001We'd like to find out [Music] where they go But they're all joinely. [Music] Okay, it's uh 5:30, so I'll call the meeting to order. Please stand for the pledge of >> allegiance. I aliance 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. >> Roll call, Colleen. Y Black. >> Yes. >> Here. >> Hinrich. >> Kers here. >> Kissinger W >> here. Long >> here. >> Swinty >> here. Blue >> here. >> Zimmerman >> here. >> Yep. >> Okay. We've got a quorum. Adoption of the agenda. Entertain a motion to approve the agenda as presented. >> So move. >> I'll second. >> Motion. Second to approve the agenda as presented. All those in favor signify by saying
002I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. Uh district administrators report. >> All right. So, a couple things uh tonight. First, uh back to school update. We're right in the hunt for that. So, uh we will have our welcome back breakfast. Of course, you're all invited to that every year. So, that'll take place on August 25th. We'll start serving food around 7:30 in the morning. I'll probably start with uh introductions of staff and that sort of thing around 8 o'clock usually somewhere in there. So feel free to come on in and we'll be welcoming our new staff next week on the 19th and 20th. So Ron, we usually do a welcome from you, but we'll have a I think right away at 7:30. Mark >> have breakfast at 7:30. You guys eat? >> Yeah. So we'll
003we'll welcome the new staff. I know you're a morning person. >> We backed it all the way up. >> 19th >> the 19th. Correct. 19th at 8. >> 8 o'clock. >> Yep. >> Our inservice schedule is >> by and large finalized at this point. There might be a few changes. We reduced from 9 days to five this year. So it is a much more uh condensed version of what we typically would do to start the year. Um but that was staff request. We tried to add some of those days. We did successfully calendar throughout the year so that we had more days to touch base during the school year and not stack them all at the front. So it will be five days to start the year. Uh first day of school will be September
0042nd for uh K through six and then nine grades nine and then our link crew folks and our web folks and then September 3rd will be uh we'll be all all systems go with everybody back. um give you just a update on some of the summer capital projects that we had going on. This uh was a was a pretty busy summer. We had the middle school bathroom project which was kind of a twofold project combined. It was moved up the priority list when we discovered that we had some leaky pipes, drainage pipes and rotting pipes that were just super old uh in the middle school bathroom. But uh then combined with a plan that we have over the next five to seven years to update all of our bathrooms to be wheelchair accessible and ADA
005compliant. Uh so we we put that one first on the list. So they just finished that up. They started it in early June and finished it about a week ago with their final walkthroughs and cleaning. So everything I think Stacy is looking pretty normal down there at this point and moved in. So >> getting there getting there. So um so that was a bigger project. If if anybody wants to stick around after this meeting, I'd be happy to to walk down there and show you the what it looks like. Um, >> yeah, you can't walk in. >> We can't. Are they want to have a corinary not walk through the fresh wax yesterday, so she >> All right. >> It's supposed to be open by Friday. >> I would assume seventh grade, too, is probably
006being waxed on that tail end where they had pulled off. All right, scratch that. I'll send you all pictures. Take my word for it. It looks really nice. Um, >> you guys can come down anytime after Friday. >> There you go. >> Um, so then the flooring project which you probably saw started in this hallway, navigates all the way down to the middle school and then takes a hard left and goes down what we refer to as senior hallway come across. So um, that was a project to replace we call it asbestous flooring dial flooring. Some of it contains asbestous, some of it does not. So what happened through this hallway is they had an abatement process where they tested every classroom as well. And the classrooms that tested positive um we went ahead and
007and included them in this project as well. The ones that did not will still get the wax and be encapsulated, but they um they'll wait for the next flooring project. So that was a pretty pretty big project. It turned out really nice um and quite a bit of new flooring. So, this is going to save this is a more durable flooring option for us, but it also saves a lot in the summertime. Frees up our cleaning crew to do other things so they're not waxing the floors all summer long. Uh, couple of other projects that we had, a couple of doors. If you notice when you walked in the Commons going into the elementary, those had uh just some glass doors that weren't overly secure. And as we try to open this commons area up
008more and more for community education and community access throughout the day, we want to make sure that those sectioned off areas for students are secure. So, we put in a um a secure door into that location. Uh and that's just waiting on some um some hardware and some and some software updates for the key card and that will be finished up. And then one other door to the pool chemical room, which most people will never see, but that door just over, you know, the the lifespan that it's been in there was starting to rot away and stick and um and not not work very well. So, that one's getting replaced as we speak. And then the last project that we had did not cost the district anything, but it was definitely very necessary. If you
009remember, not last spring, but the spring before when we had an unexpected power outage at school about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Um, and then restoration of power supplies that that we had issues where we're throwing away a lot of food and other things. Um WPS found that our main supply lines coming into the district were were very antiquated and outdated and along with some of the other hardware that they need. So they put us on a list for an upgrade. Well, that happened over the course of July. Uh, so we really only experienced a power outage from about four o'clock until maybe midnight. Uh, where they everything else they did with the power hooked up, but they relocated some of their transformers and and relays so they're not in the way of middle school
