001and sort of where we're at in the process right now. So, first of all, oops, sorry. Um, traffic safety, um, I tried to kind of break down some of you've seen the the safe routes school plan. I think it's pretty comprehensive. Um, but basically traffic safety are the transportation agencies that are trying to provide a system for safe travel and they work in collaboration. Okay. So in uh when we look at school zones um is sort of what everyone you know related to LCS1 is is thinking of as the immediate area and there are a couple couple pieces to that but in a school zone traffic safety um a lot of the common issues that you see there and the and the complaints you'll get are incomplete sidewalks and paths and then of course everyone's
002more f familiar with vehicle speeds um school zones depending on the traffic direction and lanes um what the intersections look like around the school and of course you know crosswalk crossings whether they're mid street or uh at corner streets with signals with or without signals. Um so those are some of the common issues that generally come up in the in the complaints that we take to the traffic safety committee. They usually are initiated at the schools by either um a parent or principal or teacher. So safe for us the school um is what some of you are familiar with and familiar with hearing and uh what I I just want to talk about that a little bit. So their goal is to encourage walking walking and bicycling which reduces some of the traffic around our
003schools. Um, and what we try to do is is they try to do is is partner with community agencies such as law enforcement. Um, Wyoming Department of Transportation, the city of Cheyenne, uh, county um, of Laramie as well. Um, mostly regarding to their streets and and traffic regulations. And then of course other there's some other community representatives such as um, you're going to hear CRMC has been involved a little bit with the safe routes to school. And to give you a little background on safe house school here, the city council here approved it. Actually, it's been around a long time. It's been in Colorado a lot of years, Vicki could probably tell me, but um in Wyoming, the city council approved in Cheyenne in 2010, developed this community partnership, and had a list of projects
004prioritized um and funded and started on some of them. And I don't know why it fizzled out, but I'm assuming um with change in staffing as well as funding probably um it seemed to sort of fizzle out. So they've revitalized it and what they basically approved this last time is to be able to plan for a long range plan. So the city has approved them to start this traffic safety committee safe routes to school and develop a plan um that will eventually lead into a long range plan. So some of the next steps in that are uh again identifying some of the hazards for the potential hazards and the underlying cause of them and then what the comprehensive solution might be. Um, and as you'll see if we go forward here, a lot of times
005it's not usually one solution that fits all or that it fits at every school. So, next, Steve. So, what I brought up here, the way this will work and and will going forward, this is this is an example. So, we put an intersection on here. Um, and just a random example of an intersection, say two blocks from an elementary school with no lights, no stop sign, and nothing on there. Um, some examples of intersections, you know, you might think of like that with nothing on them would be up in the Deming area possibly in that this part of town. Um, I didn't want to name a particular intersection because I think this could apply anywhere, but a good another good example would be to think of like 29th Street going through Central and Warren. If
006it was headed west and we had an elementary school that just happened to be west of Central and Warren within a mile of the walking radius, this is something you could run into. So, Uh, next next one. So, as they we take this to a traffic safety meeting, um, if there's an issue brought up about this, there's going to be some um potential fixes. So, these don't necessarily come up right away. Usually what's going to be recommended um is going to be a traffic study plan and then but these are some things that would come up and possibly a solution might be to this would be education but to redirect pedestrians to a signaled intersection that might be a block away or two blocks away. Next a second thing might might be in this traffic
007study might come up to paint crosswalks which of course includes adding signs. Um, next one would be to maybe possibly put in the sidewalk extensions, which go along with the others. So, if you put in extensions, which kind of reduces the flow of your traffic a little bit, and it also brings the sidewalks out to where people can see across or up and down the road, you would still have to have crosswalks and signs. >> Um, another solution that might come up in the traffic study would be a pedestrian signal. um whether it's a hawk signal type for just pedestrians or a traffic signal at a light or a corner and then that is the next one signal at the intersection. So um one of those types of signals you can go to the next
008slide. Um and then there'd be community education. So we started off one of the first things might be just education on directing people where they need to go, how they need to act. Um, and that's something that when these traffic solutions come up or through a traffic study, when these solutions come up to address these problems, education is is going to probably quite often be one of them. Um, because it's one, it's easy and it's easier to fund and it can usually be started initiated immediately. And then at the end, of course, with any one of these, you'd have to have some education out there um for the schools and community, but um at the end, you'd have to have community education on what you've done and how things are going to change. >> What
009would that look like, Andy? >> The community education >> as well as education in the classroom for the students. >> I don't know specifically in the classroom. What I would tell you is for this and the community partners. So, currently um one of these will be FCRMC involved. One of their initiatives has been to um get this education out there like on websites on their website maybe on our website um get information out to the schools to then that would be in the principal's hands right to how they're going to initiate that in the school. >> Maybe you got anything to add to that? just that there would also be community activities, different events. They would be finding information uh giving activities so there could be practice the families together just different opportunities to spread
010awareness and make it part of the Okay. So then um what I want to talk about is what that looks like. So, with our community partners, one of the next steps and something that Vicki's been working on currently is getting um we're documenting some of the the traffic at the schools and some of the concerns. So, what we're going to do is get a little more uh comprehensive information for them on how much traffic we have coming to the schools, how many students walk or ride the bus, how many are driven. Um and then what we do is we take that to these community partners at traffic safety meeting and present that and then in this community group um again once the initiative goes through and we have this community group together there will have
011to be um defined roles of who's doing what and who's actually leading it. Um, currently it's kind of through the city. Um, and the what we would do is take that information down to those community partners and then they would look for a solution and probably one of the recommendations would come would be if it's related to traffic would be a traffic study, traffic safety study. Um and then once they comes out of that traffic safety study, they would come up with a list of um potential solutions, prioritize them, and then uh put them on a schedule, determine if they can get funding for them. Uh and you know, it's a pretty wide variety, right? So if it's just education, uh may maybe it doesn't need funding. Maybe it's something that can come out of
012one of these agencies to go directly to the schools or to the community. Um, I think everyone thinks of it as being at the school, but the safe routes to school initiative was just initiated to be within a 10 minute walking radius of the school. The safe routes for all is beyond that. So like safe routes for school falls under safe routes for all. Safe. Yeah. And so so that's sort of how it's set up and the only way to really make it successful is to be able to get these partners together because you know what you're going to run what we do run into is we control what's on our property you know from our property boundary out we don't in the streets if it's a city street it's a city if it's county
