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Byron School Board Meeting (10/6/25)

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2025-10-07
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Olmsted County, MN
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4,534 words · about 26 min
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2026-06-19

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001District number 531 on October 6th, 2025 at 602. Uh, attendance roll call, please. >> Kelly here, >> Alicia here, David >> here, >> Jeremy >> here, >> Jerry here, Nadia >> here, >> and Lisa is absent. >> Vision Byron Public School is a community of learners committed to making the world a better place. Mission is to learn, share, innovate, inspire. Priorities are personalized learning in the pursuit of academic excellence. inspire students and staff to develop their character, share their talents, and apply their learning and maintain excellence in resource management. Do we have any questions or discussion on the agenda as presented? >> No, I just want to let everyone know that um there's a township board meeting tonight that Nate and I are going to. So, I will leave at 6:45 if you >> see

002me departing. That's why. >> Sounds good. Um would entertain a motion to approve the agenda. >> So, move. >> Second. Motion and a second. All in favor say I. >> I. All oppose. Agenda is approved. We will invite uh Malia up to have our high school presentation. >> Good evening everybody. Thanks for having me. >> Uh so the presentation that I decided to uh share with you was what would you what do I think you would want to hear about related to the high school? If some of you maybe don't have children up at the high school yet, what would be some things you might want to know a little bit about um our high school? So I asked some students, if you were new board members, what would think what would the things you

003would want to know about? So they gave me a few ideas and then what I did was turned them into questions, went back to their lunch tables and asked them for information. So that's what this presentation is about, just to have you learn a little bit more about the high school. So our first question that I asked students was, "What courses offered at BHS are preparing you for your future?" And then the next slide, thank you. Uh were just some quotes from kids. So I highlighted some of the classes they talked about having a wide variety of uh courses compared to other high schools that are nearby. Post high school planning is a graduation requirement that all of our juniors have to take. Uh we have some personal finance that will be a new graduation

004requirement eventually as seniors. Um, and then as you kind of look around, you can see we offer some other courses that they mentioned there. Some medical classes such as AP bio, anatomy, and fizz. Any of our kids that are maybe in the medical field um may have taken some of those courses. Uh, we do offer a firefighter one and two course which runs every other year. Um, and so this was the off year so kids were looking forward to entering into our the next year that they can register for that. Um, lots of kids talked about hands-on experiences such as our food truck um, as an awesome life experience when you're trying that food truck class has both the food preparation piece and then the business piece of running their own business. Uh, there's some

005real life skills in shop classes where uh they're changing oil, patching walls, they're learning all sorts of things. They're building projects um again in nutrition and wellness, learning a lot about what they can do uh when they're on their own if they were uh swapping out foods and making different recipes. Um and then just basically having lots of electives they liked because they might take a real heavy load of academics, maybe rig rigorous courses and then in the daytime maybe have an art class for re relaxation purposes. And then on that last one, um, we they mentioned all the college credit offerings that we have at at Byron High School. Um, and that they're feel pretty lucky to have a lot of my staff who are willing to go out and get the additional um,

006requirements needed so that they can teach those college level courses. You can go to the next one. At BHS, we offer our students um, AP classes. So, we have four AP classes that we offer. We also have some Project Lead the Way courses which all of those um give kids a chance to take certifications and tests that they could take elsewhere into colleges if they're looking at going on to colleges afterwards. They have some articulated college credits and those are maybe for more two-year schools potentially some a classes, business classes. Sometimes some of those articulated college credits can go into four-year schools also. And currently we offer 46 college credits at the high school. So our kids can stay inhouse and and get 46 college credits here at Byron High School. You you may not

007have seen this graphic before, but when our kids register, we have um this graphic which helps kids pick pathways when they're when they're trying to register for courses. Maybe it's something that they start looking at. you know, I'm really into technology, engineering, and manufacturing. So, what courses are offered in that pathway? Um, it's just an opportunity to help connect coursework and passions for our kids as they're, you know, if as a 14-year-old nth grader, it's kind of hard to decide what it is you want to do in high school. Um, but these help them kind of decide maybe maybe working in the shop is not where I'm best suited. Maybe I'm more suited in health and human services. So then kind of collecting those courses and pathways helps kids decide what's best for them. This

