001All right. I'd like to call the June 23rd, 2025 regular meeting for Northwest Schools to order. We can all rise and say 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. Thank you. Roll here. Mr. Mrs. Mr. here. Any additions or deletions to the agenda? All right. Um, any visitors that have anything agenda related? Superintendent update. Okay. Uh so I'm going to hand this over to these fine folks. We have uh tonight, you guys know this, we've been working on our high school edition for it seems like for years and years, but we are making progress. Uh after tonight, this presentation that that I think Melinda's going to facilitate,
002we'll go around and use this as the uh of of going out and meeting community members and booster clubs and uh we you know some parents and coaches. Anybody else that wants to find out about the uh the additional pretty excited about it. We're getting there. We're getting closer and closer. And Melinda. So we have Melinda Scalparo. Is that right? Scarero. Scarero from Harris Day and Jeff didn't want me to introduce there. Jeff and uh Jason Calie from Regency. So, thank you three for coming tonight. Um, we appreciate all the time and effort and work you you've given to Northwest Schools and we're excited about we're excited about the next couple years or less than a couple years maybe. Hopefully. So, we'll see. But I'll hand it over to you. Okay. Do we want to
003move up there? No, you can move this way. Oh, so we can see So when I saw the parking lot, I thought everyone was really excited about I felt the same way. I was like, "Oh, please." Thanks for inviting us here to share with you kind of where we're at in this process. So just a highle project overview um for everyone. You know, we're working on an athletic and arts edition to this building. Um so the athletic edition is just under 12,000 square feet. Uh and art edition is about 2600 square feet. Uh and then we're also working on the stadium annex building. So the lower level that opens up to the stadium, we have a renovation and addition for enlarging the public restrooms. And then yes, much needed, right? And then the main level,
004the upper level that ties into the parking lot. Um we're renovating that entire floor and for new boys and girls locker rooms, a multisport meeting room, and a new training room. Um and we'll share some plans of that as well. Uh and then just to kind of share with you where we're at, we you know, we started this process um a few months ago now. So we kind of have a three-step design process. So we are just finished at the end of April what we call schematic design. So it's you know kind of the first um you know 25 to 30% of design kind of high level. Um so we finished that in at the end of April and submitted that to Regency Construction who is the construction manager on the project. Um then we
005are we'll be completing kind of the design development phase next month um in July 25th. Uh and then construction documents is exactly as it as it sounds. So that's kind of all drawings are done. We're submitting for permits. These guys are getting ready to build the building that will be completed um by October 28th of this year. So I'll share with you kind of a little more graphic of what this means. So this is an aerial view of the high school building down at the bottom would be the street. Um so the gym stand up gym existing gym is here. We're here at the media center right now. So the athletic edition on this side of the gym. Um, so that's where that's located. And then the art edition will be out the back side
006of the existing stage. So just to orient everybody where these additions are going. So now we'll look at a little bit of an enlarged view of what those additions look like. So this is the arts edition. Zoom in. So um, the existing stage is here. There's the scene building area over here and then a storage area back here. So where the addition goes out the back allows additional storage and scene shop um building space for arts. Then also some additional storage general storage for the district um there as well. Any questions? The um this is athletic edition. So, the existing gym, you can kind of see the corner of here and the existing corridor. So, we are adding on to this side of the building. So, there'll be a weight room in the front um
007with some views in from that new lobby space and a wrestling room in the back. And then separated by locker rooms with adjoining corridor. So, you could either access from the wrestling room or the weight room and they can choose, you know, to lock those doors and prevent access from one side to another. We also have an office and some storage for the weight room and an office and some storage for the wrestling room as well. As you all know, we kind of have this hillside over here. So, for our second exit, there is stairs up to grade level and that purple area The purple area is a golf simulator area associated with the weight room. Um, we did do a preliminary rendering of this edition of the athletic edition. So, the canopy that's on
008the front of the gym now will tie will be extended to tie into the new addition. So, kind of this is new. canopy. We'll reskin that and put some signage on. And then this is the new athletic edition. It does have a little bump up to um kind of some pops of red and to make that kind of fit into the hillside. That's it on the additions to this building. will go over to the annex building. So, this is the lower level of the annex building. So, currently the wall annex is here. Um, and you have concession storage and two smaller restrooms with I think three or four fixtures each. So, we're kind of completely gutting this side and adding on um to this lower level to get, as you can see, many more fixtures
009in both the And we size this based on your um average attendance at your football games so that it adequately serves the public for that on the upper level. We are again completely remodeling that upper level. So, we'll have a new boys locker room and a new girls locker room, a new training room here, um that comes off the central corridor. We also have some coaches offices and then a new meeting video room which also has some lockers in it can serve as kind of another maybe away team locker room in the event of um that need as well. Some other sports as well. We also have a off of the center. And then this is a shared storage area. So we we're showing um some different kind of fencing system to separate different team
010storage in that area as well. Um and then a mechanical space. The renovation I should also mention includes new siding, new roofing, new HVAC. So really kind of full face of that entire building. Any questions? I'll hand it over to Jason with schedule and budget highlights. Okay. Thanks, Melinda. So, with every project, uh, we're always tracking two very critical components, schedule and budget. Uh, and as we look at some of the milestones with our schedule for this specific project, um, when we get to the December 22nd board meeting, that's when we're targeting to submit our guaranteed maximum price for the project. So, that'll be the all price for the project. Um, big milestones for breaking ground. We're planning to break ground for the high school athletic edition in the city of Annex February 2. High
011School Arts Edition shortly thereafter in March of 2026 with a planned substantial completion for the stadium annex in August 31st of 2026. We're planning the substantial completion for the high school athletic and arts edition in February of 2027. Um you know Melinda mentioned some of our design stages, the three stages of schematic design, development, construction. We're analyzing the schedule throughout each one of those phases and as we've already moved in the schematic design phase. This project was originally planned about 14 month overall duration. We've taken a look at where we're at now and it's down to about 12 months. So we keep continuing to as we get more details from the design team, we start analyzing, look at the schedule, talking to contractors and looking at the overall schedule in more detail. The next big
