001Well, it's 6 o'clock, so let's go ahead and call the meeting to order. Everybody's here. Angie will not be here tonight, so we're good to go, I guess. >> Um, shall we stand for the pledge of allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Okay. Anybody got any changes to the agenda? Uh the only change would be to move potentially move our October school board meeting dates due to extracurricular activities in October and move that to October 20th. >> Okay. >> But we can bring it up next month too. >> I see there's going to be no school that that day that development workshop. Does that make a difference? Okay.
002All right. So, we'll um we'll make that change. Okay. Anything else? >> Okay. Is there a motion to approve the agenda? >> Go ahead. >> Okay. Thanks, Nicole. Um second. >> Thanks, Dan. All those in favor say I. I. >> Opposed. Motion carried. Okay. Um, any public input tonight? Okay. Nothing. Okay. Recognition. Good things happening. So, we'd like to welcome back the students and staff. Staff apparently uh starts back on Monday, so I'm sure they're excited about that. Um, and we want to wish the best of luck to our student athletes and artists this coming year as well. Anybody have anything else that maybe was missed on the agenda regarding that? Great things happening. Okay, moving on to reports. We don't have a student representative here tonight. So, how about a principal report? >> All
003right, real quick. uh keep like said top part is kind of keep our goals that we always talk about throughout the year of uh digging into our data improve our instruction our CD practices Marzano is the teacher evaluations and then the react is ongoing so keep you updated on those things as we move forward uh everything is up schedules are up calendars staffing um updates we're still looking for a special ed teacher and a halftime triad um read act is like I said that's you'll get updates all year long on that RCD still trying to bring in Larry Thompson. I'm trying to make it work where you can come to the schoolboard meeting if that's that works out so you guys can meet him and see what our uh being a model school and RCD
004school is all about. Handbooks are out became materials are all out to teachers bell schedules open house schedule all that stuff. Everything's out to the staff. Um workshop days uh I did attach or I gave you guys a copy just you have an idea when the teachers come back on that Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Our days are pretty busy getting ready for the new school year. So, I just thought I'd throw that out there so you guys get an idea of what what we have going on. What's for breakfast? >> Um, breakfast. Chris usually, actually Monday, Chris makes that. Um, >> probably >> she does a she does. >> Yeah, last year I think we even did got pancakes and she does a big >> be a good reason to show up. >> You might want
005to come early. She She makes it >> she does a pretty good job on that on that breakfast. So, >> on the first day, it's the only day they get to get to eat after that. No, >> bread and water. >> Yeah, bread and water. >> Um, yeah, Monday if you look at it really quick, I'll just kind of jump over there quick, but really it's a lot of meetings um committee meetings, district meetings, kind of, hey, get everything back, any questions, get everybody rolling. Um, and then that gives a chance for the sta, the um parents and teachers to work together, start getting rooms put together, anything they need to do. Tuesday is a long work day because that is open house, um, school pictures. So, really that is just a day for the
006teachers. I leave them alone on that Tuesday. And then Wednesday we it's a half day because they Tuesday is such a long day. Um Wednesday is a little bit shorter, but we do some staff meetings um some trainings. Um they do have some um things they need to watch on down at the bottom or the bloodborne pathogens. Any employees know they do need to watch some videos and do some things there. Um sign some talk about mandated reports stuff like that. So that is about 2 and 1/2 days of jam-packed of information and getting back and then that kind of wraps that up on on that day as well. So that's kind of what they do. Then they get Thursday, Friday to recoup and then weekend and then we hit get running. So um and
007then along with workshop days we are doing the one in October we are doing a consortium with the other consortiums the two topics are AI and cyber security. So, I thought those two things were important for us to participate in with the consortium. Tom has some experts to do a presentation on those things. So, kind of what I have for starting out the year. Um, any questions for me? >> Yeah. Um, so you you said you're looking for special ed and a half time PE, right? So, does does SMMEC have anything to do with the special ed piece? um they wouldn't really help us find the um applicant because they're looking as well. >> Okay. >> Um but they do if I can I usually have Dan usually sits in sometimes if we can for
008we work together with >> it's our responsibility to find the person they don't help with that. They're our employee anyway. >> Back in the day when you get multiple applicants and we'd be you know interviewing you know you give you know here I interviewed these three I hired this one. here to you. I want to but they're looking for the same position as we were looking for too. So guess just not enough people out there right now >> and nothing on a halftime PE yet at all. >> Not right now. I'll be working on that this week and next week teachers get back. I'll talk to them. We'll have to get creative about some schedules and stuff. So Okay. Any other questions for Aaron? All right. Okay. Moving on then. Jim. >> All right. Well,
