >> So, had were fluency letters sent out last year then maybe a couple times. Yes. >> Do we ever have any truency hearings? >> No, we do not do that. >> At the at the elementary level, we can't do truency hearings and truency doesn't technically start until age 12. So really, it's about building those routines and building those skills at the elementary level so that when they get to the middle school, high school, they're already >> after how many absences are we sending out to inspectors? typically two after the after the second absence >> second excuse that like and then >> unexcused just

020>> unexcused like most I mean do we are most of these chronic ones unexcused yes and they're not coming with the doctor's note they're not even coming to the note or call from the parents >> correct >> how does that work with students being able to take personal >> we're not going to we're not seeing anyone >> no I mean are you counting that into the absence what are you counting into the absence Everything. Okay. I counted. So, family vacations, doctor appointments, death, everything. They're counting everything. >> Yum. >> Pardon me. >> Period or per day? >> Well, mine is per day. >> Per half day. >> Yeah. Um, so this is a little bit contradictory because it says, um, I have not th Okay, so send me to school. I have not thrown up

021overnight and conven without throwing up. And then it says, keep me home if I have thrown up two or more times. So if I throw up once, what am I doing? Am I coming to school? >> That's how you That's where you come in as the parent and you know you're >> because it's always been if they've thrown up or diarrhea or have a fever within 20, you keep them home for 24 hours. Yeah. >> Or what pink eye until they get medication. >> Yeah. >> So, I mean, are these going to be a little bit different than what we have in the nurs's office that goes home for all of us? >> I will I will >> I just don't want to I just want to make sure we're all on the same >>

022page. So, we're bring it seems kind of like, well, we haven't threw up last night at 8, but it's 8:00 a.m. It's had it's been 12 hours, but usually it's 24, but technically that's not overnight. But you only threw up one time, not twice. >> Yeah. >> So that's where we rely on parents. It's just kind of a guideline a little bit. >> Yeah. So, >> and like I said, if if they get worse through the day, we're going to send them home, too. I think our worst case is always like, I feel good this morning, but is it like, you know, obviously nobody wants to get kid on the bus or to school and then they're throwing up and so that's how I feel. I don't want to make someone quickly. like not that

023I want to, but >> yeah. So, >> we're just going to try out a few things and see if we can increase some of those numbers with child care tools. If I mean, some people can't leave work if they're quite sick. They're just going to find somebody to watch them for the day. >> I think they have to give them grace for some of those illnesses. >> Oh, yeah. For sure. Um, and then the other thing that we're going to be doing too is just want to remind families that we are here to support them. And so if they miss the bus or car breaks down and they call in, someone will come out and get them, um, we have no problem running kids where they need to be as long as we have that

024parent permission and we get car seats on my end if needed. So, we're here to help parents and whatever they need from us. >> Miss Campbell. >> Um, so just to kind of back up a little bit, last um, spring in talking with Bridget McN, um, one of the things that I said we really wanted to focus on for this year was attendance and improving attendance. Um I feel like a lot at the high school level is um avoidable missing class periods or days, things like that. Um and so I wanted to have a positive approach to being able to help improve those numbers. Um so she did a lot of research and found that um actually one of the ones that was most highly recommended was um through P school, which is the student

025information system that we currently use. Um, so she was able to look at our stronger connections grant and routes funds to be able to purchase um the services that they offer to help do that. Uh, so basically the chronic absenteeism, it's a nationwide problem. It's not just here. And um, I actually don't think that we're doing as bad as some places in the country. Um I didn't pull a lot of specific numbers uh but we have been looking at them and um honestly we were kind of expecting them to be worse than what we did find when we were looking at them and we were putting this all in for power school. Um so that was a little bit encouraging and then we have been on as a district a positive trend since the first

026year after COVID but it's slow and so we just wanted to kind of help encourage people. Um we know that basically research says if you implement these systemic and proactive attendance strategies um like early warning systems and family engagement, these positive interventions, you are statistically much more likely to improve your outcomes. Um so basically one research study showed that um consistent positive outreach versus punitive policies um districts were able to achieve a 22% reduction in chronic absenteeism versus a 7% reduction with punitive consequences. So going to try court finding people especially when a lot of times reasons for absenteeism is related to issues of poverty. Um so one of the things that we are going to be doing is um our goal is to increase our overall attendance rate from 91.4% to 93.4% um and

027to have the high school in particular absenteeism rate decreasing by 2%. So those were the smart goals that we set at the beginning of this project. Um we will be sending out a couple of postcards. And when we say postcards they're not like actual physical in the mail postcards. They are digital postcards, so emails, I believe they will come, they have a way to come text, maybe we're still working out all the kinks of this and in the implementation process. Um, but the first one would be like a daily attendance postcard monthly to families. And so it just shows like on a scale of one to whatever, here's where your child is for the month on absences. Um, and then it really has tries to have a positive um spin on that. And then the

028other one is going to be um basically saying, you know, if you have reached this many days by this month, you know, here's where you're at and knowing that you can only be at 10. So the state mandates, like statute mandates that students can have 10 days out of school and it doesn't, according to like what the state pulls for like our report card, it doesn't matter if it's, you know, medical or illness or vacation. it doesn't matter. You get 10 days per year and then other than that it's considered part of our chronic absenteeism. So anyways, we're still working on tweaking some of the different aspects of it and learning it all and getting it implemented. We'll have a quite a few webinars with P school in the first couple of weeks and then

029we just hope to kick it off very soon. Um just a quick question. Um do we do anything in regards to perfect attendance or anything along those lines? Still >> we don't um especially during COVID and then after it was kind of considered not >> best practice to do so because coming through the pandemic there was a big push to say if your kid is sick keep them home and now we're kind of transitioning away from that. Um, but there are a lot of, I guess, research institutes that don't necessarily agree that it's best practice to do those types of things. >> Ideally, we'd have an environment where our students want to. >> Ideally, yes. Anything for Miss Campbell regards to this Denise? >> So where the attendance piece falls into my world this year?