013road it's a county if it's the you know can highway going through the middle of town we have white out involved uh if it's a speeding issue or running a crosswalk issue or distracted driver or cell phone issue. Um that of course is police department and and in conjunction with that speed limit piece, the city's the one that sets our school zone speeds in there and and monitors those. So there are a lot of different groups that have to take a part in that depending on what solution they find. >> Okay. If a temporary solution is something they determine that um you know long range for say a traffic signal is is high dollar for funding and um takes a couple years by the time they get one developed and put in. So they may
014come up with a short-term solution that whatever that is they need then that agency that determines that and would be in charge of that would implement that. Right? So if it was it happened to pertain to uh law enforcement then they would lean on the police city police department to enforce that piece temporarily until they can come up with their long-term solution. Yes. What's the different? So two years ago now when they sort of did the full study the safe routes to school study then they had something at multiples of the high school I think at least at central >> and we went in and they had information on each of the schools or suggestions on changes that needed to be made around each of the schools and asked people to go around and look
015and give feedback. How is number one different than what they collected in that study? >> Was that I'm going to ask Vicki because she's been collecting this information for me, but was that um what CRMC was putting together? >> Uh so that was the ST they were studying it. Stantech was the consultant that did the study for the safe school and the big piece of that was community engagement and identifying where those issues were. Unfortunately, there wasn't a lot of participation in those. So there there wasn't a clear direction of where the issues are. >> Um they didn't they looked at the big picture uh when they studied it here all the issues that we see from the existing infrastructure. This could be a problem placed across. Um >> but they didn't go and gather
016all of the traffic. They definitely didn't have any of the students information. >> Okay. >> So who's doing it now? May I ask who's gathering that data at each school, the traffic problems? >> We're go she has sent some of the student information to them. We're going to do that. Um, that's going to be one of the next steps in this is to get out, reach out to the principles, let them know where we're at after tonight and what our next steps are and then Vicky will work with them to gather the information on their busing and walking and um, sorry, busing, walking, driving. >> My concern is adding more to a principal's plate. So, will they be the ones responsible for getting this data for each school? the the principal or or the secretary
017of school is going to have to let us know which which kids are walking, which ones are okay not. >> But but would somebody another person be watching to see the traffic flow on the outside of the school to say this is a problem or that's a problem or has that been done or >> we so we take that those concerns come from either the principal or staff or parents at that school? >> Perceived perceived issues. then get they may require an actual traffic study that the city does. >> Okay. >> Or the MPA. >> Yeah. And we currently, you know, have had the traffic study where they can bring a concern to us. We had one for Kite Ridge not too long ago and it goes to the traffic safety committee and and it
018has gone through this process. There just hasn't been much of a formal engagement of all these community partners where they've agreed that they'll come together. So that's part of what this plan is that has been approved by the city council is a plan to bring them together, okay, to build a long rich plan. So it's it's not happening overnight, but it is coming together. And once that comes together, then that also helps because if we get into one of the solutions that we can't address, you know, we we can address the traffic flow in the drop off lane McCormack because that's in on our property. We can address the traffic flow and the drop off lane at Wind pretty easily. Um but we can't do anything with Persian going across in front of our strip
019over here, right? So yeah, we we can't even as much as in that paint a curb or put up a sign or paint a crosswalk, you know, without their approval and then they do that for us. So, one of the, and maybe you're addressing this, Coyote Ridge, the principal did say that they were concerned about the the um speed limit being 35 miles an hour from the school. So, is that being addressed now? >> Yep. She brought that um to us. Did it show up yet or is it coming? >> It came after our last meeting. So, it will be brought. >> So, yes, it was pretty. >> So, Mr. This community partner agency action plan for safety improvements is a group approved by city council to get all of these different entities together. Do
020you know how often they'll meet and when is the first meeting or have you had the first meeting yet? >> Well, we've had our traffic safety meetings already. We have those. Um when this group gets together, they'll have to have a plan for setting it up. So, it's it's sort of in the planning process of plan. >> Awesome. Well, I'm glad it's getting together. I think the name's a little long, but >> it is. Yeah. Um, >> maybe an acronym. >> Well, every time I put acronyms up, then I have to explain them anyway, so it's easier to just type. >> Um, so that's I mean, that's essentially where we're at working on it. And like I said, it doesn't really happen overnight, but any of you that have been around since we've revisions over
021at McCormack, that took a long time to get through that. I think the school district probably acted first on their piece and that took a while to get through all the other pieces, but that's the process. >> Mr. Nap is also wondering if they're looking at potential federal grants or anything like that, grant writing to try to get extra money. >> There are a lot of different grants and Vicki has talked to him about that, but without getting into all of those, unless you want specific, we can. Um, so they're looking at some of them. Some of them um they they require just some of them pretty competitive to get and they're generally for different things. So one of them might be just for behavior which would be education. Those it sounds like are a
022little easier to get and a little little easier to implement. Um it's probably a lot harder to get a large enough grant for a traffic light. And if you're going to get a grant for anything that is going to be ongoing, you have to be able to figure out how it's going to be sustainable to continue. So my example would be if you were funding a crossing guard somewhere the city was and they had to get funding. If they can only get funding for one year, then the traffic study will say, does it make sense to implement this if we can't continue it and sustain the funding? >> So are there plans Are they thinking the primary source for funding will likely be a request through the state legislature? >> That is the best way
023to go. That seems the most reliable. Um I don't know how easy this to get, but >> it's more reliable than a grant, right? Because >> you're laughing >> and grants are generally smaller. So, some of the districts that we've talked to around the country that have have done this and and have been pretty successful with it have been able to get a revenue source from the state. Mr. Nap, is um the sheriff's department involved in this committee since some of our schools are in the county? >> Yes. >> Thank you. I am sad to see that there's not any mention of crossing guards any >> it's not that there's not a mention of it but it's a it's a potential solution in those list of solutions if they determine that but then comes down
024to if they determine it um who's going to manage that program how's it going to be funded and is it sustainable and so it's not that it's not a solution and sometimes in some areas on traffic says it becomes a temporary solution which then a grant might work for, right? And they would apply for that grant and implement that as a temporary solution until they can get their uh more put in. >> And I'm not sure of the term the B ballards or ballards >> ballards who purchased those and I've seen at some schools that they're not used at all. So, I'm kind of curious about those signs on the street. Wasn't that the I brought to schools, but I know they had talked in a meeting about that committee >> on the ball. >>