010playground like they used to be. So much uh safer environment as well. So that uh was completed here recently as well. Everything went well. Um lastly, but certainly not least, I just want to congratulate our FCCLA uh group. We had uh number of students that left right after the 4th of July to go down to nationals and compete. Uh that that trip started out with a little bit of adversity as their van broke down uh at just maybe a couple miles south of here. So, they had we had to figure out uh some different transportation for them in in the middle of the night, but it it worked and they made it to their flight on time. But I want to always congratulate Ally Huert who does an amazing job with this group. And Sienna
011Caulkins earned gold in her event and was recognized as a top 10 finalist. Kaylee Swan and Rya finished in second place in interpersonal communications. And in career investigation, Morgan Cretchmer earned a gold and Emma earned a bronze in a chapter review display. Excellent job representing Tom Hawk at Nationals for FCCLA. Good. Great. Thanks. Any questions, comments from Okay, next agenda items, the committee reports. The first one is uh with me, the personnel committee. Uh Matt discussed the life insurance. Uh we had three meetings to try to get all the information we could. uh lot of information, a lot of discussion, uh difficult decisions that uh we're looking at or had to be made or making whatever. But uh uh hopefully we're headed in the right direction. Uh what I want to do is I want
012to break this down into three parts for your approval uh or to vote on uh and that's to switch the carriers from MetLife to standard. Uh I'll give you an idea. uh ler. This past year, Metife uh had a price of 35 uh cents per thousand dollar of coverage per month. So on $100,000 for an annual, that would be $420 for active employees that the district paid. And 2526, we got a new quote from them for 77 cents per thousand per month. So on $100,000 policy that now would go to $924. It more than doubled with Metife. Uh for retirees in 2425 they paid on a $50,000 policy they paid uh $210 for the year. If we stay with Metife for 2526 they're going to pay $462 a year. So again it more than doubles
013if we stay with metal life. So the recommendation is that we switch to standard. And to give you just some numbers there again with standard uh in the present plan the $100,000 policy would be $816 uh per employee compared to $924. Okay. For retirees, a $50,000 policy will be $390. So everything's going to increase. It's going to increase from last year no matter who we stay with. It just increases less with standard than anybody else. Uh and uh SH any comments you want to make or >> you're doing very well. >> Okay. Anyway, I just want to give you some of the numbers so you understand why we're recommending to switch from uh Metife to standard. Okay. So, any questions, comments before I call for the vote? >> What are other schools doing? Do you
014know? >> I couldn't tell you. I don't know. I don't know that part of it. I don't know who they're with or anything on >> what that would be. >> According to Corey in one of our committee meetings, he said it's uncommon they were that still offers >> that still offers life insurance. >> Okay. >> Through our >> Okay. And part of the reason for the that we were told uh for the large increase from MetLife is that they had a a large number of claims over whatever time period they used one year, three years, whatever it happened to be uh across the board uh retirees and active employees. We know we've had some active employees that have passed away. So that's the reason for the big increase from bed that we saw. Okay. Anything
015else? Okay. Then I'd entertain a motion to approve the switch from Met Life insurance to the standard insurance. >> So move. >> Second. Black. >> Motion is second to move from Metife to standard for the insurance. Uh all those in favor signify by saying I please. >> Okay. Roll call. >> Yep. >> Black. >> Yes. >> Calhoun. Yes, >> Kersh. >> Yes, >> Kissinger Wolf. >> Yes, >> Long. >> Yes, >> Swinty. >> Sting. >> Belu. >> Yes, >> Zimmerman. >> Yes. Okay. Thank you. All right. The next part of it is uh was probably the biggest part of the discussion. Uh how do we deal with with the retirees and the situation going forward and what their plan is plan is going to be. So, this is what we're kind of looking at at
016this point. Uh, retirees may may remain on the district's policy until September 1, 2026. During this time, retire retirees will be offered the opportunity for individual or group meetings with Corey Palmer, that's the guy from Standard, to help guide their decision of whether to port or convert their life insurance coverage into individual coverage policies. And I suppose we can't uh guide them. But the everything we heard the the best thing for retirees to do is to do the porting. U they've g they got some guarantees from standard for a few three years and so on. So uh but that's their decision. So we're asking that uh anyone that wants to meet with them uh please come to those meetings and they'll meet on their on a as a group and they'll meet individually with uh
017any individual that wants to meet and talk about it. >> Jeffrey will be sending notification out to all the retirees. It's whatever is decided here. >> And what that means just so all board members understand what those terms are. Um when you court a policy, what we currently have is a group term policy. So when you port a policy, you're moving from the group to an individual term policy and in that group setting that is renewable every year which is different than in the personal side where you buy a 10 or a 15. So it's exporting from a group policy and it renews every year. Okay. Converting means they go from a term policy to a whole life policy which gains cash value over time. Term policy doesn't gain cash value. Just so every board
