001that voting on the the board positions out there um during the beginning. >> So, who do you want to start with? >> Let's go through the committees. >> All right, let's go through the committees. So, Darlene put this together. This is um a list of the 13 committee assignments that we currently um have board members on. Um, so it's all the it's the names of the committees and then um in parentheses on some of those there's a number of how many people we have um and then who's currently serving on those committees. Um so if there's one you really want to continue on um we can talk about that. If there's one you really interested in that you have not done um let's talk about that as we go through. But first legislative leaison um
002you've had two to three in the past. Um, those this year have been Renee, Marilyn, and Barb. So, open that up for conversation. >> I'd like to continue. I would, too. >> Okay. >> I'm happy to step aside if anybody else wants to. >> This might be [clears throat] there might be a lot to do with that. [laughter] >> Yes. I kind of figured I'm hoping there's not on my other issue. So, >> and I've got the gift of time. So happy, >> but like I said, I'd be happy to hold [laughter] >> a little busy. So Renee and Barb would like to continue. Marilyn, did you >> I'm okay with continuing unless somebody else wants it, in which case I can. >> I will probably be doing some anyway, but >> Okay. >> Up
003to you. um Brooke or Chrissy or either of you want to sit in >> I'll be kind of watching it, but I don't want to be on the committee. It's just I'm watching it live. >> Yeah. >> Okay. All right. So, if it if everybody's good with that, we can just leave >> um those legislative leaison as we've had them this year. Um the next one is the Cheyenne Schools Foundation board. This one a couple years remains done it this past year. I like to continue just because I finally got my my feet on that like okay now I get it. >> If anybody else is interest it is it's a really a fine committee or a board to be a part of it does leave at 7 >> 7 in the morning second meeting.
004>> So every second >> once a month. Oh >> so that one was hard with schoolish but so you'd like to continue. Is anybody else interested in to clean it up. I don't know if that if the charter of that foundation only allows for one spot. So, I'm not sure. >> I believe it is just one trustee. Although, they do there's been a push in past years for more community members to be on that committee. So, >> we actually have we're getting close to our numbers. Actually, they're voting. >> You've added some >> 10th to add I think it's four more. So, >> okay. So, maybe okay >> that number. But I think they I think the way that their composition has been set up, it was one trustee, >> I believe. Do you Does
005that sound right, Mary? >> It does. >> Mary's one. >> Just one. Okay. So, is everybody okay with Renee continuing on with that one then? Okay. uh Cheyenne Community Recreation District Board. That has been myself and Brooke and Marilyn. Bisher Brook has been our chair for that and Marilyn >> Secretary staff secretary. So, do you two have thoughts about that that board or >> I'm good with staying there. >> Yeah, I enjoy it. I' I wouldn't mind staying. I I've also been on it, I think, since being on the board. So, if somebody else would like a chance, I'm open to I would I wouldn't mind giving it up, but I I do really enjoy being on that one. >> Okay. and I've been on it as well and I I guess I feel the
006same way you do about it. I'd love to stay on but if if somebody else is really wanting to serve there I can step aside. [snorts] >> I'd love to but I don't know. >> Yeah, [laughter] Christian you served on it for quite a while too when we're the chair. >> Yeah, you guys go for it. I've done mine I I okay with not doing it again. Okay. >> Right. >> And Britney, >> leave that one as is. Audit committee um has been >> I think that's sort of dictated by >> Okay. treasurer and assistant treasure. Um okay. So that once we get to the officer positions then we dictate that >> which is the same for executive >> same for executive committee. Yeah. Chair, vice chair, clerk and treasure. >> Director we already voted
007on. >> Yeah. Um, we did already vote on Britney for that. And then, um, Britney is now the >> vice chair for the board of directors for WSBA. >> So, she's kind of locked in there for a bit. >> They can figure it out if not, but yes. [laughter] >> Um, okay. So those all will four [snorts] and five we'll figure out in a bit. Um six will stay Britney. Seven is the calendar committee. Right now Marilyn and I are on that. Um >> I know been on it. [laughter] It is um the things you think won't be controversial sometimes. >> I know a couple of those and it gets a little spicy. What? When are the meetings? There's usually just two or three. >> I'd be interested, but if you guys want to stay
008on this, >> it's a really interesting >> Yeah, it really is. >> So, Marilyn, were you wanting to keep on with that one? >> Um, I can keep on. Somebody else can do it either way. >> Um, you want to take my spot on that? We can. Um, >> would it be something that you wanted to continue? >> I'm happy to continue, but I do not. >> I'll try it then. >> So, we'll committee is just fascinating. >> No, you won't regret it. It is pretty fascinating and it's >> I mean I think it's good that you've >> you've been a teacher so you think that there's certain things I really >> um it's far more complex than you would imagine to put together. Well, and it is probably the most teacher driven >> yes
009committee that we do. I would suggest >> I I saw there was a grand difference between the elementary perspective and the secondary perspective. >> We'll put Barb. Um so then boundary waiver committee right now is Barb. Do you want to let somebody else try that? >> Are you happy to I I only attended I kept my mouth shut because that was just the principle in >> their thing. But it was it was interesting and it kind of gave me a little bit [clears throat] broader perspective of how that's done. So, but I'm happy to offend anybody else if I say or complain to try the boundary labor. >> It's pretty fascinating. You don't ever see names attached to the waivers that you do. And initially I wasn't. >> Oh, so they must not keep I
010think couple years on that is probably not a bad idea. I know we had a lot of conversation about that. >> Okay. >> Last year. Um, Christie, you've been doing the transportation advisory committee. >> Well, I've been signed up, but I'm not sure they knew to call me either. I'm sitting here going, "Yeah, I never heard from you." [laughter] >> I don't think we have a lot of names unless >> But I would like to learn about this. So, I'd like to stay on this. >> Do that one. I hopefully don't confirm the issue. >> Okay. >> Is that at all agreement that has to do with our issue with guard etc stuff? Would that be a >> mad chair? I think that would be more our with the safe routes to school which um
011I think this would probably be more on routes and >> buses bus issues that come up. >> Okay. So Chrissy will leave you on that one for another year. Okay. Um Britney, you have been on the teacher of the year selection committee. >> Are you willing to stay on that? It's up to somebody else wants to do it more. They can't. It's great fun. I certainly enjoy that. >> I actually like to do it. How often is it? >> So starting Mary. Hi, >> next month. Um, >> at the first of the year, we solicit nominations and then there's this selection process. I'm saying March, April, April. >> So, yeah, >> there's not a ton of meetings, >> but you just have to review all the >> all the applications. And there have been about
01240 applications the last few years. There could be, but >> it doesn't take too much time. A couple hours. >> I kind of like to do it if you don't mind. I think it's a cool process. >> Yep. No, you're good. >> So, we'll put Renee on the teacher of the year committee. Everybody okay with that? Or >> educational support person of the year selection committee. Brooke, you've been doing that? >> Yeah, I I did this last year. I enjoyed it. I wouldn't mind staying on, but if somebody else is dying to see what that looks like, I'd be happy to let somebody else do it. But it was it was really cool. It is I mean timeconuming with the um applications, but it's like extremely rewarding to read them over and then getting to
013meet a couple of them. >> I really enjoyed it. >> Get to appreciate the amazing people that >> Yeah, everybody. Okay, we're continuing on in that or anybody else really wanted. >> Okay. And insurance committee. Um, we've had Britney on that. >> There's been various committ >> What's that? >> There's been a few committees that I've been on pretty much the whole time. >> So, that would be one of them. >> Are you wanting to stay on that? >> I can. Okay. >> Anybody else? super excited to commit. I mean, it might be exciting. >> It might [laughter] depend on [clears throat] what we're going to do this year. >> Yeah. This next year. >> Yeah. >> Discussions. Okay. >> So, we'll leave you on that. Um and then parent advisory committee. Um we can
014all that maybe the first Wednesday of every month. So um good with this I mean it's something addressed during change during the year we make adjustments to that you have something written >> no >> I was just holidays that I said on >> all righty um so everybody's good with that. Okay, then we'll move into our um board of positions and a conversation about that and then we can start with chair or whatever order. >> We'll start with chair. >> Start with chair. Okay. So, um I have served as chair for the past year. would be honored to continue but if anybody else is interested then >> so just historically um just stay two years right >> yeah we've done two years since I think Lynn story higher started that prior to me coming on
015the board >> I was going to say it's been that way since I've been on the board that's kind of [clears throat] >> I think you and Steve have a good working relationship which I think is important to the board So I will support things. [laughter] >> Okay. Okay. Um Moving on to vice chair. Are you interested in stuff continuing on in that? >> I am unless someone really desperately wants to be the vice chair. >> I wouldn't mind trying. I think um couple of things. I think that um [clears throat] vice chairs being part of the executive committee, I think that it's good to be involved with as much things as you can. Um and I have to give time to give. So I think that would be good for me. I also think
016I have a good communication line from the school district to um myself and I was the one that heard about the video and shared that. I have um I I feel that I' I've brought up the ideas of cell phone screening and so I think that would address it. So I think I've learned a lot and I would like to try that >> and I actually pass the the language on cell phones. So um >> kind of a team effort then >> yeah I think it's a team effort. I'm [clears throat] hopeful that we can work together as a team and I and I pray that it doesn't go to the three four split that I've seen for for most of this year. I I hope that we can try to see what would be
017best for our district for the children. >> So, I guess I'd like to see some things change. I feel like we are finally on track. Um I believe that focusing on proficiency scores and in our performances in our classrooms and really giving the support to our teachers that they need not only in that area but also in the area of behavior and cell phones playing into that behavioral you know u metric. I think those are super important and it's not been the history of our board to go in those directions and emphasize those as important goals. So, I feel like I have been someone who has been influential and carrying that message and I know you've supported those ideas too. Um, and I'm really thankful that the board sees the value in those priorities. So,
018I would like to be a part of the executive team because I feel like we're finally going in a direction that um my my contacts, my friends have told need help in the buildings and this is the areas that they want to see us focus on. So, I'm grateful for that and um that we've got an agreement as a board. I I saw you real busy this year and so I I feel that people will own the boxers on a board to be out there and attending a lot and and I have example Christy was when I brought up from the board when you're up on the day the crossing guard and I had put out lots of questions and your response was good questions trusty cook and then you moved on. So, we never
019got to discuss some of the things that I was concerned about. And then now within the last couple weeks, we've had a couple of my children >> hit. And so, I think we need to address that. And then you came to me two weeks later and said, "I was so busy. I'm sorry. I haven't gotten back to." And at that time, I pursued I went other directions. But I do think sometimes our board struggles with discussing stuff openly. I mean, We do and I think that we're all elected officials and they're expecting us to talk about things in an open manner and that's where you get the best solutions is when everybody puts their heads together and said let's think about this but we don't seem to do that as well as I think. So
020Barb, just to address that, I appreciate you bringing that issue up, but that was the thing where I was asked to chair brought that up and I didn't what you were going to say, but when you did, I thought I've asked those same questions and I think I said that on the DAS, >> but I'm not in charge of the answers, right? You understand that? So when I followed up with you and said, "Sorry, it's been a couple, you know, it's been a week or so." Um, but I was actually curious to start a dialogue and you had you said I don't even know that you replied to that. I can't remember because that was a few months ago. But as a trustee, I'm also interested in the safety of our children. But as a
021trustee a few years ago when I looked into it, when I was a new board member, I also was confronted with a lot of the obstacles as you have now been. So I think we need as a board not to blame one or the other but to see if there's consensus amongst us >> to work on an issue to solve the problem around those barriers. >> So >> it does seem a little like you're throwing me under the bus. I understand why you want to get in that position. I get that. But I'm not the reason you've been frustrated, right? It's the issues you the the issues you're running into. So let's keep those two separate. I think too >> I don't talk about everything I go to dis. >> So just because other people
022say they were at the trades academy doesn't mean I wasn't there. So you need to understand that too. I get out into >> and I've also been on the board the longest. So I understand and know a lot probably just about different issues like the crossing guard issue, right? Um so I think there's some value added to that. Absolutely. >> But I'm not trying to say that I don't appreciate your voice too. It's just the executive committee is three people. And so we need to think about as a as a board, how do we listen to everyone and give people chances to bring up their issues and really discuss because that's important and that's that's kind of dictated by our chair, right? But um as an executive committee, then we we get the board's consensus
023and we talk about how to unfold and get make progress on that. And I think that's where my strengths are. So that's why I would like to stay involved in the executive committee in some fashion. And I also think too that fresh ideas from a different perspective would be also beneficial to the district. So even though you've been on the longest, it might be nice to have some fresh ideas. That's right. >> Sure. So logistically we have gone through and nominated had somebody nominate and second. >> So >> how did we do that? >> I believe we will vote on two up here just individually. You'll nominate that. >> We can nominate there. >> Can you vote for one? >> So, you would you would nominate um one trustee um get a second and then
024you'll vote on that. If there's a majority of the board that votes on that one, then you would need the second nomination. If there's not, then you would move on to your second. >> So, you would need So should I vote tonight then because normally I don't. >> Um so madam chair yes. So there likely I mean unless it's >> so let's take the vote and then just see >> and I would just say the one I I do agree with some fresh perspective. I think the one thing that has been little uh fresh air for me is the support that um Barb has from so many of the teachers and I think it's just because you were part of them for so long. Um, and that is something that unfortunately given the book issues
025that we've had in the past. Um, Christy, you don't necessarily have as much support amongst a large proportion of the teachers because of those issues and because of how that played out. Um, and that would be one benefit I would see of having somebody with a lot of teacher support in that position. So, that would be the only difference for me. So, so you're pinning the book issues solely on me? >> No, but just because of the the book issues did um turn a lot of teachers off of the board. And because of your stance on that, you are part of the group that feel teachers feel like they don't get a lot of support from the board because of and a lot of it had to deal with. So it's not just you, >>
026but you are part of that group. >> Yeah, I understand there is a group of teachers that have certain views that you hold. I get that. Um, but I also think to be fair, there is a group of teachers that hold the opposite view and understand what we did was not remove the books with, you know, I'm not going to get into that issue. They understand what we did and appreciate it. So, I think that too is it depends on your perspective, right? So, okay. Anybody else position? Let's keep going. Um, treasure Britney has served in that position for a year, right? >> Long as I've been on. >> Yeah. >> Three years. >> I know. >> Okay. So, [snorts] would you like to continue as treasure? >> Um, I would like being treasurer. Um
027because I think it uses my knowledge base and skills most effectively that her financial knowledge will benefit. >> I was just going to say I feel like we work pretty well together in the executive team. [clears throat] Right. >> Yep. Somebody else is dying to read a bunch. Is anybody else dying to read a bunch? >> Well, I'd be willing to do it, but I I'm I'm fine. Either way, it's fine. >> I didn't know if you were still had the >> aligned time to to do it. But >> and that's where I think we could work as a team. I mean, that's where you've had it for a year. It might be nice to have Renee do it for a year. And we're [clears throat] throwing our people out there that that elected us.
028>> We're trying to work together >> instead of being split entities. So, that's my two cents for >> I wish that the people out there knew that we really do work together quite a bit. all year long. So, it's I mean I think the elections are like it gives us our roles for the year, but I would argue that as a board we do work together and I am thrilled with the fact that I think we actually work together really well even when we don't agree we come back together and moving forward on lots of other so >> and I think sees that. Yeah, I think it has been nice in the last at least six months or more that you know when people say, "Oh my gosh, how's that for blah blah blah? You're
029still it's so crazy." I'm like, "Well, we've actually agreed on things." >> Yeah. >> I think that we've agreed on a lot of things and this first year has literally been by fire hose for me. Um, but coming on to a board and having an entire board of women, it was not I just worked with way too many um women over 23 high school girls and I I just love working with absolutely all of you because I don't do have those four three splits. I think you can really love it. together. >> I don't know. I've been very impressed with the professionalism on this board. Women on this board, [laughter] >> how many daughters do you have? >> I have four daughters. >> Please let the minutes reflect. I didn't say a word to any
030of them. [laughter] >> Because he has four daughters. Okay. Okay. So, Brook, you would like to continue on. Um Renee, are you wanting to put your name on that then or? No. >> No, >> I'd like to stay probably assistant. So, it's fine. >> Okay. So, I I skipped over the assistant. So, we have an assistant treasurer position and an assistant clerk position. Um so, you would be interested in getting me assistant. >> Sure. Okay. Anybody else interested in assistant clerk? >> Rene, if you want clerk, we can switch. Put your name in [laughter] since we put on the board. As much as I love reading, super good at it. [laughter] [clears throat] >> Lord knew it would humble me. I had a really bad stutter growing up and like would never read out loud
031ever. >> So, here we are. Yeah. >> Here we go. Redeemed. >> The night I had it, there was a bunch of French. >> Oh gosh. I was like, I don't know. [laughter] >> And we're gonna skip over the really big numbers though. >> Oh my gosh. How many zeros are on that thing? >> [laughter] >> I want to miss >> back at the end. >> Okay. So, you'd be okay with assistant clerk. >> Anybody else want to be considered for assistant clerk? >> Um, assistant treasurer. I think Marilyn has that been you. And are you still wanting to do that? >> I'm good with that, but if anybody else would like to. She learned a lot. [laughter] >> I did. and I took an accounting class and I know a whole lot more words
032now, too. >> That is not a place I'd like to be. >> No. [laughter] >> Um, okay. And then we have just the trustee, not just, but a trustee position that does not have a designated. So if anybody in I mean I think we've got everybody has set a position they would like to have. >> Yeah. The trusty would be Brook or >> it would be whichever of you trusty cooker. >> Okay. Um okay. So we have the slate then would be me continuing on as chair. Um Christie or Barb as vice chair. Britney continuing on as treasurer, Brick continuing on as clerk, Renee continuing as assistant clerk, and Marilyn continuing as assistant treasure. Does that sound [snorts] We're on the same page, but that's the way. All right. Then we will um vote on
033this during the meeting. That's at the very beginning of our meeting. We'll do the slate and then I think that Jud will do the swearing in and take care of all that. >> Anything else last time? Um, if I remain as the trustee, then I won't stand to be sworn in. Is that okay? >> Is that correct? >> They were in trouble when I did that. They were just kind enough to allow me because they really >> Well, I got a lot of hate >> hate emails >> for not standing. >> People thought you weren't taking the oath. >> Yeah. >> Oh, >> all the liberty crew emailed me and said I was not put >> because I did not take the oath >> because you were the member. I think you got some nasty
034grabs. >> I think it was like your oath for being on the board. for all >> my allowed me to stand because my family was out there stand >> and it was your first sleep. >> Okay, maybe you could. >> Yeah, we did. I was just the officer of the trustee. [laughter] I remember you talking about that emails about it. Well, they went to the chair person, so it must have been >> just whatever. [laughter] >> But I mean, I sorry. So let's let's out of this and then um we'll have a little break before our meeting at 6. Um so um it's 5:35 and I'll call us out of our work session five minutes. It is. >> Good evening. It is 6 o'clock and I'd like to call this meeting of the Laram County
035School District number one board of trustees to order. If everyone would please rise and join us in the pledge of allegiance. >> Hi, I'm Mark Hersner, principal of East High School. and I'm Lieutenant Colonel Chris Johnson, head of the Air Force Junior ROC here at East. And we are going to present for you this evening the Pledge of Allegiance by the Air Force Junior ROC cadets here at East. >> Attention, please join me in the pledge. I alian flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible. >> Thank you. All right, Dr. Newton, do we have any adjustments to this evening's agenda? >> Madam Chair, there are no adjustments for this evening's agenda. >> Okay, do I have a motion? >> Madam Chair, I
036move to approve the agenda. I second. So have a motion and a second to approve or to adopt the agenda. All in favor, please say I. I. >> Opposed. That has been adopted. We are going to move right into um I think our favorite part of the evening and that is our recognition um portion of the meeting. and we're going to start tonight. Actually, if that's all we have tonight are recognizing two students of the weeks. Um, the first student that we will be recognizing tonight is Ally Cook, who's an eighth grader at McCormack Junior High School. And if I could have Ally um along with Mr. Hatcliffe and Ali's favorite teacher, Tara Lauderbach. You know, um if you I'll just give it to you to take it away. >> Thank you. Thank you, Madam
037Chair. Um I'm just going to say a few words and I'll let this ladder block take over. Um but Ally Cook is one of our um eighth grade students at McCormack and um she is again one of those students that just embodies everything that we ask for out of the McCormick students. great student in the classroom, but then also one of those students that just does a lot of extracurricular curricular activities, not only for the school, but in our community. And so, um, she's just one of those overall great students that's a McCormack warrior. So, go ahead. >> Last time I was here, I decided to wing it and that didn't go so well. So, we've come prepared tonight. Um, it's my honor to have you student. I know I will remember for years to
038come. from the very first day I walked into my classroom, she stood out and not in the way that a lot of students stand out in the classroom. Um, but because she carried herself with a quiet confidence and a genuine desire to learn. She is motivated, mature beyond grade years and involved in our school community and she's incredibly bright. Um, but what truly sets Ali apart is her heart. She doesn't just care about earning strong grades. She cares about understanding, growing, and uplifting those around her. I've seen Ally pause her own work to help a classmate who's struggling. I've seen Ally take the time out of her busy schedule to help a friend who had fallen behind. It's Alli's dedication, kindness, and leadership that make her the exemplar of an LCSD1 student of the week.
039And it's truly a pleasure to be her teacher. So, um, my main reasons for choosing Miss Lauderbach as my favorite teacher, um, she gives all of her students a comfortable environment to talk about like not just what they're doing at school, but what they're doing outside of class. She makes, um, learning about history an easy and fun class. and um she interacts with their students and seems like generally she's generally interested in like what we do outside of school. So yeah, >> I'd just like to take a minute to also recognize um she has some family here. So if Joanne, Tim, and Chris could stand and be recognized also. >> Thank you. >> All right, congratulations. Yeah, you guys will just hang out over here for a minute, then we'll do a little more recognition
040for you here in a second. Um, the next student that we'll be recognizing tonight is Isaac Clay, who is a 12th grader at Senior High or at I'm sorry, at East High School. Um, if I could have Principal Mark Kushner and Isaac's favorite teacher, Travis Eldridge, come forward with him, please. Good evening. I'm Mark Kersner, principal of East High School, and it's my pleasure to introduce Isaac Clay, the student of the week from East High School. Isaac challenges himself in the classroom. He's taken a lot of rigorous college level concurrent enrollment classes. And he's also really involved in athletics both inside and outside of school. He does football, wrestling, track and field, lacrosse, and baseball. But Isaac was chosen as the East High School student of the week mostly because he embodies what it means
041to be a leader. So Isaac is a leader in school and outside of school and he's really well known for all of his uh community involvement. He's involved in the Boy Scouts, working on becoming an Eagle Scout, has uh served in several leadership positions, senior patrol leader, and he's really involved with a lot of community service and most recently helped out with the suicide prevention walk. Um, but the thing I think I remember most about Isaac, because we run into each other once in a while, he's a student assistant in the Eko's office, is that one time gave him the challenge of guarding hundreds of cookies as 1500 students passed through the hallway. He's going from one class to the next. We had a reception going on and the cookies were all covered, exposed, very
042exposed. And we said, "Isaac, since you're a student assistant, will you guard these cookies?" And I don't think many students can pull it off, but Isaac definitely can. And I think we can say with confidence, not one cookie left that table until it was time. Is that fair, Isaac? >> Yeah. So Isaac is is just he's just a great all-around kid. He's one of these kids that makes East High School a better place, and it's my privilege to honor him tonight. I'll let Isaac talk a little bit about what his future plans are and introduce his favorite teacher. All right, take that out. All right, so I don't have a speech of Mr. cursed string. But um you know I chose coach Aldridge because not only does he have a great set of hair, but
043he's just great coach, great teacher to anybody if you can help workshop or any extracurricular activities or even just like math and science or whatever, he can help you and he's very kind and he'll help you and he's just an person. makes me laugh and enjoys the I'm very happy to have known him and work with him. So, thank you both of you. >> Well, it was my honor to uh get the uh email that I was chosen as Isaac's favorite teacher uh for this year. And uh as Mr. Kushner mentioned, I just don't know that you can get much better person than Isaac. And I know uh as in the classroom and being in our athletic department at East High School, one of the big things is we focus on is uh we want
044we want kids to be good human beings. Um and and we of course we want them to be successful, but just how um how they treat people, how they act, and Isaac is a model as Mr. Kersner mentioned in several instances of of just being a great person. uh he's he's working on his Eagle Scout and which is not an easy feat by any means and uh is seen at all the activities um often in in the classroom if uh I have a student in there that's a little bit rambunctious and and gets off task and Isaac is often seen walking over and putting his hand on his back and you know asking him to you know maybe go for a little walk or something like that. But um you know I think Isaac and
045I share a lot of just being kind of considered the gentle giants and um you know it's I'm very proud of him. Uh I know that next year he has committed to Shadron State uh to continue his education and he's going to have the opportunity to play a little bit of football as well. So we are just super super excited uh for Isaac and uh just we'll miss him. Um it's been four years of of having him in our building. Um, and so again, I appreciate it, Isaac, and thank you so much. >> And Isaac's mom's with us in the audience to hear to celebrate. Would you please stand so we can recognize you, >> Mr. Christian? >> Well, congratulations to our students and to their favorite teachers. Western Vista Federal Credit Union sponsors this
046awards program for student of the week. So, at this time, I would like to invite Madison, I hope, is iter um who's the member services officer for the credit union to come and say a few words. >> Hi everyone. Um like chair women said, I am Madison. I am the member services officer at Western Vista Credit Union. We are honored to support Atl County School District um student of the week program again this year. It is so great seeing all these amazing students being selected for this award. In recognition of the efforts put forth by student of the students of the week, um we are proud to present a certificate of achievement as well as a Visa gift card. And for the favorite teachers, we would also like to present a certificate of appreciation and
047a Western Vista gift card. Congratulations for being selected as the students of the week and we wish you success in the future. just >> congratulations. And then guys, we'd love to shake your hands. I feel >> congratulations. Thank you so much. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. SBA meeting. >> Congratulations to those students and their families. We are going to move into the information and reports section of our agenda. Uh we would typically start with this with public comments from visitors on agenda and non-aggenda topics, but we did not have anybody sign up for that this evening. Um so we're going to just move right into talking about some upcoming meetings uh that we have here through the middle of January. Um December 3rd, this Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. there will be a parent advisory committee
048here in the boardroom. As we discussed during our work session, board members are always welcome to attend those committee meetings. So, if you have a free Wednesday night and and would like to come and and learn with that parent advisory committee, um that's a that's a great meeting. On um this one was not listed. We actually just finalized a time just a little bit ago, but on Wednesday, December 10th, we are going to have our next board planning session. We had a meeting with the executive trustees and the superintendent last week. Um so this meeting I'd like to open up to two trustees. Um we're going to start that Wednesday meeting at 12:30. It's a departure because we've been having them on Tuesdays at 1, but this one is Wednesday at 12:30. Um do we
049have two trustees who would like to attend that meeting? Trusty Hinkle and anybody else want to come? >> No. Trusty Burton. Okay. Okay. So, if you'll mark your calendars, but that's next Wednesday at 12:30. Uh then on Monday, December 15th, we will have our last board meeting of the year here in the boardroom at 6 PM. Wanted to make note for um all of you, but also for everyone listening or tuning in tonight, December 22nd through January 2nd will be the district's winter break. So, the offices will be closed and um we'll reconvene um in January. January 7th um at 6:30 PM will be the January meeting of the parent advisory committee here in the boardroom. And then our next meeting or our first meeting in January as a board will be on Monday, January
05012th. We will start at 5:00 p.m. with a work session and then at 6 PM we'll have our regular board meeting. All right. And now moving into individual board communications and reports. Trusty Ashby. >> Um, so I wanted to see if we could have a bit of a conversation about sort of the safe routes to schools concept. I know this has been an ongoing conversation in general and we've continued to have things um where the children are um struck in um on their way to school and I know that different people have had different conversations but wanted to I've done a lot of thinking. We had a conversation at the planning meeting last week about it. You know, I know there's been ongoing conversation since I've been on the board um about, you know, concerns