025And where were they located? >> There was one at Davis that sat on the on the sidewalk. And so, and it, you know, at other schools like at Miller when they used theirs, there was a par that brought it out to the Oh, the signs that going out. Okay. And what was your question again on those? >> Um, just who who purchased them and I don't see them being used. So I was >> we purchased them. We built them in the facility building and they distribute them to schools and ask the principles or parents to put them out. >> Okay. >> Um, if they do, so that's up to them to put out and take back in. >> Other questions? No, I'm sorry. You can keep more. Yes, >> I don't think so. Oh, my
026last slide. >> Um, think more. Okay. >> So, yeah, that that was basically next steps is we're working on this information. We'll get it to the community partners. Um, they'll start looking at the solutions, but they're in the process of developing this plan to become a long range plan. So, that's sort of more on the city than it is on us to to develop that long range plan. And then of course there will be some priorities and they'll schedule that out however it works out in that plan. >> So Andy, this um I mean I'm glad something is moving forward, but this feels all very longterm and not like anything any solutions that would be. Is that your assessment? >> Well, I think it is long range. I think it a few reasons. Um, one
027reason we put those signs out was to try and help with something we currently could. Um, I think that it, uh, Wyoming is behind the eightball. Colorado implemented this 20 some years ago or 30. They have a full, she's looked into and brought me a lot of information. I don't talk about Colorado here because I'll get thrown out of the room probably, but they have implemented this um, pretty successfully and they have their many partners and they can bring it in a lot quicker and they're in the process. They have a plan going forward. we don't have anything and since it start was approved the first time in 2010, it pretty much dwindled out for whatever reason. And so that's sort of probably why it was brought back this year because of all the um
028talk about it and traffic safety and it's it's been a pretty big initiative this year around here. I think CRMC probably helped get that initiative going again. Um so it's it is going to be slow to get long-term solutions and to study um you know 37 schools and figure out what has to be done at each one and then prioritize that. And you know we have intersections that uh it makes sense you know a small school like Demi but it also has three corners on intersections and yet the busiest street is a block away. You know if they make it across that street they're going do pretty well when they get to the last one. Um, you know, we have a lot of streets like that. Bags that's over here along a busy road, but
029it's not on busy road. And, uh, you know, we have traffic out at Prairie Winds that, uh, is simply because of our drive lane. It was designed to be a single drive lane coming in and they allow and this is a school school issue that we can use education to try and correct. They allow parents come in drop off in the parking lot and turn on leave which then puts a principal there letting them cross the drop the drop off lane. So some of their choices would be to put them on a bus which we provide and reduces traffic or stay in the drop off lane and spend an extra 10 minutes to get through it and they wouldn't have that need there. >> The Colorado program is that funded by the state? >> I
030think so. Is it >> and the same? >> Thank you. >> Yeah. I just as we've been talking about this more, I've noticed that children like to cross Randall in the morning and in the evening. >> That's terrifying. >> Yeah. There used to be a bus from Miller to Deming and Denning to Miller with those kids. >> No, this is kids going to Ter Park. um way down >> there are a lot of you know when you start looking at it there's a lot of traffic safety concerns in many areas when you start looking at a mile from a school which may is what makes learn to address also and even if you >> can you make even if you educate everyone and you put something in like I mentioned say on 29th street can
031you make the kid that lives on 28th walk up to 29th and go across or because he's still going to go right across 28th So I did think of um Trusty Hinkle's comment on the kids. I was in Sou Falls in November and I went through two elementary school zones in the morning and they had fifth and sixth graders out there. Three or four of them together running across the street. So >> but there it's 15 miles an hour in Sou Falls. Yeah. >> Not 20. >> So >> maybe. But I still probably wouldn't want to put fifth six figures up there. I'm thankful for what you guys are doing to look into it because I think it's a problem. I also am curious in 2021 I read an article where they said that they
032were going to do a traffic study. Um you guys had I mean Dr. Cresbow had said let's do this traffic study. So I'm curious what ever happened to that. >> Was that a traffic study for McCormack? Because usually a traffic stud >> she welcomed the article said and it was a pretty brief article. She welcomed input from parents all over the district and then she said um that she was going to put forth I mean maybe put it to the police to let's come up with the traffic plan together. So it seems like we keep reinventing the >> I think that was a blanket comment that because that's not how it works. So it would be a traffic study that from an issue at a specific location taken to this particular group to do a
033traffic study. a traffic study done districtwide other than what she's going to provide from our schools currently, which will all go down there, right? Just to give an idea of what sort of traffic we have at each location. >> Well, and I do think some of the things that we talked about the other day came out of some of that conversation, whether it was a study or not, but the changes in the drive line at McCormack, right in front of McCormack. Is there a light in front of McCormack now, too? So that did come from that bag. >> We did drive lane >> immediately after the accident happened over there um to keep people from going back the other direction. But again, that was on our property. So we did that within a couple of
034months or so. And then the rest of it had to go through a traffic study which is what then brought in the hawk signal which was at least two years later maybe went to that initiation of that. So it did >> and the roadway >> roadway narrowed up over there >> and they may have even changed the speed limit on that entire road. I'm not sure. It seems like they reduced it. >> I don't have children at any worse. I don't know. So, I think I I feel like through our department, Vickiy's had a lot of meetings over this, spent a lot of time on it, and I think we're as involved as we can get to be a partner with them. And, you know, as this goes forward, we'll stay in there as a
035partner and work towards them. if we have to we can um somewhat partner is not the word I'm looking for but on these grants we can agree to be that we support the grant >> but we can't necessarily whoever puts in for the grant is the one that has to manage it and we also can't necessarily um you know we can't let somebody put in for a grant that wants us to do something we can't do that makes sense so so that's why it takes all those partners because it possibly would be a grant that um it involved two or three agencies, right? And then they but they would still have to manage their grant and determine what everyone's specific role was. >> So, as you're gathering information and data to provide for each of
036the schools, can we look at potential things that we can do in house to work on the property that we have control over and those kind of things? just as we're looking at it just >> such as is are you saying things that come from this information that we gather? >> Yeah. If you see something as you're gathering the data we bring forward >> yeah bring forward ideas that >> I love that question. The one thing that I noticed when I was looking at safe routes to school principal comments is some of the things that were noted that principles had done to make it safer for the kids. One of the things is for their release program, they were getting all the kids that were going in a certain direction. They were all gathering and
