001and our snack. Left over get my whole name in that way. Whereas I always first Oh, yeah. I know that. Okay. Okay. Go ahead and call the meeting. This is the pledge. And I'll go ahead and pledge. Ready? Begin 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. Oh, got you. You made it. Good. No. No. Miss. Yeah, the moment I pulled in where quit, but I was driving. So, all right. Approval of the consent agenda. I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda. One question. Okay. Um, what was the deal? Why were we approving the minutes from December 9th? Oh, right. Because they were it was an oversight. Oh, okay. Okay. We're
002just taking care of a technicality. Yep. house plane. Sure. Okay. Just want to make sure. That's what I figured. Didn't know if there were some changes that somehow got in. Oh, I so moved then. I think there you all those in favor? Motion passes 5. Uh request for agenda modifications. I have one more policy in the um uh we'll put them in the second reading policies, but um u it has to do with um graduating early and we can either add it in or I can bring it back um later in the fall. Oh, we just add it in. Okay. What What's the It is IKFA. A K FF K which early graduation. Yeah. Okay. Um for that public comment Christopher, you're first. Okay. City business, are you at the right meeting? We'll see. Um,
003I just wanted to say hi since I missed the last meeting. Um, I'm Christopher. I'm the mayor. Um, and um, I first of all wanted to thank um, Director Daly and Director Wells for their many years of service to um, our district and specifically the board. Um, I know Sher Wells had this is his 20th year, I think he said, on the school board, which is crazy as a 26 year old. Um, a few. Um, all the white haircut. So, um, I just wanted to say thank you to you both for, um, playing such a big role in my life and in the lives of so many students in Famouth. um you'll be missed, but I hope you enjoy not having to be here anymore. Um, and then I also just wanted to say on
004the city side of things that um, we adopted our strategic plan a few meetings ago and we're trying to do things a little differently with our strategic planning um, where we still have our big huge, you know, 40page document of our strategic plan, but each year we are highlighting sort of a few specific actions that we're committing to the community that we're going to try to take within that fiscal year. Um and so we released that that's on the city website. Um and really trying to kind of spread those equally across our city departments and across the themes of our um strategic plan and then try to have a good mix of kind of you know good governance and housekeeping issues as well as some really tangible sort of community facing um things that will
005you know make an impact on livability in Pomouth. So, um I think a few of them that people have been excited about are um trying to do additional bike and pedestrian connectivity in town. Um and I'm going to be talking a little more with the superintendent on that later on some specific projects around the schools. Um we hear a lot of complaints about speeding in town. So, um one of our strategic plan priorities is to add some of those radar feedback speed signs at the entrance to town. Um as well as do some additional training and support for our police department. Um, and then we have plenty of other priorities around public art and some financial policies. Um, and then continuing our water treatment plant, actually getting that done. Um, and there's probably about eight
006others on there that I'll direct you to, but um, just wanted to say that we encourage you to check that out. And then, um, the big one too that was on there is launching sort of our community visioning process and getting that ball rolling. And that's something that we'll really want to partner with the school district and the fire district and other local groups on to sort of figure out a vision for our collective community, not just the city, not just the schools, not just nonprofits, but sort of the Fom community. Where are we going and how can we all kind of row the boat in the same direction? And what are some of those big projects that we want to see as a town in the next, you know, 20, 25 years? What we
007want to look like? So, um, just to say you'll be seeing even more of me. Um, so, woohoo. But I am happy to answer any questions while we have. Um, when is the community region making process picking up? It's we don't have a set time yet. We just put it in for this fiscal year. So, well, the upcoming fiscal year. Um, so we'll be trying to pull people together about that um, as soon as we get a few of our own ducks in a row. So yeah, they might not only want to look at the speed things coming into town. Yeah. But the two drag strips leaving town. Yes. That that has come up as well. I got I got I got a good earful about that the other day. Yeah. Well, if you sit
008there long enough, you got to sit there very long. It's a drag strip. Yes. On both ends of town. I feel like people think once they see 40 miles an hour that means that where they are that means 40, right? No. That means at the sign. Yeah, I guess. So, and that four kind of looks like a five sometimes. Subjective, right? Yeah, exactly. I've also noticed some speeding just on this road as well. Like I think it was a couple months ago I almost got hit in that cross walk. Yeah. Um it wasn't like after school it was like six. So, I just want to point that out as well. There's a lot happening there. Sorry about that. Oh, good. Um, I guess the other thing I should have mentioned that was really exciting was
009we did our if I were mayor contest this year and that was a a great uh success. We had our celebration for the winners. We had um Sylvie Schroeder from elementary school and Tessa King from Foma Middle School um and they got a celebration at city hall. Sergeant Thurman picked up in a police car and drove them to city hall and then we had a lunch and talked about their ideas for town. Um and then they got a firetruck ride back to school. Um so my gratitude to the administrators and teachers and students that were a part of making that happen and we're going to try to keep it going even bigger and better next year. So keep an eye out for that. But that was definitely a highlight. Thrilled. Good. Thrilled. That's our goal.
