001If it's Okay, you stop there. >> That's our first activity of the meeting is pledge allegiance which Sandy has agreed to lead us. 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. >> The first item on our agenda is approval of consent agenda. Is there any motion? >> I'll move that we brief this. >> Okay, that has been moved and seconded. Is there any discussion or any questions about >> right now? We've got 12 policies for adopting something pretty substantial that >> hearing a discussion. Uh we'll all those in favor >> there's pardon me there's a typo in BEVC with just a missing letter. >> Um okay. And so, um, with your permission,
002I'll go ahead and correct that. It's just the word has one missing letter in it. And, um, >> in the consent agenda or the policy >> in the policy itself and so it's all I'll do is just clean up the spelling of the word. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Is there any concern? >> Nice catch. >> Okay. Thank you. Um I am opening to then all those in favor of as Okay, that pass 51 present. Um our next order of business, are there any requests for agenda modifications for the year? I have a a request um on their reports and E is the integrated guidance annual report and I am behind and so we're going to put that into October um if that's agreeable um rather than me slamming together some stuff at the
003last moment. So thank you. And moving on to public comments. Samson said that she really [Music] lives. Great. Uh, so moving into public comment. Um, I just want to read as we do each time we open the the board to public comment, particularly our statement. So, first of all, welcome to this meeting of your school board. Um, the FA school board of directors values the opinions and input of students, staff, parents, and the community members. Uh, tonight we will all lot up to 15 minutes for public comment. Our agenda says uh 10, but we're looking at 15 to the um attend as we have tonight. Um with each individual getting uh allowed for three minutes, um you must have turned in um your schoolboard audience participation card. So that's this or emailed prior to the
004meeting. So I just looks like I just have two tonight. >> There's plenty of us speaking. I want to >> Okay. Well, I only have you can only speak if I if you've turned in uh the green card. So, yeah. Um um if the green card was turned in after the beginning of the meeting, it will be distributed to all the board members, but we but there won't be public comment. Um the board requests comment at information or perspective has not already been mentioned previously. um and that we refrained to just repeating the same point over and over. Um the board will not hear comments regarding any individual uh district staff member. Um and then there's a complete policy on board uh public comments um that reference. So with that um going in no particular
005order um Amanda Lindsky I have one. All right. Members of the board, I'm sure everyone here is aware of a deeply troubling social media post made by a board member. In these posts, she expressed views that many in our community find not only offensive but harmful. One particular comment suggesting that men only improve the world by leaving it is both hateful and dangerous, especially when considering the young and impressionable minds within our school district. This post appears to promote toler intolerance toward individuals who think differently than she does. While everyone has the right to free speech, it is deeply concerning when an elected official uses their platform to express views that alienate exclude, demean others. More alarming is the perception that this person only defends free speech when it aligns with her own political views
006or ideological beliefs. This is not just a matter of personal opinion. It's a matter of public trust and student safety. Many families, including ours and everyone in this room, are losing faith in this board's ability to protect all students when individuals who show openly host open hostility towards certain groups and are given influence over educational policies and curriculum. When any board member violates community standards or policies related to online conduct, it is the board's duty to hold them accountable. Just as we expect our students to be held accountable for their online behavior, the board must ensure that every child in this district is respected, supported regardless of their backgrounds or their beliefs. Your willingness or lack thereof to engage respectfully with those who hold differing opinions is a reflection of your capacity to serve all
007students in this district, not just those who share your views. We are here to make sure that no child is subjected to bias or exclusion due to the personal views of those in this leadership. We urge the board to take this matter seriously and demonstrate that no one is above the standards we set for our own students. Thank you for listening respectfully. Um, myself, Amanda, Lindsay, and my husband. >> Thank you. >> Okay. The one one other one I have is from Christy Vaughn. >> You emailed this in before. Good enough people. So members of the board, my statement is not to spread further hate or division. My statement is not to defend any particular political view. My statement is for the children of the school district who we entrust to staff and board member
008decisions and leadership each day. When we do this, we hope that they will be instructed in the basic subjects they are sent to learn each day and also that they will be in an environment of critical thinking with opposing views and would be um I'm sorry I'm so nervous right now. >> You're doing fine. >> And also that an environment of critical thinking with imposing views would be encouraged and not weaponized for humanity's sake. We also hope that they are taught to have mutual respect and kindness for those with different views from them. We certainly do not want them to be taught to gloat and condone the death of any person simply because he believes something different. For the record, what she wrote he believed is not accurate at all for anyone who cared to
009really listen to his words. He loved people deeply and only hoped that they would find inner peace and love in who they were. However, we don't have to agree with his opinions at all. And that's okay. Regardless of our different opinions, no person in the role of leadership of impressionable mind should be posting such hate and callousness for the tragic loss of a human being. I thought violence should never be condoned along with hate. It saddens me that this is the state of the heart of someone leading our schools and children. I strongly hope parents and people of this community consider recalling your position at the current role. >> Thank you. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Request for public comment. I see you. So with that, we'll close the public comment sections. Move
010on the rest of our agenda. Um, moving on to reports to the board. Okay, beginning with the associates reports from their own. What? >> Okay. Um, do we have a report from PA this evening? >> Yeah. Thank you. Did you read us? What the hell? >> Um yes, the report from pea. Um we the members are happy with the contract that was just bargained and we um are very thankful for the district team for working with us to get that settled quickly. Um we're looking forward um to seeing it and signing it hopefully by the end of this week. >> It's here tonight. So >> sick. Um and um we're we we've heard about the the safety series that's coming up. We're really interested in that and just to hear more about how the district
011plans to address safety concerns uh this year. So that's that's all I've got. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Good job. >> I don't think we have anyone from OSDA here. Um do we have a student government report? Do you have anything to share with us? Um, beginning of the school is going well. I'm sorry I'm not on ASB, so I don't know like the inner stuff, but uh, everything seems good. Clubs are starting to pick back up. Um, we had our first football game last Friday. A lot of people went to that, so that was really cool. And we have our glow dance coming up next week. >> What dance? >> Glow dance. >> Glow glow dance. >> It's like it's fun, right? >> You guys have been around glow sticks. Yeah. Um, okay.