018member knows you know that bottom line definition of what it means to what it means to convert. >> Okay. Do we need to make promotion on this or >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, any other questions, comments? Okay. Then entertain a motion to approve this uh this uh statement. >> I move. >> Second. K. >> Roll call, please. >> Belove. >> Yes. >> Kersh. >> Yes. >> Kisser. >> Yes. >> Long. >> Yes. >> Swinty abstain. Zimmerman, >> yes. >> Black, yes. Calhoun, >> yes. >> Okay, thank you. All right, the last part of it is uh changes were that are going to be made in the handbook for uh present employees. Uh I'll let have window read that in a minute. You got it or >> Yeah, I read it in a minute. Basically what
019it's saying is uh anybody retiring from in 25 26 or thereafter will have the opportunity to do the the porting. Okay? It's not going to be like it is with present retirees. They can port into an individual policy uh or convert to something else or go someplace else and do what they want with the insurance. >> Okay. You want to >> So yeah, there's >> There's two parts to it. So the the first part before we get into that um changes the language in the handbook that now permits any retiree to utilize any money that's left in their sick leave bank uh to not only use it for health, dental, and vision, but also for life insurance premiums. So it opens that category up. And then there's a couple of spots where that was just
020uh added in. And then And then the language that you were just referring to now reads, "Employees who retire during or after the conclusion of the 2526 school year will have the option to port or convert their life insurance coverage from the district's group plan to an individual policy with the same carrier. This portability allows retirees to maintain life insurance coverage at their own expense. However, retirees will not be eligible to remain on the district's group life insurance plan following their retirement date. That's the that's the expected changes. >> Okay. Any questions, comments on those changes to the uh handbook changes, staff handbook changes? Hearing none, entertain a motion to approve the staff handbook changes as read. >> I'll make a motion to approve the staff hand changes. >> Second. >> Motion a second to
021make the changes to the staff handbook changes as presented. Any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call, please. Colleen. >> Casser. >> Yes. >> Calvin, >> yes. >> Kersh, >> yes. >> Long, >> yes. >> Swinty, >> no. Beloo. >> Yes. >> Zimmerman, >> yes. >> Black, >> no. >> Motion carries. >> Yes. >> Okay. Thank you. Okay. Uh, next item is the operation finance committee. Dave. >> Um, yeah. Um, I'm going to start off here. I'm basically let Wendle cover the finance report since he's able to speak morely out of it. I can, but I can talk about some other things after that. >> Sure. So, uh, quarter 4 finance report is included in your report packet. Uh, there's hard copies available, too. This is the close out, uh, of our of our budget for 2025
0222425 school year. A couple of things that as you look through this, you'll see in the expenditures or first in revenues, um, you'll see that some some revenues came in that exceeded what was budgeted, 101%, 102%, 108%, that sort of thing. These typically reflect um some transfers that are internal. So in this case, we transferred $1.53 million from fund 10 into fund 46 at the end of the year as part of that surplus to cover some of the projects that we have going on that were approved in that in that fund 46 account. So when any anytime there is a a transfer from one account to another account uh within within our system, it shows up as an expenditure and a revenue just in different counts. So you'll see that reflected uh in various spots.
023You'll also see a pretty significant transfer in the revenue side from fund 10 to fund 20 uh for to cover the special ed the the gap between special ed funding that we received from the state and the actual expenditures that we have. Other than net expenditures came in and revenues and expenditures came in uh very close to what we had anticipated. I think we're within $100,000 of our overall uh budget, which is which is pretty close considering how the size of our budget. Um, one area in expenditures that I would like to just draw some attention to because it came in a little higher than what we typically would see is the fund 27. So that's on page four of your report. The expenditures came in at $2,915,736.76. A lot of that is uh is
024related to salaries and benefits, but in this case, we had a special education director leave in August. So, we we essentially paid three directors over the course of this year. So, we had um we were paid one as they left early in the year. We paid an interim director and then we had some overlap with our permanent director that we hired uh to finish up that school year. So, that added some cost to that category. We also um had a CISA 9 contracted speech and language professional because we could not hire them or pathologist uh which we've changed for this year but that came in a little bit higher than what uh just a a permanent employee for us would have been. So that added cost and then with the part-time school psych and the
025limited director support uh the hours were a little bit increased for our school psych and some of the duties that they performed over the course of the year. So, we're a little bit higher in that category than we had originally anticipated, but that's that's primarily the reason for it. Fund 46 expenditures. Um, one of the things that I didn't mention because it is not complete yet, but is uh pretty far in the in as far as a progress update goes is the new fire alarm system. So, this was supposed to happen in January of last year and was postponed. They've been working on this project all summer. part of it was paid for out of 2425 and then the remaining balance after anything that's charged after June 30th will go on to next year's budget.