010Um yeah, thank you so much. Thank you. Appreciate it. And yeah, the next one is Tom and board member recognition. But let me jump right in here in front of you. Aaron McMullen and Tom Clipfell are the two new elected board members that are here tonight reelected. So won the election. Thank you. Uh, uh, very quickly, uh, like Christopher, I first want to recognize Joe. Thank you for your willingness, uh, to serve for four years on the school board. Um, and but most notably Rick, um, for, as Christopher said, 20 years, over a 22 years span, 20 years. Um, I'm, you know, I can't help think that 20 years, you know, like it's serving like a 10 to 20 prison sentence. There you uh but uh anyway um I don't need to tell anyone in
011this room how um demanding the role is, how stressful it can be. Um but of course how vital and crucial it is to our community and to this school district. And uh Rick has, you know, been through the thick and thin. Uh he and I have been through many thick and thin things together. Um and I have the deepest respect for what you've done here, Rick. You and I were usually on the same side of issue most of the time. Not every time, but the vast majority and I have tremendous respect for what you brought to the uh the district, the board, even the chair position a few times. So, just thank you very much and hopefully we'll see you around. Thank you. Appreciate it. Very nice. Okay, that's all the public comment. We'll go
012to student government reporting. Do you have anything? I'm not a part of ASB. That's Rick. Okay. Sorry. Pretty well. The singers are out of here. So, retired, so there's no That's right. He's gone. He's gone. He's gone. We had a talent show. That was pretty cool. And the last day of school is tomorrow. Yeah. That's crazy. And the junior takeover is tonight. Is there any CO going to school? Cuz last year my kids came home with CO the last day of school. Are we tomorrow? Oh, I hope not. Come home. And maybe I better wear my mask tomorrow, but like go in a full hazmat suit like pretty much and just what you don't need to start the summer. All before they walk. Okay. Well, hearing nothing else, at this time we're going to close
013the regular session and we will open the budget hearing for discussion. I've received no comments before the meeting uh on the budget. So we'll present it as proposed to the budget committee that was approved by the budget committee. Okay. Do you have anything? No, just to be able to say that, you know, we knew we've we knew we would be close. we went to the 11.36 billion um consideration to get spending authority. We now know, like Jennifer had said earlier, that that 11.36 has been um passed in um the state school fund budget. And so we know that's there. And so the feeling of being able to move forward with approval of the budget has a little bit more of a level of certainty um than we may have anticipated even 3 weeks ago. Right
014now we just have to wonder about the ancillary student investment account, measure 98, um the federal every every student succeeds act funds. uh general funds aren't huge for us but um there is some swing in that. So we have gotten a few allocations confirmed estimates from the federal government that flows through OD and we've budgeted very close for title one. Yep. From what we got as an allocation and the title four allocation's very small so it's pretty immaterial but it's about the same as what we budgeted. So yeah. Okay. Well, you've already been on top of most things, so that's nice. I try. It's going that way. Okay. Is there any board discussions on the budget? I just wanted to raise one thing that we all need to keep in mind. Um, and that is
015that there are some inspections happening on the pool and that might have an effect on the budget depending on what we find out. So, I just wanted to raise that as a point of awareness and something that we should be monitoring moving into the next budget year. Well, hopefully that's why we have that ending fund balance. If we have to put money into that, there'll be money to put into it. But if it's a lot of money, might be having a different discussion. Absolutely. And you ask the mayor from the pool. It's been done. We have we were talking about that just like okay is there any public comments hearing none we will go ahead and close the public hearing and we're going to reopen regular session on November 8th which is the 25 to
01626 budget actions uh resolution 24 25-05 resolution to adopt the budget and make appropriations. Do I hear a motion? I move. I'll second. Okay. Been moved and seconded. All those in favor? Motion passes 5-0. Number two, the resolution 2425-06, a resolution imposing and categorizing the tax. I move that we adopt resolution 2425-06. Okay, I'll second that. Been moved and seconded. All those in favor? Motion passes 50. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Yep. Now we can have school next year. Y association reports PDA. [Music] Um, hi. So, we don't have to tell you that Nicole would never come up to the table. After they're already up here, that's okay. I know. See, now you started the trend. So, yeah. actually spoken at a board meeting, not at the table. So I guess um
017so we are your new PA co-president. Um congratulations. Thank you. Also Smaller Crane. We're both at Clemens. Yes. And um we are super excited to drive in. We um are both next year will be our eighth year in the district. And um we uh you know there's there's not been a lot of Clemens presidents, but we're really excited to step into the role. Um and um we are excited to work with the district to um help support the member and ultimately the students and families and has a little I have a little word too. Um so PA is currently in negotiations with the district and that has been blendable so far. but hoping for a quick and mutually beneficial agreement with the district. Uh concerns over safety protocols and procedures are still high on the
018minds. Um so PA is hoping to have some concrete answers about protocol and procedure being established by the beginning of next school year as well as regular safety meetings starting at the beginning of next school year focused on student and staff safety. And that would be separate from the facility safety team. Okay, thank you. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thanks for stepping up, ladies. I see nobody. They're not here. Tomorrow, nobody's coming. uh nurses annual report and that was just um you had in your packet um they put together uh nurse Laura and nurse Tina put together um information about what they how they spend their time um and they're definitely very busy people um and and really looking out for um students and staff from a health and safety perspective. Um they're very cognizant of