012Moving on to school stuff. We have an update on the safety series from Virginia. You'd like to share with us? >> Yeah. Um, yeah. So, I'm we're we're really excited about the safety series that we're going to be offering. Um, but I also want to frame it within like when we talk about safety, there's a lot of components to that. It can be um structural like our buildings and it can be our emergency response. Um so one area that we are focusing on this year is um just um our practices and policies in general across the district. And so um we have a couple um of trainings and professional development happening. The first one is a behavior foundations course that we're offering for our instructional assistance districtwide. Um it's really we have a wonderful behavior
013consultant through LVL ESD and she will be providing um seven trainings um over the course of the year and it's really focused on um supporting challenging behavior that students might experience in their classrooms and often our instructional assistants are like um the first responders in those instance. So really um building their capacity to respond to those type of situations. So, that's one of the trainings. And then another one is open to all staff. Um, and again, we started the school year off with Mark Summers from LBLED as well, and he did a wonderful job of like framing our start of a school year as like safety starts with our relationships with students. So, um, ensuring that they feel welcomed and respected in our schools. And so kind of building on that, we have um six
014uh trainings for all staff. We're starting off the year looking at our um student threat assessment process and kind of the policies and also the the procedures that are part of that. Um we recognize that not all of our staff are aware of those processes and procedures. So just kind of opening it up and being really transparent about this is what what we do because often it's like counselors and admin um that are doing that process. So just making sure people are aware that we have these these procedures in place. >> Thank you so much. And then just just for those who maybe didn't hear, um Susan's gonna email out the flyers that I made 10 and I can >> Oh, good. Then I'll scrap that note. >> Thank you. Thank you for making >>
015I have a lot of fun with Canva. >> I love Canva. Thanks. Oh, okay. >> I've seen no one's voice. >> Thank you so much. >> Yeah. >> So, I have one question. >> Are any members of the board allowed to sit in on any of this? >> Yeah. I think that would be wonderful and welcome. >> Yep. >> Okay. >> Great job in Canva. >> Yeah. I have a question, Kelsey. >> Yeah. >> On the safety series, the building of care. This one is this like intended spare staff. Will the people who attend being like go throughout the whole thing or is it pick and choose? >> That's a good question. It's optional because so it's really supposed to be standalone. So if something interests you and you think it's important then you're welcome
016to come. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> But then but then the IIA instructional um training is really it's supposed to build >> Yeah. Yeah. Thank you for putting that together. I know there was something that all popped up really. >> Yeah, this is great. >> Kelsey said the three of them were going to meet and the next thing I know I've got flyers and an agenda in my email. >> That's awesome. >> That's wonderful. Thank you. >> Lori Blackman and Angela Buddy are just amazing people and um really glad that they're here and they're willing to do this for our district. Um yeah, they're great. Thanks so much. Um and write down the name. Okay. Um and moving on to use attendance report. Um and it's also in the packet. Couple of
017things that I want to highlight. Uh we did look at our um on-site student enrollment, our on-site registration days, and like we've uh was referenced in terms of what our enrollment numbers are. We're not real clear right now just because there we're still waiting for records requests for some students and excuse me, there's still some some work to be done. But there were two different ways we looked at this. So we looked at in this instance um we said um on it was a start of the year to start of the year. Typically we look at the if you look at the next p next section of it at the end of the year in at the end of 2425 we had606 students and if we start with 1646 that's a you know wow we're
018up 40 students >> right >> but if you look at a start of year to start of year right now we're up 17. M >> and so instead of um uh making a prediction that um we've increased by 40 students and therefore we want to put that in as a u as our state prediction. Um we have to be thinking about what that attrition is throughout the course of the year. And so it was kind of that aha to be able to take a look at um how do we really need to make those decisions? But um one way or the other uh we are up students. It's just right now where that lands and um as Jennifer said with us earlier we uh the prediction was made at 1595 uh for what we would
019be at in this current year. And so um the adjustment what you see in this chart is um actual to um this is what we hope well this is what we know to date. um where it it's not the numbers, the pluses don't go from that 1595 up. So um we've been paying real close attention to um enrollment. You can see that the big ups are at Fouth Elementary School and u Fouth High School. Um they've had some uh really the elementary school is the one that's had some pretty incredible gain. >> Susan, on that the academy is down 15. >> Yep. uh high schools up 11. Yep. Do is it common for that number to equal out? Is that number a lot of the academy students start at the high school then they're going
020to transfer back to the academy? >> Some of them start at the high school and will go back to the academy. There were also some students last year that came in as interd district transfers and um we can revoke an interd district transfer based on attendance and so we had some students that were coming to us from uh Cordalis, Lebanon, Monroe um some big places and the discovery was that that some of them were looking for an online program but would not turn on the computer to interface with anything and get their work done. >> And so at that point we said we are not the service provider. um we're going to resend that interd district transfer and so it it equalized some things a little bit but we will see that gain um is
021my guess as the year progress but we're watching it real close >> and backing this chart of a year was the primary school but um that big jump in elementary is that new or is that was there a did Clemens Primary have a higher amount last year >> no Clemens Primary at the at um uh last year um at or excuse me at the start of last school year had 164 and right now they're at 157. Um so there are some that that that was the result of of a move over. Um there are also some interd district transfers um that have come into um the elementary school and we also had um a larger class than than is standard from blahit coming into PEES. There were I think 10 that came in from fifth