012one is our budget. Uh you know, we know the whole project budget's $8 million. Can't go over that. Um currently at schematic design stage, the project is slightly over budget, but at this stage it is projects of this magnitude. Um, as I mentioned, as we keep going through those design stages, we get more details with Melinda and her design team and we start refining and getting some better pricing with more details that we get because at this stage where there's a lot of assumptions being made on sizes of HBC equipment, types of fixtures and that sort of thing. So, as the design progresses, so does the budget and schedule. Um, but as we keep going through those stages, the budget's really at the forefront of all of our minds as project team keeping an eye
013on where we're at with budget. Each one of these We're working on an estimate and working with Linda and her team to make sure that we're reconciled. She's putting together an estimate as well. So, both on the same page. So, overall, we're really looking forward to working with the district on this project. We're really excited for it. So, any questions? Thank you guys. I really appreciate and all the work put into it. I know we've been through a couple of different changes on stuff as we've gone. So, you know, I know there's a lot of time you guys have invested in this and to see it come as far as it has so far is really just so everyone knows just open conversation. So, we have core team meetings about twice a month. Once a
014month right now, we've been moving where we need to but that's your team that's That's uh superintendent treasurer. Um Stacy's in every one of those meetings. High school principles. Um and Adam and I are both in there as well. Steph is in there. Seth is the one. She's she'll make sure we're um so just so you know, we're well informed of what's going on. If you need if you ever ever have any questions, just let us know. Um If we don't know, we'll get you the answers. These guys are real good about the answer. So, and there is still a lot of stuff that's kind of up in the air, too. So, like as people have been asking questions to me, um, you know, it's like currently like this is where we're at with so
015there's definitely some things that are moving around and depending on pricing and that sort of stuff. So, it's been it's been a good process so far though. You know, we talked also about having greenhouse that the back burn I mean time has gone by everything continues to go nothing ever gets cheaper these days but but it is uh so we are we're not saying that that's out the window but just so we are staying in that under our budget which we're all very concerned with we all want to make sure that that happens we're not saying that that's not going to happen we're just putting that on the back end and then playing the way so this is definitely the priority right two questions obviously later question number one right now there's a steel door
016and the reason for that is so in case there's just a still No, we also have this is also where's the current? So, we have one direct thing can happen. And then the second thing was in one of the meetings previous we talked about one of the major reasons we need to upgrade the annex was um I don't want to say damage but the use of visiting football teams using junior high fac as their locker facilities and I didn't we glossed over it that's fine but I didn't see whe that will be the girls locker room visitors locker room so for football season that will be girls Friday night okay that that answers that question so they will have their own shower all that fac and 42 lockers. I mean, that's that's we have we'll
017have 75 lockers, which is really if we had 75 football players, we'd be that's pretty amazing, right? So, but we do have really it's going to be around 35 to 40 for any team. Andy, am I right? Is that Yeah, 30 35 kids on the way. They may have more, but it's not uncommon for a visiting team to put, you know, your starters or first and second strings in the locker room while the younger stand that is just a very common I just wanted to make sure that that was where they will be and then the rest the showers the restrooms that'll be right you can see that are right in the middle divides will be a nice divisional space which will be very necessary on Friday night we're playing some teams not to be
018mentioned a key design element in that building is that structural wall So this is yeah this is a existing the lighter gray is existing wall this is an existing wall. So, it kind of dictated some of how we could lay out the space. But yeah, this this set of restrooms with this locker room and then set, huh? The wet room is um for all of the training equipment. There's like the ice machine and things like that that the trainer uses. So, off of the training room. It's kind of like their wet storage off of this room. So, rather than having um you know, she was really concerned about anything that um could potentially get water on the floor being in that main area where she was treating water, ice chest, those kind of things. She
019was empty floor. prevent access. And so you guys know this, we've met coaches, you know, we said we met a couple times with coaches and the athletic director and just got their opinion to and it did change the format a bit to make more sense. These guys live in this building unfortunately for them, right? I mean, we kind of walk through and that's that they would know about this way better than we would. So they actually brought a lot to solve some problems for us lockers. So in the event that they're both there at the same time, you know, we have this serilary locker room. So making it dual purpose utilizing that for more than one thing. Yeah, they also said that they don't necessarily use the locker room that much. They definitely it's very
020uncommon for them to use it during a game because there's just not enough time. By the time you get back up there, you have 10 minutes and you got to get back down. So You're right. Exactly. They'd have that space if they want like if there was a storm and you know how that goes with a delay. So we'd have some space for these guys. They need some shelter. They want to do pregame, post game, whatever. They have that opportunity. Yeah. They never do that. Same thing with this one. Is there any storage area? Are those those nothing really happening. The storage area actually gets a little bit smaller which you know we're recreating that upstairs. Um but the concession we're really not touching that area. I think we're still adding it. One of the
021goals we would really like to do is kind of a pavilion cover from the rest the Yeah. So like the roof over this maybe extending and creating a covered out area outside the concessions. So on the left side if I remember correctly that's that's about where that retaining wall is on the left side. So then those entrances would almost come off of so you can't see on the retain wall. Yeah. We have some walls to block views as well. What else? Anything else? Yeah, there'll be a little bit of displacement for a season, but in the end, it's going to be a really nice facility. We talked about we have that recently replacing our time. So we're going to be really displaced but I think we're going to be able to do all at once.