026So I think just under half uh was paid. So some of that is included in that fund 46 expenditure as well. Other than that we came in pretty close to our estimated amounts there. And then um just to set up I think one of the things that Dave will talk about next if you turn a page we include our priority projects list which are all projects that are included in our fund 46 list. Some are not. If they're long range projects we don't include them in here but we update this monthly. As you can see in the right hand column on both pages, many of these uh have been completed and some are not updated as of just yet on here, but um replacing or uh replacing the fire alarm system, you know, that will
027be on next month will be completed in the next quarters. The plumbing renovation was completed. So, a vast majority of these projects on this list we have been able to complete over the past three years and which sets the stage for um that secondary list and things that were on our priority list that weren't necessarily approved for projects within 46 and we've been talking about those in our u operations and finance committee meetings which I think you'll take from >> um I guess before we get there we looks like Do you need a motion to approve the quarter 4 finance report for quarter 4? >> Quarter four. >> Okay. I'd entertain a motion to approve the quarter 4 finance report. >> Second. >> Motion to second to approve the quarter 4 finance report. Any further
028discussion or questions? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> Post. Motion carries. >> Preliminary budget for 2526. >> Okay. So the preliminary budget is included in your packet as well. Uh we have to pass a preliminary budget 30 days before our annual meeting. So these numbers are estimated numbers at this point until we get the actual state numbers finalized which won't happen until sometime in October. So we will finalize our agenda usually late October. But this is the this is the budget or sorry the budget not the agenda. Um, but this is the budget that we will present at the annual meeting. Uh, pretty close across the board as to what we had last year. This budget does reflect a $500,000 underlevy, which if uh you remember we did receive $500,000
029less in general aid this year. So usually we underlevy and that offsets or or reduces that tax total and this year it will just cancel out um you know that that that part of the aid that we won't be receiving. We estimated in this budget around 3% equalized property value increase across our district. The preliminary numbers that we're seeing from the state are around 9%. So that number may or may not impact personal property, the total amounts that people see on their bills, but it will certainly have an impact on the mill rate. So, the mill rate that you see here of of $5.54 is more than likely going to be around 16 or 18 cents less than that. So, 540 somewhere there. So, we'll know more once we get that. Um, other than that,
030the the budget there's just slightly higher accommodate for uh a couple of the positions adding to full-time school psych um which is a newer position you see in fund 80 there's it's a little higher that's the addition of the pool the aquatics coordinator position that we approved uh but more or less across the board this is a pretty similar budget to what we've seen >> any questions comments Dave side anything. Okay. Entertain a motion to approve the preliminary budget for 2526. Long >> second. >> Motion a second to approve the preliminary budget for 2526. Further discussion hearing. None. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. Approve capital project inquiry. So the finance and operations committee u discussed kind of at length kind of after looking at like what
031Wendell mentioned before we've achieved a lot of the goals that we've had for capital projects and maintenance and bringing things up to code and um we still have you know a long-term list of projects that we need to be budgeting for and planning for as we move into the future. Um, you know, there a lot of them are laid out here in the packet. Um, but upgrades to the auditorium that are desperately needed, upgrades to the fieldhouse, um, the multi-purpose room, the, you know, maybe securing a breezeway so that we can open up the atrium more during the school year or during the school day for the community to use. Um based on the fact that we have all these kind of this this bigger project list that we want to consider, we want to
032plan for um we think it makes sense to engage an outside firm and really try to put some more concrete numbers together on what these projects are going to look like and what they're going to cost so that we can try and budget out into the future and figure that out. So um that's basically what we're looking at right now. I don't know that we've made contact with any firms or have you had any preliminary discussions? >> I have not >> at this point but um you know we discussed want to do that so that we can start having meetings and figuring out what things are going to cost. >> I have a question. Um I saw in there we have the um pickup and drop off installation of the bus loop in the back
033of school again. Is there give me some of the like reasons why we're switching it from the front to the back like >> primarily for safety concerns so that we can have a drop off lane. Right now we have buses intermixed with parents and student traffic and that um is the biggest portion or the biggest thing you want to do is separate that in order to create a safe environment. So there's nowhere to do both in the front of the building and the apparent drop off loop in the back wouldn't work. So um now I want to be really clear on where that is. It's a loop. It does not punch through like we had talked about onto Kings Road. It loops back, loops around, it comes through. And I know uh there were some