030Um, we were notified earlier in the summer um through DPI that our proficiency scores on state assessments um were not meeting the benchmarks and that our student participation for state assessments was not meeting benchmarks. Some of that goes with the people taking vacations or people being sick. There's also the parent opt out which less against us as well. Um so working with these two ladies on the attendance piece. Um the hope is that we can provide some resources to parents about the importance of the assessments. um some resources to help parents talk to their children about, you know, what they can do to alleviate some of that stress and anxiety or the worrying over the test. Um I'll be working with special ed staff to make sure that when they are working and supporting those

031students that they are making sure that they are doing things to align to the state standards. um because some of that I think is is coming out of our new English curriculum. Not that that's an excuse, but with everybody still kind of figuring it out. Um and during IEP meetings now, once we kick the year off, we'll be having those um assessment discussions a little more intently at IEP meetings grades three through eight and then in high school um about the importance of making sure that they are here for those assessment days. So when it comes to the not meeting the benchmarks side of things, >> um are you just talking about the state assessment side of things >> and could not at this moment but it'd be interesting to know what those benchmarks are

032that are coming up short. >> Have that information. >> Thank you. >> This is an interesting conundrum because if we increase our number of specialists and students that begin to take the assessments that aren't opting out, our proficiency is going to be less. So, we have a real problem. We're saying we're not meeting proficiency and we've got the kids who are not special ed taking the tests. We have special ed kids opting out which would raise the proficiency of the other students average wise and uh it's only our number of special students. You don't have all of our specializ but the elephant thing she's talking about what she's talking about is not talking about all >> isn't it going to do the same thing >> potentially but if you have lower numbers and you have

033you know less kids that are meeting it you have like a statistical disadvantage to have a chance of having we have so few kids that are in special ed teachers are taking it. So, so if one kid out of one doesn't pass benchmark, >> you're not passing benchmark. >> But some of those specializ that do and if you have six out of 10 that are passive, you're better off. But if you have one out of one that fails, you're automatic. So that's >> um just uh one quick clarification thing uh because Becky I know loves acronyms. Uh can you remind us what JFN and LEA stand for? >> Joint federalation education agency determinations. Okay. Thank you. >> I can email it to you later, but that'd be great because I just like I was feeling

034that Ryan and then I have to try to concentrate because I got called out. Now I have to concentrate really hard. >> Wasn't calling you out. I was calling your attention. >> Same thing. Wake up, Becky. >> It's okay. Anything else for Denise at this point? All right, moving on. Native American report. Back to school. >> Back to school. I've been talking with um in high schoolers um about their schedules. That's been a popular thing. Um, and then making plans for some of our kids that um, are not starting the year where they should be. So, trying to figure out what our plan is going to be throughout the year to pick up those credits to make sure they're on track. Um, and then trails pow, usually there is um a student conference prior to

035the trailer pow, but it's been taken over by um, somebody new, so I think they're doing a little bit differently. So, I haven't heard about the educational conference, but the pow is the 12th and 13th of September. And I've just out of curiosity, are we going to have the or did we already have the help with enrollment out at the tribal center? because I know last year there was like a >> back to school back. >> Yeah. >> So, um, education departments and a little bit of of people right now. So, I haven't heard on if they're doing that when they last Friday. >> Two Fridays ago. When did I go? >> Two Fridays ago they had it, but it wasn't like how they had it last year. It was like here's school supplies, >>

036right? I knew they did that. I just >> But that was the same thing. But all of us know and then >> yeah communication has not been good but >> well it's a new >> I mean even the health like the healthcare what you guys just had too like usually my department's done by because I'll come but I'm not finding out about it till after the flyers are made and then I don't have time. So, >> okay. >> Yeah, because I know that helped a lot of parents last year get signed up. So, that's really unfortunate. Um, >> I'll make a point to try to connect with some of the >> I think it was more the community workers that just stood there. I don't think the education had much to do with it and

037other departments. It was basically just >> it's community workers. Right. The community coordinators are the ones who are in charge of the casino donations for the school supplies. So then the community coordinators in our different communities um generally pass them out however the community wants it done. So >> I did assist with set up for that and Tanya was there. >> Oh, good. >> So somebody from here was here. >> T was so else for Ter. Thank you very much. All right, moving on to approval of the minutes. I'll make a motion to approve the committee of the whole from the backwards. I have the July 21st one right here. >> Correct. Second that >> motion by Paulie, seconded by Corey to accept the committee of the whole minutes for July 21st, 2025. All those

038in favor? I >> I >> opposed. Looking for Oh, sorry. Go ahead. >> The committee of the whole year from Monday, August 18th. And I'd make a motion to approve those minutes. Maybe letter D >> regular board meeting first. >> Well, these are listed here 825 and 7:21 kind of backwards and then it goes down to the regular. This is this is from the agenda 21st and then July 29th regular and then special on August 12th and then committee level August 18th. So it's by date. >> So let's I think we need to be the regular I'll make a motion to approve the regular school board meeting July 29th. >> I'll second that. >> We have a motion by Jamie, seconded by Corey to approve the regular school board meeting minutes for July 29th 25.

039All those in favor say I. >> I opposed. Special meeting Tuesday, August 12th. >> Second. >> Motion by Jamie, second by Corey to accept the special board meeting minutes for August 12th, 2025. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. Committee of the whole minutes for August 18th, 2025. We have a motion by Paulie. I will second it. All those in favor say I. >> Opposed. On to new business. Budget items and changes for 2025 2026. So the do you have any of the documentation to look at with this Becky off hand? >> The support pages that are attached about the audience. >> Yeah. So um we have the projections for what the school year was looking like. Um and we basically ended last year with a deficit of 364 754. Um and then this

040year providing we're able uh to get the loan funding. The one thing we didn't want to do was start to dip into that loan right away. Um, so irregardless regardless of if this were to pass, we were looking basically at the same cuts having to be made if we really wanted to do anything as far as trying to turn things around and rebuild um as much as possible. Um, a lot of this, uh, our budget savings are coming through attrition. Um, just people retiring, um, and their replacements for the ones we could replace, uh, not requiring as high of a salary. Um, and then benefits, uh, paying out less in benefits as well. And then some service and supply cuts right now uh with uh ALC um legal expenses, professional development slash employee travel um

041maintenance technology for a total reduction of 874,864. Um these are the ideas brought forth um by uh admin along with consulting with Baird the financial advisors. Um we are well aware that some of these expenses uh even though we're projecting less depending upon things that happen we can't necessarily guarantee we're just hoping at this point won't cost more. In addition to that um uh someone from the administration has also opted to take a pay cut. Um and then with our latest resignations, um we've moved to a scheduling scenario to uh try to compensate for that and uh reduce our cost there as well. Uh with that, um we have uh Denise teaching a class. We um have uh John Tinman teaching a class, Heather O'Brien, Jamie Campbell, uh Brad Morris is coming back and picking