022grade at Mallerie though. Um instead of um typically it's three four. So um that kind of explains >> so half of those are >> the up and down. >> Yeah. >> Um our inservice week. Um and um you'll notice you had some things shared with you this evening. We started our inservice after our our new employee inservice and the special ed case manager meeting which was great because the special ed case managers got to come together and um really plan for the year, spent some time together and spend some time with their cohort. And hats off to Kelsey for being able to make sure that could be orchestrated so that the start of the year really had a different flavor. Um when we met at the welcome back breakfast, we started with um Have you
023fill the book today as being um I love kids books as being the book of choice. And so we read it and uh from some donations and grant accounts, one of the things that we did was we said since co we've not really done a lot of um visible recognition >> and so um it was like we need to be able to do more of that and make sure that that's meaningful. So, um, one of the things that we did was, uh, years of service bookmarks. And so, if you were at 10 years of service, um, 10 years or or more, you got a 10-year bookmark. Um, and we did that. And, and we've got we had, uh, uh, three people in the 30 plus category. Um, and again, it was just a way of
024being able to say we value and are grateful for the fact that you're here. And so we started out with the buckets with some popcorn and a piece of candy in it. And as people rotated through the different sessions, they left the session with something else to be added to their bucket. Um, and the idea is let's keep that in mind that when we fill our own bucket or when we fill somebody else's bucket, we also fill our own. And um, how do we make sure that's visible um, consistently as time goes on? So, it was really trying to get to a visible way of being able to say we we hear, we see, we want to acknowledge um a and and make that public and known. Um so, it's been really good to be
025able to do that. Um our presenters did an awesome job. Um our nurses did a session um uh MODA, our insurance providers did uh um a session to talk about insurance and to um answer questions that staff had for our people that don't take insurance through the district. They had an opportunity to work on their safe schools training um which they need to do anyway. So, it was kind of a a flexible and then Mark Summers we've talked about and then our technology department did some things. Um, excuse me. The rest of the time was school professional learning and um prep time in class for staff. The thank yous were each of you. Um, the barbecue lunch is always a hit. >> It's a great hit and wellreceived and um very much appreciated as a
026way of being able to support our staff. our business office organized and arranged that first day of breakfast and all the bucket filling activities. Uh we had Honeybrine Catering um come out and do the breakfast for us. Um and Benton County Schools Credit Union continues to sponsor breakfast um and and give us some funding in terms of a donation to be able to help do that. Um, the other piece of the puzzle for the uh the barbecue, we actually had thanks to the business office and I think it I know it was Andrea Hidinger, but I think Alice Eldridge had her hands in it too to be able to use real plates, real silverware, real napkins instead of >> That was great. >> Um, having to um >> just use paper and and throw it
027all away and and it was really well received by a lot of people. Yeah, it was great. >> Um, so the start of school, um, we're now through into our second week with tomorrow being, you know, this Friday out here, um, with some gradual start. Um, and then I also wanted to provide you with the update like I told you I would of the interd district transfer slots. So, um, um, BLET had no or they had spaces, but nobody transferred in. And right now they um are saying that uh for the approval they want two slots for the K2 classroom. So if they get two kindergarten students it's full. If they get a kindergartener and a first grader it's full. Um and then two slots for each third and fourth grade. At Clemens Primary we
028want to keep classes at no more than 22. And so u we put seven slots at kinder and 12 slots at first grade. Um and I don't know if they'll fill or not. Fongth academy we we added um I approved from the last board meeting till now the addition of two 12th graders the available slots for approval are the new numbers they wish um Phomoth Elementary we put two in second grade and they are at capacity they're so we closed all the things there uh high school still has slots available middle school 7th and eighth grade are closed and uh they want to maintain their five slots for sixth Great. >> So before I move on, I just wanted to ask if there's any questions about the interd district transfer stuff. >> What was the
029net there? How many total incremental ones did you approve across all grade? >> Um I approved the the five >> um was all that I did and then I we asked for their new you know where were they at what they wanted for slots. >> Do you know what the total is? Is that available slots? I mean, I can do it in my I can add it up. >> Um, off the top of my head, I haven't. It was yesterday just going. >> So, we've got two, four, six. >> Um, if we got them all, um, you know, you you're probably looking at 50 plus. >> Yeah. >> And we'll see what we get now that school has started. >> Yeah. >> So, um, that's where we are. Um, one of the things that that
030we approved tonight was the personal electronic devices policy. Um, and u the AR well that was in there associated with it. And one of the things that I really wanted to do is we thought when we implemented this of personal electronic devices during in from bell to bell that lunchtime and break times were just going to be a beast and we were going to beounding people all the time. And I will share this tomorrow with students and with families in my note I send out. Just the huge shout out and thank you for the students doing an awesome job with their personal electronic devices. We've had a couple that pull it out and it's just worse a habit and somebody says, "Hey, just remember >> and they go right back in." So, um the the
031thoughtfulness and respect um has just been wonderful >> um and appreciated by our students. The one thing that we did in the policy was we said um some districts have said students can't um carry or they can't possess and they can't use. We said you can't use, >> right? >> You can possess as long as we don't see it or hear it. >> But um and we're not going to take that away. And we have said if something happens in a hallway, we would all be grateful if a student would take a cell phone out of their pocket and make a phone call to avert a disaster. >> Sure. >> Um rather than having it locked up and put away. >> And so it's respecting kind and that was the interest of our families, too.