034concerns in the past about u distances traveled and that sort of thing. And when we looked at where that staging area is and had point of beginnings look at that, um they It's It's very minimal if it's longer. You might have to the furthest bus a few feet, but they when they looked at it, they said it's not a longer travel. So, >> I just see this our youngest kids again walking through the building with backpacks, boots, snow pants, and coming all the way through the back. To me, I just I I just think that's not really a good idea. But I mean, obviously you've talked to staff and they've asked for this and >> Well, there's there's two things. There's one, we currently do not have a secure environment for kids boarding buses. Anybody
035can be out there. We have no control over who's in that parking lot at any time. >> And anybody, >> we do have a more No, we can't because it's an isolated bus area. You can't have you won't have traffic any traffic back there whatsoever. So, I mean, could potentially somebody jump a fence and come back there? Yeah, but they'd be detected by bus drivers and other people right now. Uh, and we have had situations in the past where we've had people in our parking lot that have no business being there at the end of the day and we've had to call officer SUSA and other things to to address those things. So, um, between that and the intermix of of traffic, it's not a safe environment. So if you compare that with with elementary
036kids having to walk through a building with backpacks for a little further, I think one outweighs the other, at least in my mind, as far as providing a safe environment, a secure environment for students to board buses. >> Okay. before before um you have like a company look at that or something, can you maybe talk with Sherry and the staff and get some of their input on things before you bring in somebody that's going to cost us money making a plan and then talking to the teachers about it. >> That project actually is further along than any other one because we started it two years ago. >> So, there's actually a detailed portion. We would be ready to have that conversation now. But it's still an expensive project, so we don't necessarily know where it
037ranks in the list of priorities. So the bus loop project is um is one that that has estimated pricing. It wouldn't be included in another firm coming in. Point of beginnings has been working for a couple years. >> Yeah. >> And that's it's kind of being that particular project I think is pushed a little bit maybe higher on the priority list scope. Number one, because there is real safety concerns. I mean, you've been out there. Oh, I was out there for 29 years. >> I mean, I've gone through them. Probably everybody has, right? It's scary at times in certain places. But the front parking lot needs to be completely redone anyway. Right out in front of the elementary school. It needs to be And said that it can't be repaired anymore. It's got to be
038basically ripped out, redone. >> Yeah. What we were told is any any chip seal or it's just kicking a can, you might get 40 years out, but it's in poor enough shape that it's not going to work. because we have to look at that anyway. It makes sense to examine this at the same time, but we're have to completely redo that anyway. It gives us maybe different options else of the building. So, and to be clear, like this is beyond the scope of just the bus or just any individual project. This is taking a very holistic look at at everything and saying, okay, what are our priorities? What are they going to cost? And mapping this out. So it's not just one project individually, but it's engaging this firm to help us plan, you know,
039bigger renovations, bigger long-term renovations. >> I would just like to see like some input from the people who are actually out there before the firm starts drawing up some more ideas. >> I don't think they're drawing up ideas. And >> well, they already have. >> Well, that was done two years ago, >> right? >> So, we still have that. Yeah, I think what I'm hearing, correct me if I'm wrong, is we want to consult somebody to help us say, okay, well, this, you know, these 12 or 15 projects are likely going to cost you this amount of money and from a pri prioritization and long-term planning, we recommend you go about it in this direction. Yeah. >> So, this one first, this one first. That's what I'm hearing. >> And and that is essentially what
040we're asking for. Now, okay, >> your request is warranted. That's fine. There's no reason we can't get input from staff and, you know, have those >> uh that feedback implemented into a plan. So, that's fine. But like at this point, we're just basically looking to approve to make contact with the company to help us out with this. >> Any other questions, comments? >> Okay. and entertain a motion to uh uh approve the capital project inquiry. >> I'll second. >> Okay. Motion to second to approve the capital project inquiry. Uh any further discussion? >> I have one more question. Um you would be bringing this back to us before we contract with anybody >> for with the price. >> Correct. >> Okay. Or you could do it two ways. You you could you could set an
041amount and say as long as it comes in under that, you're okay with it. Or I can bring it back next month and >> I think we'd do better off having you bring it back >> so we can see. I mean, I couldn't tell you off the top of my head what it would be and we need to hear it for then we'll decide if it's too much for whatever. >> Is that okay? >> Yeah. >> Is that okay with everyone? >> Yes. >> Okay. Okay. Uh motion is second to approve the capital project inquiry. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. Consent agenda. Uh normal consent agenda, minutes for different meetings, uh invoices, uh employee contracts, resignations, above pay, volunteer, so on. Uh entertain a motion to