042up a couple of classes. Uh Macy Bentley is moving to sixth and seventh grade science um because our third grade class um is a smaller class and will be moving from to one section from two. Um the classes lost during this just due to the staffing were earth science, chemistry in the kitchen and life skills for success. Um some of the classes we were able to shift over to image learning or imagine learn. >> Yes. Um with environmental sciences, psychology and sociology. Uh we also have added Ojiway arts and culture um with Tara and um Brad is doing a robotics course as well this year. Um so in addition to that, of course, we have some lunch shifts and other things that are being picked up. The long and short of it is is we're

043trying to make do with what we have and we're trying to stop the bleeding from the budget um by not adding to it and trying to get ahead of it. And with the loan, we'll be able to rebuild the fund balance, which can help us in a couple of financial ways into the future. Providing we use it for what it's intended to more as a dayto-day operational expenses while we're waiting for funds to come in through uh different revenues uh such as the government, other programs. uh whether it be local, state, federal. Um and that way we don't have to be short-term borrowing as much, which means we're not paying interest in regards to that. And at the end of this, we will have the fund fully to use. um it'll be ours as opposed

044to having to try and spend the next 10 years trying to rebuild the fund slowly little bit a little bit at a time and continuing to have to pay the interest and go that route. Um this is the scenario just for this year. Um there will have to be some changes that will be have to be made for next year. Um and that's just how it is whether it's looked at for just a straight up budgetary reason or for perhaps just the different ways that um the budget is going to need to be taken care of. Um, so yeah, these basically outline the four pages outline this plan. And this doesn't mean that we're not going to continue to look into the budget and see where else we can cut um make reductions. Um, this

045is just a plan that we're approving at this point in time so that way we can get the school year going. And I think the rest of the board would agree we're going to spend at least the next two months before the annual meeting uh trying to go over the budget and see what else we can do um and make improvements there. And then Bruce's going to be having a lot of meetings about the budget because we have to change and improve things. So, >> can I ask a couple questions? >> Yes. >> Um, my question would be it says reduce PD. Is that personal development or reducing? Okay. I wasn't sure. >> We had the same question when it came up with us too. We all Yeah. Um, and then the other would be

046would there be something an alternative to ALC since the program >> we have inhouse credit recovery options? So, we're just expanding those and we actually didn't have um very many students that are very credit deficient for this year. So, we're actually >> we probably didn't need it for this year anyways. We're pretty excited that our numbers are really low in students that need credit. >> So, there's there is an alternative. >> Yes, they can just do it inhouse and so we have it assigned during the day. All right. >> My only other thing is >> the life skills class. That sounds sad. We could be losing. >> So, that was going to be brand new, an elective um that was going to be taught by a new teacher. Um and we replaced that with the

047OJ way arts and culture. >> Thank you very much. >> I have a couple of questions here. Um one is how many students I know Sarah said 15. I've heard of 21 that are not going to be here this year. What are our real projections for numbers this year? Because I don't think it's 365 and that's what this forecast model is based on. >> Yeah, we won't until our third Friday count and then that's a three-year rolling average. >> I know that. >> So, um until we get the third Friday count, >> you don't even have an estimate of how many kids we're going to be down by open enrollment. >> Well, right now we have the ones that have requested records requested to go out, but there's a lot of them that have said

048we're not coming back. We still haven't gotten records request since we we keep the room that are coming in because we've had over so it's it's moving constantly and all that's in the system it would not. So you don't know how many have actually requested records. So >> not not a full amount at this point. >> Just to add both schools need to agree on open enrollment. So until both schools approve, >> it's not considered finalized. >> Does it take days if there's an open enrollment appointment? >> We'll give it 20 days. Well, each each school person who works on open enrollment gets 20 days to process and then they put it into the state system. Both schools have to agree on the out. Both schools have to agree on the in. So, usually I

049get pretty good numbers by third Friday. >> I would say ballpark. You said Tom. I would say that I really have about the same amount that are saying they're going out as the same ones that say they're coming in. We don't have to final numbers. I mean, we typically report that out in September. >> I hope that plays out as you're saying. Um, I hope so, too. It certainly doesn't seem like it could, but um, so what happens the first day of school if kids have filed open enrollment paperwork with another district? Where do they start school? >> Wherever if it's if it's finalized, they start wherever. >> Where do they start school if it hasn't been 20 days? I I can't answer that. I don't say 10 days to the record. >> So, the

050students that um filed for open enrollment next week will not start school anywhere. Is that what you're telling me? >> We're working as fast as we can to make this process happen because next school does start next week. I don't know if they've ever run into that issue that year scenario. >> The last one I heard of open and rolling out was on Friday. So, we don't we don't know where these kids are starting school, basically is what you're telling me. >> Well, we can't do anything about it. They're opening rolling in another school. It's really on that other school to make sure they're processing what they need to do there and then getting us the documentation. I don't think any of our staff are like, I'm going to hold on to this paper and

051I'm not going to let them go to that other No, they're going to process it as quickly as they can. It's really going to be up to what the other school has going on in the mail. >> That's why I'm saying it's really third Friday. That's what does it every year. all the districts work together and third Friday is our main determinant of our numbers and up until then things can shift and and juggle and we just keep processing until school in which they're enrolling and that's not fooled if they're get the paperwork process. Same thing if a student is rolling in siren and they haven't got the paperwork then they contact the school and be like does my kid come on the second or do they wait till you get information from >> is

052that what they're supposed to do is that's my question is what are these parents supposed to do >> if someone open school starts there's a chance they might not start off the process >> once the open enrollment coordinators are done with their work they send out a letter to the parents telling them where they can enroll and when they can enroll and who to contact to enroll. It's part of our like general letter to the parents. So, I might send something out, maybe somebody's open enrolling out to Grantsburg. I might be finished with my work and send it out, but I go into the state system and I still don't see anything from Grantsburg. So, I have to wait until >> Okay. >> You know, but usually by third Friday, all the dust settles and

053I think that's why >> that's the whole point of third Friday. I think that's why the state >> Well, well, now I'm thinking about the attendance. I mean, if they don't start school anymore, that's a really fine start. >> Then I call if I if I missing and stuff or I keep records from like last year if somebody maybe had a tuition waiver due to a move or uh have notified us they've moved districts or what have you. I have a list of those. Okay? And if they aren't here, I start calling and asking where are they? We all we're all asking each other where are they. >> It's okay. I'm just I'm like as a parent, I'd be really confused. You have the parents to know where they are. >> No. >> Yeah. Well,