032So it's respecting that, but really wanting to publicly make a shout out that our students um are doing an absolutely phenomenal job. They really, really are. Um, back to school open house is coming out coming up um Wednesday of next week. Um, you're welcome to wander through to any of the the sessions. Uh, we do this all on one day and um it's a stagger for each of the schools so that families only need to come out one night. Um, we've got a couple of special events that we typically do. Uh the child abuse and neglect reporting is something that we have an obligation to offer to families at least once a year. And so this is one of our offers. It doesn't mean that we will never talk about it again if somebody doesn't
033want to, but um that's this piece of the puzzle. Sixth grade always does something with outdoor school and then we're going to do something um with our title one from the federal every student succeeds act. It supports our response to instruction and intervention programs and title one has some specific requirements of things we need to do with families and with program. And so um that will be another piece of the puzzle that I'll take on to keep our teachers um in their classrooms. So um we're looking forward to that next Wednesday. Um I think the the last thing I Oh no, I put the report card in here too. We had um emergency services tours. Um we were contacted by the Fulmouth Police Department and wanting to do um a training in our schools um
034for an emergency drill, but they were having um trainers come from another um community to be able to actually help walk through some different things. >> And the training part of it fell through, but they came anyway. F with fire, fire fire and rescue and fall with police to look at our schools. They brought their evening employees um who don't get a chance to be in the schools and they looked at where are all the locked doors, where's this, where's that um just to get to know each of our school facilities. A place we haven't gone yet is blahit u because we want to include Benton County >> um in in that particular visit. Um Brian Lee from the Benton County um emergency response also reached out. Um so short order is uh we've we've
035reestablished an incredible relationship with FOMO Fire and Rescue and Fong Police. We will do a training at one of our schools um sometime either later in the fall or after the first of the calendar year um that will involve you know call 911. we've got this stuff happening >> um to be able to do that. But it's just been um a real nice partnership to come back to. >> Um I also put the state report card in there and I did this last year with I did a secondary um attachment because it's the at a glance report that we need to provide narrative for and the um the state takes from our data and provides the graphics. Um, >> but you didn't actually provide the state report card. It was just this what fake data
036will look like. >> Yeah, it's what it'll look like. And the thing that we'll want to take a look at when they when they uh hit the public release is um I want us to take a look at especially from student assessment results, what we've calculated versus what the state calculates because the percentages are different. Yeah. Because of the decision-making rules, the state will include a student in account if they've been enrolled in school for what they define as a full school year, which is one day over half, >> and enrolled on the first school day in May. >> So, if I've moved around to seven schools in the course of the year and never attended anywhere for one day over half, I'm not counted anywhere >> in the state's calculations. And so we want
037to make sure we look at at the skew points um possibly for us to be able to give us the most information. Um so Michelle and I have been monitoring um all the different data sets that go into that, but wanted to be able to just provide the heads up because these things are due next week. our our narrative data that I'm getting from our principles and um how that all plays together and we'll be able to give more information at future board meetings. Um but just needed to give the heads up that this is is out there and it's coming and so the data that's considered um and then I put the extra attachment in that had really the mock look and feel of that. >> Um and then of course it's always important
038dates to remember. So, um, that's what I got. >> Thank you. >> Um, moving on to the final. >> First of all, would the board entertain reopen public comment? He had his green card didn't turn it in. He did have it filled out. >> You want to do a make a motion? >> So, I'm I made a motion that we agree on public comment, but he did have his card ahead of time. He just went and handed it. >> Is there a second to that motion? No second. All those we'll reopen public comment for >> I think we say it wrong. I think you're supposed to state your name for the >> your name school. Okay. Chris Martin School District. Um as you can see we're all still here. We are still concerned about the
039matter that was not really addressed at all. Um, it just seems like it got shrugged off as we walked out there. We all still walked out with frustration. There was nothing dealt with as we're all expecting that you resigned immediately. We are all absolutely disgusted and just not happy with it. Therefore, we don't even think our kids should be in the school district that you're supposed to be helping build and keep safe. Everything you say and do is supposed to be to keep our kids safe. We don't see that at all. So, everybody here is on the same boat as me that we all think you should resign immediately >> and read everyone's emails that were sent in. >> There were a lot more emails sent in that they didn't get read. So, it should
040be addressed immediately. It just seems like it shrugged off. Thank you for your comment. Okay, public session agenda. >> Thank you. Um, moving on to the financial reporting. >> That's it. Shrugged off again. >> Way to go. Compared to the board that runs our school district. Way to go. >> Like what happened? That's disgusting. Like nothing is addressed at all or what? >> Disgusting. >> How did that work? >> There's a policy and a protocol that stand like on the website. >> But you can speak to that wish upon somebody being murdered. That's okay. >> So there's a policy and procedure that's in place. If I were you, I would step down immediately. >> Disgusting. >> Public comment is closed. to the financial report. >> Uh well, you see the reports that are in the
041packet. We already talked about enrollment, so we know that that's up. So, we'll be watching that closely and see if we need to make an adjustment to our estimate with OD for future state school fund calculations and the revenue. We still have budget committee vacancies. We have not received any applications for that. So, um, tell your friends and neighbors, any budget committee representatives? No. No. >> So, we still have the two vacancies and we'll have the applications, uh, period open through the end of September. Hopefully, we'll receive some by then. And, um, >> we can move on with that. We have three, but the the hope is that we would have more, have a full budget committee with five. >> Yeah. So, we have five appointed members. We can continue to leave it open as