022We talk about that chaos for a few months. Yeah. 27 will be completing of the track and replacement all so that when they come in the fall it'll be it'll be all brand new because potentially we could be using some of the same contractors for some of the work that save on delivery cost that Um, we talked down a while I know that Mr. Mr. Mr. They've got plans to be able to do it. So, it's as least impactful as possible. But as far as having that plan out to discuss when that was going to take place in my calendar was I was getting there. Yeah. But um you know, so Stacy has already figured out what that flooring situation needs to look like so that we don't damage the current auxiliary gym floor. And
023then Coach Jones and Coach are setting up a plan to disassemble the room and reassemble and I walked it off to know exactly how far out we were going to use. It'll still be able to use gym will not be whatever comet off the wall. Yeah, you have to make some sacrifices, right? Yes. Okay. Anything else? You good? Thank you. No, you don't need to. See you guys soon. All right, Sean, that was it for facilities updates, right? Yes, sir. Thank you. All right, moving on to Clark and Hello. We are just in preliminary stages. This is ironed out and completed because we don't have all the data imported from um the final report go into by August 30th. So then we'll get the report card mid um midepptember if OD is on time. So,
024but the column that is highlighted in yellow were our spring scores. Um, I went ahead and left from 16 there. So, you can see trends. Um, our goal as a district is always to get to the 80% mark. My personal goals, I'd like to see us at the 90% mark. Um, we're still waiting on a couple districts from the county to put into the county sheet. Um, some places like and high school. We are either at the top of the county or tied with somebody else to be in the top two. So, that was a big change there. We know we have some things at each level that we need to continue um to dig in and look at. So, we've already started having some preliminary conversations as an administrative team starting to look that
025we're providing for reading um K to five. And the other thing I wanted to help you understand is if you look at the high school algebra one, that's the high school percentage. So they were sitting at 76% for the people that are physically in this building. If you look at the chart down below, we also have eighth graders who take algebra 1 and 100% of them pass it. So then when you combine it together, the overall on the report card will be 81% for algebra but we do break it out just so we can see where we are um in both areas that will show as yes that will show as a yes yes in the report card so um really when we look at it we know that K to five math is strong
026we need to really focus in on ELA and Mr. Ramos and I have talked six, seven, and eight. We need to deal with some things with math to kind of firm up some things there and um we'll go from there. So, any questions concerns? So, when you have enrich like enrich math taking sixth grade, taking seventh grade, does that go into the sixth grade or seventh grade? Goes into the seventh grade numbers. What about ELA? That stays there's not the high school. So for English n the kids that are taking as freshman they have they're required if they're eth grade ELA test every year because there's no longer an ELA1 test. So um so they're in there and then like the ninth grader eighth graders are in algebra one this year they're considered accelerated. So
027when they go to nth grade, they'll be taking geometry as a nth grader and their scores will show up in the geometry score. So um so when you look at even high school ELA too, there are some nth graders in there because they took English 9 as an eighth grader. They just didn't take the English test. They can't take one until English. So are similar to the others count? I mean because I see that the math is the middle school. Is that true? Because sometimes the tests are Yes and no. Um I believe it was it's been a couple days since I looked at it, but I believe it was eighth grade um math we were near the top because that one seemed to be. But on six and seven we were in the middle.
028So there's just some things we need to kind of um look at realign some things. I'm not concerned because they're already digging in and looking at it and we'll work through some things with that. So, it's just hard to know, you know, there were some trends and things that didn't really make sense. Um, but you can't always put your finger on why the item analysis won't come out until formally come out until mid August and the county always prepares a sheet for me. So we'll take all of our raw data and throw it in there and then the teachers will literally be able to see of course it doesn't help last year's class but they'll be able to see every standard and question um that's linked to the standard. They can't actually see the question.
029They can see samples but then they'll know like we may have had trouble with this particular standard like couple years ago when we looking at geometry. We were struggling with circles for some reason. Like that whole piece of geometry was just for everyone really difficult. So we changed up some things for that. So we'll do the same thing standards and figure out, you know, is there something we need to realign? Is there something we need to change how we're presenting it or where we're presenting it? One of the things we kind of learned with the circle issue was when it occurs, the instruction occurs for it and then making sure we continue to revisit to keep it fresh before it's a hard I know that probability a couple years ago and they just the other
030part of and their infinite wisdom. I'm just leaving. We're finishing up the science of reading training stuff now and they're moving towards a call science of math, but new research on math. Um, we have been working with the county now for a couple years on it. So, it's not something we're not familiar with, but there's a lot of changes that are coming. And one of the biggest changes will be just like in reading the state adopted curriculum that we can pick from um for instance K to five but I'm not if they're not on that list of 10 to 15 approved list I can't even look at them. I can't I can no longer explore them. The same thing is coming down the road within the next three years for math. These are going to
031be state approved curriculum and you have to pick off of that. So that'll be about the time we're looking at new materials anyway. So that'll be a blessing for us. Um so we'll see. And some of that will be a change. Like one of the big things that some of our teachers went to the training this year struggled with a little bit this year was there's a huge change to fluency expectations in math. And so the easiest example I can give you is as a fourth as a third grade teacher for years we would teach them their multiplication facts and you would do the time test for this this set of numbers and then you give them twos and you go to now it's not that way they want them to do it in chunks.