009good evening everybody. I just have a couple kind of reminders for you as we start the new school year. Um, and I'll hold up a couple documents just to to kind of help a little bit, but we do have a strategic plan that we worked on a few years back with our community, our staff, our school board. Um, we still identify with this plan and all of our teachers have it up in their classrooms. We do send it out regularly to all of you as well as our staff. Um, and so I would say in the next couple years we may want to review this more intensely and even maybe redo it and recreate this. So, um, but if you'd like a copy, uh, please let me know. I can print it off on colored
010paper too for you. >> Um, have you gotten any feedback, uh, uh, in in the since we've done that about how people have received it? Um, I would say Ann and I talk about it quite often and we've talked about it with some of our teachers mainly more than more than anybody else and we've hit all the steps on here or all the objectives I think they're called um on here. And so we're kind of at that standstill point that we want to keep improving in those areas, right? We never want to kind of step back and let it be. Um, but we also maybe need to make some new goals that relate to new objectives, too. And so that's why we're kind of like, well, let's go through this one more year to make
011sure, but I think we got to relook at this and maybe do it again. >> Probably been about what, three years since we >> It's probably been three. >> My first year. Yeah. >> Yeah. Oh, it doesn't say exactly, but yeah, it doesn't say this. Like the first goal, the first objective was to be a May 2023. So I think it was kind of wasn't it kind of a fiveyear >> Yep. It's about a fiveyear plan. So we're getting up there. So I want to keep this kind of on your front burner that it's you know something to look at. You know we don't necessarily need to go through the schoolboard association. There's other organizations that are educationally related to make one of these. But but we have some time to research that too. >>
012Um but I still think it's really or add to it like that. I mean that can be done. We don't need a schoolboard association, >> right? And they're expensive. They're pretty extensive. So, um, but just kind of keep that in the back of your head. I'll be asking for input on that and how we should move forward. So, um, there is a Lero Strander chain of command that's, um, it looks like this. And the staff along with the school board years ago, um, did make this document. It is on the website if anybody has questions. So, for example, um if a parent has a question about something in the classroom, um sometimes they're they might be upset and they want to come right to the principal or superintendent instead of going directly to the teacher.
013And so, this helps guide them of how they can get maybe some answers or support and whatever they may need. Uh a couple things. Um all of you are part of numerous school board committees. Um the assignments are on the website. Just as a friendly reminder, if you want to get on additional committees, just let me know. Or if you want to be taken off, you also have to let me know. We can get that done. But some things that are coming here in September already right away is the district policy review committee. I know Jess's on that, Angie's on that. We also have our building and grounds and safety committee. Uh both Kyle and Dave are on that. And speaking of that, both of them they receive emails regularly from me um about when
014the committee is, what the agenda looks like um in terms of policy and then all the MSBA policies you can think of or anything else that comes maybe from MDE that we need to implement. Um and then also in terms of the building grounds and safety committee um we we have a pretty lengthy document. So when I started here, we started creating this document to show not only our staff and our school but board, but also our public what we are doing doing in terms of buildings and grounds. Um our next meeting is in September. We're going to do a walk around that night right before the board meeting. So if any of you would like to come early, it starts at 4:30. We meet in here and then we're going to go around the
015building and grounds and look at some things that we've done over the course of the summer. uh whether it's put in carpet or did some painting, whatever it may be. Um and then start generating the list come this year, but also into next summer. So, that's kind of a big meeting we're going to have in September, but you're all welcome to attend. Um also, some a couple other things that I've been doing over the course of the summer are working on teacher contracts as well as their seniority lists. So contracts meaning their full contract which you saw tonight and we'll be voting on but then also their individual contracts to make sure everything is correct in terms of their FTE uh salary things like that and that all relates to their seniority list which I