008is a video for you to watch. >> Oh dear. >> Oh no. Yay. >> Do my owner. >> Let me think. You would have to log into my >> Well, I had access to it today. So, let me see if I have access to >> to share it with me. >> I did. Oh, bless you. >> Cuz I played through it to make sure. >> I know. Hold it. >> So, let me add you a quick thing. >> Anyways, while we're getting the video ready, this is a video that our dean of students, Kirby Vandywalker, uh, has worked on kind of creating what's called the bear tracks, and he's been putting together videos in um, electives and core courses. And here's one that I thought would fit well for this if it goes. Maybe not

009full access biology class today and he invited me to come check it Let's go take a look. [Music] >> I'm here in high school biology with Mr. Felton. You got a lab going on. What What's the purpose? So the purpose of this lab is to identify whether certain food items have carbohydrates, proteins or lipids in them. And the other purpose of it is to determine how we test and what a positive test result would look like for those food items. After today's lab and the unit that you guys are covering, what can students expect to be able to do outside of school with this information? >> Well, so when students are told that c foods have proteins in it. How they know how those tests were done and how uh researchers came up with yes

010this has proteins, yes this has lipids in it or carbohydrates. Uh I really like doing labs in science because it's really fun to get off your feet and not take notes on powerpoints. Just felt it was a great job explaining them and giving us rules and jobs keeping everyone safe. Um, the thing I like about doing labs and science classes is that we get to take the stuff that we're learning and like apply it to like kind of real world stuff that we can see in like everyday life. And I like I'm a visual learner, so seeing everything actually happen makes it a lot easier for me to process like and retain in my memory. >> Yeah. Like just reading it like in a textbook or doing worksheets, you can't exactly what is going on

011in the chemical process. So when you're actually seeing the chemical reactions and the colors change, you're kind of getting an idea of what's going on with those molecules and those macroolelecules. I think it's more fun, too. >> Well, thanks for inviting me into your classroom today. Another quality lesson done by Mr. Pelton here in biology. >> Thank you for coming. Always glad to have you stop in. Always glad to have you take a look around, you know, see what we are doing in biology. Okay. Well, sorry about the viewing purpose. Um, but I think we're set for the next video, which will show up here after the culture and climate slide. When the kids talked, you can flip it. When the kids talked about um what it was that they thought was best about Byron

012High School, they talked a lot about staff. And you're going to notice that that's what I started to highlight was every little box had something related to staff members. staff members listening to problems, helping kids feel heard, taking good care of you and study skills. Um, our flex Fridays are days when we have a lot smaller teacher to student ratio. And it's really um a great opportunity for kids to get in with teachers where they maybe feel like there's a lot going on in a classroom. It's a lot easier for them to have an opportunity to have more teacher time. Um, kids talked a lot about our office staff and our custodian Greg being uh great people to be around throughout the day. Uh, it wasn't just about teaching staff. It wasn't just about um,

013uh, principles either. As we we were listed, u, Mr. Vanwalker and I, uh, just how you greet kids and how you welcome them into the building, trying to make sure that they're there or that you're around and you they know that you're um, excited to see them. We do get dressed up on dress up days. we do participate in a lot of activities for them um with the hopes that they're having a great time while they're here at school. Um there was another great comment about um that they make this the best high school in the area because this kid had transferred a few times and so he had mentioned like the other people at his lunch table hadn't been to other high schools and he was quite clear that this was the most welcoming

014place that he had had been in his stop of high schools. And so that was pretty awesome to hear um as it's as high school can be a tough time for kids. So um from that would be our homecoming video that um Mr. Vanderwalker made. They say the holy water is watered down. This town's lost its faith. Our colors will fade eventually. So if our time is money now, day after day, we'll make the mundane a masterpiece. Oh my my. Oh my my love. I take a look at you. You're taking me out of the ordinary. laying down to the dead [Music] angels. [Music] Angle [Music] open the heaven. Oh my life. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Yeah. Heat. [Music] Oh, heat, heat. [Music] of the ordinary. Oh, you lay me down to a

015dead on the edge of your night. Stay drunk on your blood. Heat. Heat. Heat. So that kind of gives I know it is it is a really nice video. Kind of gives a really good picture of what that week looks like for most kids at the high school. Um the last question I ask kids are what are some of the best things they like about being at the high school? Um here they talk about staff quite a bit again and teachers making them feel heard and and um that we do have a lot of athletics and activities that people can be involved in. They liked the lunch food. Um Chef Jay makes the best meals. Uh they liked that and of course they were eating lunch so that made sense. Um uh they feel safe