054it's more uh approval of uh taking the measures proposed at this point in time. It's not actually approval of the budget because that doesn't happen until the annual >> Well, and that we don't know if we're getting a loan either. Yeah. >> So, Bar recommended that we put that in there. They suggested that. So, that's why that's I don't want to do anything choice to bring the adjustments on the new >> but these changes reflect cuts. That's what we need from you is to approve. >> Okay. >> This is a budget projection. If you could approve the budget projection then we'll bring it back because there will be some changes obviously. >> Yeah. I didn't know he could just approve the budget projections and let us I think they're concerned about the scheduling and the

055making sureions go through so we can move staff. >> I'll make a motion to approve the 2025 2026 budget projections. >> So are we are we voting on this whole four pieces of paper or are we voting on just this reductions? We're voting on the reductions and we did did our best based on reductions to forecast the budget as a result of the reductions with the loan included. >> But we're basically we're basically just voting on right now these two. >> Yes. We want to make sure that that but we wanted to show you projections. >> Yeah. >> But we're not voting on the first two pages. dashes. >> The first two pages are basically how you got to >> page what the budget looks like with the loan and with the current. >> Should

056I specify page three and four then in my motion? >> I think that would clarify it. >> Page three and four then. >> Yes. >> Consider that a friendly amendment. But Kevin just said he's not we're not sure if the loan is coming either. >> It's under petition, right? >> It's under petition period. The petition period doesn't end until 28th. >> 28th. >> That's why. >> But we haven't recommended that we put it in there for the budget. They were pretty adamant about that, but that's not secured as yet. >> Okay. But at this point, honestly, even if uh it wasn't there, these same cuts would basically have to be in place if we want to try to get ahead of things or get above water with things because when you do the math out

057to what we'd have to pay in for the loan within the line item of the budget, it would be the same as if we were paying off the interest on short-term borrowing and trying to add to the fund balance basically at the same time. So that's so >> because if it if it's not petitioned it's guaranteed that you're going to get two million. Correct. >> All right. Any further discussion before we take the vote? Okay. All those in favor of uh pages three and four of the budget projection. Say I. >> I. Opposed. Moving on. streaming of all meetings. This is me. >> Um I'm just uh going forth the motion that from here on all of our meetings be available online and streaming as opposed to just the monthly meeting. >> Our special meetings

058too or just >> Yeah, they Yeah, special meetings too. The start potentially the end. So, um, so yeah, I'll make that motion that from here on all of the school board meetings be streaming. >> I'll second. >> Motion by myself, seconded by Corey. Any further discussion? All those in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. Motion pass. Uh Katie is not here for the Q update. Do you know anything about this? Yes, I'm looking at >> Okay. >> All right. So, we'll skip that for now as the presenter is not here in regards to it and circle back to if possible within the time frame. Uh school garden and request for flowers. I believe this is also Katie as well >> some messages just >> yeah it came to me and I since we were talking

059about the garden I don't really have a preference but I wanted to ask flowers >> I make a motion that we allow um Cheryl Steman we grant her request for digging up some flowers as well as any other community person that would be interested in doing so since we're getting rid of Do we should we have a form to request to dig up the flowers or >> we don't this has never come up before. >> I think she has seen that we were looking at dismantling of the garden for now. >> I don't have a problem with her. I just demolishing the garden yet. I know we talked about >> I have no objection to Mrs. Why they file otherwise is there another company but who wants to maintain them? >> That's our second. >>

060Not yet. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Um I'll go ahead and second that. So, a motion to allow Cheryl Steman to dig up gardens or dig up flowers in the garden at transplant. Uh, made by Polly, seconded by myself. All those in favor say I. I. >> I. >> Opposed. Dig away. Cheryl, dig away. Staff meal prices for 2025 2026. Motion by Jamie, seconded by Paulie. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. I opposed handbooks three addendum 2025 2026 exit survey language. So this is just to include in the handbooks that upon resignation retirement an exit survey will be conducted with the superintendent or the school board president or their designated representative. Uh it's just to ensure that we get uh as much information from staff leaving in the most comfortable way for them

061possible. So >> and this will be put into the staff and like what do we have? We have staff, two pure admit. What's the three? What are they? >> We have certified staff, support staff, and district and administrative staff. >> I mean, I don't know if we want to make that putting that in there because hand I mean technically we have elementary and high school, middle school handbooks as well. Obviously, >> I know, but this doesn't this just says handbooks 2026 handbooks >> doesn't specify which handbooks. It just says parentheses three and so that's certified. >> I mean, obviously it references only. I mean it's I mean we know what it's referencing. I'm just saying it's general saying handbooks we have five of the overall. >> Can you specify in your motion? >> I can

062make that too. >> No, nobody's made a motion yet, but I I will specify adding this language uh in regards to exit surveys to all the employee handbooks. >> I'll second that. >> Motion by myself, seconded by Jamie. Any further discussion? >> It's a little bit gray. Um, are they able is this stating like if I was a staff and I was leaving, I get to choose which one or is it just one of you two and or >> you appoint? I mean, I think that's how we are interpreting it, but it doesn't really say that. >> So, I don't know if like Tara understands if she's leaving that she can choose. I mean, does that makes do you guys feel like if you're reading that that you get to choose who's doing it or

063just that it's going to be done whether it's Kevin, whether it's Tom or whether they appoint >> I thought the choose that's the intent but I think we should after conducted with the put choice of superintendent or school board or >> I think that's better because I you know I just >> choice of that they offended. >> Yeah. >> To make it. >> So, >> yeah. Yeah. No, I just want to make sure it's clear. So, I mean, right now, I feel like the way it's worded, it just states that one of one of us >> was going to do it and it's not really like is it up to be or did they >> Okay. >> Second that um our mind still stands with them and >> Okay. So, yeah. Uh we've uh got

064a motion put forward to put the addendum into the employee handbooks in regards to the exit survey with the additional language of choice of after with the in regards to employees exit surveys with superintendent school work or designated representative. All those in favor say I. opposed. Motion carries. Okay, next board pay freeze. >> Yeah, I did some research. I got an email back from Possby indicating typically you do things like this at an annual meeting and that, but we have several members already who have emailed us saying they didn't want to accept their pay. So, if you wanted to go forth and you wanted to do the freeze or not accept pay, all you need to do is send us an email and that serves as the main. If you want to do more at