051about how how we address it, what it looks like, um from logistics standpoint and all these different things. Um, but after we had the conversation last week, I was wondering you, could we ask, you know, I know there's some schools that are doing, but they have crossing guards >> and are doing things, I think primarily through their PTO or with some volunteers. Could we leverage what's happening there and can we pull that together? Um, and I we talked about this a little bit last week and I've thought more about it as we went. Could we figure out a way to leverage that group and spread that so that it becomes something that is le or that is using those PTOs using the volunteer groups to have crossing guards. I know that's really the push. I
052wonder what people thought of that. >> Okay. Any reactions from the board? Trusty Dinkle. >> Um, thank you uh Chairman Smith. Um, I guess the concern that was always brought up whenever we would discuss crossing guards, um, uh, and I fully support crossing guards for sure, was that there was some increased liability if we did have crossing guards. And I think that was part of why um a a process has had not been in place for a long time because of constraints with liability of the district versus city and those types of things. So has there been any change to that? and would um having volunteer crossing guards uh be okay where where do we stand in a liability standpoint? I mean I was in elementary school in the 70s long time ago. Um and
053the six the fifth graders were the crossing guards. I mean that's what we did. We each place you could cross we had fifth graders that would walk people across. But that was, you know, something that we did way way back then and I don't think we necessarily want to do that, but it was definitely a volunteer type thing and could it does work in some places. So yeah, by the way, we stand liability. >> Um, Dr. Newton. >> Yeah, Madam Chair. Just trusty Hel try my best, but I'm I'm probably not a very good lawyer, so I might uh phone a friend here to Miss Paulie. Um there was some recent legislation that was passed and my understanding is um that protects an individual crossing guard from being sued um for the work that they're
054doing. Um it does not however mean that a lawsuit could not be filed um against the district against um whether that's by the crossing guard themselves. We did have a crossing guard at one time break their leg in the um in the road. Um, so it does not preclude them from suing the district and it wouldn't uh clude a student or family uh or family on behalf of the student from um suing the district which um we've been in those situations before like when um at one time the district was sued um for a student injured on a playground. So, it does not uh the work of the legislature, as much as we appreciate it, does not um take all of those concerns away. It it was limited only to um the crossing guard being
055sued in their individual capacity. How'd I do on that, Miss Paulie? >> Sure. Okay. Um, Madam Chair, Dr. Newton, I think you have it pretty well. If you think about the um Wyoming Governmental Claims Act, which was the amendment that the legislature um enacted in the last session, um it it's not a um that that the a public entity such as the school district cannot be sued. It just limits um the amount of damages someone is able to recuperate under um a lawsuit under that act. So, it would still um allow for um a lawsuit. It would be um it the the figure associated with that lawsuit is capped. And again, it it does protect the individual um acting as a crossing guard, they're now covered under the Wyoming governmental claims act, whether they're a
056volunteer or a district employee. Um, so I think to um maybe more directly answer uh Trustee Hinkle's question, there is, you know, if you think about um anytime the district is engaging in um an activity, um it's it opens itself up to liability. There's liability on, you know, as Dr. Newton mentioned, um playgrounds, um any any [clears throat] activity, um there's potential. So when you um engage in additional activities, your your exposure to liability goes up. So there's there's an additional exposure. Um but it it has been at least um you know for the individual they're now covered under the governmental claims act. So their individual liability would not um be as great in that situation. >> Thank you. >> Does that answer your question? >> Um yes. And are we preventing schools from doing
057a volunteer program? Has there been any um push back to the schools who are doing a volunteer program? >> U Madam Chair, Trusty Hinkle. Um no, in fact um we some of the best success stories we have in our crossing guard programs or individual PTOs that have taken this on parent volunteers. Um I spoke with um one principal in particular last week who said it's working better than ever. um because it's been taken out of the hands of the school into the hands of volunteers. Um they set up the dates who's going to cover um the um and so no we have not not only have we not discouraged it um maybe as trustee Ashby um wondered it may in fact be um the easiest um solution to implement. Um, some are already doing it
058with great success and we absolutely could help others find the same success for their particular needs. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Okay. So, I've just Barb, I'm not ignoring I've been trying to just go down the line, but um, Trusty Cook, >> um, thank you, Madam Chair. I choose to not live my life afraid of lawsuit. And that makes me sad that I think because people are afraid to get sued, we have not had crossing guards and a child's life is way more important than any lawsuit that can ever be brought up. I know for a fact that there are schools that have crossing guards and they're not volunteers. Um, so I will work hard however I can do it to and the the short time that I was acting as a crossing guard this
059fall, this September, um, it wouldn't be a position that could have been handled by a young child. We were sworn at, we were yelled at, we were um it was quite eye opening and I saw police handing out 10 tickets in 24-hour period on Yellowstone. Um and I'm thankful for the bus now that takes these children across Yellowstone, but I'm concerned that the two kids that got hit going to Rossman claimed that they lived too close and they couldn't ride a bus and that concerned me. So, I don't know. That would be a question, Dr. Newton, that I'd have for you. Are there kids that cannot ride a bus because they live too close? And I also um I'll do what I have to do in order to keep kids safe because that's what I
060got elected to do. And that's um I I it was eyeopening, too, doing Davis and that they brought it to the PTO and they picked it up like that. and parents I mean parents um took over the the positive to me if there is a person in our school district in the schools that could be the crossing guard they've already established that relationship so they know the kids that are coming so they know which kids are I mean I got in my short little week and a half that I did it I knew the kids that were coming I waited there long enough I waited for these kids to catch a bus then I could get them across the street, a school employee would be able to know if that child was sick, if they
061were going to be there that day. That's what I think. Um, when I taught, we had our parents doing bus duty, and it was fine. So, um, I'm sad that we have to be dictated to by lawsuits. And I pledge that I'm going to do whatever I can do in order to keep kids safe. And I wish that it could come from our schools, but if it can't, I'll do whatever I can do to do that. Thank you, >> Madam Chair. May I add one um bit to that? Thank you, uh Trustee. Um, one thing I think that makes this an additional um, logistic um, challenge for us is the times that we need crossing guards do not exactly coincide with when our paris or other staff may be um, on duty. And um because
062the safety of our kids is so very important, all of our existing staff is currently supervising kids on our school property. And so with many of the principles I spoke with last week, they aside from legal liabilities just in respect to do we have um the ability to extend oursel in that direction. What I heard from some of the principles I spoke with was we will have to lose them from other supervisory duties and kids on playgrounds or kids in lunchrooms or kids in in different parts of our existing um school footprint will have less supervision. And so I think that's um another aspect to this aside from the liability side is um if we were to use existing staff, uh that staff would be removed from existing supervision on school property in order to
