001I second. >> Have a motion and a second to adopt the agenda. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. That has been adopted. Uh we would love starting our meetings actually um with recognition of staff and students for outstanding achievements. Uh so tonight we will kick that off with a couple of student of the week recognitions. First for the week of January 19th. I hope I get this right. Uh, we will be honoring Sapphira Brownson who is a 12th grader from Triumph High School. Did I say it right? Good. Okay, Sapphira. Um, I'd like to invite you to the front and joined with or by principal Mike Maloney and your favorite teacher Dave Martin. [snorts] Uh, good evening, Chairman Smith, LCSD1 trustees and superintendent Newton and guests in the crowd. It is my
002pleasure to introduce another beautiful, amazing triumph student, Saphira Brownson as our student of the week. Sapphira always arrives at school with a smile on her face and a positive attitude. She participates in classes and completes all of her work. Triumph recently played a volleyball match against the Cathedral Home out of Laramie and Saphira was a member of the team. She was a great role model of how to work hard to become a better player and how to be supportive of her teammates. We hosted an an all school holiday talent show at Triumph in December. Saphira performed Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. It brought most of us to tears, myself included. She was selected as the show's outstanding performer. Safhir is a great representation of Triumph and LCSD1. She recently completed her required high school coursework in just
003three and a half years and participated in our platform graduation ceremony at the end of the second quarter. She has been a good student, is an amazing singer, and an even better person. Saphira chose David Martin, our music teacher and a discovery teacher at Triumph, as her favorite teacher. David. Okay. >> Hi, my name is David Martin. I've had the pleasure of seeing Sapphira grow as a student and as a person for the last two and a half years. If there's were one word to sum up Sapphira, it would be determination. Though she has faced many challenges both in school and in life, I have never seen her quit. She has met every challenge with a positive mental attitude and determination to succeed. When she took my music class, she saw every challenge as an
004opportunity and grew leaps and bounds as a musician. She took the successes and not only grew herself, but share the results of those efforts with others. I've also seen her help out her fellow students when they face challenges themselves. With this in mind, Sophira, I know you have a bright future, and I look forward to seeing the person you will become. Thank you. My name is Sophira. I chose Dave as my favorite teacher because he has helped me throughout my entire career at Triumph and especially during my senior year. He helped me out a lot with just having an ear or just someone to chill with. Um, I really appreciate being the student of the week and I think it's such a very high honor. >> We'd like to recognize Tazra who is Saphira's mother
005who's here taking pictures. And just one last little note, Safhira uh plans future plans are to attend JobCore and pursue a career in the culinary field and plans to continue pursuing her passion which is music. >> Congratulations Sierra. We would next like to recognize our student of the week for the week of January 26, 2026 and that is Sophia Me who is an eighth grader at McCormack Junior High School. If Sophia would please come to the front along with principal Jeff Hack Hackcliffe and favorite teacher Leslie Fox, please. >> All right. Good evening, trust trustees. My name is Jeff Hackliff and it's my pleasure to entrance Sophie Me to as our eighth grade student um as selected as our student of the week. Um I'm going to let Miss Fox do more of the talking.