019the laws of health plans for students of um uh really being available. Uh nurse Laura went on a field trip earlier this week with um uh some students from FIT Elementary School. Um, and I don't know that she's been on a field trip in a very long time, but it's just, you know, their willingness to step up and kind of do whatever, uh, we need to have done to be able to make sure things are looked out for and that students get the opportunities they need. So, remind me what does stand for? Family Education Rights and Privacy Act. Okay. Sort of like HIPPA, but yeah, different educational what I always think of. Yeah. Okay. Super tennis report. Yeah. And this has been computer glitch night. So, um you'll hear more from me than you will
020see uh just simply because of the tech issues. The tech issues. Come on, baby. I want to just state for the record. It's the computers that are being combative. It's not operator error. It is mean old computer. I left my I brought my laptop. The charger, I believe, is on my dining room table at home. So, Jennifer found a Chromebook for me. the Chromebook opens everything in kind of this wing-ding mess. Um, and so we would all have fun trying to read it and um, it just makes it kind of exciting. So, um, that will teach me to leave the charger on my dining room table. So, um, I started out with just some of the I called them walking wishes and worthy welcomes. Um, and it was really we had a for people who
021were here u this afternoon and had the opportunity to be able to witness and give thanks to uh Dave Dunham and Chad Matthews for their years of service in the district um and to be able to do a retirement celebration. um we have had conversations in the district office team and as um our administrators of saying we've kind of gotten away from really being able to take a look at um the opportunities to be able to celebrate. And so this was kind of a first launch in a long time uh to be able to come back to looking at um uh just a retirement reception uh for people. also knowing that schools may do something of their own ilk, bigger um or different um which is absolutely okay, but it's an opportunity for people to
022be able to drop in and out and we're really excited about that. We have some other folks who are leaving us um that we wanted to acknowledge and wish them well in their future. Derek Bright, a social studies teacher at FH Middle School. Tina Chambers, an instructional assistant at Famouth Middle School. We mentioned Dave. Linda Jal, a special education teacher primarily at Clemens Primary School. Elellanar Jones, who has been a fifth grade teacher um at FITH Elementary. Caitlyn Junkman, an instructional assistant at Flemens Primary. Kiki Clitfeld, library media assistant at Filmouth High School. Jolene Latz, library media assistant at Fouth High School. Chad Matthews, we mentioned as the assistant principal and teacher from Fouth Middle School, and Lucas Olsen, an instructional assistant um at Clemens Primary. And so, um, we wish them all very well,
023um, in whatever their next steps, um, in the school business or not, um, where it takes them. Um, also, which has already been done to be able to, uh, say thank you to our new board members to, um, um, excuse me, Erin and Tom and Aaron um, for for being with us. Be confusing at all. Yeah. To be able to um take on um we know it's a big responsibility and appreciate the willingness to step up and and play. Um the other thing we also want to do is take the opportunity to really give some heartfelt thanks to our outgoing members. Um as has been said, their service over the years has been really appreciated. Um it takes a heart for students to do this work and um it means everything for a school district
024and it's meant everything to me. So, uh, we have some little tokens of our appreciation to be able to share with both Joe, um, and Rick to be able to thank them for their, um, long time service to the school board. I'm going to say I wait for the box. What? That's beautiful. Show it off to Brad how often they don't. It's not a common thing. Thank you so wonder. But just so you know, the fronts of them have the logo and it says to honor your service to education. Thank you for your dedication to our students and staff presented to, in this case, Rick Wells. Thank you for 20 years of service in the um um to the FA school district board of directors. And so, please join me in in giving them great
025thanks, y'all. Thank you. Thank you. Um we're getting down to the end of the school year and um we had Phomoth High School's graduation was Saturday. Y uh Pomoth Academyy's graduation was last night. Kings Valley Charter School's graduation is this Saturday. Um our last day for students at Kings Valley was today. The last day for students in the Foma School District schools is tomorrow for students. And so it's all wrapping up really, really, really fast. Uh we have some summer learning things uh lined out in that we'll have high school credit recovery that will start next week and will run um through the end of of June to be able to assist high schoolers with credit recovery. Excuse me. just in those last couple of weeks. It'll take July and and not have much formally
026happening. Um with the exception of all summer there will be meals available at Clemens Primary School. So that will continue to be able to through the whole summer um have students to be able um have the opportunity to get fed u which is a really nice thing. We will have both extended school year, which is uh for some of our special education students with particular needs, and um a lit camp for our incoming kindergarten through third grade students that will start August 4th and will run for three weeks Monday through Thursday in the morning. And so, um it'll be a pretty full August before we get um uh we get going with staff in service and everything else there. So, we're looking forward to those uh opportunities. Staff already being hired to be able to
027um take care of business there. And it would be nothing without uh moving forward with a start of the year in that this year we're starting early with our staff in service. So, Monday, August 25th is our new staff in service. Tuesday, August 26th is a district-wide inservice for both our licensed and classified staff. Uh we'll have we'll start with an all district breakfast and um some professional learning. In the afternoon we'll be school staff meeting, school specific and professional learning. Wednesday, August 27th um will be also for licensed and classified with the morning meeting in schools. Um lunchtime if the board so decides to do so. Again, we will barbecue. What date is that? That Rick and Bill kind of done that. That might be reason to get them to come back. Well, and