016post every year in September for them to review as well. Um, a couple other things. We do send out communications to our community as much as we can and we talk to them about how we communicate whether it's through our uh local newspaper articles or maybe it's our YouTube channel or our website, emails, Facebook page, whatever it is. Um, we do invite them to all our student activities. And we have a plethora of student activities whether it's in the fine arts or athletics. We have a lot of a lot of things our kids are doing that we like to show them off to. Um we also really of course our main focus is academics here. And so um we like to communicate on our student successes and how we actually get students to be successful
017whether it's getting people referred to our social worker. Um maybe it's utilizing RCD as Aaron talks about quite a bit. Uh we have AM and PM intervention times. We have quality uh curriculum that we purchase every year which you guys have seen many times in the in our um budget. Um but we have many things that we do and we definitely want our community to know uh what we're doing or if they have questions and they have they can contact us too. Um we also send out our academic calendar. So that's been out quite a bit and we'll continue to do that if there are changes. We immediately notify our parents. When I say community, I also mean our parents, by the way, and let them know, too. Um, one more thing that I've been
018doing is working with the Filmore County hazardous mitigation uh, folks. And so, a group of us meet, we, this will be our third meeting coming up in September, the end of September, just to talk about the importance of safety in our communities and how we need to work together and collaborate on issues that may occur. And it has been really a really um eye-opening experience just listening to other members and other leaders of institutions in our communities um and how they're dealing with you know issues that they face. So, it's been really good and I'll keep you guys a breast of that and and most of the meetings are virtual, so it's not too difficult. But, um, but yeah, so that's been good, too. But, it's been a very busy summer. Um, as you can
019imagine, that's the time where we kind of roll up our sleeves and we get all our reports done and then we start working on kind of locally what we need to do. And so, um, anyway, but if you have any questions anytime, don't ever hesitate to to contact us. For sure. So, you guys put out on social media an invitation for uh families to come for like an open house. Did you do that a second time? >> We did. We did. >> How'd that go? >> Um, you know, we didn't get any new families, but I talked to several of our current families that know other pe have family members or friends like in the other school areas. Um, and they're going to pass the information along. So, I did have a couple meetings that
020night. Um but there no I didn't talk to anybody new but I did talk to people that were going to pass the information on to people over in other areas. So that was a positive we try to get you know big thing is trying to get the information out >> um how we do that and just so spread it hopefully they do spread it and that keeps going. So >> you know I don't look at our website all the time but is are the videos that that u Axel did with you guys are those on our link to our website? I think they they were I don't know if they Dylan would do you know I don't know if they are >> they normally go right to our Facebook >> right to Facebook okay >>
021okay so they're not linked to the website so if somebody if somebody is looking at our school district from outside of our school district I mean I I would think those would be kind of neat things for them to be able to link to if that was >> possible >> we can look into that >> I like those are good >> you pretty fun. >> Yeah. I mean, the star of the show was Aaron, of course. >> In the middle, >> squished. >> So, >> yeah. Um, with Axel video, we'll look into that. I think that's a really good idea. Really? Yeah. If you guys have any ideas like that to continue to not only support enrollment in our district, and not that that's a big thing, but it's more, you know, we're doing really
022great things here for being such a tiny school. And people like to overlook us because we're tiny, like, oh, they may not have this or they may not have this. But in reality, we do have a lot more than most small schools >> and we need to blow our own about them. >> Yeah. And we need to do that school. That's right. >> That's right. That's right. And so, um, yeah, that's what it's about. It's just kind of really sharing that all the great things we're doing. We're doing and yeah, we have places we need to work on and and weaknesses, no doubt. Um, but at the end of the day, we have more good than bad. That's for sure. >> Because I would think one of the places a new family would look would
023be our website, right? >> Find out some information about us. >> Good one. >> Thank you. Yeah. Very good. >> Okay. Any other questions for Jen before we move on? Okay. Thank you. Moving on to the consent agenda. So, we had the uh board meeting minutes from July. Are there any questions on those? Any corrections? Any additions to those? Okay. Treasures reports. Anybody have any questions about any of the treasures reports? Okay. No fundraisers. Uh donation. Um, it looks like we got a donation from the Leroy Community Foundation for the trailer graphics. So, we appreciate that very much. Um, personnel items. Um, we need to approve the resignation of Corey Ronenberg. She was the six, I think it was, uh, FIAD teacher that we're looking to try to replace. Um, we need to approve the