042well until uh budget season starts if we need >> that. That would be the default. >> Yeah, we just >> abandon our uh timeline if we had no applicants, >> right? Yeah, we continue to reach out. >> Uh Susan, you were looking at whether we had to have uh a member of the inclusivity, >> the equity committee. >> The equity committ and we do that. I got um the in Thank you for asking. I got the information back that we have to have it. Um, and I know that's being pushed from multiple small districts who are saying we don't have the capacity. And so what Jennifer and I talked briefly about today is um, if we don't have anyone interested or that we can find um, we'll just have nine people on the committee if
043we can't find that 10th from the equity committee. Um, an alarm going off. Oh, it must be they're holding the door. Um, >> do you want me to go fast? >> If the door is being held open, >> Yeah. >> Um, >> yeah, if it went off, it means that they're not holding the door anymore. I found out that the hard way. I propped the door. >> Yeah. >> And after a few minutes of propping the door to get all the stuff in, it started doing that. And so, um, it's the only reason I know. >> Thanks, Kelsey, very much. >> Did that answer your question about budget committee that? >> Yeah. So, we really only have 101, >> Right. I mean, at large and then or general public and then Yeah. Yep. >> And
044do you already have is the equity committee? Sorry. equity committ >> district equity committee. Okay. Thank you. Sorry. Um is that fully populated? >> Um we're we're kind of working on it's it's fully populated. Um but it's kind of like now that we're starting the year um what is it that who is it that it will be and all kinds of things like that. Um and and looking to who do we need the ad? And so Kelsey and I continue to have conversation about who would that person be. >> I mean that's if you're well if you can't convince someone who's already on it to be on the budget committee as well then whoever you recruit incrementally if you can encourage them we also need >> if we got a deal for you >> and
045again the budget committee is three meetings a year that >> right >> I think the challenge we're having is um finding community members that won't will be on our district equity committee. So, we have staff that are committed. So, now it's just doing the outreach to try to get community members, which is a required complexity as well. So, >> there's nothing to say that somebody that's already on the budget committee may be interested in the equity committee. >> Yes. Yes, we could. >> Yeah. >> Reach out that way too. >> Need some contacts. >> Good thought. >> Yeah. Um, moving on to financial pieces. There was uh some reports included. The appropriation report that shows what you all approved as appropriations and where we are with incumbrances for the year. Um, what we have for
046planned expenditures is not completely accurate yet. We haven't run the first payroll. So, um, everything may not be included in that report I sent you, but it's a preliminary estimate. We're all within appropriations at the moment. And then there's the cash flow estimate that I started giving you last year. I've updated it as a estimate to show this year that we're not going below the the line, which is good. I know some districts had some issues with their cash flow and I want just want to make sure you guys see that we're we're still positive and we'll stay positive for the year unless something detrimental happens, which is good. Um, other than that, I don't have anything else to share unless you have questions. Okay, >> no questions. Thank you. >> Moving on to discussion
047items. The first topic is review cleans community pool. >> This is going to be quick. I didn't put any slides together because I'm we're kind of in a nexus of trying to put everything together. You know, the pool has been um and we've talked about it before an issue of um how long is it going to live and things like that. We have found um that there are some issues with the filtering >> um and um uh that we're going to need to do something with. If it were to be um you know imminent like it could go tomorrow um we would shut the pool down, right? >> Definitely. Um but we I'm in the process right now of taking a look at um what we need to do um possibilities for financing and um
048how we need to move forward in terms of looking at estimate of um uh what repair costs would be. Do we do it all at once? Do we do it in in waves? And so, uh, there are some different pieces of information that are all in flux right now that are just coming together. Uh, but we know we're going to need to do something, um, within a year to be able to, uh, make sure we have some things, um, updated and and, um, put together. So, um, I had hoped to have more information for tonight, but um, this will come back again in October um, to update with some more information. um and and we're watching out for the swim seasons and everything else like that and making sure that we're um appropriately looking at
049timing. At the same time, we're looking at safety. >> So, this all came out of the inspection, right? >> Yep. >> Okay. And the um I think we had openly talked in this group about once the inspections were completed um we did have another inspector come in and take a look at the um the upper infrastructure, you know, in terms of of the ceiling and the beams, especially in light of where Osborne Aquatics Center has been at, >> right? And um once we discovered if we would have discovered that the upper infrastructure and the beams were not sound um we would have closed the thing down immediately. >> Um but things are sound um we have good infrastructure there and so that gave us um the go-ahhead to be able to say let's pursue uh
050what we need to do to be able to take care of what's underneath um and and get it done. So there's just enough unknowns um that are trying to come together that um >> we're working on. >> Yeah. >> I had one thing. It's like kind of regarding the pool but more about parking. Um, the gravel lot was recently closed and I know a lot of students came to me like asking how we could get more parking because a lot of students are struggling because of like the seniors taking up spots and then like the pool people taking up spots. Like I know that there is like at least 15 people that are really upset about either having to park in the city park or like just not even having a parking spot. I talked
051to some of them and they did say they'd be open to maybe making a group and thinking about what they should do. Are you guys open to hearing about that? >> I think it's great to be able to hear about suggestions and what people want. One of the things that um um I haven't looked at but would like to look at is we also know that we have a number of um staff parking spaces um that just say staff. Yeah. that I think go beyond the number of staff that really need a parking space. And so that's another thing to be able to to look at um and and get there as well. But I'm open to entertaining any kind of of suggestions about what folks are thinking. >> Okay, I will tell them that.
052>> Thank you. >> Yeah, I was just going to ask that too. Why was the gravel park? >> Um it got closed like on the first the f the first is it open now again? >> I don't think so. Okay. I'm not completely sure. Don't I don't I just don't know. It was closed on um early in the year. The the thing has always been if you're not going to treat it appropriately, it'll be closed down. And we had a number of people get into it again and start revving their engines. >> Yes. >> Um and playing their music really loud in that gravel lot. And uh Mr. Henderson went on the announcements and said, "No, we can't start here and we can't have neighbors calling to be able to say um everything's too loud."