037then releasing them together. Um, better habits happen when you do that. They are hitting the intersections at the same time. Hopefully, peer pressure is making them wait and for all the traffic to stop. So, they were there were a lot better habits and they saw success in them. So, that's definitely one thing you can look at. One of the things I'll be gathering is all of that arrival and release information, what that policy, that procedure is. I'll be looking at where kids are getting dropped off, looking for any conflicts so we can direct them away from conflicts if they're a great question. That is it for our presentation. >> Right. Thanks. >> Well, it's 5:30 session. >> My voice is just amazing. Good evening. It's 6:01 and I'd like to call this meeting of the
038Larmy County School District number one board of trustees to order. If you would please stand and join us for the pledge of allegiance. >> Hi, I'm Andrew Wisdom. I teach fourth grade over at Arb Elementary and my class is doing the pledge today. Pledge >> algiance 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. >> Dr. Newton, do we have any adjustments to the agenda this evening? >> Madam Chair, we do have one adjustment to this evening's agenda. Um, I'd like to amend the agenda under executive session content H3, a special request to approve payment of retention bonus. >> I move to adopt the agenda with the agenda. >> I second. >> A motion and a
039second to adopt the agenda with that agenda. All in favor, please say I. >> I >> oppose. Okay, that has been approved. >> We're going to start this evening with what I think is always our our favorite portion of the meeting, and that is with our recognitions. Um, so to begin, Matt, we're going to start with student of the week recognitions. The first student that we'll be recognizing uh tonight is for the week of January 5th, 2026. This is Jack Boo from South High School. Jack is a junior. And Jack, if you're here and would come forward with um not with Principal Carrie Gentry, >> Principal Seagull and your favorite teacher, Brian Belnap. >> Good evening, trustees. Thank you for having us. I would like to introduce Jack Boo. He was chosen by the committee
040for his determination, resilience, and hard work. Um, Jack demonstrates our herd values every single day. He's a leader and he found his passion at Skills USA last year and is currently the acting president. I'll go ahead and let Jack talk about himself. >> Um, hello. I am Jack Boost. I am, as she just said, currently the president of Skills USA uh at South. I am a junior. My bad, guys. It's not all up here. Um, so I currently do uh medical classes with Dr. Velnut back there. I am doing CNA and med. Um, I'm in a lot of APs. I'm in four APs currently this year, which is AP Physics, AP Psych, AP Lang, and AP Gov. And I'm doing dual enrollment. Um, I find a lot of enjoyment in all of those, and I
041just strive to be better using all of them. Um, I work really well academically with just being super determined to get things done cuz I want to build my future based off of what I'm doing right now. So, thinking about what I could be doing in 10 years helps me do it now. Um, I do all my work. I get it all done and I do it to the best of my ability always. >> Jack is also very modest. um he placed second nationally at the Skills USA competition in CPR and also has his medical emergency response certificate. So he's done really well for himself and he chose Mr. Bellnap as his favorite teacher and I'll kind of let him explain why. >> Um so I chose Mr. Bellnap as my favorite teacher cuz he's
042supported me throughout my entire school career. Uh really funny story. My freshman year I thought it'd be really funny to fail all four of my classes. Um, and I was one one class away from having to repeat nth grade. And he forced me to come to South because I used to be homeschooled. And he forced me to work and, you know, get good grades. So now I actually am fully caught up on my credits. I'm actually ahead in credits and I am on track to graduate on time with uh, straight A's. >> Uh, as you heard, I forced him. Not really. His mom's back there. I got proof. But it's been a pleasure to watch Jack grow as a young man into something we can all be very proud of. Uh like I said, he
043was really struggling. Talked to mama. Says he'll do so much better if he comes back to South. And being mature, he says, "Yeah, you're right. I've been screwing on for so long. Come back." And as of this semester, Jack has made up all those F. He's turned them all into ace. So yeah, >> if we could have mom Penny Boos please rise to be recognized for having such an amazing young man. >> Congratulations, Jack. I would next like to invite Vivian Shung who's a seventh grader at Kerry High School to come forward along with principal principal Matt Slaggel and favorite teacher Michael Newton. >> Sure. >> Madame Chair, members of the board, Dr. Newton, thank you for the opportunity to come in tonight and visit about just a truly amazing student. Um, in my three
044years at Carrie, Vivian is the first seventh grader who was recommended for this award, let alone to go from the committee to receive the award, I think speaks for itself. Um, her teachers said things like, "Regardless of the assignment, whether it's two points or 200 points." Vivian does her very, very best work to get it done. Her kindness, they noted, um, her leadership, her quiet style, just everything. Um, and I also noticed today that she has perfect attendance through the first semester of school, which as a junior high student is absolutely amazing. I got to see some of that amazing work today when I brought her down and I said, "Hey, are you ready to talk today?" And she said, "Ah, I thought it was the 26th." Um, and I saw her get a little
045bit nervous. And she said, "You have a piece of paper." And within about three minutes, she had a well-crafted speech that she's going to give to you here tonight. So, Vivian, congratulations. >> Thank you everyone for being here today. I'm so honored to be awarded student of the week, especially as a seventh grader at Kerry Junior High. I would like to show my appreciation to my mom, dad, and family. I wouldn't be able to do this without them. When I graduate, I want to study forensic science at USC and prepare for adulthood. I am very proud of myself and my academic achievements, and I would like to continue making my loved ones proud. Outside of school, I enjoy playing volleyball and am about to finish my seventh year of learning to be fluent in Mandarin
046and Chinese. I would like to recognize my favorite teacher, Mr. Newton. I selected Mr. Newton as my favorite teacher because he's kind and always wishes the best for students. He sets up he sets me and other students up for success. Therefore, he has made my time at Kerry more enjoyable. >> Yeah. Um, I would also love to share about Vivian. She's a really easy student to celebrate. Um, Vivian, being a first year teacher, Vivian is one of those students that's just an absolute joy to have in my class. She makes my life so much easier and so much more fun. So, for that, thank you, Vivian. I appreciate that. Um, academically, Vivian is just a rockstar student, and I think that she's one of those students where learning and then just school itself comes easy
047for her. uh which is awesome. But what I really appreciate about Vivian is that she's never complacent and never satisfied with where she's at as a student. She's always asking really thoughtful questions and looking for ways to just further her understanding of the content. Um and that's really awesome to see within the classroom. Um I appreciate that Vivian, she leads every interaction she has with kindness and respect. um both with me, with her peers, um especially peers that don't necessarily get along with, but she's always leading with kindness and respect. Um like Principal Swaggel said, I think that that shows a level of maturity well beyond her years. Um for academics alone, I think Vivian is a commendable student, just an absolute rock star, but just the way she carries herself as a human is
048really awesome to see as well. Congratul I would love it if we could have Vivian's family stand up and give them a round of applause as well. >> Well, congratulations to our students and their favorite teachers. Western Vista Federal Credit Union sponsors um helped sponsor the awards for student of the week. So, at this time, I would like to invite Scott Sutherland, senior vice president in credit and lending, to say a few words. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, it's just heartwarming to hear stories like that and the capabilities of these people. It's it's truly amazing and we're honored to be a part of the student of the week program. Um, in recognition of the efforts brought forth by the student of the week, we're proud to present a certificate of achieve a achievement and