006Um but a couple things about um Sophia is um number one, she is our student council president at McCormack. Um she obviously embodies that with a passion and a spirit through our um student council. She does a great job working with um our students to provide for dances, to provide for different opportunities. Um she is also very active in our um extracurricular activities both inside and outside of our school, making a great community member. And just this morning, I had a I was able to witness her in Mrs. Fox's classroom, and she's very very good at the violin, too. So, very good. Miss Fox, come on up. Hello, my name is Lesie Fox and I am the orchestra director at McCormack Junior High School and Central High School. And Sophie is a student that I'm
007very proud to stand before you and talk about today. Sophia is the perfect choice for student of the week award because she is not only one of the hardest working students in the orchestra program at she's actually one of the hardest working students that I've ever taught. Sylvie always gives 110% effort in everything that she does. And she is truly committed to excellence as a student and as a musician. She is never afraid to ask questions, ask for help, answer my questions, and put in practice time at home. Through her dedication and pushing herself to be the best that she can, she's become one of the most advanced students in the McCormack Orchestra classes. Sophie is also kind, helpful, and a good [clears throat] example to other students. She's always modeling focus, dedication, care, thoughtful
008listening, and how to make the right choices even if no one is watching. Sophie participates in the McCormack community in a variety of ways that make our whole school better, including being our student council president. She's also involved with dance and cheer. She always puts the good of our school community and all of the students as one of her top priorities. This is certainly true in orchestra where she is kind and helpful to not only me but all of her classmates no matter what their ability level is. She's always willing to help others tune their instrument or answer questions for them about their solo piece. We are so lucky lucky to have Sophie as a member of our McCormack community and my orchestra program and I'm very proud to be her teacher. Keep up the
009great work Sophie. Hi, I'm Sophie Me and I just want to say thank you for being chosen as student of the week for this week. I think it's such a great honor to come and just okay like be chosen as student of the week. I chose Mrs. Fox as my favorite teacher because she's such a great person to hang out with even like outside of the classroom if we have concerts or any other things that we're doing that week. but she just never shies away from the opportunity to help kids in any other way that she can besides like helping them with their solo or just teaching them anything else they need to learn in orchestra. I was asked to choose my favorite teacher, but I had a really hard time choosing my favorite teacher
010because so many of the teachers at McCormick are very good. They make my days at McCormick so much better. Especially Mrs. Fox because I have her first hour. So, it's a little bit great to start out my day with orchestra instead of having to worry about a history test that morning. So, but I just want to say thank you, Mrs. Fox and Mr. Hackcliff, for making McCormick so great. >> I'd just like to take a second to recognize Sophie's parents, um, Mon'nique, Rob, and Richard, if you guys would stand to be recognized. Thank you. Congratulations, Sophie. Um, well, congratulations to both of our students and your favorite teachers as well. Western Vista Federal Credit Union sponsors helped sponsor these awards for students of the week. So, at this time, I would like to invite Veronica
011Henson, director of retail sales, to say a few words. >> All right. Hello. Um on behalf of Western Vista, very excited to be here and present um these uh student of student of the week awards and favorite teachers awards um to these individuals. Uh at Western Vista, we believe in investing in people, especially the young leaders that morph and define and are going to be the future of the communities in which we take so much pride. Um it, you know, winning awards such as this, you guys should be so proud. Uh it does not come without things like work ethic, um knowledge, academic success, all of the above. Um the impact that you're making now so early on in your journey, it's going to serve you very well into the future. And so we're excited
012to be a part of that. So congratulations on your win cards for you. Sorry. There you go. Congratulations. >> Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. >> Thank you so much. You >> Thank you, sir. >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I just remember where she was at. >> We have an exciting recognition next for Sunrise Elementary School. Um, at this time I'd like to ask um, Eric Jackson, who's the director of school leadership to come forward along with Sunrise Elementary Principal Jamie Soer. And it looks like a lot of teachers too from Sunrise. >> Jamie just said you all are speaking. [laughter] >> Well, good evening. Uh, thank you, Madam Chair, members of the board. Dr. Newton. Uh, this evening I'm pleased to introduce Principal Jamie Soaper and the dedicated staff of Sunrise Elementary. Sunrise has earned