042approve the consent agenda presented. Move. >> Second. >> A second. >> Motion a second to approve the consent agenda as presented. Any discussion, changes, additions? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> Opposed. >> Motion carries. Staff reports. Uh, you should have copies of the staff reports. Any questions for anyone? Anything? Anybody presenting? Remington will present tonight update on community education. >> Any questions though from >> Yeah. I just Ryan, you had your meeting today with social services. >> They were also part of >> Oh, okay. And are they going to give you the support you wanted? Okay. Or maybe not. Don't want to talk about it. >> Um I think there's, you know, we're gathering more. you want, you know, there's be a lot to understand. >> I think there's I
043think they're supporting us in the way that they still It was a productive >> great >> and I just want to thank you again Mark for the inservice and all the administrators because that inservice is absolutely wonderful. So many great things for the teachers to choose. Awesome. Awesome job. >> Okay. >> Go for it. >> Yeah. Hi everyone. Um, I'm just here to give a little update on the community ed program. Um, so I've been working on the fall community ed program class guide. Uh, so meeting with instructors throughout the summer, getting all the program details finalized um for fall classes. So open registration is going to launch on the 20th of this month. Uh, so classes are going to run from September through December. So, it's going to be printed in a guide similar
044to the winter spring program guide that's attached to the agenda, right? >> Um, so, uh, that will be printed in the paper on the 20th. And that's when registration's going to be launching. Uh, so there's going to be a variety of classes again this fall. Uh, some returning programs and instructors and some that are going to be new programs and instructors. Uh, just learning on what people enjoyed and building on that and kind of seeing what directions we're going to go. Uh, So, similar categories as before, arts, crafts, and hobbies, culinary classes, aquatics classes, uh fitness and personal growth, educational classes, and outdoor wreck and hobbies. Uh so, all specifics for classes like the descriptions, dates, times, and everything. That's going to be uh locations. That's all going to be in the guide listed under
045each class like they always do. Um and then there's also going to be various community activities like before, open gym, uh basketball, open pickle ball, and lap swim and more. Uh so then there's going to be more information on how to register for the classes listed on the back side of the guide and there's also a QR code um on the front and the back so that community members can scan that and it'll lead them to directly to the registration website. Um and then there's a section uh that lists how to reach out to me if people have questions uh if they are wanting to register in person. Uh, and then if anybody's interested in teaching classes and instructing in class through the community program. Uh, so I'm always interested in hearing what skills, hobbies,
046knowledge, uh, that someone might like to teach to the community. Um, and then other classes I might be adding more to the rest of this fall. Uh, so I always say check out the registration website and see if there's anything more on that. And then I also post social media posts and whatnot as well uh, for advertising which does a really good job actually. So um, yeah, that's most on that. And then community members, they can create a household account uh same as before on the registration website. So they can, you know, register their kids for classes. Um you know, anybody else if they want to register for a class, uh the website is communityed.mmyadjits.org. And yeah, they can start registering as of the 20th. So that's launching there. Um any questions about that? >>
047You're actually going to have a lab swim in the evening. >> That's a misprint. One typo, Megan. Yeah, Megan and I went over it twice and that was one typo. Thanks for pointing it out. >> Well, it shows that I read that. >> It was looked over twice, too. And I'm like, no. >> Okay, just one. >> Just one. Yep. Yep. >> Okay. So, it's morning. Get up in the morning. >> There you go. >> Yes. Are you going to have the Halloween events at the school forest this year? >> I am. I'm in the beginning planning phases of that. I think it went really well last time. I think K, you had mentioned last year that I maybe should look into like what other community events are going around the same time. So, I'll
048start spotting out what would be the best time that might work for that event again because it was a hit. The tree event is really great, too, and bringing them here. And um Fox does great lawite programming as well. I know one thing for sure is I need more volunteers for that. So, um that's a good segue into community volunteer program. Unless anybody else has any other questions. >> Just a quick discussion, Taylor. I know there was recently in the community a self-defense class offered for youth. Um and it was very wellreceived. So, just something that might be worthwhile to consider. I know it was many of the young women heading off to college, but I know there was interest for um some of the other young women in the community. >> Take that class.
049Um, so >> contact. >> Um, well, I was just thinking that maybe if Mr. Kel might be willing to actually instruct it. >> Um, >> so I'm not putting Lonnie on the spot, but >> I I did it for 20 plus years. >> But they ran it over at CrossFit actually. So, um, it was one of Jones, but I was just saying it might be a class that's worth considering. I think it would go be well attended. So, >> absolutely. Thank you. Any other questions about community ed? >> Anyone else? >> Um I just have one last thing I want to say. Um so I've kind of been behind the scenes. I've mentioned this a few times when I've come in. Um working on launching the community volunteer program. So this is kind of separate
050from community ed but sort of related. Um and it's basically launching an elementary school first this fall. So just finalizing those program documents, procedures, and whatnot will share uh soon. and we're going to have more details about that when school starts. Thank you for that. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Thank you. >> Next item is the approval of the student handbooks for elementary, middle, and high school. Any comments on that? >> No, just a annual update of the handbooks. Most of each year our principles go through and we get some new updated information from Neiola who we contract through our um with our policies and they incorporate in their handbooks and update anything that needs it. But this would be the the guiding document for the 2526 school year. Okay. Any comments
051or questions on that? Can entertain a motion to approve the student handbooks for elementary, middle, and high school. I approve blue. >> Second. >> I'll second. >> Motion a second to approve student handbooks for elementary, middle, and high school. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed? Motion carries. Approval of additional early graduate graduates for January 2026. Anything there, window? >> No. >> Okay. Any questions on that? Entertain a motion to approve the uh additional early graduates for January 2026. >> So move second. >> Motion a second to approve the additional early graduates for January 2026. Any further discussion? >> None. All those in favor signify saying I. >> I. >> Opposed? Motion carries. Uh approval of official recognition of uncollectible debt. Anything there? So yeah,
052just briefly, this was a um a pledge that was made by a corporation a number of years ago uh 20 probably um to help with our the construction of our football field. The company that pledged the money was acquired by another company. Long story short, the the company that that uh now is a controlling party claims that they were not informed of the debt, nor do they have an obligation to pay it. So, there's no paperwork involved. There's nothing that was ever provided to the school. The original deal was a $50,000 pledge to pay be paid in five increments of $10,000 each. two were paid and so there's $30,000 of remaining unclaimed debt. So this has sat out there for a number of years. Our auditors uh told us that that this is at the
053point where it needs to be just claimed as as debt, uncollectible debt and moved on. >> Okay. Any questions? >> No. Just really unfortunate. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Approve official recognition of uncollectible debt and entertain a motion. So move >> second. >> Motion a second to approve official recognition of uncollectible debt. Uh all those in favor signify by saying I. >> I opposed. Motion carries. Seclusion and restraint annual report. This is provided each year. Adam Spiegel couldn't be here this evening, but this is uh he pulled this report together based on last year's numbers. So annually we just report that any incidents all incidents I shouldn't I should say it that way of seclusion or restraints that are deployed throughout that school year. So those are the numbers that are okay we don't have to
054approve this but I don't this is just an update. >> Okay. Uh next agend sorry any question numbers are significant down >> okay approval of theou for district medical advisor. Okay I need help >> memorandum of understanding >> this is Robin shirts has been gracious enough to fulfill this role for the past few years for us. Uh it's not um really anything that we that we've used. It's just uh we need we need somebody designated as that and she's been doing it for number of years now. So we just updated theou and we bring it every August. >> Okay. Any questions? Entertain a motion to approve theou for district medical adviser. >> Make a motion to approve. >> Second. >> Motion a second to approve theou for district medical adviser. All those in favor signify
055by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. Next item is public comment. For public comment, uh I ask we ask that you please stand, make your public comment. Uh limiting comments to three minutes, uh please. And uh as most people know, the board is under no obligation to respond to any public comment. So yes, ma'am. >> Um retirey at the personnel committee meetings. I attended Wendle Zim, you all said we're going to take care of our retirees. It's I don't quite feel the love. Um I pretty good math teacher in high school, but you didn't teach me a thing about insurance. So, but I just want to make sure I didn't put it in more layman's terms. Um what was once a very reasonable benefit upon retirement um as per negotiations is now this.