049a Visa gift card to the recipient. We'd like to present a certificate of appreciation and Western Vista gift card to the recipient's nominee for favorite teacher. Um, we congratulate you on this honor and thank you again for letting us be a part of it. Congratulations. >> Congratulations. >> Good job. >> Thanks. Congratulations. >> Congratulations. >> Congratul The next very exciting recognition tonight is um for Alta Vista Elementary School which has been named a national elementary and secondary act distinguished school. So, at this time, I'd like to call Amanda Hall forward, who is our director of elementary instruction, along with uh principal Book Brooke Yearsley and any other staff that might be here with with her this evening. >> Awesome. All right. Well, tonight I have the honor of introducing Brooke Yearsley, who is the principal
050at Alta Vista Elementary School, along with a lot of her amazing staff. Um, Alta Vista has been named the national ESA Distinguished School by the Wyoming Department of Education. This is an honor awarded to only a 100 schools in the nation each year. This recognition celebrates the school's success in closing achievement gaps, fostering student growth through a culture of dedication, collaboration, and believing in all students. I've had the privilege of wa watching Brook's leadership and the incredible hard work of her staff over the past several years as they grew together to meet this goal. Their commitment to ensuring every student matters has created an environment where students thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. I'm excited to see what's next as they continue to grow and build on this success. Now, I'm going to hand it over
051to Brooke so she can say a few words about the work they've been doing. >> Thank you, Amanda. >> Um, I truly believe that an award like this doesn't happen by chance. Um, it's a true testament of the dedication, hard work, commitment, um, and relationships that our staff has built. Um we've seen tremendous growth over the the seven years and I'm excited to continue to see that growth um with our students and it really is um not just academically but behaviorally, socially, emotionally. Um they're such a dedicated staff and you won't find um a harder working group of people. So I appreciate everyone that did attend. We're missing obviously about 40 to 50 people, but I do think it's important um to share their names. This is Crystal Kempter West, Emily. >> Yeah. Curtis, Ali
052Pantiagua, Kirsten Reef, Stephie Sturdiva, uh, Janice Lee, Brandy Barky, Gay, Katherine Kelly, Alicia Homoka, and Leanne Molain. So, Thank you so much. Congratulations. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you so much for >> Thanks for all you do. That's wonderful. And last but most definitely not least, um we would like to conclude our recognition tonight with a special recognition of SRO Sergeant Rob Pete. um who is with the Cheyenne Police Department, but we were recognizing him tonight for his years of service to our school district. Um and I'd like to ask Todd Deporter, our safety and security program administrator to come forward um along with Sergeant Pete of course if he's here and then um is officer Hernandez here as well. >> We got Madam Chair, we have many. This is a good time to reach out
053and ask anybody. You know why they're here, right? >> See who leaves. But anyway, >> uh, good evening everyone again. My name is Todd Deporter. I'm the safety and security program administrator and I have the pleasure of working with the men and women behind me who are our school resource officers. I will tell you that we benefit greatly from their presence in our schools. They are our mentors. Uh, some of them act as counselors. Some of them are trusted adults. for many of our students who maybe don't have those things in our lives. So besides being the vanguard that are at our schools, uh they also establish some really good uh relationships with our students. So tonight we'd re like to recognize Sergeant Pete who is the school resource officer supervisor for the last four
054and a halfish years. Um and before we present him with something, I'd like to turn the floor over to school resource officer Fernandez. >> Hello there everyone. thanks for coming. Um, this is kind of a somewhat of a surprise for him. We actually gave him his plaque earlier because he went back to patrol and sometimes our shifts don't um correspond with each other. But I wanted to take the time to set all this up and give him recognition for his four years of service. Um, as a school resource officer, it's not always black and white. There's a lot of gray areas. um it becomes very complex and especially coming from law enforcement then to working with civilians there's a lot of uh crisis management that comes with that. Um Sergeant P has done a very
055good job of not only supporting us um in a professional level but family first. Um so we always appreciate what he has to say and of course uh being able to support us while we're dealing with our own issues within our schools. Um, but we also want to um give him a plaque which we uh created for him. It has all of our badge numbers and of course each school that we represent. So we want to appreciate uh Sergeant uh Pete's commitment to not only our community but within our schools. >> All right. >> Thank you. SRO Fernandez. Uh, so the school district also has a presentation for you. But before we go through that, I think I just want to share a couple personal words with you. Number one, Sergeant Pete is a leader.
056Uh, he has been committed to our schools. He's been out in our schools. He's been with his SRO's. I don't think there's an administrator here that he hasn't worked with at one time or another when there's been an issue at their schools. So, I want to thank you for your leadership for that. Also like to thank you for allowing me to bend your ear on occasion in terms of frustration and other things. um we uh probably share a lot of things together that uh you know some folks may not realize, but for the most part you've uh put up with a lot and and done a lot and quite frankly it's not going to be the same without you for a while. Uh you're going to leave a big void. Now uh we have a
057replacement Sergeant Zachary Johnson who I think will fill in but I I think it's going to be a little bit before you know we we we uh fill that gap. So on behalf of Laramie County School District 1, I would like to issue this certificate of accomplishment to Sergeant Rob Pet. Cheyenne Police Department, who has been accorded special recognition by the Laramie County School District 1 Board of Trustees for receiving school resource officer years of service for LCSD1, presented this 12th day of January, 2026. We're going to miss you. Thank you everyone. It's been a pleasure working with all the school administrators. Uh wish everyone the best and hope that everything keeps going in the right direction for the district. Thank you so much. We'll give anyone who is ready to go after those recognitions
058a moment to leave and then we'll move on into our public comment portion of our agenda. The next section on our agenda is the information and report section. And we always start that with public comments from visitors concerning agenda and non-aggenda items. Um before we begin that portion of our agenda, there's just some parameters I'd like to read. and um then we'll we'll get started with that. 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
059on 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 board asks that all speakers state your first and last name. Keep your comments to three minutes or less. And note that if you 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 these this will not be done during the public comment portion of the meeting. Such comments should be directed to the executive
060director of human resources or you may request to meet with the board during executive session. Um so as I looked at our signups for this evening uh we did not actually have anyone sign up to speak regarding agenda items. Uh we did have four individuals who have signed up to speak regarding non-aggenda items. And as I looked through this um there's an area where when you sign up you indicate what you plan to talk about. Um I believe all four of our speakers are speaking um about similar topics. Um and so I just would ask um and we've as you know pertaining to what I just read that if um in your comments just we we don't mention um staff members by name um or with any kind of information that could be personally identifying.
