001Nothing is happening. Thank All righty. So, it is 6 o'clock and I'd like to call this meeting to order. This meeting has been noticed by Evans Print Media Group, WCO Radio, Magnum Radio, Cross Tribune, Sparta City Hall, Sparta Free Library, and the Maplewood Administrative Building. Are there any changes to the agenda? No, there are not. I would like to request a motion to adopt the agenda. So, move. Second. All those in favor say I. I. I. Oppose say nay. Agenda passes. 5 02 absent. Next is item D. Pledge of allegiance. Pledge 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. Sam, can you remind everyone of the SASD's mission statement, please? Yes. Our mission statement
002is to educate all students academically, emotionally, and socially to inspire curiosity and resilience. Do we have any public input this evening? I do not believe we have any public input this evening. All right. Next is item 2. A reports Fort McCoy report by garrison manager Mr. Kenton and S Command Sergeant Major James Riddle. As they approach the uh microphone, we're going to ceue up uh a brief video before uh the report given by Fort McCoy. April is the month of the military child. The Department of Defense celebrates children this month, and there are more than 1.6 million military children. Throughout their lives, they encounter many unique experiences and challenges as a result of their parents' service. At Toma Area School District, we're incredibly proud of our military children and the positive impact they have on
003our schools. As we celebrate month of the military child, we encourage everyone to join us in acknowledging and appreciating the contributions of our military children. And to be a military child is to struggle just as much as you succeed. It means that even though there are times where you have to be persistent and try your hardest is always just as rewarding. And being a military child is facing a lot of different challenges and dealing with a lot of different experiences that most kids usually don't have to deal with. You know, when your parents miss events that you find very very um personal to you, um they'll miss birthdays or concerts and it really is difficult. But for me, it's really, really helpful to know that they're doing something that is more than just themselves. There's
004a lot of different things that goes on with being a military child, but being a military child also forces you to become more resilient in the future and know how to bounce back from things that might be difficult for you. Thank you for your incredible resilience, strength, and contributions to our schooling community. Your presence enriches our classrooms and inspires us all. We are proud to have you with us and celebrate you during the month of the military child. A military child, it means to obviously you have to sacrifice as a child too cuz your parents have responsibilities moving and being deployed. I think it's just just having like perseverance and just kind of going through whatever comes at you and um just like having different opportunities that a lot of people just don't get to
005have. The only thing that's different is you you move you move around a lot. I've moved to three places probably like like maybe like me when I moved from my house um and from McCoy I had to leave a lot of friends and it was really sad. So I'd say just be happy. I think it can it's obviously hard leaving your friends and whatnot, but it's definitely what I always have to look forward to is like the new experience and just making new friends and the new opportunities you're going to get to have at your new school or just in general wherever you're going. If you had a friend who was in the military and they were moving to a new place, uh what sort of advice would you give that? Um just be yourself
006and be social early. Just be the same person. Don't change yourself because the other the other place might be a little different than your old home. Be confident, be brave, and don't be scared of your losses. I've done a lot of things for the military uh because of military youth sponsorship events uh with the youth centers. I'm actually the former KA representative for Wisconsin. [Music] Thanks for showing that to the board and where for the attendees. Um appreciate uh taking time to watch that video. Uh the impact uh that schools uh have on our military children and kids in general is is truly impactful. I appreciate everything that uh Sparta School District uh does for all of our school age kids uh at the at at Fort McCoy. um was a father of a retiree.
007Uh had we had our kids I was just trying to count it but I think it was in like eight or nine different schools districts uh over the uh 30 years I was in with our four kids uh being different places. Uh so uh wife's an educator as well. So uh you have my you know thank you for doing do what you do take the time out of your busy schedules to come here and help uh lead uh this district and the support we have here. uh commander command serant major James Riddle uh became our fort uh major real real recently and uh want to introduce him as well as a critical member of our command team and our newest one of our newest members in the sport area. Thank you sir. Appreciate that very
008much. Yep. As uh Mr. Cantalon said assumed responsibilities on May 16th. Um very honored to have that um opportunity. My family will be deeply integrated in the uh school system here. I have three school age kids um ages four, six, and 10. Uh so they'll be attending Sparta schools. And my wife is a social studies teacher who's recently been hired to teach at the high school. So looking forward to the opportunity to integrate and appreciate really all you do. Um as Mr. Cantalon said, this is this will make my family's uh fourth move in the last five years. So coming to a good school district that is that is aware of the military child and the challenges they face is very beneficial for us. So thank you. Any questions for us while we're here? Thank
009you very much and uh greatly appreciated. Uh we are very proud to um celebrate with our military children every day, not just in April. Um I thought um the Toma area school district inspired school district had a wonderful lunchon for uh the military children out at uh the Legion and uh next year Toma I believe will take it uh for next year and kind of alternate. So very very strong partnership with uh Fort McCoy and continue to look for ways that we can continue that partnership and uh uh very thankful for um for the men and women who defend our freedoms every every day and uh especially coming off Memorial Day. uh remembering why we are here today. So, thank you very much. All right. Any other further questions or comments from the board hearing?