053And so that was the reason for shutting down that lot for that period of time. And typically he'll shut it for a certain amount of time and then open it back up. I just don't know what the status is this week. >> Okay. Yeah, that's totally valid. I just know a lot of students that like weren't taking part in that. We're ending up suffering the consequences of being like, hey, we weren't doing that and now our parking spot is taken. >> Right. And we've tal we we talked about that um when that lot was closed and we've also talked about there are more seniors that are taking spots this year um than there have been in the past and so it it it's a dilemma. So any way that we can look at creatively solving
054it, let's do it. >> That was a good leadership opportunity to talk. I realized that I was one of the high school kids, not here, but we had our own corner to CHS, our big pickups, but we were respectful of our corner, but >> we took our spots and people weren't allowed in our spots or we showed them out of the way for >> the rest of the group to understand that the actions were caused by some students that affect all, right? Right. >> So, it's a good spot for a student leadership opportunity to try to take that back saying, "Look, >> likely there's a group of students that is well known which caused the problem." It might be a time with another group to try to talk to like, "Look, you guys, >> we
055need to come together and make this because it's affecting us >> because of what you guys have done." >> For sure. Okay. >> But it seems like a valid thing for the principal to close it if his neighbors are having complaints and it just trickles downhill. Yeah. But that seems like a good spot for students to work with students >> because it's really nothing that >> Yeah. Right. >> Teachers can deal with is kids being kids, right? Kids might respond to kids. >> Awesome. >> Are there ever has there ever been assigned parking spots? >> Not really. I mean like the seniors if they buy it, they'll paint it and they'll park there, but like no, it's not like extends past senior. >> Gotcha. >> Yeah. Thank you. Um >> that'd be awesome. I'll talk
056to him about it. I'll probably also take part. So, if um and then moving on to work session planning, um the goal there was um to get something on our calendars for work sessions. Um preferably for the whole year, but at least for the next few months worth of work sessions. Um Michelle, did you have a chance to look at best dates were you and this holiday for the work sessions? >> Look at what >> best dates. >> Um I think that last Monday >> the last Monday >> of the month sessions of each month the same thing. >> No, so the work sessions would be um that's a great question. I'll back up just a little bit. the the goal would be that we have work sessions where we are receiving reports from DPA
057like we often do in our regular meetings. Um we also would be reporting back on any committees that were members of so like long range facilities planning if there are any updates things like that and then we would be reserving our regular board meeting session for business voting on things and that would be the goal would be that that would be a much shorter meeting and then the work session would allow a lot more discussion and a lot more people to come to the table with information about a variety of topics. Um, work sessions. Are we You said sess. Work session. Is it session session? >> Sessions. Yes. Work session. >> You're speaking of plural >> planning. It says singular here. >> Yes. Um, so the the goal would be um or the idea is
058I'll say um potentially making it a second meeting of the month. if we don't feel that that's appropriate and we want to go every other month instead whatever the the board decides. >> My thought and you guys chime in if the work session is to go over things like long-term facility planning, we should schedule it out a couple months, send an email out of what information should be repaired. So, I got to kind of give Joey uh go through stuff because it would be unproductive, I think, to have one right away to just go basically go over what you need to gather. That could be probably done to an email like, hey, prior to this, yeah, let's send a work session out whether it's December or January and school just started so that there not
059like whoever's on the technology thing, those guys are busy right now. >> Yeah. So it would be I think it's not a productive time if that's what the work session is about. We should put it out of ways. Yeah. To gather information. >> That would definitely be a component of it. There would be a component of a short period of board training when there are appropriate topics for board training. Um there would be the opportunity for example for the safety series report could happen in a work session that would allow us to be a little bit more collaborative and ask more questions. Um it's a a proposal I we do have work sessions throughout the year already. This is just to increase the cadence of them in the hope that maybe we can make the
060business meeting or regular session um a little shorter. But >> I'm all for I just want to make sure that we are productive. So to become >> because the ones we had in the past and I don't feel them productive. We we had like that one training we had the first part of a training that has never which true we don't know what it was about because but it it was called a work session but we didn't do work session. Yeah. Well, and I guess to that point, sorry, I sorry, Ryan, I didn't mean that. >> And to that point also, like I think that we all can agree that we are all very busy people and we all have lots going on. Um, I like the idea of having work sessions scheduled that are
061easily cancelellable yet there is no work that needs to be done. I guess I would rather do that and then give us all the ability to cancel um and be real honest about whether we have sufficient need for the work session because I got to be honest, the thought of giving like another day a month every single month of the year >> feels challenging. >> Okay. >> Especially not knowing what's going to be happening. I mean, honestly, I don't know how many next week. So, >> right. um trying to commit to the same day feels a little bit easier if we have that flexibility. >> And what about if we're already here on a day? If there was no executive session, if the work session, replace that hour prior to the meeting >> if we
062plan in advance and notice. >> Yeah, >> in advance. Absolutely. >> I think that would be a better easier for us to come if we're all if we're all coming, >> right? And even staggered every like I guess you could alter it but if there's nothing pressing for executive we stagger every other month. We meet if we figured every board meeting to start at six instead of seven >> and we either do executive or >> work session >> or an open work session prior or or if it's like the first if next month we meet half hour early go out here's what we need to get for the next work. So we meet at 6:30. >> So we have here's the information we need. That seems easier to me than another day. >> It seems
063more productive to me. It's easier to schedule. Like you say, if we're already coming in, >> if we just assume that every meeting starts at six instead of seven, whether it's executive or the work session or it's half hour of each, >> we just have to know ahead to post it, right? Because executive is not open to >> correct. I don't >> work sessions. >> I think the 30-minute work sessions alternating. Yeah. But um yeah and typically I think there is usually something for executive session but first thing I want to say is pretty much what building up what Ryan said is um to me the work sessions I I mean it's in the name they really should be work sessions right there should be a topic where we are going to spend the whole