063um take on a supervisory position off of school property. >> Thank you, Trusty Clson. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. I appreciate the conversation and and uh I don't think there's one of us because I know you all that doesn't care deeply about the safety of our children. I like the idea of uh asking our superintendent and staff to go forward with um some meetings and discuss the options for us at this point. And so I appreciate that being brought up by Trusty Ashby Ashby. And uh I I also think in those discussions we need to talk about the details of how it how it works because unfortunately uh the two children that were recently hit by a car. Thankfully they were not seriously injured but still hit weren't real close to their school. They were
064crossing a street and a car was going through the intersection and hit them. But that's an example of a detail that would need to be worked out. How far away do we provide these things or do the PTO's provide them or who who at that point can help our district. I think we should look at partners. We should involve our community partners um in that conversation to really get a holistic approach because we do want safety for our students and uh it's it's it's an important conversation. So, thank you. >> Absolutely. Anybody else on crosswalks? Trusty Burton. >> Yes. Uh Madam Chair, um we have 39 schools and I don't think that the solution is a one-sizefits-all. Um I know that as a sub there was one time I was asked to do crossing guard
065duty at end of the day. I was at Affleba. The traffic at Atherba from the school to the neighborhood, literally across the street, there's not a lot of traffic. Um and then we have areas where just the roads near the schools um Davis Elementary um North Yellowstone the speed limit is 40 miles an hour and if people are not paying attention to those 40 30 20 um flashing lights um that's a more dangerous intersection. um college drive 40 miles an hour and so that's a little more dangerous than a school that's kind of tucked away. Um I have a friend that has volunteered. I have seen staff members that have volunteered. I did it as a sub. It sounds like we have paras that have um done it. Um, and no offense, but if you
066have children who are seriously injured or killed, um, there's going to be a nasty, nasty lawsuit. So, we have to do we have to provide for the safety of our children because their lives and their safety matter. Um, we have geniuses and we have people in this community. We have staff, we have parents, we have community members who all care. Um, so one school it might be the the PTO. Another school it might be a staff member um for Davis and um the multiple school well Triumph and um Rossman and whatever else is along College Drive. Um you might have to involve city law enforcement. I mean, there's not a one-sizefits-all, and I think that we need to ask our experts in those communities to brainstorm ideas on what would work for each community. >>
067Thank you, >> Trusty Humphrey. Did you have anything on that? I do not want to be redundant. So, I support our kids getting safely to school and I'm happy to help however it needs to be done. >> Thank you. Um I don't think there's and I I mean I there's not a person in this room and there's not a person in this community that doesn't want our children safe. I'm I'm positive that everybody up here, I mean, we have the the seven board members, but Dr. Newton, our our heart breaks when we get those messages that a child's been hit in a crosswalk. Um, it's not an easy solution, though. I mean, and I think we all we can wrap our brains around that. But what I'd like to do um as a followup, we
068we did discuss this some during our um executive um team meeting with Dr. Dr. Newton the other day. But what I'd like to do knowing that we have the support of the board, Dr. Newton, is to ask you and your admin team to maybe um start working with the principles. Um Trusty Burden, you had a great point. It's it really is a community issue. It is not just a school issue. The kids are crossing city streets um to get to our schools and there's we don't own this. We don't own the streets around the schools. Those don't belong to the district. So, I would say if you might involve our SRO's and our law enforcement um partners and partners from this city in those conversations and let's start just getting a feel of how um
069maybe it is some volunteer groups at each school, but we have PTO's that are doing it and doing it well. So, if we could find out from the principles how they've done it and let's see if we can maybe encourage that to be replicated around the district might be a good start. But in involving all those folks in conversations, there may be some other ideas that this board hasn't thought of, but let's um I think you've got the will of the board to start those conversations and to make a change. >> Um because none of us want reports about kids in our district getting hit in the city streets. So >> absolutely, Madam Chair. >> Okay, [clears throat] Trusty Cook. >> Yeah, thank you, Madam Chair. Also, I think the most recent children that were
070hit were on college that might be count. So, if we could involve sheriffs, um, >> good point. Yeah, >> that would that would be helpful as well. >> Okay. Okay. Thank you. But I um >> Yeah, >> I mean, I I know this grieves every single one of us when when something happens to one of our kids. So, um [clears throat] I think this will be a good start and um this board certainly wants to be aware of all the things that are on your and your team's plates, but um I I think it's critical in all of our hearts that that our kids get to school safe and if we can play some role in ensuring that I that'd be great. I know you agree. So, >> I'll provide that update as soon as
071I'm able. >> Thank you, Dr. Newton. Did anybody else have any other board reports? Um, anything to share? Um, now that we're >> Can Can I do one more? >> Yeah. Trusty. >> And can I I'm going to allow the hats that I wear in the community to overlap here for a minute. I just wanted to give um a big shout out to um uh the schools, the elementary schools across uh the district. Uh I um in addition to this role, I also um work with the Rotary Club in Cheyenne. And um last week the Rotary Club and the Quantis Clubs in Cheyenne teamed up to do uh with the elementary school, specifically the elementary school librarians and um paras to do a grateful reads project where we provided books to the elementary kids and
072came in and read. Um, it's probably the most talked about thing that our club has done in a long time and so we loved coming in. Everybody really enjoyed it and we appreciate the schools allowing us to do that with them. So, >> thank you. Um, I just wanted to report that and four of us I believe were able to is that right? four, five of us attended at least portions of the Wyoming School Boards Association conference have been cast for the week um before Thanksgiving and um you know there had some super helpful sessions. I think my favorite part of that is always the legislative update. Um this time they had a session a breakout session that was um I can't imagine there were even many people in the other breakout sessions in that
073that third third time but time slot um but it was just looking at um you know sort of filling in schoolboard members from around the state about the recalibration committees recommendations and um what they might be coming forward with in January. So that was a a very lively um session that I most of I think most of the attendees sat through that but um one of the um trusty Ashby hasn't patted herself on the back at all for this but she had two very exciting things happened during that conference. She was recognized as uh with a level two award of distinction that's based off of um hours through their board certification program that you have attained. So, she's got it. I don't I didn't look up the hours that's in here, but she's earned at
074least 300 um hours toward or points toward that. Um so, she was recognized as a level two. Um and then she also, she can correct me on this, but was sworn in as the vice go ahead vice chair for the W the board of directors for the Wyoming School Boards Association. So, she will be um vice chair this year. chair next year, president. >> President elect >> presidentele and then president. So, she's um >> stepping into a few years of of leadership there, but um [clears throat] that was exciting to have one of our own up up on the stage. So, congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Does anybody else have anything? >> All right. With that, I will turn it over to Dr. Newton. Madam Chair, in keeping with that uh update about school
075boards association, um the board of trustees received quite an honor from the Wyoming School Boards Association and received this plaque. It's and I will read it if uh for those who may not be able to see it. Says certificate of recognition presented to the Larry County School District number one board of trustees for their dedication to educational growth. And beneath that, it it uh notes that all current board members have 25 or more board certification points. And I I can't remember the exact conversion, but it's not just terribly easy to get a point. And so, um having everyone receive 25 or more points is certainly noteworthy and um you were recognized as such um by the Wyoming School Boards Association. >> Thank you. This down see it. Right. >> And um I do have one