024resignation of Grace Miller as a pair professional. Um, need to approve the resignation of Cassie Sabbert as a cafeteria worker. Um, also approve the resignation of Lindsay Mils as junior high boys basketball coach. And we need to approve the hiring of Gracie Burke as par profofessional beginning this coming school year and approve uh Bob Drees as volunteer football coach. Um, and that's it. Are there any questions on any of those those items at all? If there are none, is there a motion to approve the consent agenda? >> Make a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> Thanks, Dave. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Thanks, Kyle. Again, are there any questions or discussion? If not, all those in favor say I. >> Opposed? Same sign. Motion carried. All right. Consent agenda is approved. All
025right. Moving on to the other discussion and action items. Uh policy review. There was no meeting in July and August. Are there any policies to review this month? Um we need to approve Smith Schaefer as our auditors for this coming year. Is there anything you need to add to that, Jen? >> No, it's just a annual event that you guys get to do. they've already started the process. Um, just because it's what happens with those contracts that kind of overlap anyway. So, they're they're quality. >> I think we had a brief discussion about them last month, didn't we? I think so. >> Okay. Any questions about uh the audit or Smith Schaefer? They've been doing their audit for a few years now. >> If not, is there a motion to approve Smith? It's easy for
026me to say Smith Schaefer as auditors for this coming year. I'll make a motion to approve Smith Shaper as our auditors. >> Okay. Thank you, Dan. Is there a second? >> I'll second. Thanks, Dave. Any other discussion, questions? If not, uh, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed? >> Motion carried. Okay. And we need to approve the teacher contract um for this year. I guess before Jen hits the highlights, I would just like to thank the the teacher negotiation uh committee. Uh all of our meetings were very productive and very civil and it really went well this year. So I I just want to thank them for that. >> Jen. >> All right. I agree. I agree. It was it was actually one of and I've been through quite a few teacher
027negotiations and this would have been in my top one or two. So, it was great. I I what I like too is that we were I felt like we were really vulnerable with each other. We shared information um and and quality and accurate information in terms of the state of the state uh the state of the feds uh the state of monies essentially and really good conversations and I don't know it ended up really well for both parties. We're all good. We're all good. So, but let me give you a few highlights before you uh pass this. The teachers when they return next week they are going to meet and they will also likely ratify their contract. Uh we're ahead this time. and we're going to do it first. So, which is not a big
028deal, but um if they don't ratify it, I'll come to you in September. So, then we'll figure it out from there. Uh a couple things, they did get a salary increase, uh two and a half, two and a half each year. Uh we did add robotics advisor uh to schedule C with that same increase. Uh we added just a few language items, nothing too significant, but everything changes, you know, legislatively. So we want to make sure our contract is updated legislatively. So we did a dues check off issue, fair share agreement issue, and then union dues deductions. That was another piece of language that we added. Um we we kept the insurance information the same in there even though we have new insurance. You know, we've been working on that for a while now, but
029we have developed a committee. So likely we're going to create a memorandum of understanding with this new contract to reflect what the um kind of what the state EA would like to see in it, which will be fine because they're going to be using our data for that. So but that'll be coming. Uh we did increase their 403b. We did add the federal law of FMLA, Family Medical Leave Act in there. Um that was not in there and it should have been. So, uh, we put that in there. Uh, we did, of course, change all the titles and references s such as dates and page numbers and things like that as well. But overall, so last week I met with the EA group and our business manager a couple times throughout the week. Uh, they
030took time out of their last minute busy summer schedules and met with me and we we think we have a really quality contract right now. Um, a document they can be really proud of. Um, and I I know I'm really proud of it for them. And again, as Dave said to the teachers were great. Um, so I highly recommend that you you do approve this contract. >> Did they have any issues with the the insurance language that >> No. >> Changed at all? >> No. What? Well, what we did, we decided because likely we're going to do anou, we just reverted back to the old language. >> Okay. >> Because with the new everything new and up and coming, it's like we have to do anou anyway. So, it's just the old language you've seen