065the annual meeting and make more of a a board change to that page, that's the place to do it. But if you want to go ahead and do it independently, um you can email the district office or >> I thought that was only an option initially. No, I mean that's not the that's not the do that. If you want to like if you want to not receive pay or you want to um freeze your pay, just email us. I'll confirm that after you do it. But that's what we were told and then we will not >> those of us that are frozen anything though, right? We don't need like Okay. >> Okay. So, yeah, that's for >> email your intentions. >> Yep. Otherwise, we can make it a blanket thing at the annual. >> Yeah,

066there's a resolution in process. Yeah, that I didn't know if you what you want to do. If it was more immediate, you can. >> So, those interested, please get those emails in if you haven't already and board will be doing its little part to basically try and help with the budget as well. So, And all right letter sorry go ahead >> no we >> okay uh letter regard regarding nut allergy 2025 2026 >> you just >> um well so we had put this together last year um the last time we had this situation I believe Katie brought up the fact that she wanted to see this letter and bring it to you again And so I just um we had help with the Dunovan group of public relations firm initially in past help put this

067together and then wanted to bring it to you. I don't know if you guys want to edit it or what your intentions were at this point in time. We wanted to get something parents but T remember this letter thought we should bring it to the board and then you guys can I guess >> the letter was good and I appreciate it being switched from not free to not aware. Agreed. >> Should we do a letter head? >> Yes. Yes. I just >> So, >> I got a letter just sent home and there was no letter head and I was like, you don't have a letter and then we see I see this and I'm like >> I'm like, oh, I'm thinking he just didn't have it added but I thought I'd ask because >> so

068being as >> well just checking. Thank you. I approve it. I don't think >> anything. >> Well, you know what? I will make a motion that the board acknowledges the letter being sent out to um parents and students. >> Seconded. >> All those in favor? Hi. >> Hi. >> Hey. All right. Next bit. The hiring of high school football assistant coach. >> I'll second. >> Motion by Jamie, seconded by Corey. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Post. >> All right. So, circling back. >> Did Katie get that vote or not? >> Yes, she did. >> You need a minute? >> Nope. Tie. >> Oh, this one's yours, I guess. >> Thank you. >> All right. So, circling back, uh, letter C under new business Q update. >> Okay. Um, so for those

069of you that don't know, I'm our board representative for Q. It's the community ed between Webster and CRA. So, we participate in that. So, I try to get to the meetings quarterly. Um, this was the end of the basic their year because they'll start over for this upcoming um, quarter. So, um, they're still having 8 to 10 classes a month. Um, flyers should be out soon, hitting mailboxes with the class offerings that are there. Summer classes remained low, but fall classes tend to fill up. They're looking for some um new fitness and yoga instructors, and the board approved a raise um and mileage increase to just match what is out there now, federal mileage increase. Um the fitness instructor one um brought up some interesting stuff between what Webster School does compared to us. We've

070talked before about having the weight room open to for the public to utilize. So Webster does do that. Um they consider their school buildings public buildings and when there's kids not in them, they're unlocked for the public to utilize. So they did check out insurance and those pieces to assure that that was okay. The summer, the wait room is open five days a week, 8 am to 4 pm when staff is there. And during the school year, then it's open or PM to 8:00 p.m. Um, you could offer like a intro to weight room class then. Um, you know, potentially. I know this is just something that we've gone back and forth, so I wanted to bring it up that that their insurance is covering the liability aspect of it. So, I don't know if

071our insurance is any different because that was one thing that we had brought up before as to why we don't have it open. We also don't I don't think regularly have our doors unlocked during those non-kid times. Um, I didn't know if that was something that we'd want to look into potentially. >> Is there any stipulation that like to use the school weight room you have to be in the school district? >> For us, >> for >> them it's they're just considering it a public you have to be an adult. So they want it 18 plus. They don't really advertise it, so they don't get very much usage at all. Um, but in talking about this fitness class, then the Q person was like, maybe there could be an intro to weight room class that

072would introduce people to the equipment that was there. >> Um, so they don't charge for it as of right now. Their insurance is okay and it's 18 plus to utilize their weight room. So, I just thought that was interesting information to find out about their school to then bring back to us along with that um update on what Q is currently doing. >> Cool. >> Awesome. >> Thank you, Katie. >> That is good info. >> And then did you did they ever reply regarding the student ath athletic coordinator, >> the youth coordinator piece? um they're okay with learning more information about it and then Corey's taking that on and working specifically with Webster School to see if it would be a school funded piece. >> Yep. This Corey or a um Q piece or maybe

073a combination of both. >> Yeah. >> But I'll have it on the committee the whole hopefully. >> Awesome. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Just to circle back, is it the Q doing the weight room or is just the Friday schoolster? >> Just Webster school, but it came up. I was like, I don't know if we could have a Q class in our weight room because we don't use let the public use it. And then the Webster guys were like, "Oh, ours is open. We do it publicly." So, we just went back and forth. >> Yeah, we went back and forth on that. So, I don't know if it's worth us checking insurance again to see if it's a possibility. If do we want people in the school unattended? You know >> there are wait rooms unsupervised.

074>> It's un Yes. >> It's unsupervised. So when kids are not in school, they consider the schools public buildings and anyone has access to them. >> So they can walk the halls, >> right? And they do walking. Like that's a Q activity that people sign up for. >> So I just have to ask this. >> Yeah. >> So they just unlock their doors and leave. >> Their custodial crews are there. And I would think like our our class I don't know if they block off the classroom hallways like our gym and commons area the doors lock to keep people out of the rest of the areas but I don't know if those then spaces be considered more public. I don't know. I it's just a >> it just to me I would I don't open

075up my house and leave the doors open. >> Not a public owned property either. >> Right. >> Yeah. But what I'm saying is is how who monitors it? >> I mean the government center is open. >> Yeah. I just I I thought it was an interesting concept that their their school board member automatically was like we just consider >> school though. I mean is the elementary school? >> They said they consider their buildings public buildings. I didn't >> I just curious because you think about where the middle school and high school it's kind of you know it's not like on your mag drag. You kind of I mean you can walk over there obviously. >> I don't know. I just I thought it was an interesting concept. >> I just was curious. >> Yeah. Yeah.

