001Okay, it should be live and call today's meeting. We're going to start with the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation indivisibley and justice for all. >> We're going to pray if you'd like to join us. Dear heavenly father, we thank you for the chance to be here tonight. We ask that you would lead us and guide us as we make decisions here. Please bless this school and this coming school year. Bless the community and everyone involved with this school. And please uh give us favor with the courts. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. We need to add item for Ellis to be a volunter. Everyone is okay with that. I need a motion to approve the agenda. >> Have a second. >> Second. >> All
002those in favor? And we're public comment. Any comments? >> Can I say something? Um, I want to thank everyone in here, our guys. I know for everybody, but you've shown that you append. I need an approval of the June minutes. I'll make a second. >> All those in favor? >> Going to move on to the personel. You guys want to take all these together? >> If so, I need a motion to approve. >> Do I have a second? >> All those in favor? >> I can vote right. the reduction in force. You just need a motion to approve. >> I can I'll give you a little background on this. Well, board with our low number of high school students that we've had um having having a couple administrators is too much. And so that's where
003the recommendation comes from. >> Do I have a motion to approve? >> Second. in favor. >> Moving on to the annual rate for board members salaries. >> Our our base our base salary for beginning teacher year zero is at $50,000. So that would be with the new legislation that just passed. Um I think board members don't get paid nearly enough for their time in their service um as elected officials. So this would up your salary to 5,000 a year or whatever the teacher salary would be including moving forward. I want to include that in this in this recommendation. If once we bargain this year teacher salary goes up that would be part of that as well. >> I just want to remind everyone that when we were operating at a deficit we did not take
004pay. And so if we were at all struggling financially right now I would vote no to this. But since we can afford this I'm okay with that. I have a motion to approve. >> Move on to the increase in salaries for non staff >> board. You were given a list of of all of our our nonerts across the district and what a 3% or 5% increase would be across the board. And we talked about different categories as well, bus drivers, parents, those sorts of things. So, um, we've broken because of some conflict of interest, a number of board members have have family members working here, broke it up into an A and a B in terms of approval approval sheets for our increases for the 25 26 year. And so, I recommend your approval of
005A and B. >> Do I have a motion to approve A? Yes. So, all in favor >> all in favor diner for summer lunches. So, they've been providing free lunches to the kids in our the summer um in lie of a summer program which we had offered for many years um prior to just a couple years ago. And so we just felt like um like to help them with that. So we're going to offer a donation of $1,500 to the Modok Diner to help with the kids lunches this summer. Do I have a motion to approve? Do I have a second? >> All those in favor? >> Yeah, sure. Um just since we're going this is our first very first meeting that's live uh it's a good opportunity to uh share a little bit with
006the community for those that will be watching either now or later. Um just a legal update obviously with amendment 45 coming through um and impacting us as of April 7th here at Union Ski Corporation. Um just be aware that uh right now there's since winning the injunction um we there's just very little update. We're in a little bit of a stalemate right now. We do have a meeting this evening later with legal and more updates will be coming once once we get that. I just appreciate everyone's support around that and um uh we're looking forward to having a great school year getting started. Just also be aware to to students and to parents in the community and and all around us that you know the board has voted that any student um that starts the
007school year with with us in person and ends the school year with us in person um that will get a substantial contribution to their 529 plan. Um we want to give money to the kids and and for the future uh around that um construction progress. If you walk up and down our hallways, we've had extensive summer programs. So Marvin, great job this summer for you and your staff. They've been stressed. Um but we are being told that we're ahead of schedule right now. We're redoing 10 classrooms, ceilings, carpets, walls, uh heating and air, heating and air. Um we're doing 10 10 classrooms with our geo bond. Uh that's ahead of course, but if you look throughout a building, uh doors are a big thing uh that are being being replaced right now. Um so it
008is a little bit of a mess, but we're hoping by uh July 31st to have everything and allow teachers to get in and get things ready for first day of school. Um, also back to school night. Um, just be aware that that's from 4 to 6 on um on that Tuesday evening before school and we'll have food trucks that evening and we'll have um free school supplies for kids this year. So parents, you do not have to go out and buy your school supplies. Students that come to Union, they get a 529 contribution. They get free school supplies. They have free breakfast, free lunch. um and lots of opportunity when it comes to extracurriculars and good chance to shine and so that will be a big thing. One of the major uh things that changed
009this year, we are starting a little bit later in school. So school school doors will open at 8:00 and then class will actually start at 8:20 in the morning. Um so that will be that will be our school day. So we are starting just a little bit later. Um research shows to start after 8:30. Um, but we are we feel like 8:20 is close enough and so we're going to start at 8:20 um in the mornings and looking forward to to that change and um so that is the update for where we're at right now. >> I need a motion to adjourn the meeting. Do I have a second? >> All those in favor? Thank you.