064time trying to talk through what is the issue what are some possible solutions you know are we spawning up a a committee or you know what are we the school is one that just just discussed, right? Um annual objectives, and this is what I'm going to kind of read. I know there's this long-term thing we're doing with OSBA, but to me, um sooner than later, we should have a set of objectives that we as a board want to accomplish this year already month into two months into, you know, my term. Um and of course, for Susan to drive the staff to accomplish and that, you know, if we can do that as part of the strategic planning, great. But I think that's going to be longer term. So then I think we need a set
065of objectives for this year. So that to me is a classic example of something we do in a working session. >> I would rather not use it for just hearing passive reports and all that because I can read those etc. To me it's what is a big meaning topic that we feel we have to wrestle with and dedicate whether it's one or two hours you know to do that. So that to me is how I would >> we have something Susan right when we start talking about strategic planning we had a 12 month set of like five goals we were working on last year I >> and one of those goals was to facilitate the long-term plan >> can you dig that out >> to see if a we did any of them or or
066if those are still the first >> basically four topics y >> that we can get on because we did do a >> and I know the biggest thing was facilitating a long-term plan, >> but there were other things. >> There was there was short-term things >> that spot that we >> if if that's what I thought I kind of last time. The other four, I think there were five, but I think one was the long-term plan, which to me was an objective because that's something you >> have a goal, you work on it, you complete, etc. The other four were basically Susan's day job. They were, you know, creating accountability. They were, you know, ensuring we have inclusion and equity and all those things. >> Those are not objectives. That's her day job. >> I
067think there's something different. I thought we had >> I don't think I've seen that >> because I thought we worked on a year, but I may be wrong, but I thought it was we had something we thought we could have measurable like target. >> Am I right, Susan? Do you remember that >> because I remember we did something that >> because we had this comment a year ago was we have these things that they have no checkpoints. >> Yep. And I thought we have a checkpoint list. I don't know what it is, so I can't tell you we're doing anything on it, but >> No, I'll pull that I'll pull that out. So I So what I'm thinking is then for our next meeting, we hold a work session. We work from that document. Make
068sure that we have accountability, timeliness, smart goals. >> Well, and refresh it to make sure that's even the right set. Make sure they're right. That would be a great session >> and it'll start at six o'clock then on October 9th with a oneh hour work session and >> Aaron Susan we talked a year ago roughly a year ago we had that whole thing where Susan or Michelle got all those other mission statements and we went through >> and then we never did anything. Did the school personnel go through and decide not to update? We had talked about updating it. We had those, you know, 10 examples that we went through. We kind of drafted something. >> I've got information I can share. Our administrators went through it again at um uh the retreat that we
069had um at the at the in August in early August and they looked at some of the same things that we did and came up with some thoughts and suggestions. And so I'll bring those back so that we can mel >> meld that together. So that'll be a part of that. >> Yep. And that might have been one that was one of the things on the list was we that was one thing we did was looking at our mission statement because I brought up I didn't like our mission statement. It sounds very closed. It has three options. And so we started this whole process and then >> and that's the strategic planning also. >> Yeah. >> Get that work. Yeah. and and Michelle and I are going to going to connect with um Vince Adams
070to kind of be able to say where are we and and and where is next um to be able to know about his involvement in facilitation or not as we continue to move forward um and and make things happen. So um rather than just setting up a meeting and an invitation for um OSBA to come back, we said let's figure out what we're coming back for. uh before we dive in >> and I missed the last session but I understand that it was talked to Vince and explained that we need to streamline and and he was receptive to that but then there's been no has there been any >> I have we haven't received information back from him um from what happened in that last session which is why >> when we when Michelle and
071I talked today we want to be able to make sure that we um don't just invite and and not have a good use of our time. Yeah. So, right. >> So, 6 p.m. on October 9th. That's what I'm thinking. >> Yep. >> Um and then moving on, we have an upcoming OSBA election. Uh this is on the agenda simply to be a reminder that nominations are due for our regional uh representative as well as a representative to the legislative policy group I think is what the P stands for. My apologies. LPG. >> Yeah, that's just golf. >> Yep. >> Um I think that's what it is. I think that is the acronym though. Um, so if you are interested in running for any of those positions, it's your time to get out there and get
072nominated. Um, I do believe that our current regional representative will be seeking reelection to her position that is Luli Whitebear. So, uh, I'm not 100% positive because I haven't seen anything about it, >> but I believe that she will be running for that position. I don't know if we have anybody for the LPC. That's what it is. LPC. I was close. >> Okay. >> Um and that's all about that. Um moving on to action items. Our first item is student representative to the board. Yeah. The update on that and Maggie, you can fill in the holes. Um the uh we've we've chosen to keep the policy the same because remember I brought it forward last year that we would change to a a spring or excuse me a fall selection. um we will want to
073revisit through the course of this year. Originally there was a lot of of intended involvement of the board in interviews and things like that. So we will want to review that to be able to look at the level of involvement the board may want or not in being able to do that. last year um high school administrators put out the the plea and got names of interested students and they did the interviews and they made the selection uh from the high school which is what's happening right now. There has been a um um a request put out for interest and I think it closes this Friday. >> I believe it closes this Friday >> and then um the interviews will happen next week. Um >> and uh so by our by our October meeting, we
074should have representatives that we can um add to our board. >> It plural. So we're thinking there's more than one. >> It may be one or two. We've not ruled out, >> right? >> Um uh the sharing of responsibility um in that way. >> Yeah. >> Or we only have one at each meeting. the the two could show up, but but the idea of having two was to be able to um allow for if one had to miss, another could could take it on. >> And so our current board members Maggie >> your term then >> is ending. Yes. >> We need someone. >> Yeah, I did um sign up again, but I also completely understand if they want like a different set of people. Yeah, Maggie reached out and bless her heart said there's
075nobody appointed. Do you want me to come? And so out of the goodness over her heart, she's here and appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> I know he might say he's saying >> the baby has a little less goodness >> that only a mother can say, right? Okay. Love to being on the board. >> Yeah. >> Good. Love every >> Well, he might get cornered to help with interviews. >> That's actually a wonderful idea. >> Yeah. >> Um, okay. Moving on to the licensed bargaining agreement for CVA. >> I can kick it off. >> Go for it. We've had a very productive and robust set of bargaining sessions with our licensed union. Um, and we have come to an agreement which um is available in everyone's packet. We did not print out copies