010None. Uh item 2B, facility project report, Sam. Yeah, just a a real quick update. We continue to modify the plans. Um had more focus groups or user groups last week. Um this week we're still meeting even more. Um and we're going to start meeting more regularly. Uh every other week is the formal uh core planning team, but we have always seem to have two or three meetings a week uh in regards to one situation or another. Uh tomorrow or Thursday, I can't remember which one it is. We have uh the piping uh with all of our plumbing. Um they did a scope. So we get that report coming up. I believe that's on Thursday. So, uh, lots of excitement, but continue to, uh, talk with a lot of, uh, user groups and, uh, get their
011ideas and really bring those into action as well. And also starting to talk a lot more with the community members. They're starting to, uh, ask questions, which is great. I have meetings with them. I was at a local coffee shop earlier uh, last week and, uh, shared some of the the progress that they were very pleased with. Um, so a lot of excitement, but uh, a year from now is going to look a lot different, especially at SHS as we start to close out the year. So, um, no, just a lot of excitement and and continuing to move in a positive direction. Any questions or comments from the board? Hearing none, moving on to item 2 C, announcements and information. Sam. Um, yes. Before we get into the announcements and information, I want to thank
012Miss Mansky and Miss Hower for uh putting on a uh federal funding workshop. Uh we did have some attendees uh even from different district come and see how federal funding affects our district and uh uh the impact it has on our kids and our staff on a daily basis. So, thank you very much for putting that together. Uh the slides to that workshop are in uh in the announcements and information page as well. Um we have three days left uh of the school year. I know the kids are counting down, the staff uh are counting down and the parents are probably counting the other way until when school starts up again. Um but um a lot of positive, a lot of excitement. Um the weather didn't really cooperate today, tomorrow for maybe some outdoor activities,
013but uh that's not going to damper the end of the year celebration. So, uh, I was at Southside today and it might be the last time that I say hello to the kindergarteners as kindergarteners as they wave and get all excited and because the a year from now they're at Herman. So, um, just wonderful to walk through the halls, thank the staff. That's the biggest thing. Thank the staff, thank the kids, thank the families uh, for a great year and we still have a few days. SHs is wrapping up their final exams. Eighth grade celebration is coming up on Thursday. Uh special congrats to the sales and SHS graduates um for walking across the stage last week and uh once again it's a collective effort uh to our entire staff that get every kid across
014the stage whether they entered as Mr. Burns Gilbert said in his speech whether they entered at prek or entered at the high school uh the for their senior year it's it's a collective commitment and it's a uh sacrifice our community gives and all their time talent and resources as well. So uh very excited. So, um, but with that, there's just the the summer months are coming. It's going to be ramping up for getting ready for the following year, not just the referendum, but everything else that goes along with, uh, kicking off, uh, our inservice days, uh, with new teachers to the district on the 12th of August. So, uh, we're already eyeing that and planning on that as well. So, um, just a lot of excitement. Our co-curriculars are wrapping up, uh, with their, uh,
015competition seasons. uh had an excellent uh fine arts program uh on month of May with all the end of year celebrations um and concerts and um really bringing families together and kids together to celebrate one last time before they go on to the next journey and that next journey could be the next grade or our seniors we send them out you know to their post-secary endeavors. So just a lot of excitement this time of year. All righty moving on to the consent agenda. Just going to give a few moments to look over the consent agenda and whenever the board is ready, I'd like to request a motion to approve the consent agenda. I move to approve the consent agenda as presented. I'll second that. All righty. That was motion was made by Miss Lopez, seconded