076And I didn't dig into, you know, all the building portions of it, but they're just like from 4 to 8 is public during the school year. Monday through Friday, not weekends, and then during the summer months, 8:00 am to 4 p.m. >> Well, and I think that 18 plus is a critical part of that as well. >> Yep. >> So, oh, it's good info. You should look into maybe some more stuff. Anyway, >> yeah, >> I know they do that. And again, the Q aspect to school, the more we get the public into the school, the data shows that we're more likely to have referendums pass, have positive outlook with the community. It's getting people, especially seniors, into our schools that don't have kids that are are here. So, it's it's a very favorable outlook

077when we can use these community pieces to get people into our actual buildings. >> Yeah. Thank you. Mhm. >> Um, let's see here. >> Well, we got through everything else, but we're on the playground equipment. >> Okay, playground equipment. So, we talked about that at the committee meeting. >> Do we want to just go ahead and scrap it? Do we want to put it up on Facebook and allow people to just come grab what's there? What do we think is fair for the outgoing equipment? um because the auction site was going to charge us possibly up to 20% of whatever we sold it for. We don't have great pictures. We don't even know if all of the pieces are really there. The swings are probably the the easiest piece to for someone to look at

078the pile and figure out if the pieces are there. Um there's one dome climber that would be a pretty easy thing for someone to take. There's a broken merrygoround. The bearings are not they don't slow it down. So, I don't know liability-wise if we would want that to go. And then there's um a slide and climber with a tunnel combo, but that's where the pieces, it's a pile of pieces. So, and Dan did have someone in mind that could come and scrap it. Corey also said he could haul it, too. It's outside of the fence line, so it's not going to affect the start of school and the kids being out there. It's just unsightly. >> So, how do we go about let's say we want to like offer? I mean, how do we even

079go about doing that? Because first come, first serve. >> Well, they need to make sure they're contacting someone. So, you know, >> that's why we wanted to put it up on the auction site because you felt that was the fairest. >> So, if we just throw it up on Facebook, is that fair or do we just want to not consider the idea that it could be reusable because we don't know what parts are out there anymore and how they've been taken apart? What's the likelihood if we put it on Facebook and set up one day for people to pick up that it would all be gone? >> There were people that tried to comment contact me uh to say they were interested in pieces when they get here and actually look at it. I don't

080know if they would still be interested >> because if we could throw it up on Facebook and say next Monday is the pickup day. Whatever pieces aren't picked up on that Monday, the rest get hauled. >> However, you have to sell it for anything or can we just give it away? Is there any are we selling donation donation? >> Yeah, I don't think there was any rule on the playground having to be sold. >> Yeah, think it's free or donation. >> Yeah, >> I think you think about not >> right. We did a Saturday probably better. >> We're gonna have to have a staff member. We're gonna have to have a staff member. >> I will probably be the one that would stand here. Okay. So if that's what you guys want to do, then

081I can make sure that I'd be available for the time period. >> So for that one day if people don't come and have to add scraps, >> I I think that's probably the best plan to go >> get all up and scrap on their own. >> That's just it. I mean, I think it would alleviate >> the overall issue of having to haul it. >> Yeah. >> Anyway. >> Yep. I just didn't know if there was any rule that if it's being sold or not if it's being given away that it has to be sold even for a dollar or whatever that it has to be sold since it's >> I think we >> Okay. >> Are you okay doing that? >> Uh yeah, I can be there and then I guess I'll just contact

082uh Cobalt. Is that our Facebook person? Kathy. >> Okay. So, I'll try to get some pictures and get them to Kathy and we'll pick a day as soon as possible to get that out. >> I'll take a motion that we put it on Facebook to give it back to the community and whatever is left we haul away >> for good donation time. >> Yeah. >> Y >> I'll second that. >> Motion by Corey, seconded by Katie. Uh, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> All right. And then just an update on where we're at with the actual playground itself. Um, so the the mulch is in, the playground equipment is in, half the area has been seated, and the grass is up. That sandbox is in. I don't have the sand in it

083yet. I'm going to bring stakes up to block off the grass area. All right. The northern grass area where the kids are supposed to have that nice open area to play. It will still be a beautiful nice open area to play, but it was holding a lot of water. When we had that d that rain, the drains were all blocked with fabric because of the asphalt going in and it caused a lot of surface water. Um, they're going to be looking at some re-engineering options just because of how wet that area still is and it's not draining. It may involve some area north side of the fence, getting some additional drain tile added to it, possibly lowering a cleanout that could double as a drain in the corner. Um, so we're still working through what

084those pieces might be. When the mulch was put in, the asphalt binder binder layer was significantly damaged. Um, that was the damaged area was cut out today. Uh the gravel underneath was quite wet as well and so that's going to need to dry. Monarch were on their schedule because they are the only people out here that do any paving. They're looking at trying to pave on Wednesday or Thursday. They know that that's not a great day because we'll have families here on Wednesday. It may not look beautiful for those families to look out the back doors. Um, we may not even want I was hoping we could have the doors open and that they could look out to the playground or go out on the playground. We could try to just block off the area

085that's dug up because there's still a nice solid piece of asphalt from the doors to the corner of the playground. So, we could potentially look at that as well. Um, but that's being worked through. So, uh, hopefully we'll have that. The the last day of this whole project is supposed to be Friday. Um, there were also a couple of cracks in the cement that was put in the courtyard. Um, they're going to come out and fix those with a filler agency agent of some kind. And then, um, I asked them to give us some additional warranty because the other option was to tear out the chunks of cement that were damaged and repour. Um, but that would be a different color, possibly damage the side. What? There's just some negatives to it. they're going to

086credit us back like $2,400 um when they do that because of the damage that was done to it. So >> So with that, just circle back around, is the grass area where the kids are projected to play, is that going to be blocked? Are we going to let them go out there right away or that kind of going to be blocked off? >> It is unfortunately all the grass is going to be blocked off until it can get grown and good enough for foot traffic. We're going to just have to keep watching it and only half of it's going to be seated. We may have like the smaller L portion that goes down to the south that will be available sooner than the northern portion, but I'm going to bring in post to block it

087all off and other stuff. >> Well, right as soon if that asphalt gets all finished, which it should before school starts. Um, Robert is still going to paint lines for games. We've got the hoop up. Um, it's a little not round. I'm going to try to make it round again. It is very high, but that's what it was before. So, we're >> Have we purchased Do we have money to purchase new balls for some of this stuff? >> That's all Shel's uh budget took care of some of that. You've got some donations of sand toys. So, that looked And some new trikes. >> Yep. So, there were definitely some fun pieces out there. And then we talked about moving a shed um from the South Elementary area. There's two back there. moving one of those

088sheds back over onto the playground for storage of equipment, but that can't happen until the asphalt's done. >> It's not going to happen. I think it's going to just stay where it's at >> And store there. Okay. Um >> just because draining it across all that new asphalt >> regardless of what we do with >> Yeah. >> I don't think it's probably our best. >> And if it doesn't work out, Mr. B could potentially have his class build another one. He's the one that built the first one that didn't handle the move. So, all right. That's what I know on the playground. >> Great. Thanks, Katie. Okay. >> Awesome. I mean, it would be great if we could get uh so families could at least get a view of it on those open house nights.