013level two certification in Marzono's high reliability schools framework. An accomplishment that reflects intentional, sustained work to ensure a safe, supportive, and collaborative learning environment for both students and staff. Beyond school culture, this work has had a direct impact on instructional practices. Teachers at Sunrise are using more consistent research-based strategies, clear learning targets, and stronger feedback practices, resulting in more purposeful instruction, and improved student engagement. Most importantly, these systems are translating into gains in student achievement and creating the conditions necessary for all students to learn at high levels. And with that, I'll turn it over to Principal Soaper and her amazing staff. >> Thank you so much, Eric. First of all, I just want to thank everybody for giving us the time tonight to be honored. I want to thank Mr. Jackson, Dr. Newton for this
014honor um and to support us with this journey. You did a pretty great job of explaining exactly what High Reliability School is. Um I believe that this staff um exhibits intent, intentionality, commitment, accountability to student achievement every single day. They put students first. That's exactly what I wanted when I came to Cheyenne. This is exactly what they're giving me. Every day hard work and commitment. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce every one of them. They don't have to say anything, but I think it's important. We have a large staff at Sunrise, but thank you for making it out tonight. I'll start over here. This this is Michelle Roby. She is our conductor. Uh Stacy Higgins, kindergarten. Nikki Wright, third grade. Miss Cindy Msi, she is our instructional facilitator. Heather Artery, she is
015second grade. And Rhonda Tillian, he is our sixth grade teacher. These teachers have put a lot of hard work um and are very accountable to their students every single day. Thank you guys for all your hard work and thank you for the honor. Oh my god. >> Thank you for Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. >> Tonight we are excited to recognize Dr. Karen Delbridge who has just been named the Wyoming Association of Secondary School Principles as principal of the year for the state of Wyoming. Um Dr. Delbridge is their principal at Central High School. So I think she's on her way up. Um she'll be recognized by Trustee Christy Clawson tonight. >> Good evening. I'm Christy Clawson and it's my pleasure to be up here and recognizing this wonderful lady to my left. I've
016known Dr. Delbridge for I was trying to think about five or six years at least and uh she's been wonderful. I think you took the helm at Central High School around 2022 and uh I know my my kids have been in high school with her as their principal and really enjoyed her. One thing I've noticed about Dr. Delbridge is that she not only is um very poised, but she always has a smile on her face no matter what's going on. And also every time I'm in the building for some event, which is a lot. Uh I often most of the time see Dr. Delbridge. So she works overtime as do all of our principles in our district. So really just impressed with the work that they do. Dr. Delbridge, I know that you have um
017multiple degrees. I took a few notes down because I couldn't remember, but I know that you have a bachelor's degree in English from Lee University, a master's degree in K12 education from Tulusum College. Did I say that right? >> Tescalum. Thank you. And a doctorate in education curriculum and instruction from our good old UW. And then you have some um reading and principal endorsements also from UW. So she's got quite a impressive resume. But I don't think that's what won you this award knowing you. Uh you you are always leading. You love your students and you've rebranded in a way Central High to be around this concept of one tribe and everyone has bought in because of how classy you did it. And I just want to say be the first to congratulate you on
018winning um principal of the year from the Wyoming Association of Secondary Principal Schools or secondary school principles. Um this is quite an honor. She was nominated and among three out of all the high school principles that were nominated on in our state, she was chosen to win this honor. So congratulations Dr. Delbridge. Chair Smith, honorable LCSD1 Board of Education, it's my privilege tonight to introduce Dr. Karen uh Delbridge as principal of Cheyenne High School as the Wyoming Association of Secondary School Principles 2026 Principal of the Year. When Wasp Executive Director Jeff Mley reached out to Dr. Delbridge for an official comment, she was quick to acknowledge the hard work of not only um principles around the state but also principles in our district. the work they put in, which trustee Clawson pointed out um inside
019and outside of the school day is remarkable. She said, "Our our work as principles is to add value and a sense of belonging to our schools and communities each day. This is such an honor to be recognized for this, especially when I am in such esteemed company in the great state of Wyoming." Chair Smith, honorable trustees, I present to you Dr. Delbridge, the 2026 Wasp Principal of the Year. >> So, anyone who knows me knows I don't celebrate very well. Um, my staff knows that and so, um, taking this moment to be celebrated, um, is Thank you very much. I do appreciate that. I you know when I was um you know I've got great principles I work with and so Mike Maloney and Jeff Hatcliffe worked with me for years and went on to
020be head principles this year and then I've got a great team at Central like it is so much about team like that's what this is really all about. Um um is working as a team to do what's best for our students and our community. And I've got Nicholas Lamp um as my associate and then Brody Eper and Bobby Dishman as assistants. And then of course Barry Ward is my athletic director. Um but the students and staff at at Central are just amazing. And we do we talk a lot about the sense of belonging and community. And I'll tell you what we do um as principles is we show up every day. And we were at uh we were at NASP um this past summer and I was listening to some research about the many decisions
021that principles make every day. And the average decision that a principal makes every day is between 1,200 and 1,500 decisions every single day. And high school principles, I think we make more just because we happen to be there longer. And so, um, that probably explains why we can't decide what we want to eat for dinner or where we want to go out to eat because we just can't make any more decisions, um, after we leave. But I think that notion of servant leadership is super important. Um, we're here to serve our our students and our families and our community and and really that's the perspective that that we take at Central High School is to be there for the people that that we serve and that we work for. Um, and so do everything is
022unto the Lord. Like that's my favorite verse. And so that's what we do. And we don't always get it right, but we um we sure do try. And so um Dr. Newton and trustees, I sure do appreciate your support. There's no way that we could do what we do in our buildings. And we have some of the most amazing principles in this district in Laramie County School District number one. Um, give us your tired, you're poor, you're hungry. I think that's what we live every single day in public education. And I'm super proud to be a part of some of the most amazing people and to be a part of Cheyenne Central. So, thank you. Congratulations. Good to see you. We will wrap up tonight's recognitions um with uh one of my favorite ones to
023present. I think it's a really special one for this entire board, but that's our LCSD1 employee spotlight award uh that we present monthly to an employee from the district for their outstanding service. Um this month we will be recognizing Sarah Vopondo from the transportation department. So if I could get Sarah to come forward along with Kathleen Larson who is a supervisor at the transportation department. We'd love to hear all about you. Fun story about Sarah. We actually went to high school together just a few years ago at Central High School. Maybe a few decades but [laughter] a few years. >> Falst folks always speak before me. Um, good evening everyone. My name is Kathleen and I am here to introduce Sarah, one of my activity drivers in the transportation department. Sarah was selected for this
024award by her peers. All of her peers nominated her because they appreciate the work that she does on our snow crew. >> Um, I'm sure you're aware the snow does not fall often in Wyoming, but when it does, uh, Sarah and the rest of the crew show up often between 3 4 in the morning to remove the snow from the lot. They also start all of our buses to make sure they all do in fact start to get our kids safely to school. Um, and that requires starting about 75 buses. Um, and cross your fingers, they start, they usually do. We've got a big crew. And then they have to shovel the snow. They ice the the sidewalks or de ice, I guess. Um, and then she gets to work a regular day taking our
025kiddos all across good old Wyoming. Um, and even farther or driving a route or all of the above. So, um, her peers nominated her for this reason and we appreciate everything Sarah does in all aspects of transportation. [laughter] >> No, >> we would we would love to shake your hand though if that's okay. >> Oh, hold on. There's >> What's that? >> Hold on just a minute. You get you thing. Yeah, we'll shake hands in a minute. But um no, just again on behalf of Western Distant, it's an honor to be here to present um in addition with these awards. Honestly, individuals like yourself for what keep the school district running. Um the safety of our children in your hands. Um for myself personally as a parent, I couldn't appreciate that more. And just everything
026you do, especially getting up at 3:00 a.m., I mean, that says wonders about who you are as a professional. Um, and we just extend our deepest gratitude to have professionals like you out there working day in and day out to invest in the the kids and their entire experience as they grow as the future of the our community. So, thank you. >> Thank you very much. forations. >> Thank you for getting our kids everywhere. >> Yes, ma'am. I'll take that again. All right, we will move into the information and report section of our agenda. Uh the first part of this section of the agenda is public comment regarding um agenda items and or agenda topics and non-aggenda topics. The statement I'd like to read and then we just have one person signed up tonight to