031every day. Um, they just didn't have time to get back. I said, "That's fine. You can keep the old. Just know we have to do an MOD eventually." So, worked out good. >> Yeah, they were fine with that. Uh, state was fine with that, too. >> Yep. >> Any questions, though? >> If anything significant would come out of the contract that maybe they want to pull or talk about, I would I would let you know. It's rare. Um, but on occasion, you know, like I'm talking about now, we'll have to do anou on something. You guys would be aware. >> Normally, we would approve it after the >> after teachers. >> So, >> they wanted it approved and you guys will look good going in on Monday. They're going to like the school board. >>
032Got to look good. >> You got to look good. >> Okay. No questions. Okay. Is there a motion to approve the teacher contract as negotiated uh for the 25 through 27 school years? >> So move. >> Thank you, Kyle. Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Thanks, Nicole. Any questions? Any discussion before we vote? >> If not, all those in favor say I. >> I. opposed. Motion carried. So, we approve it. >> All right. Thanks everybody. And I will get signatures from who we need to um including Dave and Angie. And then once I get and the teachers once I get all that, I will scan a PDF to everybody here. So, you'll have the final copy of contract with signatures >> and then you can read through that. >> Yeah. >> Before you
033go to bed, it's riveting. >> Riveting. Okay. Um, are there any committee reports? >> Guess that was the big report from the negotiation committee. >> Um, building and grounds has not met. We'll meet next month. Anything else anybody's got? >> Um, I got a couple different things here. Okay. Are we needing to approve Mrs. Milt's resignation from fifth grade? And >> she was non-tenured. >> Okay. >> so we don't have to. >> Okay. >> If you guys want to put on your agenda, I can for September. >> I just >> Yep. Great question. >> Yeah. Wondering about that. Um, >> so it's not necessary if they're not tenure, >> right? Um, also it's common to see approval of resignations. School boards don't have to. By law, they don't have to. It's just common that we
034do it. So, we're do using past practice here at Leroy. >> Well, yeah. I I mean, we've >> I mean, I can understand question because because we we've just hit some >> uh parents, you know, and they're not tenure either. >> So, a couple months ago, we non-tenured her on your agenda. >> Yep. That's what that was. So, >> yeah, >> but if you'd like it on there, absolutely. We'll put it on. >> I mean, I >> It's best practice. We probably should. >> Yeah, I think so. >> No problem. >> Um, and then the >> Good question by the way. >> Absolutely. families that are open and rolling. How are we approaching that? What are we doing to make that better and and not happen? I I know we every family's different, but I
035think they're I don't know if I can use names or not right now. I would suggest not. >> So just in a general >> in a general I I I I really feel like >> morale is as low as it's been since I've sat on this board right now. Um not only with employees here and families outside that I've talked to. Um, I don't know how to change that. I do not I don't like seeing that. Uh, but I think we need to obviously try and mend some relationships that maybe were severed a little bit or I I I don't know. Um, and then the buildings and ground stuff. I think uh we're going to be in trouble and we're going to be in trouble really fast. I think there's things we have absolutely no
036clue on the condition of certain things. I mean I've came in and done things >> and bring those to the meeting. >> Well, but my fear is that >> things are going to be too late at that point. Um, I mean, we've had football practice now for been in the locker room for all of this month and last month and uh, nothing's getting cleaned. I think the grounds outside look terrible. >> You like the football? >> Terrible. Well, if it wasn't for me weed eating the first time, it probably never would have got done. And I I I got no problem helping out and doing these things. Um >> I hear you. But it it I think it needs to be brought in the forefront and nailed down because it looks I mean we just
037well left the hedge if we're going to let the weeds grow up in the in the fence. I know Mr. Lenny here we should go >> in the first place. We go get a >> that was our >> signature >> good dose of spray that would take care of that >> but >> little maintaining very little maintaining then um I think there's equipment that is just as well be garbage >> so you're talking more maintenance or >> I'm just talking everything I mean there's for a month and a half there's been buckets in the middle of the gym because there's a leak in the roof Um, I'm afraid of what what we're what what we're going to find and what what the cost is or how deep it's going to be at that point. Um,
038but again, I just had to send my son to get stitches because in the locker room there's trim that has been off for years. And when you walk around the edge, he caught his leg on it and gashed him open. So, he's at the ER right now getting stitches. But these are things that I know have been addressed. I know have been communicated and it's not there's no progress whatsoever on a lot of it. Um, >> those are just little things that could >> They're so simple. And >> simple things. >> I don't I mean, >> might not be quite so simple, but >> Yeah. >> And our roofing people came with that. >> Yeah, I know. We have that preventative maintenance plan with them. But I mean, it we're we got a volleyball game