032So it might be zero to five that they're working on and learning and doing assessments. Um the other thing is solving equations can be done in multiple ways. There's not just way. So for staff and for parents especially who've been around a while that's going to be a huge mindset change like they're already doing some of that at the university level but with the instructors but it's just different forever and now it does and absolutely the only plus side is that if your brain works different mine doesn't work the same way as you know yours I don't learn it that way it can be beneficial but it's going to be a learning curve for everybody and there are two math platforms we are currently using and I'm drawing on both names I'm sorry they've already
033started integrating some of these strategies into those platforms so our kids when they are working through those as a supplement to what They're already experiencing that kind of stuff digitally. So that's a nice benefit that they'll have some pieces and parts. Get more math. Yeah. More math is one and then we not extra math. It's you don't know. You're not talking. Yeah. So it's one of those things too. And the other thing that's hard sometimes is this the way this curriculum is designed coming in. Sometimes they're like, "Well, that's not my standard. That doesn't come till next year." But they're laying the framework for it the previous year. And so they can't go. I'm not going to be. So that'll be a change. Yeah. So we're getting there. It's just a lot. Just a quick
034numbers. of the standard to drop. Is there any way we can attribute that to anything? Is there teacher turnover? Is it that's a pretty large drop in period from 86 to 72. We have had some staffing changes. So, it takes a while for them and they're working hard. I mean, observe them and look at them. they're doing what they're needing to do. It's just kind of that turning piece. Some of it is I don't like to say it, but some of it is the kind of fallout a little bit from co we need to move past it. Um some of it is how we're providing interventions and one of the biggest changes that we're really trying to implement is only doing whole group instruction all the time is not meeting the needs of all of
035the kids. So, we need to you can do that part of the week, but you also should be doing some more smaller groups and differentiating and moving in and providing those interventions. And that's a mind shift that we need to see happen. So I'll say this when it happened what I've seen with our principal right now's huge for that and that's so I do feel At least from the little bit I test one big change we saw this year was our instructional coaches really worked with a couple grade levels And so there's 10 points possible, which seems like not a lot for the kids. Um, but we were averaging two to three, maybe four points for kids to achieve. And this year, after them really digging in and working on a lot of stuff with
036it, we had probably six fifth graders who scored all 10 points, which we never seen happen before. But we saw many of the scores go up to where we were in the 5 to seven to eight range rather than being to range. So I think that will momentum again of wow we made those changes and it was impactful so let's look at this now and go and also I'll say this other telling sign is just looking at we're not looking at the rest of the county I do see signs like we're trending in the right direction some aspects but um you know you look the rest of the county you can see it's not just it's not just our kids it's pretty and sometimes they test a certain grade level everybody across the topist in
037there um I shared the spreadsheet with you we weren't supposed to share asurriculum director but all of a sudden superintendent were on there so I knew that they got access so I gave them access but it was funny because it's it's a countywide sheet and then one day I brought it up because I want to see who else is at it because I'm a little competitive so there people that I want to be above and somebody was in there working from another district and there were three districts that were highlighted that they were comparing to we were one of those so it was one of those things like okay we're They know what we're doing and what it's not local or buddies. So, it's just, you know, shots fired. Sorry. I forgot we're filming this.
038Anybody can look just a joke. And Mr. So, it's just, you know, we just have to keep digging in. I would like us to get to the point where we were 100% confident when we sat down to test in April that we there weren't any surprises. Like we knew where our kids are. We know who's going to be here and we know who's going to be here and who's bubbly. We're still not quite there yet. We're getting closer. Anything else? Thank you. Yeah, thank you. Uh report. First item is approval of minutes from both the regular meeting on May 27th and the special meeting on June 12th. So move second. Any discussion? Roll call. Mr. Hill. Yes. Mr. Gber Mrs. Mrs. Gearart. Mr. W. Yes. Uh my next item is recommendation to approve then and
039now transactions as uh presented. This is addendum number one. Uh these are transactions over $3,000 where there was no purchase order in place um prior to an expense being incurred. Um various reasons I can go through I can take questions. Need a motion first. Okay. So, the one that I see out to me is I think what happened with is an invoice got lost in the shuffle during 23. Um they were just applying the payments the same every month they're applying it to the most current bill. We close out all purchase orders and then they come back and say wait a minute you miss we're behind one. Anything else? Yeah, we had some safety grant money that they we didn't have to actually draw on it. They just fronted us all the monies and at
040the end of the grant, one of our vendors uh was not able to complete a portion of the project and so those monies had to be returned. Anything else? Call Mr. Tojo. Yes. Mr. Gber. Yes. Mrs. Barkley. Yes. Mrs. Gearhard. Yes. Mr. Wine. Yes. Number two. Um, as we discussed a little bit last month, uh, during the five year forecast, there's been some discussion and remains at the state level about the amount of cash reserves that school districts have and limiting limiting that amount. Um, also during these discussions, it's been brought up that if school districts in need have identified need for those funds for future payments that they should earmark those um and keep those monies uh set aside. So working with legal counsel on this. The recommendation from legal counsel was to establish
041two funds. Well actually three but this is the first part is two brand new funds. One would be an O27 workers compensation self insurance fund u to move dollars into that to make payments related to workers comp. Um and the second fund right now establishing a new fund is 035 termination benefits. Uh termination benefits are payments that we make to staff uh when they retire. Mainly it's u a it's a portion of the sick leave that they've accumulated at the time they retire that they're eligible to be paid for. And also the NTA contract has a second payment retirement incentive that they're eligible to receive if they retire at the first time they're eligible. The thought process behind that is that um we would pay a teacher to retire as soon as they can and
042then we could hire younger teachers on um lower down on pay scale. So what I've done is come up with some amounts that estimated that we're going to end up paying in the next five years. Um, so just a quick schedule of those items. Um, and then attached to that is the actual resolution that will allow us to establish these funds and transfer $200,000 into the workers compensation fund and $800,000 into the termination benefit. So this is money out. We're just moving it into another account. Need a motion. And so if these funds don't get used and they get moved, so we do we do have the ability to transfer these dollars back to the general fund if they're not needed or if they're needed for another use. Any other questions? call. Is that another