027speak on agenda topics. The purpose of the board meeting is to conduct the business of the district publicly. The board sincerely values community input and feedback on school operations and welcomes public comment on both agenda and non-aggenda items. Individuals wishing to comment during a board meeting must sign up by 5:45 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Sign up for public comment can be done electronically by accessing the form available on board docs under the public comment portion of the meeting agenda. Alternatively, individuals may also contact Darlene Davis to be added to the electronic signup sheet. We begin by hearing public comment on agenda items followed by public comment on non-aggenda items. Please keep in mind that this is a time for board members to listen and consider but not to comment or debate. The
028board asks that all speakers state their first and last name. keep their comments to three minutes or less. And note that if they wish to discuss matters pertaining to the employment of a district staff member, such as the appointment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, investigation, discipline, or dismissal of an employee, that this will not be done during the public comment portion of the meeting. Such comments should be directed to the executive director of human resources, or you may request to meet with the board during executive session. So I mentioned we had one person signed up to meet regarding agenda topics and that is Katie Kristofferson chair Smith and trustees. My name is Katie Christopherson. I'm a parent with students at Central McCormack Kaididge and Jessup. I'd like to congratulate Dr. Delbridge on her award. Last week, I
029gave a public statement to the school finance recalibration committee and would like to in part share some of my concerns here. Um, since I'm a parent in this district, as a parent, I asked the committee to align funding decisions with the evidence-based model and to listen closely to local superintendent and district leaders to understand the real world consequences for Wyoming students. Even with the proposed amendments, I continue to have concerns regarding first increasing class sizes in grades 4 through 12, reducing the number of funded teachers. In part, I see that many, particularly older school buildings may not be physically equipped to accommodate larger class sizes. While the amendment adjusts only a slight increase in middle school, it still means some of our high school classes will be greatly affected. Second, reducing middle school specialists from
03033% of core funded teachers to 20% reduces opportunities for elective classes in that age group. And I hope parents are aware of that change. Um, third, calculating average teacher salary while removing education and experience gives the illusion of higher salaries while may not actually doing so. Fourth, placing caps on superintendent salaries hired through rigorous local board processes and taking away local schoolboard control of hiring quality and best candidates. Finally, in regards to elementary counselors, nurses, school fin school resource officers, nutrition services, and ade adequate technology. Even though I understand that these areas will be studied studied further, it is something I believe other parents need to watch closely for meaningful action from our legislature. Thank you. Thank you. For upcoming meetings, um February 3rd from 12 to 1:30, we will have executive meeting with the
031superintendent. So that would be myself, Trustee Clawson, and Trusty Ashby. On February 4th at 6:30 PM here in the boardroom, the parent advisory the parent advisory committee will be meeting. Um February 9th is our next meeting. We'll start with a 5:00 p.m. work session and then our regular board meeting here in the boardroom at 6:00 p.m. And then February 22nd from 2 to 6:00 p.m. WSBA will be holding a legislative forum at LIO America that you can get a hold of them and register for if you would like to plan to attend. So that is all I've got for upcoming meetings. Do we have any individual board communications or reports? Trusty Burden. Yes, madam chairs. Last week I had the opportunity to um visit Metoark 56 school. Um and it was an amazing visit and
032uh there were three Cwords that stuck in my mind from my visit and that was community, communication and collaboration. Um, I learned that our there's five five K4s that funnel into the 56 and um, every year they have the fourth graders and the the parents come up and visit the school and take a tour and um, get to see how things are. They also have all of the um, kindergarten and first graders come up to the um, 56 school. And as you can imagine, u most fifth and sixth graders do not read Dr. Seuss. So, um or anything else that low. So, um the assistant principal, she has a great relationship with the public library and um the public library lets principles check out 250 books at a time, which I was thought that was