076for each individual person. Um, >> it was a good read though. >> It it it was a very good read. Um, a lot of >> two people got to stop. a lot of good words in that. Um I think it's important to note that um I think everyone left feeling very listened to um and appreciated. Uh I received some feedback through a whisper in an ear here and a whisper in a ear there and someone finally figuring out that my husband is in fact my husband with the same last name because it's such an uncommon last name. Um, but I just want to share somebody did say that um, they were really pleased with how the bargaining went, which I thought was hilarious. After 25 years, somebody finally figured out I'm married to him. Um,
077so um, I just, you know, my own thoughts. Um, it was very successful and I, um, I hope everyone felt heard. Like I mentioned, that was really important to everyone on the bargaining, fighting, both sides of the table, so to speak. And pea ratified during inservice week when you met for your um lunch. Okay. So um they actually had their discussions and ratified um at that point in in search and since both have to um approve then this is the the next piece of the puzzle. >> I should mention uh we did meet in executive session to hold discussion on this topic. So, um I think most of our board questions were likely answered during that, but if anyone has any questions, um or anything to share, please feel free to do so. Otherwise, um
078I'm absolutely happy to uh hear a motion. >> And you were on the commission, so it seems appropriate to do that. So, um I'll preface it by saying that I do think that the bargaining from both sides was done in good faith and um I was pleased that things got resolved as quickly as they did. Um even though it didn't seem quickly at the time, week after week, but I thought the process went very well. And um I want to reiterate that we have a fantastic group of teachers and we have a fantastic group of admin and I think this is a great district to be part of. Um with that said, I would like to make a motion that we accept the collective bargaining agreement that we put forth. Any second? >> All in
079favor? >> Well, one I I will make the observation that um you know there's a 4 and a half% cola this year and a 4% cola next year. Um which you know is attempting to catch up from uh some obviously significant inflation the last several years. Um but those can't be seen as the new normal and the new threshold u because they we will not be able to afford that type of thing in the future. Next year alone is going to be very hard to cover that and in so few years because of course that just builds to the base right the whole curve moves and is now set at that level. elves. Um I do appreciate we're playing catchup um on cost of living but um it's significant and a significant increase this year
080and certainly significant next year on top of this year's with that agreed. >> All right, I think we are ready to vote. So all those in favor zero and five in favor zero opposed. Thank you all so much for that. Um on to closing items. Uh next meeting agenda items. Um as always we have a standing list of things we discuss in any particular month. So we'll just roll along with those being on next month's um is there anything additional that we would like to request? I do know um potentially next month we we may be ready to have the tag presentation. Um, and I'll just say pending availability of schedules because I obviously can't speak to that. So, we'll say potentially. >> And I did I did put on um that I said I'd
081come back around to talk about the pool >> um that I would would come around with the integrated guidance and we also needed to approve our division 23 standards. That's right. >> In October in order to meet the November 1st deadline to be able to submit to the state. So, those were three uh that I knew of right off the top. >> And thank you. You did mention that. I I didn't add that to my notes. >> For next meeting, the work sessions right before the information, the the short-term goals, is that going to be in the work session or does that need to be on the agenda for >> No, it couldn't be work session. >> Work session still public meeting. >> Yeah, still a public meeting. But but yeah, that's it. the formal
082meeting agenda >> and that will be great that is the focus of that work is setting a set of >> updating refreshing locking in the set of smart. >> Yeah. And at that point for the future meetings we could probably do those work session items need to come forward in the public meeting as progress things or if they take if they take a vote it has to be done in a in the meeting not a work session. Correct. >> It's better not to vote in a work session. We're legally allowed to, but it's not. >> So, I think it would be better that we have that stuffed on each main agenda item so people can see there's something happening, there's checks marks that if we meet next month and we say, "Okay, in February, we're
083going to have this >> then it gets put on the February agenda, right? Then >> yes, >> I think it's appropriate that as a standing agenda item, we are doing at least one objective. I I'm hoping that we have four or five, right? So we give you one each month or two and we can switch them around depending on if there's more relevant but >> every month we're at least putting them in front of us and having report >> agree. Thank you all so much. Um speaking of thanks on to the board. Thanks. >> Who wants to go? >> Um I just I want to take the minute to thank everyone who involved in the collective bargaining. I know that was like that's a lot of effort, a lot of time and a lot of
084energy that was put into it and it's super important and likely grateful that you all did it. >> Do you have a hand up over here? >> Um, just quickly thank you to the board who covered the lunch uh the welcome back lunch. I went out of town with family and so wasn't able to be there but I appreciate all the efforts that were made on the board's behalf. So I know that's a wellreceived event. I'm really sorry they'll be there. >> Oh, next year we'll get you. It was a great event. >> Yeah. But thanks for everybody that came back to work after summer break. >> After what? >> Summer break. Thanks. >> That's a good thing. >> And um I would like to uh thank all of our staff, our parents, and students
085and community members for a great start to the new school year. Um I know I heard back from my student that is going really well. Um and I'm looking forward to um hearing that kind of positive feedback each month. I hope fingers crossed um and also the um the importance that we're all given to learn from our mistakes and so watching that personally. Um and uh moving on. Are there any forward requests at this time? Just quick I know that um so the public comments that were emailed you don't read them here but we're the all the boards supposed to get copies of that what's the point is that >> I can scan them or forward them >> yeah whatever the whatever the protocol I just want to make sure that's the policy that follow
086>> um and then the other one um I would like to ask you to look into this uh the topic of watering the lawn in front of the elementary school. Um, this school has its lawns watered around the buildings and Clemens does. Um, and I think it just when we come back to school, it doesn't look like it's been an abandoned facility for ever. And I guess I would either say we water all of them or we don't water any of them. But why the elementary school and the district office for that matter? And I get it, you're not going to water the fields because that's going to cost a fortune. But um it's yeah I just I just hate that it looks like again it's been an it's looks like an abandoned facility as
087as hard as Joey and the team work to make it look great the grass is still dead when the rest of the buildings have green walls. So >> can do any other requests? >> All right then brings us to our meeting. Thank you all so much and um just have a wonderful to us and then >> thanks Sorry. >> And then >> yeah, these were the three that read. So you look at those, but there they are. Sorry. >> Good to see you, too. >> Have a great year. really enjoy. >> We like the little experience. >> They got pulled off their big like before the reverse