061So, if in your comments um if anything is bordering on maybe identifying a staff member, I'll just I'll just stop and ask you to rephrase or to to rework those those words a little bit. Um just so that we are respectful of our our district employees and and their rights as employees, too. So, um with that said, we'll move into public comment concerning non-aggenda items. Um, the first individual to sign up for this was Haley Rob. Um, so Haley, if you'd like to come forward. >> Hi, thank you for the opportunity to speak. Um, my name is Haley Rob. I would like to bring up some concerning information regarding um, South High's math department. Um, I have taken the regular suggested avenues to address my concerns, but I feel like they have not been addressed.
062Um, my student works extremely hard to be successful in school. Um and she does have amazing teachers and counselors who are very supportive. However, we have had an issue within the math math department that is causing us a lot of stress. Um we are dealing with misplaced or lost assignments to the point where her and some other students do have to take photographs of every single thing they do to prove that it has been turned in. Um, her grades are posted sometimes more than a month late, which gives us no opportunity for us to address any misunderstandings and to study extra for things before tests. Um, I will send some more concerns privately um through email to the board. Um, I just feel like my um concerns have not been addressed when meeting with admin.
063Um, and I feel like we've been pretty dismissed. I'd also like to add as a side note, just so the board is aware that I have been in communication with former South High students who graduated over a decade ago. Um that they have had the exact same issues. So, this has been going on for more than just a few years. Um and I uh thank you again for hearing us out. >> Thank you. >> Our next individual signed up to speak is Ben Bar. Um, my name is Megan Bar and I'm a parent of three students in the district. Um, one of them is a South High School graduate. One's a current student at South High School and another is a student at Johnson. Um, I'd like to begin by telling you all that my
064children have had many teachers at South who are amazing educators and care deeply about their students. The vast majority of the teachers are very invested in helping kids succeed and we are grateful for the education that they have provided our kids so far. This year, my sophomore has had a really hard time in one of her two math classes. She's been struggling with assignments not being graded for over a month at a time. Submitted assignments are being lost, and grading in her math class is completely subjective with no explanations as to why points are deducted. We've met with South admin as well as teachers and counselors. Admin has been telling us that the math programs at South are being revamped and improved. Our students experience has not improved. In fact, she has been laughed at
065when she tries to receive the support she needs to try and succeed. When I saw that things were not improving at the school level, I did reach out to district admin who were very quick to respond. However, things are still not improving. Last night, test scores were put in Infinite Campus from December the 10th, which was a full month ago and one night before their district assessments today. How are kids supposed to learn and progress when they are being tested, given no results and no feedback for improvement, and then just tested again? And this is just one example of many. I've been regularly advocating for my student, trying to get grading and feedback so that she can learn and succeed, and we are just not getting anywhere. It feels as though the students and admin
066are living in two very different realities. I'm here tonight to ask the board to help us get to the bottom of what's actually going on with math instruction at South High School with the urgency that the kids deserve. >> Thank you, >> Tasha Roberts. >> Hello. Thank you for having me. I'm Tasha Roberts. I'm here as a South High or the parent of a South High student to raise ongoing concerns regarding instructional practices in a math classroom that continued despite repeated attempts to resolve them. Since the school year started, assignments in this class have gone ungraded for weeks, sometimes a month. Group assignments have resulted in different grades for students who contribute equally with no rubric or explanation provided. Asking questions when they don't understand instruction is ignored. Paper assignments are lost after being turned
067in. Assignments are marked missing or with an F when the student has that graded assignment in their backpack. Parent emails are ignored. Students are redoing work they've already done, going to extend a day and spending their holiday breaks in tutoring to avoid failing their class. The delays create confusion, worry for kids who are unable to measure their progress, make corrections, or seek help in a timely manner. The first two times I brought my concerns up, my child was isolated from the classroom the next day. The counselor did intervene when the second seclusion happened and let me know that it was inappropriate and being investigated. That seclusion lasted over 30 minutes. Even though it's scary to bring concerns to admin when I know my child will be retaliated against, I still participate in multiple meetings and
068email exchanges with the staff, the counselor, grade level principal, and administration in an effort to address these issues. I have even asked that my child be allowed to change to another math class. Unfortunately, there's been no meaningful resolution or accountability. The response I have repeatedly received is that this situation represents the best South has and that the entire math department is struggling. I have instructed my child to take a picture of paper assignments and I know at school some students have been told to submit their assignments to their counselor so the work can be handd delivered and graded. I do appreciate the effort but this workound highlights a larger systemic issue. This is not a sustainable or appropriate solution, nor should it be necessary for students to go outside of their classroom simply to have
069their work graded and it still not be graded. We were told in a meeting that grades would be entered on Thursdays. This has not happened once. This situation directly impacts academic performance, student morale, graduation readiness, and trust in the educational process. Students deserve timely feedback, consistent grading practices, and learning environments that are structured, fair, and supportive. If a 15-year-old were doing these things, they would be held accountable, and there would be repercussions. Our students are missing valuable time, athletic time, and home time, doing double math work. I am asking the board to review how accountability is being handled when concerns are raised, how grading timelines are monitored and enforced, and how students are protected when systems fail them. Students deserve timely feedback, fair grading, and leadership that intervenes when standards are not met. Parents and
070students should not feel powerless after following every appropriate step. Thank you for your time and your commitment to our students. >> Thank you. And last but not least is Sylvia Brown. >> Hello, my name is Sylvia Brown and I'm a mom of six. Five of those six are currently in the district. I have children from second grade all the way up to a senior. Three of those kids are current students at South High School. During my now senior's four years at South, he had a great experience. My daughter had a great freshman year, as does my current freshman son. However, serious concerns have come to light for my sophomore daughter this year in the math department. Assignments are constantly being lost. Assignments are going ungraded or being graded low with no reason at all as
071to why. If you are not liked by certain teachers, it will definitely show in your grades. I've been told that assignments are to be graded on Thursdays. However, that's not happening. My child is now turning her work into her counselor to asssure that it is not lost. I've been told to please be patient as the math department is being revamped. But I'm tired of being patient and not seeing results. My daughter does great in all her other classes. She is an honor and AP student who is striving to be a pediatric nurse. I'm no longer going to stand back and let someone who doesn't want to do their job affect her life. I'm begging you to please look into the math department at South High School and do something about it. This has been an