033pretty impressive. Um so they get the kids get to come up and then um one of the communication things that they do is the road going to Metoark. Um there's a housing development across the street. It's the only road into that housing development. So they've um put together the schedule of hey this is the nights that we're going to have extra traffic for like holiday programs so that the people in the neighborhood know there might be a traffic jam on their one road. Um so that was really fun um to learn about. And then um the [clears throat] five this metallark has a cafeteria and a gym and they're separate which is not common for elementary schools and it looks more like a junior high gym with a great bleachers. Um and then they said
034that the east cheerleaders, east high cheerleaders come down to the 56 gym um a couple times a week to practice so they're not doing cheer practice in the hallway. So, it was just really cool to see all the communication collaboration um with our East Triad principles. Oh, yeah. And all of their holiday programs for all the schools in the in the Triad were held on different nights in case families had kiddos at multiple schools. So, it was a great visit and I really enjoyed, you know, stepping outside the Southside. >> Yeah, >> it's a wonderful school. I'm glad you're able to go and spend some time there. Anybody else? Trusty Cook. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. I wanted to thank Dr. Newton and Chairman Smith and Vice Chair Clawson for attending the Deming parent meeting.
035I thought it was one of the most transparent uh meetings that we could have had. Dr. Newton and also for the Mr. Lewis I believe was there, Mr. Jackson was there, Mr. nap was there and the really nice tall bus guy I don't know his name >> and um so anyway as well as the principal Sarah Lenhart and Hollow Burningham so the parents were there they were able to ask questions um Dr. Newton stood there for a very long time and answered every last question any parent had to ask. And I think that would help these parents um wrap their minds around what's going to happen next year when Deming Clo or this year I guess when Deming closes. So I just wanted to thank everybody for facilitating that and um answering questions and I
036pray that we can follow that model going forward to other schools. Thank you. Anybody else? >> All right. This time then I will turn it over to Dr. Newton for rep reports and any staff reports. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, as we get going, I just wanted to draw attention to everybody um that February 2nd through the 6th is National School Counseling Week. And of course, as important and as difficult as reading, writing, and arithmetic are, we know that our work only begins there with the kids who need our help, life isn't easy, and we have people that spend their days and their life's work and making sure our kids um are are doing well. And so, we want to a special thank you to all those who are in the counseling world. the
037um couple of uh items on our consent agenda that I'd like to bring your attention to. Um one one is uh D5 on the consent agenda and that is um we are putting out uh health textbooks junior high through high school out for uh public review. those um that process is in the very capable hands of Miss Teresa Ross and um those texts that are being considered will be available on the second floor at 2810 House Avenue and also at the public library. So we absolutely welcome our public to give um consideration and feedback to the texts that are out for review. Um I would next ask Mr. Andy Nap to come forward. And speaking of the um work we're doing at Deming, those uh students uh will we are moving their elementary boundary with
038the closing of Deming. The um the district administration will be bringing a motion a recommendation u before this board at our next meeting. But as we like to um give you a heads up of our recommendations in advance of that tonight, we will only be sharing with you the recommendation and we will see the motion for that vote at our next board meeting. But with that, Mr. Knap, if you could please explain the recommendation. >> Yeah, Madam Chair, members of the board, Dr. Newton. Um after a lot of consideration and and work and collaboration and of course the Deming parent meeting we had last week um we've [clears throat] presented uh several uh remedies uh taking into account schools that are coming offline uh last year as well as through the next couple of years
039and uh bea accounting for some declining enrollment and shifts in enrollment at some of our other elementaryaries. And so the recommendation uh that we are bringing forward that we felt was the most advant advantageous is this recommendation right here. The blue area that you're looking at on the top uh is deming Miller area north of Persing Boulevard. So that particular section of that district boundary will go to Davis next year and everything south of Persing Boulevard uh will go to Pioneer Park next year. And this keeps part of what it u this achieves is to keep pretty clean lines on our boundaries. Um prevent kids from crossing persing both directions as well as uh keeping all of our other elementarymentaries um within the capacity range that we like to see somewhere between 85 and 100%.
040>> Can you make it bigger? >> Um sorry. [laughter] >> Thank you. And for that, are there any questions regarding that? >> Doesn't look like it. I imagine at our next meeting we may have more questions or more conversation about it when we're ready to that we'll be voting on this, right, to approve these lines. >> Yes. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Yeah. Oh, yeah. Trusty Clawson. Um, just for purposes of educating our public prior to our vote, I think what's really important, what we discussed at the parent meeting, um, but just for the general public's information, is that while, uh, Deming will be closing and we're proposing this boundary change, parents can opt, as long as there's room, can opt to go to either school. So if you live north of Persian and
041want to go to Pioneer Park, you can opt in or vice versa to Davis. And I think that's really a great opportunity for our parents to have a little more control in this change. And I just I think it's uh very generous of our superintendent to try to make those accommodations where where they can. >> Thank you, Mr. H. >> Thank you. I have couple other updates of agenda items. One is a consent agenda item which is E1 and the other is a new business item under F2. I believe that Mr. Curelli is probably a resident expert on being able to elaborate on those motions before they go up for your consideration. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. Uh Dr. Newton, members of the board. Um as Dr. Newton mentioned there's two finance related motions for
042your approval tonight and review. The first is with regards to our ERP or the acronym for enterprise resource planning system. Um, it's hard to believe it's been five years, but a number of you might remember that we embarked in a pretty major crossmental cross- departmental project on an implementation of a new system that addressed our accounting, our financials, our budgeting, our human resources, payroll, and many more different aspects of that ERP system. Uh, this represents the first renewal with Tyler. Um, you'll notice that the uh the total 5-year um uh investment is about $2.2 million. that represents roughly $420 to $440,000 a year on those um software as a service costs. Um I think there's a couple of important points I' I'd mention as well. Um the first is that we are anticipating a major
043version upgrade here in the near future. Um we may have some uh support costs associated with that which is contemplated in the in the overall price here as well. Um the other uh notion I'd um point out is that uh when we were reviewing uh the renewal, we did identify a number of components that we were able to eliminate for efficiency sake. Uh saved us about 20 to $25,000 a year. Um and then um taking us back again uh five years ago when we did the implementation um we anticipated um uh cost with regards to consulting and support and data migration. Um, and to the testament of the self-sufficiency of our staff, we didn't need to use those resources. So, we'll be able to unobligate some of those funds and offset uh that cost going
044forward. So, we'll be able to apply some of those encumbered funds uh for this project. So, there's a bit of savings on a budgetary side there. Um, Madam Chair, I'll pause real quick on that one before I moved on to the second mo motion in case there's any questions. >> Any questions on that for Mr. Selli? >> Okay. Madam um Madam Chair, the second one um is a contin continuation of the budget uh amendment that we had on the 12th. Um you'll recall that um we had the August hail storm that damaged about 85 of our district fleet vehicle and we've been working with our insurance broker um on uh assessing those vehicles and we've been working um cross cross functionally with uh Mr. Knap um Miss Cricggs in risk management and Mr. from Martinez
045and purchasing u to review not only those hail damage vehicles but our white fleet as a whole which would include our facilities our nutrition services and um our data and technology services. So the the basic function of the motion that you have tonight is the next step in that iteration um is to surplus eight vehicles and declare nine as total losses that we would in turn turn over to the insurance company. Now, um there'll be another step or a couple steps um as we move forward. Um as I mentioned, we evaluated the entire fleet. Um some of those uh vehicles damaged in that storm will be repaired. Some of them we'll recommend for replacement. Some of them will retain without repair. Um but the the crux of this motion was to um reduce the fleet