016there. Their friends have been there. Um staff make them feel seen from the moment you walk in the door and other staff say good morning to you. The entire staff make it fun to go to school here. Um, our office decorates for every holiday and some just made up holidays and activities that the school are having just to bring some fun into what we do at the high school. Um, and then the last slide was really just some random photos I took from that week uh of homecoming. And we and you can see that they the staff can have a good time with kids, but at the same time they really care a lot about our our our students. And I think our kids are really fortunate to be at the high school with people

017that genuinely care about them and want them to go out and and do great things. So, um, if I could say anything, it would be a thank you for, um, employing great staff for me at the high school. They help me do an amazing job with kids, but the kids themselves respond really well to our staff. Um, and overall, it's a really great place to send your kids, and it's a really great place to work. Um, and Mr. Vanualker is quite talented at his videography skills, putting together his videos. So, that's been fun for kids to see um as he's gone into multiple different classes to kind of highlight what kids are doing day in and day out. So, that's what I have. Questions that you might have for me about the high school. I

018would just say thank you. That was really fun to watch. >> Yeah. Um, after our last round of cuts, one of the things we talked about is making sure we're checking in on staff, including yourself and doing what we can to take care of you within the resources we have. >> Um, you don't have to answer this right now, but please think about that like what we as board members can do to best support you and let us do. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. You're doing a really good job. >> They're they're great kids, right? and they all deserve to have an amazing high school opportunity whether we're in budget cuts or not. So helping them have a good experience so that their years there are memorable is important too. So thank you

019though. I appreciate that. Any other questions you might have for me or anything else? >> I would just say kudos. You you led us to where we are and and I know you've had a change in staff at in your office. >> Yeah. And it's always nervous when you come to change, but it's nice to see that Kirby brings a different set of skills and we're able to tell these stories >> and in a fun and unique way that people need to. >> Uh so yeah, that's that's awesome to see. And >> I'll tell him that he he does do a really great job and he takes a lot of pride in that and he really looks forward to seeing the kids in the classrooms doing those things. So it's he has a lot of

020fun with it, too. I'll let him know that. Does he make the football game playlist too? Did I hear that? >> He does. Please tell us. >> He He does and he loves that also. So I will tell him that also. Yes, he will like that. >> Really cool. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you very much. >> Yeah. >> All right. Moving on to our administrative reports. Are there any questions or discussion on any of the reports as presented by those members of our staff? If not, we'll move on to um discussion items in our reports. Set a special meeting date to adopt the resolution canvasing results. >> Um so you had done this at the last board meeting, but since then we um we added a few more people that uh we need

021to help us. >> That's the next one. >> Oh, sorry. That's the next one. >> Oh, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. The first one >> is the special meeting days. Yeah. So, um I should have pulled up my calendar. Thank you. I'm sorry. >> I just want to make sure we get this one. >> Yeah. This is super important. So, election day and excuse my uh excuse my items, but election day I should do this. Um is obviously on the 4th and then we have until the 14th. Is that right? >> Canvasing would start the 7th to the 14th. So, we have to we'll get the um abstract of votes cast from the county sometime after the 4th. Typically, it's closer to the 7th or the next week. So, then we need to set a

022date to canvas those results. It's a usually a fivem minute meeting. You're just approving or accepting that canvas of votes. >> And obviously, we would have a well never mind. So, our board meeting, it happens too late because we have to obviously draw the board. But like Ann said, it's a pretty The thing that takes the longest is waiting really for you all to sit in your chairs and start the meeting. >> Okay. >> Um would it be cutting it too close datewise and timewise for you Nate to do it on Monday the 10th after the parent negotiations? um could be the the one issue is the is getting that that abstract from the county is it's possible um but for for better uh consistency I would say if we could look at something on

023the 12th or sorry we can't we can't have a meeting on the 11th because it's Veterans Day, >> right? Um, but we could do the 12th, the 13th, and the 14th are really the best ones. >> And we just need four. I can make it to the 12th and 13th. >> And it can also be like a early morning, you know, morning one, too. >> As of now, I'm good. any of those >> two. >> It just depends on the time of the day. I would think evening or >> Yeah. In school. >> I could do morning on the 14th if that's >> What about what is the morning of the 13th look like? >> Other morning. Yes. Yeah, I could do um actually I can't do this. I could do that. >> Long as