072issue for a long time and it's time for a change. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Well, that concludes our public comment portion of our agenda. Um, scroll down here. Just an update on our upcoming meetings. Um, on January 20th from 12 to 1, we have a trustee meeting with the superintendent. I believe we did signups for that one already at the last meeting, Marilyn and was it Barb that are coming to that? Okay. Um on Monday, January 26th, uh this we typically only do a work session on the first meeting of the month, but we did add a 5:00 pm work session for that meeting on Monday the 26th. And then we'll follow that up with our 6 p.m. regular board meeting here in the boardroom. On February 3rd from 12 to 1:30, we'll
073have the executive team uh meeting with Dr. Newton. And then February 9th uh would be our one and only actually meeting in February. And we'll start with a 5:00 p.m. work session for that and then our 6 pm regular board meetings. So now for individual board communications and reports. Does anybody have anything they'd like to share or discuss? Trusty Clesen. I should have wrote this down, but I do know that um our central triad principal uh Karen Delbridge was awarded this uh I think it was on Friday the uh secondary principal of the year and I'm really proud of the work that she does in our triad and for our students and I just wanted to congratulate her. I just would note um that was such exciting news um I think for all of us
074and I believe she actually found out on was she surprised on Wednesday. >> Um and I believe that we will be >> recognizing her at our at our next meeting. Yeah, with that honor for that honor. Um but yeah, thanks for sharing that. That was really incredible news for great principal. Anybody else? I'll just go down the line. Um, Trusty Ashby, did you have >> um I was just going to do a quick reminder to the board that um the WSBA legislative meeting is coming up on February 22nd here in Cheyenne at Little America. If you haven't signed up, um please do so. >> January or February. >> February 22nd. It is a Sunday >> and they sent that out. >> They did. >> Okay. It it came out via email, but if you don't
075have it and you would like to attend and need it, let me know. >> Okay. Anything else? >> No, that's my >> Okay. Trusty Burton, did you have a >> um Yes. I in December I had the opportunity to attend a couple of the holiday programs. Um and they were very fun. Um the big shout out that I would like to um provide is um oftent time at the schools we think of educating our children. Um but there was a community response that impacted me deeply. Um there was a grass fire south off of Terry Ranch Road and my dogs and I had to evacuate for like three and a half hours. Um was like 150 yards from my house. Was a little scary. Um but the district opened up South High for community members
076who um needed a place to evacuate. Um so it's just really cool to see um that our district is part of the community's emergency response plan. Um and I started praying for snow, too, because um I know many of us probably live in the county. Um and this time it was me and next time it could be someone else. Um, so it was just really awesome to to see the district being part of that emergency response plan set in all sorts of emergency response things uh during my time in the military. So um I didn't go there. I went to a friend's house but um I just appreciate the support to our community. >> Thank you Jessica. >> Thank you Madam Chair. Um I along with uh Britney and Alicia and I imagine Alicia might
077be talking about this but I was um happy to attend the Purple Star our became a Purple Star school and what this is is it's um a school that has gone through a process in order to be approved where military children will come and learn at these different schools and it helps those kids ac um get into the schools learn different um if if they have a difficult time with meeting new kids, they assist um these brand new children to our community. And as a mom of three military kids, they didn't have this program when my kids went through. So, um it's nice. I think it started in 2017 in Ohio and there's like 2,000 Purple Star schools and we have eight of them in our district. So, it's pretty cool that they are um
078helping these kids adjust to Cheyenne and they come from all over the world. So, um it was an honor to be there and it was fun to see um the teachers that um because I think they have certain people that have um go through the process do do the checklist or whatever. But anyway, it was fun to see and there were the military kids had special t-shirts. So, it was a real honor to be there. Thank you. Trusty Hel, did you have any? >> No, I just would echo um what Trusty Cook said. I what a what an exciting time and what an exciting recognition for school in our district to be named a Purple Star School. Um and I just, you know, would give a shout out to Princeton and all of his team.
079I think that application process is pretty extensive. There's a lot that goes into that. Um, and as you said, I think there's only 10 in the state and maybe eight in in Cheyenne and now so ARP is one of those. Um, but really an exciting day. The governor was there. Um, our state superintendent of instruction was there. There were representatives for two US senators there to speak. um the colonel from the who the base um representatives from you know other entities type of the military um were all there. It really quite a celebration. Um, I told Principal Lloyd that I grew up a military brat and I was one of those kids who moved every two or three or four years. And there certainly was I mean I there weren't there were awesome schools that
080were quite welcoming to us as military children. Um really what a I it just was encouraging to me to know that we have schools that are making extra special efforts to to welcome and to bring those military kids into the fold and meet their needs when a parent deploys or when their families are facing circumstances that really are many of our civilian families in town have to deal with. So, um, it was really a a great celebration to be part of and I just would love to give a shout out to the folks at ARP for all that they did to make that happen and make that recognition possible. Um, and that is all I had. Um, did anybody else have anything that they wanted to share about it? All right. Well, at this time,
081I'll turn it over to Dr. Newton for reports from superintendent and staff. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. I just have uh one brief update with a few different parts to it. Um it's hard to believe that we're already publicly starting to talk about our budget planning for next year. When I wrote down the 202627 school year, it didn't seem like it was a real year just yet, but here we are. Um so, in preparation for the uh for all of that, it really begins with the upcoming legislative session. And there's a few key dates that I'd like to to share with the board and the community. uh tomorrow and Wednesday and Thursday there will be another round of what is uh called the professional judgment panel which is a really fancy way of saying the
082public can provide comment on the u to the state's third party consultant whom they have hired to um give them um advice on uh what funding education in the state of Wyoming uh ought to look like as we go into a recalibration year. The reccalibration committee will be um state legislative committee will be reconvening on January 22nd and 23rd. And of course um those committee meetings are live um on YouTube. You can u watch them as they happen if you are not able to uh attend in person. Um the actual legislative session, it is a budget session and it will begin on February 9th, concluding on March 11th. Because it's a budget session, it's an abbreviated time frame, it will only be those 21 days. Um, as we work through our budget projections in light