028I did, yeah, I didn't know if they are I can't cook, so I was throwing out I can't do it. I didn't know how the new board members are. I mean, sure, we can give it barbecue masters. I would be willing to help again if it doesn't conflict with my wife's schedule. I don't know about you, Ray. Well, I'll be willing to help. Sure. Sounds like they're doing train us. Yeah, totally. Yep. Just wear old glasses. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, what was that date? Sorry. Um, August 27th, which is Wednesday. Yeah. And and when Joe says wear old glasses, he's not joking. He melted a pair of glasses last year. No, two years ago. Two years ago. There might have been a few too many briquettes on the market. That would have been that thing
029gets No, I was just standing too close. Um then the the afternoon of that Wednesday and all day on the Thursday are dedicated to classroom preparation for our licensed staff. Um and then uh September 2nd, Tuesday after Labor Day, we will do slow start. Um and we'll start with all students on Wednesday, September 3rd. Clemens Primary is a little anomaly because they'll do uh September 2nd and 3d with individual appointments for students to do assessment and then on the Thursday of that week they'll have half the students um their uh last names of what is it A through K um for half a day on the Thursday and then the rest of the alphabet for half a day on Friday and then the following week they'll all come in. So they have um kind of
030a different staggered start um to get to get started with. So um that's kind of all I've got in terms of the thinking finish and the think um into how to start. So questions I don't have any questions. Um, and this might be something that we could I should hold for the end, but I just wanted to thank all of those retirees and those leaving the district. Some of those names make me very very sad to hear. Um, but the ones that are retirements, I'm super happy for them or whatever. Um, yeah, was just a little, as I told myself earlier, soft and squishy moment. A little nostalgia for me. Yeah, we're losing some good people. That's your I'm approved. You're up. Thank you for approving the resolutions adopting the budget, imposing the taxes. Now,
031we'll print the budget books and get everything squared away so we can start the new year off right. Uh you also have a resolution in the board packet tonight for just a general fund transfer of appropriations. Just the way the expenditures worked out for the year. We just had to move the appropriations to better show the expenditures. No new money. It's just moving them. Um and I put in there a notice about that we got from the Benton County about state forest funding. It's that is money that we get from state forest harvest within our county and so it's allocated it's within our district state forest lands are harvested inside the county in our district we get a portion of the revenue from those harvests and this funding was from 2324 the the county realized
032they were still holding those funds so we finally got it last week. So that is considered local revenue for our state school funding. So for the 2425 state school fund estimate when they do the May reconciliation next May we'll have an offset because of that local revenue. It will come off of our state school fund. So that adjustment that we see next May we will probably have a negative adjustment for the final reconciliation for this year one year from now because of that revenue we're getting. So, I'm trying to learn a little bit more about how to predict the state forest revenue, but even talking to OD, they said it's unpredictable just because it's based on where the timber sales are and the time frame. So, um other than that, we're closing out the year,
033sliding into June 30th, trying to get everything booked that we need to do, close out grants, and get ready for the next year. So, it shows we're 48 students below last year. So for next year we'll get funded at last. We will get funded at the higher of this year or next year's. Oh okay. This year or next year it should be 161 12 or whatever the enrollment is for next year. Right. Well the ADMW based on the extra weights for sped and all of that. But yes. Yeah. It'll most likely be the enrollment of this year unless we have an increase. Okay. I estimated at a bit of a decrease just based on what everything uh birth rates and population around the state but we could be surprised again but we won't have less
034you for uh state school fun calculations it won't go down. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. We've also been watching for um uh as I get there's been requests coming through for um attendance at different online charters and but when I look at them the students that are requesting to go in that direction um almost to a person of what I've approved this year have either been kids who have been homeschooled for their whole career or have been in another um online charter situation somewhere and so they've never really been with us. um in terms of making those approvals because what I'm trying to watch for is are we are we going to lose a bunch of people of of our own population to um uh those kinds of of school programs and as of now we're not
035so that's that's a good feeling. And ever since we put in the caps on your district transfers there hasn't been anybody that none of those caps have been touched. There hasn't been any people turned away yet. Correct. We've got a couple that will be on a wait list right now, but typically by the time all is said and done, up till this point, we've not had to turn people away. Is that accurate? Yeah. Two outstanding hinders. We're waiting. Okay. Uh on to strategy and discussion. student representative to the board update. We have policy here that yeah BCBA and and BCBA AR and the AR I worked on you know when we started this we had um the determination that the board would be involved in the interviewing and the board would get the applications and
036all those kinds of thing. And in the last two years um it's really the high school that's made that determination. And so it really begs the question of do we want a a board member or two on the committee that does the review, but the the applications themselves go to the the principles at the schools to which students are enrolled. And in this case, we want high schoolers. So I wanted to also include the Fulmouth Academy. So we've got Fulmouth High School and the Fulmouth Academy. um that the proposal would be that their applications go to the principles of their school and then the principal at FH High School with representation from Fulmouth Academy and a committee of no less than five which we had talked about in the original policy makes a determination about