024I can get everybody on the bus. Good. >> I cannot be here in the morning of the 15th. >> How about uh the afternoon of the 13th then? >> Yes, I can be available after 2:30 for me. >> No. Terry, how about you? >> Um, I honestly I would I would have to say maybe I >> I mean it's only five minute meeting. >> Yeah, it's quick. Yeah, >> absolutely. >> Yeah, he could. >> Nadia, how about you? >> After 3 p.m. >> After 3. >> Okay. Um, let me let me see here quick. What if we did um evening on the on the 13th 6:00? >> Okay, >> I will. I'll have to say no on that because >> yeah, >> but otherwise any other time I can make it after five. It's tricky.

025>> November 13th, 6 p.m. >> Yeah, at least four of us that can make that. >> I think it was five. >> Okay. So it's the 13th, correct? >> Yes. >> 13th to the 6th. >> Okay. >> Do we have to make a motion approve that? >> No set the date. >> Okay. Just set that one. Thanks for asking. >> Do you want Do you want to set a Zoom invitation for that? Because I mean, I'd still like to attend. I just probably >> Yeah, we could. Um >> I'll either accept it. >> We could do a virtual one. >> It's a good idea. In case we need Yeah. Yeah. cuz I'd like to be there. I just want Right. >> Okay. Thank you. >> All right. Moving on to the referendum update. >> Hold

026on. We have to do the >> Oh, no. We don't have to do the That's later. Sorry. >> We could just skip ahead. >> I should just pay attention to the agenda. >> Things going. >> Okay. Um the biggest referendum update is just um uh the community meetings. So as Alicia shared um in a little bit she and I will be headed to the Salem Town Hall. Um and then again we have the schoolboard community presentations document so that I've shared with you all. um over the next couple weeks, uh we basically have at least two meetings every single week from now until election day. So, if you've signed up, um please make sure that you review that just so that it's on your calendars. Um and uh just again if there's any opportunities for

027you to volunteer and provide support um for those folks that are out there talking about the referendum um please lend even if it's just a five or a 10 minute opportunity of your time like your just your mere presence makes a difference and shows that we're we're all back in this together. So um this week uh there's going to be um we're starting kind of a weekly video series. So Mr. Rad. He's going to be the video star. I was the video star last week, lucky for humanity. Um, and then we're we're recording a few um others this week with elementary teachers. Um, backpack flyers are going to start uh getting dropped in backpacks, maybe as soon as this Friday. And then in about two or three weeks, our our our booklet brochure, which is

028about a 15 pager, will end up in everybody's mailboxes. Um, and uh, the final edition of that ends up um, be I'll approve it on Wednesday and then it goes to the print shop that same day. So, um, we're nearing the end, but now it's just kind of continue to push out the message and again, if you see things that are on the district social media, please feel free to share it on your own so that people get um, get the word out. Um, the last thing that we settled up on was a Facebook live time. um we'll start sending it out. It will be on the 16th, which is a Thursday in the evening. Um and then we'll see if that is more helpful or more of a dumpster fire. And if it's more

029helpful, I'll probably host another one the week before the referendum. And if it's more of a dumpster fire, we'll we'll reevaluate, see what we need to do. So, >> okay. Do we can we uh jump ahead to the resolution so that we're all in attendance for that and then go back to reviewing the policies? >> Sure. >> You don't need my approval. Sorry. >> I get so excited. >> I was looking at >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Nobody cares about what I got to say. >> Uh let's Yeah. Let's go ahead and read the resolution. Um so that way our everybody that is here is in attendance for that. Um, let's see. Are we starting it? Be it resolved on page two. >> I just want to clarify. It looks like we have a backup head

030judge. Correct. >> So, we added So, she was she was a judge already, >> but she's also a head judge. So, we added her as a co-head judge in the event that anything happens with Sharon. >> Great. And then we did also add another um the gentleman right before my name there has been added as an addition. So anytime you make an addition you have to resolution. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Be it resolved by the school board of independent school district 531 Minnesota Byron I'm sorry public schools as follows. It is hereby found determined and declared as follows. The following individuals, each of whom is qualified to serve as an election judge, are hereby appointed as judges of election for the school board, the school district's special election on November 4th, 2025 to