056We can continue with a group term policy for three years. Over those years we'll see our cost for the benefit go from $200 which it was a year to over a thousand. During those three years we can choose to port to an individual policy and no longer would we be connected with the school district. The one good thing about that is if we port from my understanding um we can do it without any medical restrictions. So those of us with cancer or have survived cancer or whatever um cannot be denied coverage. We also have the one-time option to reduce our $50,000 policy if that's where we are to be much less. Well, hey, yeah, we lower premiums, but guess what? but we won't have as much life insurance after 3 years. Either way, we're on
057our own and what was once a negotiated retirement benefit would no longer exist. Um, after 3 years, of course, we don't know what the increase will be and if it's going to be affordable. I'd like a couple of reassurances. I know you can't answer me, but um, please make that meeting with Corey Palmer happen. He's been valuable when he was on the Zoom meeting. Jeffrey Johnson is another good valuable resource. Make sure that happens. Um, we were told there's 83 retirees currently on the Met Life program. Um, I would hope that the district will ensure that all 83 will be contacted. The letter that Jeffrey sent out about the 128% increase did not reach everyone or they misunderstood it. So, and we're not privy to that list. I don't think um otherwise we would help
058you do that but please make sure that happens and also please ensure that the active members especially those that are retiring this year after this year and next year that they're aware of this that there's transparency. Nobody knew this was going to happen and here it is. Um but man I would have rather been shopping for life insurance at 22, not at 62 and now not at 72. Um, and lastly, what wasn't mentioned by the district switching company is the district is saving $49,000. Now, if you don't have a plan, window, for that 49,000, I know 83 people that would be interested in sharing their ideas with all. >> Thank you. Anyone else? >> Yes, ma'am. Um, my name is Hannah Pensa. I am currently in LPN. >> Excuse me. Could you speak up a
059little? >> Yes. Um, my name is Hannah Pensa. I am currently in LPN. Uh, I know the district is not looking, but I would like to apply for the position of assistant nurse to Trina. Um, I would like to preface this by saying Trina is amazing. She does a great job and we love and appreciate her so much. That being said, she needs help. I am the mother of a type 1 diabetic who is a current student at Tom Hawk. It is a full-time job in itself. Um I know the school has multiple type 1 diabetics. That alone I feel is enough justification to grant our wonderful nurse some help. Not to mention the other students who have asthma, allergies, seizures, etc. For our town being so small, we have an unusually high number of
060type 1 diabetics in our school. Something I'm sure no one could have planned for. my daughter's yearly appointment this year, her A1C, how accumulative of her blood sugars over the last three months had um went up and which means that on average her blood sugars have been higher during the course of the day. Um I personally know of two other type ones in the district that also have had A1C's that went up this year. Type 1 diabetes can fluctuate very quickly and having them be high for extended periods of time can be damaging and also life-threatening if left unchecked for too long. However, it is less emergent than having them go alone which can be more emergency life-threatening. Example, passing out, going unconscious, confusion, loss of coordination, seizures, or even cardiac arrest. Um, blood sugar
061levels can be very unpredictable from day to day. It is a full-time job. Having if one is a full-time job, having multiple type 1 diabetics is more than one should have to manage alone. In having a second nurse, the less emergent, higher blood sugar levels could be kept in a more targeted range. Having a second nurse could also help lessen the load of eent problems as well. For example, two type ones going low at the same time or more than one child having an asthma attack or an allergic reaction or a combination of any of those. Having a second nurse would not only be helpful, but it is a necessity so that one nurse could respond to each situation so that other non- nursing staff members wouldn't have to tend to a student having a
062medical emergency. It would also be helpful to have a second nurse. If one nurse was tending to an e s an e situation, the second nurse could tend to non immediately life-threatening things such as high blood sugars, tending to a child who wasn't feeling well, or making sure a child got their medication on time. Nursing nursing shortages happen because nurses tend to get burnt out due to lack of staffing and appropriate assistance. While our wonderful nurse has proven proven that she can do it, does not mean that she should have to do it alone. I believe that we if we as community want to keep our school nurse mentally sound and healthy, we need to make sure we are also caring for her. Our one nurse should not be forced to show shoulder the burden
063of caring for all three schools in our district, which is a large percentage of the children in our entire entire community. Caring for her would be hiring someone to help her shoulder this immense workload that no one person should have to shoulder alone. I would be happy to work from 3 to 5 days a week to help lighten this burden. Um and then just some statistics. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the CDC recommends a nurse to student ratio of 1 to 750. Currently Tomahawk has about 1,200 students. And they recommend a ratio of 1 to 225 for students with chronic chronic conditions and a one to 125 for medically threat students. So whichever category you would like to type 1 diabetics into >> okay thank you. Anyone else? Okay. Uh board referrals. Any board
064referrals? I just wanted to um thank the custodial staff for the wonderful job inside and out and all the summer crew too that helped and make our made our buildings look wonderful. They're beautiful. I know they're not quite done, but >> looks good. >> Not a fun job. >> Okay, thank you. Anyone else? >> The floor mats look great, too. Yeah, I just have one and it's about three months late. Uh I just want to thank Ryan and your staff, everyone who had a part in the graduation ceremony uh this year. I thought it came off very well and very nice. It's kind of nice to see the uh gymnatorium, whatever you want to call it, full and and uh people smiling. So, I appreciate everything you guys do. Please pass that on to everyone
065else that participated. Thank you very much. Anyone else? Okay. Next item is then just to go into close session. So, I'd entertain a motion to go into close session. >> I so move 20. >> Second. Motion to second to Kers. Motion to second to go into close session. Uh, Colleen, go >> yes. >> Kersh, >> yes. >> Kisser Wolf, >> yes. >> Long, >> yes. >> Blue, >> yes. >> Zimmerman, >> yes. Is >> that it? Yep. >> Okay, we're in close section. Thanks everyone.