037the the who or the who's um are a part of that. So what it really does is is kind of takes a look at do we want to make the shift for the onus on more of the onus on the schools but continue to have the board involved um in the acceptance of applications and or excuse me the review of applications. The other thing in the last couple of years when you and Levi ended up on the board it was kind of a um a slam dunk crash course in the spring. Yeah. um to be able to do the the interviews and to be able to make that work. This year, we were so tight on u timelines. And in my conversation um with you and with Levi, it was like we're not going to
038get the interest right now. People are too busy doing endofear things. And so, do we want to just wait in this instance to the fall um to be able to make the determination or that we can generate interest when people um are ready to hear that and not doing 16 other things. Um, we can either keep that consistently to where we make a selection in a fall or we can consciously go back and make sure we have applications moving forward in a timely way in the spring um uh to be able to make that determination so that we can have somebody or somebody's ready um to be able to start the fall. And so it was really just wanting to put out some options and some considerations that look at aligning the process to really
039more of what's happening, but then also to make the determination about what do we believe um is in our best interest. Um I put a lot of the information in here to be able to move it to a fall. By the time you get a fall person selected, they're not going to attend a board meeting until October. And so, um, I'm kind of of the ilk if we can back it up again after this year and be able to do it in the spring, um, and maybe light it up better with the ASB elections. Yes. Um, that that that might be a better push. And, um, I think that would be good, but I wanted to put it forward to the board because this was um, one of the board, including Mr. McMorin, one of
040the the big pieces of wanting to be able to have representation. And so I just want to make sure it's a reflection of what's happening and what we want um and where we go from here. Yeah. It should either be earlier in the spring or the fall. Like you say, right now nobody's thinking about it. Yeah. We just missed the ASB window and with a new um ASB um teacher leader representative. Um there were a lot of things to be able to jump on top of. And so to remember or to even know I have schoolboard stuff that I need to put on that um just got lost in translation. And so I think if we catched up this year that was really saying what makes the most sense. So I don't know you and
041and Levi kind of said I think I kind of said the fall but honestly I feel like they're both I feel like I can see the pros and cons of kind of doing both. Um, I would say this like doing it earlier might be really good because like incoming freshmen might hear that and I know a lot of I was talking to like a couple freshman already this year and they were like, "Oh, I'd love to do that." So, just kind of getting that interest up even if I don't think they can do it their freshman year, right? But just having that interest of knowing that they're going to do it later is probably really good. I can also see though if you do it too early people might not like they'll not like forget
042but because their summer might get really busy they might just not be getting all the information just because I know for say I'm not logged into my like I'm logged in but I'm not really checking my school email account good for you it's the summer you know I don't normally check in until like maybe a couple weeks before school starts so I know that might be maybe a bit of an issue but there's maybe a way that you're like hey I'm going to send blah blah blah blah blah and make it kind of clear but I don't know I can very much see like the good and the bad both of them. Well, the other thing we could do is watch because we know we have to do it this fall, right? Um we know
043that's our only option and so maybe we see how it goes with a fall versus um a springtime and kind of see where we want to go based on what happens. That'd be good. Okay. Yeah, cuz definitely missing like the first couple board meetings. Like I don't cuz I I wasn't there. I don't really know how those work, but I'm assuming it's kind of like amping up. So kind of like October was great, but I did kind of feel like I was kind of thrown into it and it was all of a sudden I'm like so yeah, I would say earlier is probably better. And then for process um I thought that we had determined and it might be that we didn't update the policy to reflect this that the members were voted on by
044the student body and not an interview committee because if it was an interview committee this last year we weren't invited to participate and I think that was yeah I agree and I think what happened last year was um it was kind of a do or die. we got to do this before the end of the year and everybody kind of forgot it and so let's jam it together and throw somebody in. And so really it's looking at the update of how do we want it to be and and what do we want the inclusion to be and then go from there. I really like the idea of the student body being a part of it. But I'm going to just say that is instantly going to become a popularity contest. Like there are already people
045at our school that will just do those things just to see if they can get the most votes and then they don't actually want to do it or they don't actually go through with it. I'm just I'm not going to say everyone, you know, but I've definitely see some people been like, "Oh, I'm going to run for this." And then they're all like, "Oh, wait. I don't actually really want to do this." Or they're like it I that is cool. Become a very popularity contest. Like maybe doing like like an advent of both would be good. But yeah, that's my only input on that. No, that's very Thank you. Yeah. I was on student council in high school and that school was popular. Are you trying to say that you were really popular? No. That's
046my take. I wasn'tic. Um yeah, I think uh one thing we might want to do then is just and and I did read through but whether it's sunk in or not, I can't verify. um make sure that we tighten our policy and AR with them to make sure that it is like you said reflecting what we want it to be. So I think it might be something um we hold for our summer work session with the new board members since we're not going to be able to do it in fall anyway. definitely add that to our work session so we can make sure that we're um hearing more voices and maybe we'll ask you to send us an email with your thoughts or of course we'll ask you to check it at least once. Yeah.