039in there on Monday and the way it rains around here like a rainforest these days. I mean, It it it's literally right on the cardinal head in the middle of the gym. Um I just think I don't know. There's people leaving that have pride and have belief in this school, this system, this everything here. and they're they're getting so tired that it's time to go down a different avenue. I I think we can all do a better job. I think uh our relationship with the city is is next terrible. City needs us. We need the city and vice versa. If we don't if that doesn't come together, it both are going to crumble. Um, and that's kind of nice. I guess I I understand that the, you know, there's different there's different reasons for everybody
040going here, going there. Grass is never greener on the other side. And that's just the way it is. I mean, but I I hope it's not petty things. I hope that I mean it sounds bad but I hope they are serious matter or you know there there should be serious matter to it not the petty things that we've dealt with in the past and I'm afraid that that is sort of the way we're trending right now um entirely. I I I don't know what to do about that. So that was >> okay. Um the the the leak in the roof you said that the the roof people >> Yep. >> What's the plan there? >> Uh we're getting the assessment should any day now what it was any day cuz it was actually last week
041I believe it came. >> Okay. >> So it hasn't been repaired. They're just assessing what it is. No, it's repaired. It's repaired. Yes. >> Well, that's good to know. >> Yeah, but I I mean >> it it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that there is multiple things being neglected in that aspect of it. And I was kind of hoping we were going to do the building grounds today and didn't do our walk today because September it might be a little it's late for it. Yeah, kids are back in school. So, you know, the building's going to look a little bit discombobulated right now. I understand that. But, I mean, it's it's a growing concern. Has been a concern for a while. And you know, we're the face of the town when you come
042in, you know, >> from either direction. And >> so with these issues, um I know you were giving him a list weekly or whatever at one point. Are you still doing that? >> He did through summer. I mean, they got a summer list. >> Okay. But I mean that I mean that's what we're really talking about. A lot of these little issues are maintenance their department to take care. >> Absolutely. I mean it's >> I can looked terrible until just >> the last few days. I mean the grass was this tall. >> Yeah. I don't know. And I know we've had more rain and you got to mow more, but >> it doesn't need to be constant. >> The rest of the the lawn is zero, >> but the football field was not. >> Yeah.
043Well, if you go to the back playground, that's the same way. You couldn't kick a ball out there without getting your leg caught in the ground in the football field if you hit one far enough. >> Yeah. >> Um, well, good to know. I mean, >> it'll be good, you know. I mean, when we take that walk at 4:30 next >> and everybody, you know, kind of really look over the school and >> Yeah. >> I I' I'd like to be a part of that as well. And I, you know, I think all of us should be >> Yeah. should take that walk through and you know I mean yeah because I I' I'd go into a lot of schools you know in my uh in my day covering games let alone uh you know
044going to meetings and different things >> and covering school activities and such but >> I mean that's really the only time we see stuff right >> and our building and grounds committee is made up of people that are that work here I mean teachers the >> janitor all that kind of stuff. They bring stuff forward to the committee and >> we work on how are we going to get it done and how are we going to pay for it kind of a thing and >> and I mean that happens every time we meet. So >> you say like community uh cleanup, you know, even just to have a day where everybody comes and cleans the school, you know, >> and really goes through or whatever. But >> but I think it's just so hard to
045get people to volunteer to do those things anymore. And I don't think that's just a Leroy problem. I think that's >> everybody's busy >> everywhere. Well, everybody's >> busy, but I think people just don't take that personal responsibility for their community, their school like they used to, >> right? Well, the attitude >> and it's always somebody else can do that. >> The attitude is somebody's getting paid to do it, you know, let's let them do it kind of a thing. It's just no volunteerism anymore. You're right. >> Yeah. And I mean I don't think people open enrolling and leaving is also just a Leroy problem. I I mean I think I think it's happening everywhere and it can be yeah for petty things or it can be for big things but I mean yeah we
046do need to reach out to those families and ask you know what can we do? How can we help? I mean we don't want to lose people who are already a small enough school as it is. Um, but yeah, I mean, if we're making lists and things aren't getting done, I mean, are we following up on like a roof leak, nobody can predict that, but some of these smaller maintenance things where somebody's getting hurt because a piece of trim hasn't been put back. >> I mean, that's that's a different thing. >> Well, the other thing is, too, I mean, maybe we should be looking at a referendum down the road, you know, and kind of looking at the school and you know seeing what what uh we really do need to improve in on you
047know compared to Southland compared to Grand Meadow compared to these schools we're competing against even Riceville for now >> right >> and they built a beautiful wellness center and gym down there you know >> um you know maybe we need to start looking at that type of thing too >> well but to me it's not necessarily about how nice your facilities yards. Are you maintaining what you have and what's happening in those walls? That's more important to me than do we have a brand new building. I mean, I could care less as long as it's safe and it, you know, meets our requirements. I care more about, you know, drawing good teachers, getting more families. Those things are more important. >> I I to me >> I agree 100% with you on that. But that
048that's also facilities the inside the aesthetics of the building and the >> yeah good facilities attract good personel >> but I don't know that our community has that money to be able to you know do something like that where I think maybe we need to think outside the box a little bit and what can we offer you know academically or or something >> different to draw people because we probably aren't going to be able to afford those kind of facilities here, >> but >> as much as we want to and would love to >> for record one time and you know and we did afford it then um you know so can we do it again you know >> that was just on the other side of this wall >> you know that was 25
049years more than 25 years >> it was under 2 million if I'm not mistaken or >> it was like 2 and a2 or something like that >> two two >> we got a lot done for $2.5 million back then. >> Yeah. And now it's >> enhanced educational things for the kids. >> You know, the last referendum that was proposed was air conditioning and an additional bill addition for new administration offices and a daycare. that doesn't none of that does a whole lot for um enhancing educational values for the kids >> like what Jess is trying is referring to. >> I mean that to me is you know if we're turning out >> who are going to be responsible you know adults go on to do bigger and better things to me that says more about
050your school than how nice it looks. >> I mean that's what I care about you know what are these kids going to do when they leave here? what have we instilled in them? That's to me that's where I want to put my money, not in, you know, the aesthetics of the building. Even though, yeah, that does draw people, >> but I think it does it uh put a sense of pride in if you have a school that looks like that people don't care. >> No, I should other people. >> No, I agree. We need to take We don't necessarily need to have brand new. I mean some simple maintenance things, keeping the grass cut, the landscaping, you know, those aren't big highost items, but yes, just showing that. >> But I will say this, you
051know, in South did their school, they gained students, you know, they gained 40 students. When Rice did theirs, they gained students, you know, >> um Austin is blaming students. students is money, you know, as well as, you know, quite granted, you always want to do what's best for the students, but but when it comes to a school, the amount of students that you have in that school is is financially benefiting the school as well. And so, so you don't want to go the opposite. You don't want to lose kids. And you got to attract kids and families. I remember when I when mom and dad had the paper for sale when I was younger and The school wasn't remodeled. It was before that all happened. Joyce and I, we walked through the school and we're
052like, we're not coming here. We're just not going to do that. And uh and so then when they did the remodel, it we we had a beautiful school, you know, fortunately. And that was why we did move up here the um following time um after they had sold it and and then we ended up uh taking it over. But um but like I said, facilities really do make that first statement, you know, and uh and and if you can't make that statement and they remember that statement, they're not going to count. They're just not okay. Well, good discussion. Love it. >> Very good. >> Love it. So, um, yeah, I guess Jen and Aaron will work on what you're talking about. >> Get back to us. And I mean, here we got a gym that's
053leaking. You know, it's got I you look up in the ceiling leak, too. >> Um, you know, like I said, I we we do need to really look at our facilities a lot closer and possibly do some updating. You know, we could use a lot better second gym. That cracker box is not not good for any tournament. You can't host a tournament really, you know. >> Yeah, there's that to it as well. The money that is left on the table for I mean >> just going to these youth volleyball and basketball things and it's all in, you know, Southland or something. But like I said, every time a school does a remodel, they gain students. You know, you look at Southland, you look at Grand Medal. There's two examples. And Rice and Crestwood, they just
054remodel and big game again. So, okay. All right. Well, good discussion. Um uh you guys can read the updated district calendar there. And we uh we uh we'll change the October board meeting to the 20th for now anyway. And we'll we probably should uh discuss that if we remember to next month. Um okay. Um, anything else before we adjourn? Okay. If not, is there a motion to adjurnn? >> Make a motion. >> Okay. Thanks, Dan. Is there a second? >> Second. Thanks, Jess. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. Motion carried. 46.