089Um if it won't be too difficult to rope. >> No. And if I don't know if Dan's going to be out there doing any cleaning car that the door the elementary door there that goes from the playground could use a little scrubbing of some kind. >> Yeah, >> that would help tie in all the goodness that's going on back there. >> Okay, >> Katie, I just want to say that I think I can fairly say on behalf of the whole board that you've done a ton of work and thank you for everything you've done for that. >> Definitely. Thank you, Katie. >> All right, moving on. Meeting calendars. >> Can we go back to the garden thing since Katie's here too with folks? >> Yeah. >> Oh, okay. Um, >> Cheryl wanted some flowers. >>

090Yeah, we approved that. >> Okay. She's just taking out the stuff that um >> I don't know. There was like uh in the front closest to the the parking lot um who our teacher that just went to Alaska, Dave's wife >> daily. So she purchased I know like a blueberry plant and a couple of perennials. So if there is anything viable out there, it's in those two probably still very full of weeds. But there were >> I'm >> assuming she's seen something that caught her eye and she wants to harvest those. >> Yeah. >> So, if she's going to dig them up, there were just a few perennials that got purchased in that front area. >> Okie dokie. >> Anything else in regards to that, Paulie? >> And did we end up having anyone that

091was wanted to do anything with Well, we probably too soon to figure it all out still. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> All right. Um, being calendars, give me the whole uh does Monday, September 15th work for everyone >> for a while. >> All right. And then regular school board meeting Monday, September 22nd. >> My community holds at 5 o'clock. >> Yes. >> Five o'clock for both of them. >> Tom, I was wondering with when we want to try to do the budget and if possibly do we want to maybe do the budget meeting the 22nd and do the regular meeting the 29th. I'm just trying to figure out days that we can all potentially be here at the budget because I know Wednesdays are going to work good for me now that school's back in sports,

092but I know Wednesdays don't work for Katie. Yeah. And of course, they're not, you know, we may not be able to or are we able to maybe schedule the budget on the 29th? >> I don't know what how soon you're planning to try to do one of the budget special meetings kind of thing, I guess, is the question. >> Yeah. Um, I', well, for sure September's is a little bit more questionable as to when we want it, but in October, I would definitely like it first week or two in just so we have a better idea going into the annual. Um, so We I feel like we need to see the budget. >> That's what I'm saying. Like the next two >> if we wait until October. We don't have a lot of time. And

093if the budget is 500 and some pages, I mean, I don't know how hard it would be to send that electronically that we can start looking at that. But I I feel like we need to I I'm not going to vote on a budget. I'm not going to vote to approve a budget that I haven't even seen. I can guarantee that. >> Right. No, that's why I'm saying we have to have meetings the next two months to go over this budget and to see it till >> Right. But you're saying not in September, but in October. >> No, no, no, no. I'm saying as far as when in September, I'm not cuz like I'd like it in the first week or two of October. So that way I've got a week or two to think

094about stuff if we need to have another meeting before that annual meeting. >> Yeah. post in public, >> right? Yeah. >> Um, so do we want to have one on the 8th or do we want to do the 22nd, 29th thing or do we need a different day? Um, >> do you need to prep anything or is it just pretty much just showing us what you have? >> Um, what' you say? Tell the eth or what? >> If Monday's work, we just have to figure out which Monday we want. >> I mean, I know Kelly's going to be questionable, but she's not here. would possibly having a meeting during the day like a Friday midm morning. I don't that >> self-employ >> I mean would that work for you Katie or No, >> it just

095depends on which Friday. I work every other Friday. >> Okay. >> Uh the 12th. >> I'd be off the 12th. >> I No, not usually. I can take I will make whatever work if I'm in town. >> How about Friday the 12th? >> Friday the 12th. You talking October or September? >> September still. >> What about staff? Do you guys know what that would >> I mean they'll have school? >> Yeah, the first week of school. Come on. Second week of school. >> There's nothing due then, right? >> I mean, obviously I don't think you guys who I don't know if admin would need to be there, right? It would just be probably Laura, Kevin, and Lisa. >> Yeah. >> I mean, is that harder to try to schedule right now? I mean, I know

096we've done some, but of course, I don't know the length of it. And if you're not if you're against having it during the day, we can look to try to do one of those nights. I don't know. Just trying to work with what we have here with like changing the schedule, but I don't know how busy you guys are. What I mean, >> I think Friday the 12th would work for me. Katie, do you know if that would work? >> Yep, it would work for me. >> Just depends on the time because I was all supervising. Yeah, >> I got some supervising because I direct contact with kids. >> Yeah, I mean >> early early morning. >> I think I'm at 10:30 to >> 10:30 >> 10:37 to 11:04 >> and I launch from >>

097and then >> so we have morning like 9ish. >> Yeah, but that only gives us an hour. >> And I think I don't know. I think if you need a thieve I don't know. Yeah, he's for sure. >> I don't know if you need to be there. I don't >> It's justformational. We're just taking a look and it's probably helpful to have someone who knows what you've put together answer any questions that we may have coming up with it. But it's really just to take it in and >> I may not be there >> mull it around. >> But I think if we have an electronic copy that we can start looking at and taking notes so that we can make the best use of Laura's time because obviously you know >> Laura's be going

098line by line with us or >> I mean I can >> okay we'll schedule that for the second two weeks I don't know if that's going to work for me but I'll try to make it if not but there's four of the rest of you sound like it is good >> so we're we're basically between 8 am on the 12th or an evening meeting on the 8th y So, >> Mhm. >> I'm good with >> 8 a.m. on the 12th. >> Okay. >> Check on location. Stay tuned. >> Or you want to do it Monday the 8th. >> Well, we do Monday the 8th. It have to be an evening meeting, which I mean I I can make work for me. I probably won't make it the 12, but that's fine. You guys are here