047We'll call it. Um yeah, just to make sure that that we're being inclusive of the academy as well as the high school academy would be great. Absolutely. Yeah. And opening it up to people who might not otherwise feel comfortable putting themselves out there. Yes. So, this was just kind of a um let's get it out there and get a look and with no intent of being able to approve it tonight, but just to be able to get it on the radar um so that we uh we don't slide and lose the intent of what we want. So, we'll bring this back in July or August. Yep. Yeah. Moving on. the summer school update and I really already did that in my um in my superintendent report that we'll have the credit recovery in these last
048couple of weeks. Um we're already um getting incredible registration for lit camp um that that's coming in and we're watching for the class sizes and things like that. So um write down um we gave the approval to hire hire a fifth teacher um as opposed to four because there would be a kinder first, second and third and because of the numbers um we added a fifth and we were able to do that because uh we have instructional materials from last year that weren't used and so without having to spend that it gave us a little bit of a buffer to be able to look at um having another adult present. So, um, uh, looking forward to that. That's wonderful. I I had a quick question. So, I read an article, uh, talking about the summer
049school funding at the state level and that at least 75 schools had turned down the funding because it was too late in their planning process to implement it. Yes. And I know we were very far down on that list, but I was kind of curious like we never got we never got the heads up that we were eligible. Okay. Yeah. I was kind of hoping, but I know we were like 16 something or Well, and we knew also that there are um additional criteria for accepting that summer money. So to be able to do a program for three weeks wouldn't have been enough. Okay. And so I mean granted you get more money to be able to do it but then you're looking at do people really want to work in July and um there
050was a possibility of partnering with LC who was going to be facilityless um because they got some summer money but um we we just couldn't sustain it in July um in the way that we needed to do it at this point. So, um, as we get summer money and it opens up, we'll have to look at things, um, a little bit differently and make a determination of do we want to do a longer day, um, to be able to make that 3 weeks work or or what do we want to do? So, thank you. There you go. Nope. Okay. Uh, moving on. July and August meeting dates. Since we have the two board members, um we'll involve you in this discussion and see what works for you. July 1st and Tuesday, um usually works best
051to get the July meeting as early as possible to elect the officers and all the signatures and everything that need to be done. So, um I don't know. I'll just throw this out there. July 1st, Tuesday, would that be a possibility? Yeah, it is a holiday week, so we understand if it's not. Yeah. Taking this young man and 13 other young boys to summer camp that week. So, we prefer not to. Okay. Well, that moves us to the week of the 7th. Um, and a scheduled board meeting would be the 10th, second Thursday. So, would you guys like to wait till the 10th or try to do it a little earlier that week? Are you available on the 10, Tom? Uh, yes. I except that's the frolife week. So that big deal for us to
052So Monday, that week would be great. And then again this morning, July 7th, July 7th. Will that work for you, Aaron? Yep. Yeah. Yeah. Aaron in the evening. Okay. Yeah. Uh 7 o'clock. Yeah. That's okay. and then you guys can elect officers and set the dates that you want to have the meetings for the year and whatnot. So, I'll just throw out there I've been a part of meetings on Mondays. It's not a good way to start the week. Um, Thursdays seem to work pretty good because there's not a lot of conflicts. Mondays you have holidays in there sometimes that all the time uh conflict with a board meeting. So, we found that Thursday, the second Thursday seems to work pretty good. So, or third Thursday depends on the year. Yeah. So, anyhow, I'll just
053throw that out there and you guys can do with it whatever you want. Neither will you. As I said, we will Oh, yeah. Um, we'll give an update on the PDA negotiations and I think that um, Alice and Mallerie kind of led into um, we feel like we've got a lot knocked down at this last session. We ended up with eight additional uh, tentative approved articles. Um, and so we're we're working our way through them to a point where I think you said Eron we have like six or seven that that are outstanding um, uh, to be able to work through. Um, and of course, one of those ones is always finance. Um, and and pay. That's just a hard one, especially when you're waiting for um, estate budget and and how things work their
054way out there. Um, uh, safety is the one that has been mentioned and we're doing a lot of work there. Um uh as well as a couple other um items that have come forward around onboarding of new staff um some special education considerations um and some technology considerations as kind of newer if you will or extended um to a different level articles um in terms of our conversations. Um I think a couple of the other articles are um I think some pretty lowhanging fruit that when we can get there we'll get there. um um but those ones seem to be the ones that have the most um conversation and move forward at this point. So um we meet again Tuesday of next week and I think it's Tuesday of the following week. Um and I
055have this anticipation that everybody will say we don't want to talk to you in July. Um and we don't want to see a face and then we'll come back around in August. I could be wrong, but um that's kind of the tradition of what happens as we need to be able to do that. And you know the hard part with a budget when you when you don't know what's actually going to be final until the end of June. Um and and so if that's all we have left um to be able to come back around to in August, um I feel real good. Okay. And Sandy will be picking up. Yes. spot. Mhm. That will the August board meeting then be in the middle of second Thursday? I believe so. August you guys will decide
056that. On the agenda. I wanted to make sure to bring it up. Okay. I wasn't sure. Sorry. I think we're keeping it the same, but if we need to change it, we can change it at the July 7th meeting. But right now, as it stands, it's scheduled for August 14th at 7 p.m. possibly 6 if we have executive session. Yeah. But we'll Thank you for asking. Good. We'll round that out in July. In July. Yep. in case. Perfect. Uh discussion action items, interd district transfer allowances. Yeah, we want to open up more spots at the full academy um in grades six through 8 um at at five spots per grade level. Um G has put and his team have put together a schedule that has primarily high school students in the mornings and um looking
057to have middle schoolers in the afternoons with more onsite um activity. Um we are giving we're moving student services the student services office over here to the um the computer lab in the library um over the summer. And then where student services lives right now in the district office will become um a piece of a meeting room and um we hope and the rest of it will be um other classrooms for the academy um where they're looking at really trying to start separating out um you know instead of having 30 students in the same room it might be that I I'm one of the the 15 here or the 10 here and we can move back and forth um so that there's actually some better opportunity to be able to um have students come in