016by Mr. Colin Burns Gilbert. Roll call. Mrs. Lopez. Yes. Mr. Wells. Yes. Mr. Gonkey. Yes. Mr. Burns Gilbert. Yes. Dr. Bernett. Yes. Motion passes. 502 absent. And just one comment, Mr. Wells, before we continue. Um, next week or later this week, I will be sending in the request to the DPI for an early start date for the 26 27 school year. I'll be doing that uh in the next couple weeks to confirm that. And if that wouldn't go through, obviously we go back to the board and and make an adjustment, but hopefully we should be able to get it through. That's good. All righty. Moving on. Number uh number 4 A discussion of possible action to approve revisions to the 2425 budget. Miss Hower, uh I do have the summary slide from the presentation that
017was given at the committee meeting. Um with the total uh requested amendments to the revenue and the expense budget, it ends us uh as of the end of April to have a deficit to the fund balance of about $600,000. This is better than where we started the year with the original budget having revenue stabilization or set aside of 1.5 million. So, we're moving in the right direction. Um, we continue to have a lot of activities still occurring. Our year end is June 30th. So, you will see the final budget revisions after that point as we get ready for the audit. Any further questions or comments from the board? Move to approve the budget revisions as presented. I'll second that. Motion made by Mr. Burns Gilbert, seconded by Dr. Bernett. Roll call, please. Wendy. Mr. Wells.
018Yes. Dr. Bernett. Yes. Mr. Burns Gilbert. Yes. Mr. Gonkey. Yes. Mrs. Lopez. Yes. Motion passes. 502 absent. Item 4B. Discussion and possible action to approve grants and donations. Sam. Uh yes. Just one for the approval for the board. uh Rose Jewelers reached out and was very kind to give a $100 gift card uh no strings attached to go into uh for all of our staff. Uh we're talking uh if you're on our payroll, that's a staff. So, they gave $592 592 $100 gift cards uh for whatever. It could be for cleaning. It could be for purchasing something new. It could be designing or whatever. Um so, we're going to get those out pending your approval. uh no strings attached it, but they wanted to give back to the community. They gave uh uh some other
019districts as well, but uh very kind donation from uh Rose Jewelers. I have a quick question. So that you said $100 gift cards. Would that number be right then up there? times Yeah, I'm probably off there by one zero. All righty. So, yep. So, that's a big difference. So, I apologize, Miss Markin. We're going to have to redo that form. I should probably use a calculator more often rather than my quick math like, "Oh, yeah, just add a zero." But no, very, very kind. But yes, and I said, "For all 592." And they're like, "Yep, very kind." Yeah, very kind. So, do we need to amend anything then or I just think if if you approve uh the Rose Jewelers donation of 592 gift cards of $100 each. So, all right. So, I'd like to
020request that motion. So, moved. Moved by Miss Lopez, seconded by Mr. Gonkey. Roll call, please. Mr. Burns Gilbert. Yes. Dr. Reneck, yes. Mr. Wells, yes. Mrs. Lopez, yes. Mr. Gi, yes. Motion passes. 52 two absent. And just for recognition, very kind donations from uh Culver's of Sparta, First Community Credit Union, Old High Point PTO, JD Riley Construction, Barbara Middleton, and the uh Lonia Golf Course um for the um their generous um donations to our district. All right, moving on. Item 4 C discussion and possible action for the board to move into close session pursuant to Wisconsin statutes 19.85 parent one parent C the board of education may moved into close session for the purpose of consult considering employment promotion compensation or performance evaluation for for any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction
021or exercises responsibility discussion of salaries for individual employees. Roll call, Wendy. Oh, we need a motion first. Yeah, I'll make that motion as presented. Motion made by Mr. Burns Gilbert, seconded by Miss Lopez. Roll call. Wendy. Dr. Bernett. Yes. Mrs. Lopez. Yes. Mr. Wells? Yes. Mr. Burns Gilbert? Yes. Mr. Gi? Yes. Motion passes. 502 absent. We are now in close session. Thank you very much everybody. Uh if we do have anything to announce, we'll come back here. But uh we're going to stop the recording at this time. Enjoy the evening and drive home safely. I know you always. Follow me.