043question? Okay. Roll call. Mr. Mrs. Mrs. Gearart. Yes. Mr. W. Yes. Next item. So this is related. Um this is recommendation. Well, the next two So the first item is recommendation to authorize the treasur to create special cost centers within an existing fund. Um we already have an 070 capital projects fund. Um the first cost center within that is for the building addition project. We're asking for authorization for myself to create another cost center within that which will be for our capital plan which we'll talk about in the next item. So it'll be a special cost center within the 07. Need a motion. Second. Any questions? Roll call. Mr. Toill. Yes. Mr. Glesber. Yes. Mrs. B. Yes. Mrs. Gearhard. Yes. Mr. Wy. Yes. Addendum number three. So, I'll walk through this. Um, this is schedule
044for the next 10 years of capital projects within the district. label them into four different areas. Technology, buildings and grounds, curriculum, and bus that buses, right? So you can see each year the amounts um in each and then I've broken it down with the help of I worked with Jeff and Deborah and Dave and Deanna and Stacy in their respective areas to talk about what's coming up in the next 10 years. Um for technology, group them by like projects like Chromebooks all together, access points, those type of things. Uh try to identify where they were going to be done um and in which year they were slated for uh techn buildings and grounds. The schedule is more by building area and the various is identified over the next 10 years. And then curriculum is based
045on Deborah's schedule of the rotation of new textbooks. And then the bus I don't really have broken down. Next year we have two that we're going to purchase. Um and then We're off one year because of a change to buses or something buses and then we're back on a rotation of one or two and varying if they're think as I should but um what what we're presenting here then is over the next 10 years we've identified 15 million in projects. This document is supports the request to move $10 million out of the general fund into the capital projects 070 newly established cost center within there that we'll call the capital plan. Um, again, this is similar to the other two funds we just discussed creating where if something would happen and we don't spend these
046dollars or these projects we decide we don't want to move forward with or there's different amounts then we project it again we're projecting out 10 years which is slightly challenging to do. Um, we do have the ability to move those dollars back to the general fund. A motion second. So this is more more about transparency of future projects as well as the budget stuff. Correct. Stacy, I have a question. He tued. We've gotten to the point where in 10 years that technology is more than building. Any other questions? Not maint. Anything else? All right. Roll call. Mr. Chill. Yes. Mr. Gindlesburgger. Yes. Mrs. Barkley. Yes. Mrs. Gearberg. Yes. Mr. Yes. Addendum number four is in a request for authorization for both additional resources and additional appropriations for the fiscal year that we're in. Um so
047you'll see adjustment to estimated resources. The major items there are these funds will be showing revenue from a transfer. Um and then on the back side of that there's appropriation adjustments. The major item there being u the transfer out of the general fund into those funds. And then there's just some slight budget adjustments around federal funds and athletics. Need a motion. So move second. Any discussion? Mr. Chville, yes. Mr. Ginsburg, yes. Mrs. B. Yes. Mr. Wy. Yes. Um, now we're into the next school year. In the spring, we approved estimated resources as we submitted to the county auditor and they approved those. These are some minor adjustments to get us started for the year. Um, I fully intend that I I fully expect that we will need to make additional adjustments um particularly around this
048capital projects fund and also around the federal funds as we're have delay from the state around even getting um those amounts at this point. We're really making estimates right now just to move into the new year. We'll come back with adjustments probably in July or August. So move any discussion call Mr. Tohill Mr. Glesburgger. Yes. Mrs. Barkley. Yes. Mrs. G. Yes. Mr. Wy. Yes. Last item for me is addendum number six. Uh these are permanent appropriations for the 2526 school year. Um quick Overall, our district's budget is increasing 26% or 8.1 billion over uh what we're spending in 2425. Obviously, one of the major driver factors of that is the district improvement project or building addition uh project along with increases in salaries and benefits um new debt payments offset offset by paving projects in
049the current year which we won't have next year. a motion. Any discussion? So, it looks like it's Yeah, it's fairly balanced out. One could say that for everything but the addition everything. Right. And we pull some of those items that we were capital in nature out of the general fund. Yeah. Roll call. Mr. Chill. Yes. Mr. Gindlesburg. Yes. Mrs. Sparky. Yes. Mrs. Gear. Yes. Mr. Wy. Yes. Okay. Superintendent recommendations. Uh for letter A, we have appointments and assignments. We have a few couple long one person here I think to introduce. Uh but recommendation I don't I'm going to mispronounce these names I'm sure. So help me there guys. Recommendation to approve. Maria Suave Suave. See Spanish teacher at Northwest High School. Masters plus 15. two years of experience effective August 18, 2025. Recommendation to approve
050John and Mr. Lens is here with us to approve John Lens intervention specialist Northwest Primary Masters 5 years experience effective August 18, 2025. I know I'm going to mispronounce this. Recommendation to approve Kelsey Spari Sparandi guidance council Northwest High School masters 12 years experience effective August 13 2025 recommendation to approve one volunteer bus driver 4.25 effective August 18, 2025 and recommendation that the following treasur contract be approved with Steph Bless for 5 years from 2025 to end at 2930. Recommendation the following administrative supervisor contract approved for Jason Hath 2526 school year to end 27 28 and that's it. You want to go one at a time, one group at a time? Yeah, let's do one. If I can point out a couple things before you do Oh, you want to do this first? Go for
051it. Well, I just want to point out like, you know, we try to stay as low as we can. We really I mean the the thing that I ask our principles to do is just to find the best person, right? So, uh you'll see it some like uh for Maria, she has two years of experience for our uh new counselors 12 years. I mean, counseling physics teachers um they become very difficult to find right so uh social studies and unfortunately I taught English we were a diamond dozen it's very easy to find the LA teachers but so uh to find a really really we're always looking for the special people trying to get people to come in and make our place even better we do feel like we got our guys concert but it was
05212 years and after the next couple two or three It was significant enough that we discussed this. We know what we're asking for. 12 years is a lot, but we feel like this is the best person available. Without question for us at Northwest High School. Any discussion? I just wanted to comment since you're here. Thank you for going through the process with us. That's the first time I've gone through that contract stuff. So, thank you. I appreciate, you know, your patience with us on that sounds like a million years. 10 more years. You put a 10ear plan up there. Say it to the end. Just change it to five. Let's see how this and of course we're always welcome new folks along uh for the ride. Glad to have you here. Thank you for coming.
053Right. Any other discussion? Roll call. Mr. Tville. Yes. Mr. Gberger. Yes. Mrs. Barkley. Yes. Mrs. Gearhard. Yes. Mr. Wy. Yes. Okay. So, resignations recommendation to accept the resation of Angela Hill from her position of bus to South effective May 29th 2025. Recommendation to accept the resation of jump recommendation accept the resation of Alicia Manning from her position of sports medicine teacher at Northwest High School. Neot. Any discussion on that? Roll call. Mr. Chville. Yes. Mr. Klesber. Yes, Mrs. Barkley. Yes, Mrs. Gear. Yes, Mr. Yes. Uh, recommendation to accept the resation of Larry Toss from his position Northwest High School principal effective June 27, 2025. I make that motion reluctantly, but I will supply for your approval. As I said earlier to him, I understand it, but I don't have yet. How long you were principal?
054For 12 years? Uh, 16. 16. 12 at the high school. Or no, 10 at the high school. I'll be the first one to say Mr. Tash done a great job. I wish you the very best. You know that we will have meetings constantly. So, I'm excited about that. But, uh, our loss is definitely the game. Job well done. Thank you, Larry. [Applause] No speech needed. Roll call. Mr. Toill. Yes. Mr. Glesburg. Yes. Mrs. By. Yes. Mrs. Gearart. Yes. Mr. White. Yes. I'll do one of these by itself as well if that's okay. So, uh, for salary position adjustments. First one we'll do on its own. Andrew Coffman from assistant principal Northwest High School. Principal Northwest High effective July 25th, 2025. Second. Should we have discussion on this? Are you ready? You're already off the I
055will say this. He's already been off the clock and he uh has been here with Mr. Mr. Tash is still working here every day and we appreciate that. But so is Mr. Mr. Collins's last day on contract was June the 6th. June 6th. and he's still here and probably won't continue to be here unfortunately but we're trying to get him to to take a break before we start but more very happy are we won't miss a beat I feel very strongly that you be a principal is a very good thing so I'm excited I've heard a lot of really positive things from both parents and students that were you know upset that Larry was leaving and the first question they asked is who's who's moving in and when I said it was you they're all
056like okay So, I mean, you got a ton of support from everybody. Um, so that's that's really good. Good to hear. If we need a new office chair, if you need a new office chair, let me know. I'll help you. Welcome aboard though. Congratulations. Oh, yeah. All right. Roll call. Mr. Mr. Gindlesburg, Mrs. Park. Yes, Mrs. Gearart. Yes, Mr. Wy. Yes. And from Masters to Masters plus 15 effective August 18, 2025. The rest. Okay. Okay. Uh Nicole Fidali, bachelor's 150 to masters effective August 18, 2025. Alexander Finch from bachelor's 150 to masters effective August 1825. Morgan D from instructional coach Northwest High School, math teacher. Northwest High School effective August 18, 2021. Need a motion. So moved. Second. So the ones that are going from masters to masters or I'm sorry, bastards to masters have
057gotten their masters this past year. Correct. The entire pay scale. That's great. um for Morgan Del um being a great team player, I might add. She's been instructional coach with us for a few years. We have an opening uh for math teacher and what we'd like to we we've asked her to make teaching math for at least a year and for her coaching. We're going to ask the coaches to step up and cover for which we think they can uh until we have time to really do a thorough search at this time of the year to find maths like physics teaches that they're very very difficult to find. What we'd like to do is try this in springtime in March and April. Try to find a math teacher and have a resume her job as
058coach once we find a superache. 32 year retirement. We were able to offer two different people. I think it speaks to the teachers in this district. She was out. All right. Any other questions? Mr. Mr. Mrs. Mrs. Yes. Mr. W. Yes. Uh, so on contracts, there are many, many here. There'll be more coming, but these uh it's just it makes me happy to see a lot of the same names, a lot of a lot of people who are from this community, which is I think it's really really special. Speaks volumes and and it's uh important for our kids. Um we'll have more names, but all this list they're they're pretty outstanding and I'm excited to see most all of them coming back. Need a motion. Second. Julie's able to do that. Yes, we figured it
059out. I got to tell you as I go down through the listing that's just shows who we are and people that people like okay like she didn't go here I don't think she didn't go to Northwest but she's our golf coach she has built this golf It's a monster. It's all because of our passion and drawing kids out, getting kids involved that uh when we were showing you the uh the drawings, we're going to have an area that's uh that we're getting we're having a donated golf simulator from some people who we will discuss later on, but and in conjunction with with her energy and her passion and these folks in the community want to support the golf program. Yeah. So, it's I mean it's going to be amazing. Just question on I know I
060know marching band was always an extra one that extra any other questions. Roll to Mr. Glesburg. Mrs. Yes. Mr. W. Yes. Classify subs. Emily Zinsky, bus driver. John Holland, bus driver. Need a motion. So move. Second. Any discussion? If I could just point out, she is amazing transportation director. I've said this before, the school district getting bus drivers. She works her butt off. She works really hard. That's not fair. She works really hard to get bus drivers in this district. We're not paying more than anyone else. She just our bus drivers enjoy working with her and for her and she's been great. It just I just I see this where she's constantly trying to get more people. Yes. And it's because of her honestly. So kudos to her. Absolutely. Any discussion? Roll call. Mr. Toill.