058and to be able to get some things done um in more of a face toface way. So, so if we can approve that request for them, I would appreciate that. I moved. Okay. Been moved. I'll second and second it. All those in favor? Motion passes by zero. Uh second reading policies little page here I KFA the early graduation. Oh, for the ad. Um, we used to have this years ago. Um, and for whatever reason, it was taken out. And I think one of the reasons that it was taken out was um, it talked about board approval, which it doesn't require board approval um, at this stage of the game, but it was um, a way of being able to get something back on the books um, to be able to take a look at um,
059for students who want to um, graduate early. The other piece of the puzzle. Do we have the the AR in that? No. Oh, it's on the back side. Okay. I don't have it on my computer. On the back back side. Clarify. You say it doesn't require board approval. We did use approve. We did used to. And what I've done is it doesn't say that we can't, but uh Oh, you didn't call for it. It does. Yes. Thank you. And um I've been looking through to see and we can do whatever we want with it. But yeah um and so the the policy itself is just very simple. A student who wishes to graduate from high school in less time than the ordinary grade 9 through 12 sequence may request permission to complete graduation requirements on
060an altered schedule. The student and his her parents will consult with high school guidance personnel to develop a graduation plan. Their intention to accomplish this plan will be stated in writing to the superintendent. A student may satisfy graduation requirements in less than four years. The district will award a diploma to a student fulfilling graduation requirements in less than four years upon the student's request and if the student's parent or guardian consents if required because of the age of 18. the AR really starts to get into um the other pieces that were in the earlier policy of you need to have um a GPA be in good standing and have a GPA of 2 point at least 2.5 in your content and um you need to come up with a process of um what your plan
061is to be able to graduate early. Um, the desire was to look at timelines. And so the AR takes a look at if I want to graduate a complete year early, then I need to let my school administration know the the May of my sophomore year because I will plan to finish in my junior year. And so that gives us the opportunity to craft a plan. If I want to finish somewhere in the middle of what would have been my senior year, then I need to let know by May of um my my junior year. Um that was just a shot at um some ways of being able to give us some information about students who um we might have on the docket who want to graduate early. So I mean I don't expect any
062vote on this. It was just kind of a late we were talking about it in terms of um the conversations about handbooks and graduation and things like that and so wanted to try and at least get something out um that has a little bit of an extra copy that I can use. I just I just um I have a question as far as what the current procedure is. So obviously this policy isn't in place but is there a requirement around the dates letters need to be submitted there's no at this point it's if a student wants to um end early they end early and it might be a surprise it might not be and you know the question is um do they remain enrolled do I mean it's it's the whole it's kind of hit
063and miss right now and so the idea of being able to take a look at a process of tightening back up again. Um may have some merit and heft. Um we're looking at if a student wants to finish early because we know we have a lot of students who can finish their credits um early, what do we need to do to be able to um craft opportunities that are meaningful to some of those students? So, um, if I'm given a choice to say, um, do I want to take class A or do I want to be off campus for a class period? I think there's probably a few people that would say, I'd really like to be off campus for a period. And so, how can we continue to encourage um active participation in education
064opportunities when we can? um when do we need to take a look at um enrichment or um uh you know any LBCC possibilities or some things like that that you know our our validictorian from a phoma academy last night we've mentioned had 77 credits um completed by the time of graduation to be able to add towards a college degree um you know so are there some things that we can do to be able to encourage a continued commitment and it's kind of like if we know. Can we better help? So, cut. Yeah. Um, we don't I would never want to discourage a student from doing whatever they think or their family thinks is best for their education. But I would also highly recommend that the student stay in school for the four years if at
065all possible, which means giving them extra opportunities, alternate opportunities, whatever. because I think they will miss they may not realize at the time but they miss may miss the social aspect the activities aspect of being in school and from a strictly selfish standpoint we will lose that students they school money the idea if they leave early right so I I think but but ultimately it's about students you know so um but I' I' I've seen when I I taught here at the high school for 30 years and had very few students come through that that graduated early. Um there's not a lot and the few that did it was appropriate. They were just ready to be gone. And we're gonna find some of those that did not have a problem. Yeah. Our question is I'm
066looking at the eligibility. They had to have a 2.5 GPA in the core credits. I could high school growing. I had to stay last year for one PE credit and I wasn't optional early. So uh so we have core credit costs here but there's a certain required amount of cost they should take right and that's part of the plan that gets created of how are you going to meet the state and district requirements. So how are you going to how are you going to propose that you get that PE credit? Okay. Um because this word says you have to do these core credits but you have to have a GPA GPA. we can't we don't want to look at a GPA of um um all electives and that's all I've ever done. Um and I
067don't have any of the core academics. How successful am I going to be at trying to graduate early? And so, um, it's kind of that difference in looking at the GPA, but it's also about you have the opportunity to say, I'm going to take class A at LBCC or I'm going to propose this for my PE credit or, you know, that's where the planning comes into place to be able to make sure that all those things are met. And just the way my simple mind reads this, if I'm a student going, all I got to do is pass these classes over by anything else. So, the way I read this, it's like, yeah. So, it's just a way of reading reading going, all we have to do is pass these classes. anything else. Yeah, the
068eligibility also needs to be clear that you have to meet the requirements to graduate which aren't listed there. I also um on the the AR think it would be very important to make an allowance through this process for special exceptions. We know students experience catastrophic change Yep. on occasion. And I would hate to see someone not be able to graduate early in response to something like that if they've met all of these eligibilities, but they submitted their paperwork on September 1st. I would agree. I think that we've got a lot of latitude in that way in knowing that we're going to have those offs. Absolutely. And if we need to um you know, state that in some way. Um but I hope that we never get rid of the exceptions to the rule. Sure. Um