076other report. I apologize if it gets a bit lengthy. It's uh uh that time of year where we submit our 684 report that gives an enrollment um uh snapshot for our district. And so I want to give a few um updates. And um and so um what I will say though is um enrollment data is tricky. And the reason enrollment data is tricky is you can either look at the accurate enrollment data on October 1st when we reported to the state um that number is very much well established. However, on October 2nd and the day before it was probably very different. It is literally a snapshot and um and so um enrollment data is very tricky. It it absolutely depends on when you ask. As I was putting together this data today um if a
077new student walked in to be enrolled, the data has already changed. So I hope that um the actual hard numbers you'll take with a grain of salt. I think there is a bit to be learned in the U trends that we are seeing. The um the snapshot from last year on October 1st to this year unfortunately shows a decline in enrollment. Um we are now down uh below 13,000 students. We're on our snapshot at 12,859. That is a 367 student decrease from October 1st to October 1st. Um sadly we are down um an additional um 40 or 50 from just the October 1st to today. If we looked at at the trends there, we're seeing our least losses in the central triad. We're seeing our most losses in the south triad. part of um the
078um as we break this even further. Um for reasons that are really hard to understand, it's really the beginning of the story, not the end of one, our junior high enrollments are relatively flat. The high school and elementaryaries are down almost to the kid about the same amounts. Why that would be, I do not know. Um that just happens to be how the numbers look at this moment. So, a fair question to ask may be where did these kids go? Um, I think the first thing I would say, it's important to note on that 684 report that um we officially have 69 fewer kindergarten kids October 1st to October 1st. So, the cohort size itself is smaller. And I think sadly as we remember that kindergarteners become first graders who become second graders, if that
079trend holds where we continue to see fewer kids born um in Cheyenne, we are going to see a decrease in student enrollment if for no other reason and there are other reasons but if for no other reasons simply the the number of babies being born is less. Um, so the next few things that I will say I I want to give a couple of cautions. Um, the next few things I'm going to say are about out of district transfers only. I'm not talking about a student who maybe leaves East High School and enrolls at South High School. These are students who either come to us into the district from outside or leave us um to the outside. Um, so they're not schoolto school moves. Again, this data is messy. It's it's reliable data, but it's
080messy data. And I'll give one maybe just one example of why I say the numbers are messy. The numbers are accurate in the aggregate. But when you get to the individual student, um different things really confound the data. So, for example, if a student drops out of school on a 10-day drop and then returns and then transfers out to Denver and then returns and then leaves again to go get their GED, they've effectively left us three times this year. What bin do we put for them? Do we put them in the GED bin, the straight drop bin, or we transfer to another school then? So, at the individual level, it gets messy. Um, so when I say things like it would appear, it's not because it may not be true. It's just really hard to
081to u pull this apart once you get to the individual students. Um the first mistake that we can make when I say um that we're down over 400 students, 367 at the October count, but over 400 at this moment is it's easy to think of having a body of students and then 400 have been left us. That is not accurate at all. We have well over a thousand students that have left us, but we're only down a net of about 335 right now. And that's because we have 250 new students enroll. So kids left, brand new students um enrolled. We had over 30 almost 300 who left and then came back. And so again, that moment in time snapshot, are you capturing these 300 kids as they come or as they go? Some kids come
082and go multiple times in one year. As I looked at the data, 118 students left us this past year more than once. We had 50 that left us more than three times. And we had one student who left, not again, not across the schools within our district. We had one student who left and returned to this district six times in one year. So again, the data gets very messy. 82 students will admit this less than 20 calendar days. 82 students will admit this less. So they may not even probably if that's county based they probably did not even attend for more than two to three weeks of school. Um so that makes it very um difficult. Um 133 students had a 10day drop. That's not they moved to Missouri and they're living a good life
083there now. A 10day drop means we don't know where they went. 133 students were 10day dropped who were el true age. This is alarming. These are students who have compulsory attendance. They're little ones. 133 of them were dropped on 10day. Um now something else that confounds our data like never before is parents who are homeschooling um who may be getting a wonderful experience homeschooling um do not by statute report back to us. They're not compelled to report back to us like they once were. We used this board used to at every meeting would recognize you didn't approve but you recognize the homeschool curriculum for all uh homeschool students. That is no longer a thing that is done. So quit some of our students who left us and we think we're just disappeared off the planet
084as a 10day drop might be homeschooled and being just fine. They might. They probably are. Which ones are they? We don't know. and we have no way of knowing and that is rather alarming. Um again the raw Indians are really really messy but I thought I would share with you some patterns. It looks like about a third of our kids who leave us go to another state and enroll in another school in that state. 26% leave us and we don't know. about 15% um transfer within the state but out of district. Some parents still notify us that they're homeschooling. So we have a record now um of all those who left um about 7% are those um if I were to guess which is dangerous in this business I would guess that about 400 of
085our homesooled parents are no longer reporting to us what their um intentions are which of course is absolutely been written into law as their right. Um we're seeing about um 5% that are discontinuing schooling for GED. Um then we're seeing just a handful of kids that would be kind of all the other things that may happen where they transfer into a special school [clears throat] um out of state private schools. It's just a handful. Um immigrate immigrate to another country. um unfortunately we had a couple that are now deceased um and then um one student who withdrew for significant illness. So that's um again I don't know that I would uh I I think patterns can be gleaned from this but I don't think the hard numbers because students can account in more than one
086bin um is uh is terribly appropriate. So how do we respond? Um, one thing that we are charged with doing as our funding is directly tied to uh the the count of our students is um we have to rightize our staff. And so um irrespective of the coming legislative session with recalibration, we have some work to do simply because we have su fewer students. And so um the um the other thing that I would say that makes us very tricky is um if we have 400 newer students um the I think our current count is 36 schools. Not that all of our schools are big enough to see this kind of loss but if you divided those 400 by 36 it was equally that's just 11 or 12 students per school. Now, certainly where it's
087a new Boston, they're not seeing 10 students move out of their school. They don't even have that many students. Um, but the reason I mention that is um with high schools well over a thousand, junior high kids or junior high schools well over 800, this spreads out very quickly in a hurry. You may see us get to this number, decreased number at any given school, maybe we've lost about 10 or 12 kids. And so that makes it very difficult in our attempt to rightsize staff uh because it's not as if all the third graders who left left from one school or one classroom. And so um if it's if an individual school only lost a third grader or maybe two or three third graders, it may not be enough to collapse a third grade section.
088If you're a guidance counselor, a social worker, or somebody like that, you still have a gigantic case load. even if 20 to 30 kids left the school. So, uh we still need often times it's it's very difficult to find um the positions to collapse. Um but we did last year we um we had we set a target to collapse 30 positions in light of our decreasing enrollment over several years. Um and not only did we meet that goal, but we were actually down 41 positions last year. And so if we targeted 30 and we're down in an additional 11, why would we do that? You might ask. Um and the answer is there unfilled vacancies. Um the other problem that we have is um depending on the certification, depending on the need, we don't always
089have um a lot of people and in some cases we don't have any people that apply for the job openings we do have. So, it's a bit of a uh tricky proposition to right-size staff knowing that certifications matter where and when people retire and move along in their career. Um, as um this board um has heard me say before, um when we need to rightsize staff, it is much more preferable to collapse positions rather than people. And so some of that work is coming up very very soon where we'll start our registration for next year as early as late January and February. And um so that work is already beginning looking at what does uh responsiveness on right sizing staff given the drop of over 400 kids in our system. So I would certainly stand
090for questions madam chair but uh with that that is the end of my report this evening. >> Thank you. Does anyone have questions? Thank you for the update. >> All right, the first meeting in December um is always our organizational meeting. Uh so we had a work session prior to um our six o'clock meeting where we talked about committee assignments for the coming year and then just got a sense of who would be interested in filling uh different roles on the board. Um so at this time um we will look at our election of officers. Um the first and how we'll do this um is I will say the the office we're looking at um will take nominations and then we'll vote on on those and we'll just go by position um through all of
091them. So the first office that we are looking at is the chair position. Um do we have a nomination? Have to have a nomination. Trusty Ho. >> Thank you Chairman Smith. I would nominate you, chairman, to continue on for the next year. >> Thank you. >> And I'll second. >> Thank you. >> Okay. So, we have a a a nomination and a second on that. Are there any other nominations for that position at this for the coming year? Okay. So, seeing none, we will vote on that um and then move on down the list. So, all in favor of me continuing [clears throat] on as the chair for the the 2026 year, well, end of 25 to 2026 year, um please say I. >> I opposed. I'm happy to do that. Thank you for the
092nomination. Yes, trustee Cook. Madam Chair, we're missing one of our trustees. >> Yeah. And we um as long as we have I mean we have meetings where we don't have everybody here. So with the majority we're we're still okay to move forward. >> Um all right. The next position that we will be looking at is the vice chair position. Do I have a nomination for that? Trusty Humphrey. >> Madam Chair, I'd like to nominate Christy Clawson. >> Okay. And do we have other nominations? We need a second. >> Oh yeah. We need a Do we have a second for that? Trust >> Madam Chair, I um second that nomination. >> Okay. Thank you for reminding me. Okay. Are there other nominations? Trusty Hinkle. >> Yes. I'd like to nominate Barb Cook, please. >> Okay. And
093do we have a second for that? >> And I'll second it. >> Okay. >> I missed this. How are we doing? Yeah. >> So, we we're just getting nominations for each position. We're going to vote and then move on to the next position. So, we did share while you were gone. Okay. >> Um, with this, I I did um anticipate that we would have two names for this. So, I did visit with Miss Polly just to make sure that we were doing this right. Um, we'll vote um are there any other nominations for that position? Okay. So, we will vote on first on the board member that was nominated first and then we will vote on the board member that was nominated second. So, it will be a a is that right, Miss Polly? Am
094I saying that right? So, we'll we will vote on um Trusty Clawson first. Um, and if she has I guess if she has a majority vote, then we we will know that that she would be continuing in that role. If she doesn't, then we will um vote on [snorts] on Trusty Cook. Um, so we have a nomination that has been seconded to have uh Trusty Clson serve in the vice chair position. All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> All oppose. >> Don't think we need to do that. >> Well, okay. So, we we I think we're going I believe I had three eyes. Um so, I'm guessing that means three nos. And um so that means that I vote to break that tie. Um so, I would support Trusty Clson continuing in that.
095Um we've had a a lot of years of service on the board and really have a wealth of knowledge of the district and and what we're doing and moving things forward. So, uh, Trusty Clawson then um would have four votes and I I think we can just stop there then. Um, is that Miss Polly? Did I do that right? Okay. All right. Uh, moving to the treasurer position. Do I have a nomination for that? >> I'd like to nominate Britney Ashby for treasure. >> I'll second. >> So, we have a nomination and a second for Britney Ashby. Are there any other nominations for that position? >> Okay. >> Second that. >> Um, that was trusty. Sorry. Okay. So, all in favor of Britney serving as treasurer for the coming year, please say I. >> I.
096>> Okay. Think that was unanimous. The next position is the clerk position. Do we have a nomination for the clerk position? >> Trusty Clson. >> Madam Chair, I nominate Trustee Humphrey for clerk. Okay, >> I'll second that. >> We have a second from Trusty Ashby. Okay, so Trusty Humphrey has been nominated. Are there any other nominations for the clerk position? All right, seeing none, then we will vote on Trustee Humphrey serving as clerk for the coming year. Um, all in favor, please say I. >> I. That was unanimous as well. Um, and now we have an assistant clerk and assistant treasurer position. Um, so for the assistant clerk position, uh, do we have a nomination of a trustee for that? Trusty Burden. >> Um, Madam Chair, I nominate, um, trustee Hinkle. A second. >> Okay.
097So, we have a a nomination and a second for Trusty Hinkle. Um, are there any other nominations? All right. All in favor of having Trusty Hinkle serve as our assistant clerk mayor, please say I. >> I. So pass this unanimously. >> And the next position is the assistant treasur position. Do we have nominations for that? >> I'll nominate Marilyn Burton. >> I'll second. >> Okay. So, we have a nomination and a second for Marilyn Burton to serve as the assistant treasurer. Are there any other nominations? Okay. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Okay. That one also passes unanimously. The seventh position on the board is known as the trustee position. Um so, Trustee Cook, that will be your position for the the coming year. Thank you everybody. It's a lot sometimes to step
098into these positions and commit to to what the different roles entail. So thank you back to this. So at this time we have a new slate of or we have the officer slate approved. Um I believe now it's time to move to the um administration of oath of office for the elected officers. Um there have been times when we've done this that the uh board member who will serve as trustee has not taken the oath because they've already taken an oath to serve as trustee. But um I it it's my understanding it would be okay for the trustee to take the oath to serve in that seventh position. Is that correct? >> Madam chairman would be welcome. >> Okay. So if everyone um Mr. Curelli if um if you're prepared to do the oath of
099office, we'd love for you to come out. And I would point out this oath of office is different than the oath of office we take when we are elected to this position. This is an oath uh for the office that we serve in on the board. Is that correct, Mr. Sigelli? >> Madam Chair, that's correct. And um when I um asked for you to state your office, it would be these positions that you just reviewed here a few moments ago. So um whenever the board is ready, if you could stand and raise your right and repeat after me. I state your name. >> I swear >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support, obey, and defend >> that I will support and defend >> the Constitution of the United States >> the Constitution of
100the State of Wyoming >> and the policies of Laramie County School District Number One. >> and the policies of Laram County School District number one. >> That I have not knowingly violated any law related to my election or appointment. that I will >> or cause it to be done by others. >> And that I will faithfully and impartially discharge >> And I will faithfully and impartially discharge >> all the duties of my office with fidelity. All duties within >> as the state your position >> as the position treasurer >> of the board of trustees of Laramie County School District number one state of Wyoming. >> Laram County School District number one. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. [laughter] >> All right. Thank you, Mr. Sally, we will [clears throat] move into our consent agenda. All agenda
101items listed 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? Madam chair, I move to approve all motions listed as consent agenda >> and I second. >> Have a motion and a second to approve all motions listed as consent agenda. All in favor, please say I. I. >> Opposed. >> Those have been approved. Next on our agenda is new business. Um, we just have one item tonight. Madam Chair, I move to authorize filing such legal action as may be necessary to determine the legality
102and applicability of the city of Cheyenne storm water fee. >> Second. >> So we have a motion, a second to I'm just going to read it. Authorize filing such legal action as may be necessary to determine the legality and applicability of the city of Cheyenne storm water fee. Um, do we have any questions or discussion on this item? >> Trusty class of madame chair. I'm going to try to tread lightly, but I think that [clears throat] it was definitely an interest of mine, I think a number of us, to try to work with and reach out to uh city council members on this issue regarding what they hope to accomplish and if there was opportunity to work with them. And I think that what we heard back has led us to this point. So that's
103all I'm going to say. >> Thank you. It's a little tricky with legal items. All right. There's no other discussion on that. Um we will move to a vote. So all in favor of authorizing filing uh legal action as may be necessary. Please say I. I. >> Opposed. That has been approved. All right. The next regular board meeting will be held on Monday, December 15th, 2025 at 6 PM. The business of the district is now done. Uh do we have a motion for executive session? Madam Chair, I move to go into executive session prior to adjournment for the purpose of possible student long-term suspension, expulsions, personnel, legal advice, and potential litigation. >> And I second. Okay, we have a motion and a second to go into executive session at this time. All in favor say
104I. I opposed. Right. We will go into executive session and reconven