061Yes. Mr. Gindlesburgger. Yes. Mrs. Mrs. Yes. Mr. W. Yes. F. Uh, extend the school year transportation. We approved the teachers last our last board meeting. This is to transportation recommendation to approve the following transportation staff for the extended school year for the 25 26 school year effective July 22nd through August 9th, 2025. Justice Samson. So it says 2526 school year. This is for prior to Okay. Anything else? Call Mr. Tohill. Yes. Mr. Gandlesburg. Yes. Mrs. Barky. Yes. This is Gearart. Yes. Mr. Wy. Yes. Uh so we're we're on energy policy approval. We have to do this by uh by July one. The state has asked us to do this. and we do have as agenda item number seven the use of cellunication devices if I can go over that very quickly what we talked about
062is we're going to work with our phones put away throughout the day ladder I guess for lack of a better word when students break out I feel like we are in a situation where We can I hate to say the word train, but we can guide the kids and implement this as a first step to getting getting the cell phone situation under control. State is still working on coming out with something and they've also asked all districts to have this ready. Need a motion. Second. This is the current one that could change again. Yes. And that the only issue that I see depending on what they say and the only issue that I see with that is that it would give us depending on when they pass that one or maybe two meetings to pass
063that because it says September 1st I think. So that could be interesting. My my guess is that we will be fairly aligned with what they're going to ask. They're still talking. So, so this is the ban and not the use at this point. At this point and and I and I mentioned this, so I wanted to thank Mr. I did mention that Mr. Mos It will take a year. We feel like we can get our kids there. We can guide them and if it's still going sideways, then we'll have that conversation. I would I would do that with you as well. Anything else? Roll call. Mr. Chill. Yes. Mr. Glesburg. Yes. Mrs. Yes. Mr. W. Yes. For the uh this is just standard year. Every summer we have this recommendation Northwest local school district opt
064out of tech education at the middle school program for the 256 presented. This is a yearly agenda item. We do this every year. Any discussion? Roll call. Mr. Chill. Yes. Mr. Gber. Yes. Mrs. Barkley. Yes. Mrs. Gear. Yes. Mr. Wy. Yes. For I paving contract resolution recommendation to approve the paving contract. This be around the primary. We hope to start that July 7th. Yeah. You think? Okay. If you've driven around the primary, you know that I continuation of what we started last year, last summer if you remember, if you have been around the primary, you know that there are gigantic from from this causal, we would start this project as soon as possible. Um Stacy, is that just the part that's black top now? Okay. They have to do a lot of prep for that.
065Just like they did here. Grind it up. The only stabiliz we keeping any of them uh right now. We might keep some. Okay. Anything else? Roll call. Mr. Chville. Yes. Mr. Gandlesburg. Yes. Mrs. Mrs. Gear. Yes. Mr. W. Yes. Letter out to for ticket manager. This is something that uh we left it off during negotiations and that's my fault and I have to give credit to uh to Regina Melan is here and Troy Lind for sitting down with me and working out a memorandum of understanding that we have to have we we have a ticket manager we have to continue that this would be for the length of our teachers contract next I should have what we should we said I want that but we should have had that as part of uh the list
066of supplementals it's a uh it's a pretty large job uh We'll post that job and after five days from tonight we'll technically go back July 24 that's because it was last year. Yes. Yeah. That's why so what what is that? It's it's handling the money collected. I mean, it's just a lot of accounting for all the sports, all home sports here. I figured that's what it was. And we have one person because I know who does it. So, well, we don't know if she's going to get it, but who knows? You never know. Who knows? Anything else? Roll call. Mr. Mr. Mrs. Mrs. Yes. Mr. Yes. Thank you for working with us. Uh for schematic design phase recommendations to approve the schematic design phase of the district improvement project. Need a motion. So second discussion
067Mr. Mr. Gber is Yes, Mr. Wy. Yes. And the last thing I have is uh end donations. A special thank you to Mike Little for his donation of a guitar and amp to our band program. Pretty neat guitar, I might say. I'm not an expert, but I thought it was pretty cool. So, we thank him for that. A special thank you to the class of 196 1964 for a $50 donation for a library of books that stands in the memory of Catherine Kit Eler. Say your last name. I heard a lot about about this uh teacher and that that class the representatives from that class very passion to make sure that any books that were purchased with $50 would have her name incribed and we will we will make sure that gets done. Need a
068motion. Roll call. Mr. Mr. Mrs. Yes. Mrs. Gear. Yes. Mr. You have to make sure that you're logged in. That's what it was. I had problems. You have to make sure you're logged in your browser. Okay. If you look the under Yeah. If you're having problems, call me and let me know. We'll make sure I I like that option, having the link shared like that because it means that if there's two or three emails that come through, I don't have to look at two or three emails. It'll all go in that one folder update. just perfect. There was so much volume to this because of policy. So, if that doesn't work, we won't go back. If you guys have problems accessing that stuff, just let me know and I can help you. But, um, yeah,
069we have this many things a whole lot easier. So, I can go through these. I I sent you a summary so you have that. Here's what I'll say about these. the the biggest theme I can see with this is that a lot of the new policies coming from uh from the state through OSBA, a lot of them have to do with parent rights and parent control. Okay. So, and that's not a bad thing at all. So, what what makes me happy is that for a lot of the things we're already doing that we do this, you know, we're doing like if uh someone doesn't, you know, uh we have a teacher teaching Mark Twain Huffman and a parent doesn't like that. Now the policy is we have to provide alternative creative material. Well, we've always