083of the recalibration work in the legislative session, we intend to have a work session before our next uh board meeting as as um Chairman Smith mentioned um on January 26th at 5:00 p.m. And we will do our best at that time knowing that the legislation is not yet complete and certainly not enacted. Um but based upon the drafts um that we will be seeing hopefully released by that time, our best update on the potential u fiscal impacts of the proposed recalibration bill as we begin our um budget planning for the coming year. And madam chair with that that is the end of my reports this evening. >> Thank you Dr. Newton. Are all of those meetings um the professional judgment panel and the reccalibration meeting are those in Cheyenne or those? >> Madame chair, thank
084you for asking. They are virtual sessions. We did share the um link to sign up with our district parent advisory committee and I think we're going to have a number of parents who put their voice into that process. >> So um they are Tuesday, two of them on Wednesday, one of them on Thursday. Of course, we will have district personnel um um on those as well, but uh we have shared those links with our parent advisory to share with their building level parent advisory groups as well. >> Thank you. >> Sorry for the delay. We're using an awesome new platform, but I'm clicking and clicking just not not seeing what I was looking for. Okay. All uh we're moving now to our consent agenda um and routine matters section of our agenda. All agenda items
085listed with the designation of CA are considered to be routine items by the governing body and will be enacted by one motion. 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, do we have a motion? >> Yes. I move to approve all motions listed as cons consent agenda. >> And I second. >> We have a motion and a second to approve all motions listed as consent agenda. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Okay, those have been approved. We have no new business, so we will move right into or no old business, I'm sorry. So, we'll move right into our
086new business. Um, with a motion, I move to approve to amend the capital projects fund budget by transferring $230,000 from the capital outlay to general support for the special building fund. I move to amend the special building fund budget by transferring $275,000 from capital outlay to instruction and $350,000 from capital outlay to general support. >> I second. >> Have a motion and a second um for the budget amendment. Um do we have any questions or discussion on that or Dr. Do you have anything about the budget amendments? >> Madam Chair, I'm sure Mr. Cerelli would entertain any questions that the board may have. >> Trusty Ashley. >> Yeah. Can we have a description of what this actually does? >> Thank you, Madam Chair. Um Dr. Newton, members of the board. Um happy to give you
087a quick overview. Um I'd start by just um pointing out that this is a this budget amendment represents a budget transfer. It does not increase our budget as a whole. Um it's really maintaining the same same level of appropriations that the board approved in July. Uh there's essentially two budget transfers um that accomplish three budgetary needs for the district. Uh the first is um the capital project transfers. Um as you mentioned the $230,000 u move from capital outlay to general support. Um that's a result of um our charter school leases from the state um receiving revised calculations that increase their overall um lease reimbursement from the school facilities division. Uh all those lease uh funds, if you will, have to be accounted for in a general support category as opposed to capital outlay. So that
088just moves those funds to uh reflect those revised um calculations from school facilities. Uh the second transfer um really um is broken apart into two different things. is in our special building fund. We're moving $625,000 uh 350,000 of which um would be moved to um general support. Um as you know uh we uh experienced quite a considerable um hail insurance claim uh this past August. Uh this is going to help us address uh the roughly 84 85 vehicles that were damaged during that hail storm. um whether it's replacement or repair um for those vehicles that uh were incurred um those damages that were incurred during that time frame. Um the other part of that budget transfer is $275,000 to instruction. Uh this is to address uh furniture needs at the McCormack Junior High remodel. Um
089when we buy instructional furniture, we have to make sure that those categories reflect that. Um and that's a transfer to make sure we're on the right side of the chart of accounts for that as well. Uh, happy to provide any more clarification or answer any questions the board might have. >> Doesn't look like we have more questions. Thank you. >> All right. Well, we have a motion and a second to amend um the budget. Um, I won't read more of that again unless you want me to. Um, but all in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed. All right, that has been approved. There have been another motion. >> I move to grant permission to contract with Boseies 5 for an amount not to exceed $762,644. >> And I second. >> So, we have
090a motion and a second to grant permission to contract with Boseis Spy for an amount not to exceed $762,644. Do we have any questions or discussion on this item? U Dr. Newton was hoping could we get a just a high level overview of of what that is that we're what we're putting that money out for. >> Madam Chair, absolutely. I see Dr. Kern on her way to the podium to give us an update. >> Uh thank you uh Chair Smith trustees. This is so that we can um utilize residential placement for a few of our special education students um okay at the at the Barbie ranch in um western Wyoming. >> Okay. And is that amount is that the special ed funds that are expended are reimburseable. >> It is all reimburseable. Yes. Okay. >>
091Thank you. Right. So if there are no other questions so we'll move to a vote. All in favor please say I. >> I opposed. Okay. That permission has been granted a contract with Boseis 5. All right. Do I have another motion? >> I move to grant permission to contract for warehouse stock supplies for an amount not to exceed $275,000. >> And I second. We have a motion and a second to grant permission to contract for warehouse stock supplies. Do we have any questions or discussion on this item? >> Seeing none, all in favor, please say I. >> I >> oppose. Okay, that has been approved as well. And we have one more motion. Um, yeah. >> I move to approve deferring action on the updated use fees for LCSD1 facilities until February 9, 2026 board
092meeting. >> I second. >> So, I have a motion and a second to approve deferring action on the updated uh fee schedule that we had approved back in September in the early fall. Um I just for our public that may be listening or wondering um we have had conversations, we have had um district staff really looking into the fees and other options um beyond the fee schedule that we had approved earlier this year. Um we've heard from members of the public and um different groups that are using our facilities. Um, and we really just need a little more time to explore some things and to um come up with with our next steps. Um, so we had we'll be just postponing this vote um or moving action on this until the February 9th meeting. So
093still things happening. We're still um trying to come up with um solutions um knowing that we have a lot of expenses in running our facilities as a district um but also hearing the public and the concerns um and wanting to to address those. So um if anybody has any questions or discussion on that we can we can entertain that now. Um but otherwise we if this passes we'll just be postponing that vote for about four more weeks. So anybody else have anything on that? Nope. Okay. So all in favor uh please say I >> opposed. Okay. So that will be um postponed until the February 9th board meeting. The next regular board meeting will be held on Monday, January 26, 2026 at 6 PM. A work session will begin at 5:00 p.m. The business of
094the district is now done. Um, do we have a motion for executive session? >> I move to go into executive session at this time prior to adjournment for the purpose of possible long-term suspensions, expulsions, personnel, and legal advice. And I second. >> Have a motion and a second to go into executive session at this time. All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed. All right, we will break and go into executive session.