031act as such at the polling place listed below. Do I want to read all the names? Okay. Um, the election judges shall act as clerks of election, count the ballots cast, and submit the results to the board for canvas in the manner provided for other school district elections. The following individuals, each of whom is qualified to serve as an election judge, are hereby appointed as absentee ballot board members for the school district special election on November 4th, 2025 to act as such at the absentee voting location listed below. Um, the following individuals of each of whom is qualified to serve as an election judge, are hereby designated to deliver absentee ballads to hospital patients and residents of healthc care facilities in accordance with Minnesota statute section 2020 203B.11 subdivision 1 for the school district special

032election on November 4th, 2025. Okay. >> All right. Would entertain a motion uh to take action on this resolution. Motion to approve the resolution appointing election judges and absentee ballot board members. So move >> motion and a second. We'll have a roll call vote. >> Yep. Alicia, >> yay. David, >> yay. >> Gary, >> yes. >> Jeremy, >> I. >> Kelly, >> I. >> Nadia, >> I resolutions approved. We'll dive into some policies. Start with 209. And as Nate had sent, there's a number of them, but there are no suggested changes as of right now. So 209. Are there any questions or discussion on this one? Okay, moving on to 306, the administrator code of ethics. Any questions or discussion on policy 306? Okay. Policy 512, school sponsored student publications and activities >> under 2B.

033I was wondering if we just wanted to say three school days instead of three days just to give um clarity. >> Oh, in case >> to set expectations. Yeah. I don't know if that matters, but >> I feel like somewhere in the policy book it had said like whenever it's considered days, it excludes >> okay >> Saturdays and Sundays and holidays. But >> that makes sense. >> Okay. Any other questions or discussion? move on to >> actually sorry on 512 I also thought under three on section three it um it says normal or perverted in parenthesis and I just felt like that was unnecessary and hard to define very subjective I just thought we should consider removing >> do you know which number >> it was section 3D >> 3D okay thank Um, >> where

034it says, "Is sexual conduct such as intimate sexual acts normal or perverted?" >> I just think it's unnecessary. >> So, you're just saying just strict >> just Yeah, that's my preference. >> I feel like who's to say? >> I don't know how you guys feel about it, but it seemed unnecessary to me. So is that a working document on your end? Any suggestions? And >> I can redline it right now and then it would go to the next meeting for second read and approval. as I would read it, that parenthesy doesn't necess the the topics inside of the parenthesy don't necessarily add any I mean to Alicia's point, it doesn't either add or exclude anything that isn't already in the >> So, it's not it's not performing a function as most things in parenthesis. >>

035Yeah, that's what I thought. and could potentially cause confusion or room for debate. I feel like >> make a note as as that and then >> you guys have further discussion of the next meeting. >> Yep. Thank you. >> I'm sorry. >> Do not resusitate. Um, I do know that um, this this DNR DNI thing, the part that is striking or jarring to most people is that generally speaking at during the school day and on school property, school officials do not respect those orders. And a lot of times that can be a little surprising because it's like, well, how how can we do this? the the main issue just resol is resulting from a logistical idea, right? And so if you have your 800 kids at the high school and there's one that happens to

036go into some type of emergency arrest of some sort, we want the staff to be able to react and provide lifesaving intervention as they can. Um, and so having it having and most schools have this order in place, at least everyone I know of. Um, because in that moment, we don't want our staff to before they provide any kind of inter intervention to be like, "Oh, well, Sean's passed out on the floor. Can somebody check through Sean's file to see if he has a a do not resuscitate?" it just in in in all in most practical matters, it it really just slows down things that we wouldn't be wanting to do. Um so this this particular policy does create a little bit of um consternation at times with the public because they're saying, well, this

037individual has sought the expertise of their legal team and whatnot. Um, what I have seen, especially at one of one of the buildings I worked, we did have a student that had this and there w they weren't really part of the general population of the school and the individ most school students that would have a thing like this and still be attending public school, their needs are probably pronounced and specific enough where if they are going to attend general education classes, it's not going to be very many and they're likely going to have an assistant or a number of assistants with them. Um, and so even though in the building where I had a student like this, they had like a tag on them that identified that this was a a DNR DNI student and

038that if you were going to perform, you know, you had to get permission from the administration ahead of time. Um, so anyway, that's the that's kind of because this one is a is a strange policy because it kind of goes contrary to what we've always been led to believe. But >> yeah, my concern is that well I just as a healthcare provider I think we need to respect people's wishes and respect family's wishes. So this immediately made put my cap on. Um, I also am concerned that if we are going to make exceptions, but we have this policy that says we resuscitate everybody, like does that then we're not following the policy? >> I think we should make exceptions. I think exactly what you described is probably >> it's a rare situation, right? >> Um,