070done that anyway, right? Any any reputable school district would would do that. So a lot of things we have in place. Um the state is just exactly uh other things like um parent rights as far as we we have to and we do this. We have to communicate with a parent if we are going to suggest outside counseling. We're going to have any kind of mental health, we have to talk to the parent first. Well, we knew that happens. Yes. This is just a policy to make sure that happens because you never know. I mean, but but we've always practice a lot of these things. Um, so if you want to talk about any of the specific items, we can do that. I I know there's a lot uh but the schoolboard meeting, that's a
071minor thing, but uh we can you if you're at work, you can't attend. We can we can we can get you online. We just can't allow you to vote. Everybody has to be here. And during CO that changed, but now we're past that. So, everyone has to be back here to vote, but you can still be online to attend. Um, the naming rights for the school buildings, we can talk about that. Now, what I'd like to do, uh, you know, and we can we can talk about this throughout the month as well. I know we've talked about this in the past. I found one I think actually I was thinking through the past Adam you actually suggested this one and I do like this it's it's uh fairly detailed and specific and and since we're
072building I do want to approach possible benefactors and I'm not saying anything's going to happen with that but having that policy in place is something we probably should have done I don't know 20 years ago but better than ever and if we do that there are some definite parameters some specific requirements from uh the benefactor and uh and that's good too. What else do we have? Um other these other things are very minor. Um other things like the family life education, sex education, same thing. If uh the parents are are not comfortable with that, they have the right to say hey give something alternative and we will as policy we will provide that. The one thing that came to mind when I was looking right for you guys as you're reading through is there any
073kind of want to have a limit to the time of something like the usability of the building or I'll give you an example. Um, colleges are notorious for like when they do a turf, they'll get a company to sponsor that turf and that name is on that turf until that turf is replaced. The only thing I saw in the the sample one as I was reading it mentioned like corporate sponsorships being the life of the company once the company goes away then that goes away. I think that needs to be there plus potentially like order of contracts at the school. So you know something is going to be a 10year term. Yeah. It wouldn't have to be something that would be set in stone. Well, a perfect example. I mean, most people don't, you know,
074but you got the thing I like about it. And here's the other part of it that has the final approval on which is important, too. I don't know if that has not been the case. Some school districts do not consulted or asked to approve. we have to do that which I think is a good thing right and then uh and you have flexibility if you don't if you want to have it for 10 years or 20 years or 100 years that that's your call as well it can be there's there's some there's some room there uh okay you that's it on that any other question can I go over a couple more very quickly like the student exper that's significant change. We don't have a lot of expulsions, but they they d I mean I
075think it was double the the length. We can have 180 days and they have to be very specific reasons. Bring a firearm capable of causing injury committing an act to a person and that can be at any level. That's just but we do have and my role is we can work to and we do this already which I kind I was very happy to see policy even when we have a student or child we do work to give them an opportunity to keep their education through some kind of online program there is the opportunity because we don't you know we're not in business to once you're expelled we're just going to destroy this child I don't think that's no matter what does We still want to continue to try to get them on the right
076path and uh and that's part of his policy too which I I agree with that. There are other things uh as superintendent that we can ask for child reinstated making sure policy is now we've always suggested to get counseling to do certain things certain before that child will return. I think this is actually a good thing um promoting parental involvement. That's a brand new one. It's a new policy, one that states the biological sex of a student determined at birth. Um, any sexuality content is age appropriate and parents have the right to review instruction materials. And folks, we do that. We give we give parents every opportunity for them to come in, review all materials, and now that's policy. Uh, if they want to do that, they're more than welcome to do that. Uh, and
077of course the last one I had here, the I didn't put this in order. I apologize when summer, but the release time for religious instruction that's already been passed, but now it's shall instead of May. If a child wants to be released for religious instruction, we we have to do that and we're fine with that. There are certain things that that child has to follow to make sure that happens and the school has to follow their specific rules for that. But we uh we can't discourage that. in any way that goes on during the school. That was a law change, right? Yes. Yeah. But it's new for us and the policy just came through. So, it's on that list. The rest that's on there, changes of of words and phrases. Not a lot, but if
078uh we can actually talk about those now, we can actually talk about it next month when we pass these. Sean, could you ceremonies. Yes, ma'am. That was Oh, I didn't have it on my summary. I apologize for having sparky, but we uh I have talked to the principles that we've talked about this fall implementing a policy where we do the pledge of allegiance for all four buildings every day. That's part of that policy. It is coming through the state, but we're we're preempting that. We do believe it's important and principles that we do have a policy. I think the last policy listed. Thank you, ma'am. All right, that's it folks. Recognition of visitors to determine other matters they would like to discuss. Larry is technically a visitor now. All right. I just want to I
079will not be here. I'm not asking you to move on. You may not be able to be far away. I don't know. The fourth Monday is the 28th. No, you Okaybody everybody? Everybody finding 28. Okay. All right. Need a motion to adjurnn. So moved. Second. All in favor? All right. Thank you guys. We appreciate