046by a minimum of seven vehicles that we won't replace that we'll just downsize and identify an efficiency. We may have five additional that um may be retired from the fleet. Uh we'll work through that and uh clarify in a further uh motion to the board later. But the next thing you'll see from our group is um uh an RFP for uh repair of the vehicles that were damaged in the storm and then recommendations for replacement on a few of those vehicles. Happy address any questions that might go along with that motion too. >> Trusty Hinkle. Um Jed, what does it mean to go surplus? Um, Madam Chair, Trusty Hinkle, that means that um we will turn those vehicles over to our um warehousing department for public bid so that we can surplus those. >> Anybody
047else? >> Okay. Thank you, >> Mr. Selli. Thank you for your comments this evening. And with that, Madam Chair, that's the end of my reports. >> Thank you. We will move to the consent agenda and routine matters portion of our agenda. All agenda items listed with the designation of CA are to be considered to be routine items by the governing body and will be enacted by one motion. Excuse me. There will be no separate discussion on these items. Any item removed from the consent agenda will be considered in its normal sequence on the agenda. Does any board member request to remove a motion from the consent agenda? >> Okay. Seeing none, I have a motion. >> Madam chair, I move to approve all motions listed as consent agenda. >> And I second. >> So I
048have a motion and a second to approve all motions listed as consent agenda. All in favor say I. I. Opposed. I think that has been those have been approved. Under new business, we have um four items tonight. So, do we have a motion on the first one? Madam Chair, I move to approve the bid proposal with Simpson Electric in an amount of $89,100 including a 10% contingency for associated governmental fees and requirements for the purchase and installment in sorry the purchase and installation of fire AR fire alarm replacement at transportation. >> I second. So we have a motion and a second to approve the professional services contract for fire alarm replacement um for the transportation department. Do we have any discussion on this item? Trusty Burton. >> Um, Madame Chair, I need to recuse myself
049from this vote for conflict of interest. >> Thank you. >> Anybody else? Any questions on it? >> Okay. >> Well, all in favor of approving the professional services contract for fire alarm replacement transportation, please say I. I. >> Opposed? It's been approved. Have another motion. Madam Chair, I move to proceed with the with the disposition of district vehicles damaged by the August 1st, 2025 hail event as identified in the insurance assessment, including declaring eight vehicles as surplus and declaring nine vehicles as total loss of be recovered by the district's insurance carrier. >> I second. >> So I have a motion and a second um to proceed with the dis disposition of district vehicles damaged in the hell event. Do we have any discussion questions on this item? Anybody? Okay. All in favor say I. >>
050I oppose. and that we have another. >> Madam Chair, I move to grant permission for East's TV media students to fund raise for their trip to the Student Television Network National Convention in Tampa Bay, Florida from February 26, 2026 to March 3rd, 2026. Second. Have a motion and a second to grant permission for East High School's TV media students to fundra for their trip to their national convention in Tampa. Do we have any questions or discussion on this? Sounds like a great place to go in February. Um, all right. Well, all in favor, please say I. Opposed. >> With that, permission has been granted. Do we have one more motion? Madam Chair, I move to grant permission for Central's TV media students to fundra for their trip to the Student Television Network National Convention in
051Tampa Bay, Florida from February 26, 2026 to March 3rd, 2026. >> Second. >> And we have a motion and a second for Central High School's students to fundra for that same trip. Um, do we have any conversation on that one? All right. Well, seeing none, all in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed? Okay, that permission has been granted as well. The next regular board meeting will be held on Monday, February 9th, 2026 at 6 PM. A work session will begin at 5:00 p.m. The business of the district is now done. >> Do we have a motion for executive session? Madam chair, I move to sorry go into executive session at this time prior to adjournment for the purpose of possible student long-term suspensions, expulsions, personnel, and legal advice. >> I second. >> Have a
052motion and a second to go into executive session at this time. All in favor say I. >> Opposed. All right, we will break and go into an executive session