099all the time. I don't >> I can do Monday the 8th if that works for everybody, too. >> All right, let's just do that then. Okay, change it. Monday the 8th, 5:00 p.m. >> One more meeting situation. How are you guys going to fill Eric's position? Are you guys is it going to be advertised as of or nowhere? What? How's that? >> It'll have to be an appointment. >> Yeah. It'll have to be advertised. Um and I'll >> and in the interim, we'll vote on a replacement for clerk probably at the next meeting that we have. So all right, all the mo meetings are done for the minutes. Move on to approval of the bills. >> I had a question on one here. Um on the first page, repair for the septic tank wiring. So

100I know that wiring got pulled out when they were doing construction. Is that out of our that we shouldn't pay for that? >> I was wondering that too. >> Oh, um 220. >> Even if we did pay for it, we should submit that back to Stout for reimbursement because their guys hit that line. >> I have a couple questions on some of these too, just to understand what they're for. Um go IDEA. >> Go idea is our um special education paperwork software >> and that's for a year thing. Um, and then 57232, it just says like we're funding bond for almost a 475, but it's 752.2 the second. So it's general obligation refunding bonds associated trust that >> oh that's our annual >> and then what is a WSA >> that's again what is that

101>> that is my if it's >> WSA >> it's a membership Music association. I know. >> No, the AWSA. That was the professionals. >> It's a membership renewal. I was >> Yeah, that's the admin one, I believe. >> Um, what was the gardener refrigerator to replace? >> Dan had to replace the chiller for the walk-in fridge. No, just kidding. He did have to do that. But that >> wasn't Or was this one for the office? >> Wasn't this Was this part of the it? >> No, that was to Earth Energy. This is gardener >> unit. New unit >> the HVAC or the >> is it one of the boilers >> that we're supposed to be placed a year ago >> in January. >> That was the one in the the elementary office. >> Oh, that

102one. >> The ele Yes, the elementary office. >> Finally just got the last bit of school. >> Okay, so it happened already. We're just Okay. Um, >> I thought he did something to the fridge. I thought he was just telling me that >> that's United in the um, >> what's the school district of WALC agreement for 30 school district? >> Oh, that makes sense. >> And then is it normal for us to pay for five reps for a football game? For a man football game? >> Absolutely. Yes, it's 100 moment. It is what the WIA requires. >> Even though it was in Park Balls, we posted >> I don't know anything about that, but as far as the five refs, that's still what WIA requires. >> I don't know about the Park Balls part. Sorry.

103>> Anybody know? >> Was that the one game they just they gave up a home game to go play on the turf? >> So, does that count as afford? >> I don't know if you ask Carsten. I know there's only three home games this year and I feel like he told someone they gave up a home game to be able to play on >> home game three and a half hours away on a turf field. That was permission was given. Nobody knows >> whose area >> it's his own area. >> His own and nobody oversees it. um the lodge as a testing site. That's a minor amount, but with as many empty classrooms as we have, we need to use that as a testing. >> They use that to take the um AP tests because

104those have to be taken in a neutral location. >> Okay. So, that's not our choice. Let's just go correct somewhere. That's not um what is the standard insurance company? Life insurance. >> Um >> sports facility scheduler. It's the new black. >> It's the new um calendar, >> the sports calendar. >> And all the parents have to sign up with an account for it, too. >> Yeah, we just had to do one for football. >> Oh, that Yeah, that's middle school. Yeah. No registration. Like if we're a heartland business then it has to be person. >> Is that a credit card processor? >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Red Rover technology. That's our absent management system. Also our time shift management for our support staff. can give you something. >> Okay. >> Um the Veritan company

105there's another 4,000. What is the total that we pay there per year? >> So this was the total for the year. >> I haven't seen that. >> Um bus company transportation 51,000. Was that really for one month? >> Mhm. thousand perman >> and we're in year two of the contract for that >> geographic year and three yeah three-year contract and we're in year two bill >> I do think that so I found out when we did the the trip to the branch I do think that because we got free um transportation I think that the teachers in the school need to really look into that and say Well, it's part of the contract give us >> but take a take do it like use it I guess >> right >> use that benefit >> we

106get a certain we get a certain number of field trips per just included in the contract >> local what's local >> no we get a certain number >> usually we ask them and they they just do it >> but it's it's also the sports busing and then the regular busing that's all it's all in one contract together. So, a certain number of set field trips. I do believe DLC was budgeted in there and now we don't have DLC, so that might come up in our next contract. Um, the daily busing, all the after school activity busing, that's all encompassed in one contract. >> Okay, that's that's interesting information. >> Yep. >> Um, WB training, that was the training for the new board members. So, we paid them $400 last last month for prep time and

107another $1,000 to do a two-hour training that he gave us a lot of opinions and not a lot of facts when regionally there's one that we can go to. >> Yeah, we >> at no cost. >> So, >> that's what the board would like to do. >> It makes a lot more sense. That was much more factual. Um, I boss lock box. Sounds like firewall. >> Okay, thanks. >> So, I'll make a motion to approve the bills for the cycle 723 to 821. With that, make sure we resubmit for reimbursement for that STO one. For sure. >> I'll second. Motion by Katie, seconded by Corey. Any further discussion? All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. All right. Items for board signature. I think Eric took care of that before he vacated. Um, at this

108time I'm looking for a motion to convene in a close session under Wisconsin state statute 19.85 1 C EFG to consider employment, promotion, compensation, or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercise responsibility. considerations of financial, medical, social or personal information and a confer with legal counsel who is rendering oral or written advice. Do I have a motion? >> I'll second. >> I have a motion by Jamie, seconded by Corey. Items to be discussed in this closed session include a contract insurance question which falls under CNF, a resignation of an eighth grade volleyball coach which also falls under CNF, the hiring of an eighth grade volleyball coach which falls under CNF as well. The hiring of a seventh grade volleyball coach, which falls under CNF. um the

109hiring of a grant writer, which I believe just falls potentially under C and F. And then uh letter G that was added, expulsion point of order falls under A. Any discussion regards to these? All right. Uh Katie, take the role. >> Uh Polly, >> yes. >> Jamie, >> yes. Corey, >> yes. >> Tom, >> yes. >> Katie, yes. Beginning Monday, please.