069it will do. But yeah. Okay. So, it was just to start the conversation. Yeah. Um and and we can try to approve that one. No, no, no. Just that having had two students graduate early. Um I can kind of speak to that end of it. But you know they also you know as well as having the academics they need to have the maturity level I feel to be able to leave high school and succeed in the real world. Yep. Because there's some of them that are extremely book smart but may not have all the skills they need to succeed in the real world. I agree. So I mean that needs to be taken into consideration at the same time. um whether it's through the counselors or whoever. I would agree. Um, but yeah, we we
070learned that uh not that we had a problem with it, but we learned that through the process when when we were trying to get two kids to be able to graduate early because at that time they did have a policy and you had to go through these things and and you had to get parent approval and everything and and they had to be up at a certain GPA level and um but they also had to have the wherewithal to survive if they left school a year early. So, I just want to make sure we don't miss that part of it. I would like to bring this back to the policy committee for just a little bit of fine speaking. Um, the other thing I just thought of is what are the implications for students at
07116 who get a GE? Yes. What? Oh, a student at 16 chooses to get a GED. Yeah. Which is I didn't even think about that in the context of So, Okay, good thoughts. Thank you. Go back to policy committee. Uh JCA SC admission of resident students and I don't have that in front of me. So it's a Chromebook. Won't show it to you anyway. It's fine. It's in It's in the packets. Yeah. Rick, would you prefer to uh I guess we'll just take them each on their own. Well, yeah, because there's only three. Well, yeah, we already have one. There's this one and and one more with the AR and and technically the board doesn't have to approve the ARs anyhow. just have to approve the policy and then it's up to the superintendent and
072her plan to uh do the AR. So, so is there any questions on the JCA the admission of a resident? Mostly it was cleaning up language. Yeah. though. Well, that's what I've noticed and language things. I don't remember anything. Wasn't it was just a matter of getting some stuff clarified. Well, I will I will move that we accept policy JCA as amended. Okay. Is there a second? I will second that. Okay. I've just seen one right here, number nine, second line. Um, it's talking about uh provide alternative programs of instruction to students who and should that be have become a resident student. Yep. Instead of has. Yep. Okay. Yeah. Just a grammar. Did you get that, Michelle? Okay. Been moved and seconded. All those in favor? Can I Oh, yeah. Sorry. 4 A and B.
073The uh seems like both those should be has not yet received. Reading that wrong. I don't have to. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Because it says they they have you know has received a modified diploma which has not received a modified diploma. You may be read the extended diploma or certificate of attendance. Yeah, Joe, would you mind bringing up the board? No, this is number four. The board shall admit an otherwise eligible student who has not yet attained age 21 prior to the beginning of the current school year. The student is receiving special education services and has not yet received a regular high school diploma or has received a modified diploma, an extended diploma or a certificate of attendance. And that is correct. Yeah. Is that okay? Yeah, those are correct. If I have if I have
074a modified extended or certificate of I can still come back. You can still come back to your age 21. Okay. Thanks, Tom. Good question. Good question. Okay. Any more questions? Hearing none. All those in favor? Motion passes five zero. Okay. Next one is G C B D C G D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D DB B D C I feel like I'm in a letter outer and you know I'm trying to test my it means two different sections policy or yeah safe leave policy page 38 in the work packet. This is a new policy that was was this required or highly
075recommended from the state. I can't remember. I believe it was highly recommended. Yeah. So in here as proposed I don't think we made any changes, did we? We just accepted that. No, we I think we took it as it was. Yeah. But the the title dish that's on it is domestic violence, harassment, sexual assault, bias or stalking leave and then in parentheses safe leave. Yes. And I didn't see any that jumped out at me. And this comes from OSB. Okay. So I hear it. I move that we approve GCBDC GDBDC safe leave policy as presented in our appet adopt the policy. Yeah. Approve the changes. Well, I guess our Well, there's no changes. Adopt the new policy. Adopt the new policy. Yeah, I'll second the Okay. Been moved and second it. All those in favor?
076Motion passes 5. We don't need to vote on We don't need to vote on the ARs. Are there any questions about the AR or we could the form for which you Yes. Are we going to accept? Do we we'll put the AR in even though we're not technically adopting it? Yeah. The AR will go in. It doesn't have to be adopted by the board. All right. Um, resolution 2425-07. I so move. Okay. It's a resolution transferring appropriations within fund for fiscal year 202. You moved and seconded. Okay. And all it does is take 150,000 out of con instruction services and puts it in or Yeah. from instruction services to the general fund. Right. Correct. Within the general fund. Instruction services to support services. Yes. It moves it to support service. Yeah. There you go. Just
077between functions. Okay. I just didn't read all of it, but I did earlier, but then Okay. All those in favor? Motion passes. 5 Z. Oh, now we're on the meeting closure. Next meeting agenda items. We've got a couple people to swear in. Yep. Swear out. A little back to school barbecue. You've been kind of getting the donations of the stuff. So, we need to figure out you out of that. You're going to kind of help. Are are your interest in being involved in in doing that or just showing up on that day? Just showing up on that day. Okay. We got to take off. He's retired. And you have your letter that you somewhere. Yeah. If you could I probably do have a copy of that in my email, but it it's probably on my
078computer. So, but you'll lose that July 1st. No, it's on. Gotcha. That's my letter. It's not school history. You'll get us information of what you've done so we don't hit the same people up again. You'll get us that. Well, and that's what I I'll I'll just put it out this way. I've tried to hit more people for less money, but not go back to the same people year after year unless they've indicated to me that they'll donate year after year. Um, Citizens Bank is one that said that see next year. Okay. you know, I'm not going to turn it down, but I try to to go to different businesses or whatever wherever I go and and get different donations every year so that they don't think that they're being probably not the right words, but
079picked on, you know, want more money all the time. And the other way that he has girls that for food and go that way. So we starting with a little bit of of money. Do we have money left over? There was some carryover was there should be some carryover. