001Thanks. Uh so I guess that's going to bring us back to uh board discussion then. Um so the first item I think you guys covered the meeting schedule, correct? Yeah. 61. You talked about the I was I was double dialed for a little bit. So I heard heard a little bit about you. We talked about the meeting schedule. We talked about um the non-resident tuition policy and and we talked about the breakfast scholar athlete breakfast. Yes. Okay. So, we're good with board. I think we're good. Yeah. Okay. I don't think there was uh public comment. I don't see anything online. Nothing, Patty. All right. Um brings us to new business personnel. Um, can I please get a motion for 8.1 for board staff appointments? So moved. Thanks, Justin. Second. Thanks, Ken. Discussion. All in favor?
002I abstaining. Any abstensions? All right. Um, new business. Uh, general. Uh, can I get a motion for consent agenda 9.9, please? So move. Thanks, Steve. Thanks, Tim. Discussion. Yeah, just a question and it's I know Tom gets signed here tonight. So, it's fine. So, I meant email and I didn't, believe it or not, I didn't send every email I thought. Uh, I'm curious. I'm happy about the football combining contract. I'm just curious if we have thought about or pursued combining any other sports programs. So whenever we have low enrollment or participation in, you know, students sign up in any of the sports, the first conversation we have is, well, you know, can you call another school district? So we actively seek it. So last year we couldn't field a tennis team. So our our we
003had two players we sent to Mount Markham and they played there. So, it's something we do all the time, but but food for thought like at like helping standardize our process and build on all the accomplishments in athletics, like how do we get a longer view on those trends because, you know, we can see that we can see when we have 12 seniors in the sport and then there's two sophomores like you can see that flow like with golf, right? Exactly. How can we be more proactive about seeing that? Like girls basketball was an example where we had barely had six players, right, last year, the year before, whatever it was, and and starting conversations with neighboring districts. Like I just I have no idea, but I just think off the top of Madison, I
004know sometimes they struggle for numbers. Sure. But right here, like that seems like a lot of kids play together in youth organizations and club teams. That seems like something we should start looking at more than just oh wow we don't even football like Hamilton doesn't provide us that many players like it's good like is there anybody else that is struggling for numbers as our program is still building that right yeah we we literally were on the cusp of actually last year needing it for soccer so and I think might be this year this year too and so it's a conversation whereas like a few years down the road here we might I think we should flush again. Yeah. But again like that's something we can even look at where oh heaven forbid if we had
005numbers like basketball just had a healthy that helps athletic development not forcing nth and tth graders that's what the best case scenario have skillwise like so I would just I I would like to plant that seed of like how can we more proactively look at yeah and really look at the trends and Right. Right. See like yeah the whole program you're winning sectionals and you can see oh my like a year or two we might not have enough kids. But even if we have the numbers to feel the team if there's another district similarly situated like a martin where there could be a JV option and a varsity option that's good for modified instead of eighth graders. So you have three programs that are flush with development options. So we host the section three meetings
006here. um you know so and he has monthly meetings so I'll I'll talk to him about that um decline of JB programs that would be a great section conversation and just maybe we field four JB teams of this probably have that and we combine this many schools and just make it happen so I don't know Coopertown helps those kids develop absolutely Good discussion. All right. Um, any other board or I guess comments on that motion? All in favor? I can I just um I wanted to congratulate Katie Hansen for receiving tenure. Um, so Katie is an exceptional administrator. I think the thing I love best about Katie is is her her heart and how much she loves children and how much she will do go above and beyond. So when you talk about um somebody
007I mean she gives up a Saturday she'll go with the FFA kids and and she's just someone who's so committed here to all students and she's doing a fantastic job as the director of special programs and I'm very proud to have worked with her for three years and very proud to recommend her for tenure. So so thank you and I congratulate her. Okay, this moves us into our second public comment. One, but now Steve has me the second one as my second. We like that a lot. All right. Um, when you approved, I think it was last meeting to have Waterville girls play field hockey at Sequo. Do you know that there are enough numbers in the sustained the girls programs here like like we're not like be in trouble like we talking about it's
008another sport program you're saying because well it's a it's a fall sport so that be girls soccer right it could I think in my eyes it could it has the potential to impact numbers for a soccer team year but it also breeds frees them up to make the selection that they're most excited about playing and I think that's as important as well. Yeah. I mean, they're different sports and Yeah. field hockey. I'm assuming Sequoid asked to do this because their numbers were low. Yeah. Well, and we don't we've never had field hockey here. So, Oh, we have. Yeah. They had field hockey here. And way back in the day when I was Oh, wow. We had wrestling and field hockey. Jen was Did they bring it back when you were [Laughter] always cute because then
009everyone would have better opportunities. If you're looking for a model, I would put out the Richville Springs OMD Young model. Okay. Um, OBY does the modified programs. Now, they're D, so they don't have JDs. They they OBY has modified teams. I mean, the kids from both schools play there and Richfield Springs all varsity games plays, right? I didn't It's a really good model. But they uh they're coming up with a new they have a different uniform that's we combine with their two colors which kind of clash kind of cute and uh they came up with a mascot that both schools are on and um they are using it as a bridge to talk about going into academics. Yeah. But I think you might want to go to sports you might get into the classroom too.
010One area that I noticed initially was with West His in soccer. I remember years ago when it first started as modified soccer, West New Orleans can barely even put a team on the field. And now you look at that program and they have a lot of kids playing and they play at a good level and they have each level program and it's just, you know, the kids are winning in that situation. Great kids versus just seven eight years. And Gil Paladino alternates which hats you wear. And they did the same thing with the track. It's neat. Like in some other question was can you give an update on the superintendent search where that is or? Yes. So we are still in the the process of um we completed the interview the second round interview process
011right now. Um so that's right now kind of all the the updates I think we gave at this time. That's fine. I just you know when it's a closed kind of search it's really hard to tell where you are in the time table. So that's it. Thank you. I did think of one other board discussion item if I throw it in there. No public comment. Yeah, I don't see anything online. So, yeah, we'll move into board question. Quick and quick. And it's Dr. meeting with sports boosters tomorrow. Could we have discussion with them about we need to clarify again some things with them and one of them is if they're going to be involved in doing sessions having a schedule a sticking well we need a different process because it's eliminating opportunities for other school
012groups like a specific class to fund raise but because entrepreneurship opportunity, right? Like they they then are taking over concession and event there's been issues in the past with another group like let's say it's the junior class fundraising for the bake sale. We need to we need to clarify that and again we're here to have lots of involvement from the community but we need clear guidelines on you know like a student group what prioritization do they get around fundraising right at these big events right so and I think this was this kind of happened last fall when it's happened multiple times right we didn't have they weren't going to cover a big game and then we had the food truck come in because no other student group could last minute try to put it together
013um but I think a schedule would be really good what are events events that they're definitely covering and what would be open to um our student Right. And I think even thinking about giving student groups first crack at particular things and then if there's a deadline of well they haven't come forward and said we want to do this event then it's open to sport boosters you know doing the whole thing like even if we clarified regular concessions versus a bake sale again the window categories point right like where okay no student group signed up for this so now sports can fund raise everything so that people attending the event have some options. Like I understand the realities, but it's a challenge and it's happened several times where you get student council or you get a
014class and they want to raise money and they can that's part of our problem. So I did have a third question. Um, is there going to be one meeting where we all do our presentations as groups? I got our 99 before, but we would do it after June 14th or Right. So, so the way the policy reads is that it's a report. So, not so if you wanted to give a presentation, so the June 10th meeting, so I would say to do it in July or August. The only reason is because the June 10th meeting we we recognize our all of our tenure recipients. We recognize our retirees. So it's going to be a longer meeting and I would want to do it after that. The tournament isn't until the 14th. Yes. So I think
015it would be perfect over the summer. Yeah. If you'd like to come in person, I mean um we set a report. I mean but I think the dialogue is nice as well. So I wasn't sure what you would expect, what you would want. I know I talked to someone from PTA and they weren't sure either like what the report looks like, you know, do they come here and we all do it or and we can reach out to them. I mean, if they'd like to come in person, we can definitely schedule them over the summer at one of the board meetings. Yeah. Okay. Well, I don't really need an answer now because I would really like it after. But yeah, that works. That works better. an end of your report. So if you decide what
016you want, I I follow you don't want to hear it in person or Yeah, I think that be a good item to table for us so we can kind of come up with a uniform. So if we do a form that's another regulation, but the way it's worded in the in the in the regulation that supports the policy is that you know a report that really itemizes and you know reports on all of your fundraising activities. um and how you supported our students that those are the main tenants of it 9990 we're an easy form so it's just two pages obviously would provide that so you can see the breakdown but you know give a report on the golf tournament what we've done for the year do it written form but I if you have
017questions you know doesn't give the opportunity necessarily to ask them right there so but I think I I know with the the PTA they were wondering too if we're all doing the same thing would look because there's what four and boosters and groups. Yeah, we can reach out and we can schedule them over the summer. Okay. If there's no other discussion, we do have a need for another executive session. Um this one's for medical financial credit or employment history of particular person or corporation or matters leading to appointment employment promotion to motion discipline suspension dismissal or removal or particular person corporation. I believe you also had another update on a different on a contract contract. Yeah. It's not negotiation. It's a a contract with Boseies. Okay. Um so can I get a motion to enter?
018Thanks Steve. Thanks Ken. Discussion. All in favor? I won't see you next