039but I I absolutely think we need to be following the family and students wishes in a situation like this. um and respect their dignity and their choices. And so I'm I'm concerned that this and maybe that's what we need to speak to legal council about. Maybe you already have like can we make an exception if we have this policy in place? Well, all at least every district I'm familiar with already has this policy in place and the the way you get around it is and it has an exemption down below for if the care team that that works with the student wants the district to honor this. >> Yeah. >> Then then they make an emergency health plan that is very different. And so for example, like if if I was a student like that

040and you were a parah that was attached to me all the time >> that if there was some type of issue with me, you would be there to to provide the reassurance to any staff that might not be familiar with my situation to tell them well this these are the wishes and the school has signed off on it um and that we and that we proceed according to the wishes. And I didn't see that in the policy that that exceptions can be made. Do we need to add that? >> Um I think this F. Um sorry, hold on. Yeah, I think I could ask a few more questions. Um, I mostly would default to what's written just because >> this is passed through untold numbers of legal experts already >> and the pra and I

041do honor the >> anybody's right to do whatever the heck they want with their life. >> At the end of the day, the the practical nature of it is when we're in charge of somebody's health and I get it and I know that part of it I do. So, I can absolutely ask a couple other questions if there's any other ideas there that potentially provides an out. Um, but like I said, I I do remember we had that one student. Um, and I could ask I could ask a couple people specifically from that district like what what was the process or the policy that guided that decision to be made? >> I think my question would be if we did make an exception, would we do we need to change the policy to make an

042exception or can we just make an exception? Yeah, I think we'd have to add it just because I thought that E and F provided a way to say that if folks signed off on stuff. So, you see how it says, >> yeah, >> notwithstand I mean E, you probably could make a case that says notwithstanding this policy, >> these teams can develop an individualized medical emergency care plans. And so I, you know, as I'm reading E here in the wild with you, that to me probably provides enough leeway to where you could, but >> but it's it doesn't >> it's worth at least asking a couple of the districts what they do. E really does do what we're claiming that it's right now. >> Thanks. Hm. >> So that would be somebody that would be

043identified by a a care professional or >> No, because we that would be disclosing their >> That's That's what I was thinking. Yeah, because that I mean I I see the the respecting of, you know, respecting the the person's wishes. I just would um I think that would be hard if person's not identified, right? And we don't want to do that. it'd be hard to say, "Well, let's check first and lose that precious time." >> Yeah. Yeah. And that's and that's really the intent behind it is that so that if a family if a family really feels strongly enough about the do not resuscitate order >> they I mean what really ends up happening at the school level is like well >> we aren't the right setting for your child because if you are asking

044us to not save their lives in this situation like that's just >> not something we can do. So, >> makes sense. >> And it's not that we don't want the kid around. It's just >> practical. It's just the practicality of it. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Moving on to 713. Student activity accounting. >> No changes. Just >> annual policy review. Uh 704 is development and maintenance of an inventory of fix fixed assets and a fixed asset accounting system. I'm going to trust that Sean knows this verbatim. >> Not quite verbatim, but I do know that we have a single pixel off. >> He's adding it to this tattoo collection. >> Yes. Yes. >> All right. Uh policy 705 investments. Again, just a first reading and any comments or discussion on this one. And finally,

045policy 701, establishment and adoption of school district budget, which we have talked about recently as well. No changes there. Any discussion? Okay, that's our first reading of those policies. So, that brings us to item number eight, a recap of the listening session. We have one person. Um and really the discussion was around why the board chose to make the decision to cut middle school sports specifically relating to boys soccer uh where there was 14 seventh grade boys that got cut. Um they all did get the opportunity to play for the youth soccer association. Um but the number of games were much fewer. Uh a lot more travel is required. Um there was also some fees that the soccer association picked up themselves um but may not be something that they can sustain for very long

046either. Um, so it was really more of asking us to reook into middle school sports and making sure that we are giving everyone a fair opportunity across the board. >> Okay, thank you. All right, that brings us to the final item on the agenda, adjournment. >> Make a motion to adjourn. Second motion in a second. All in favor say I. I. We are journal. I know. That's great.

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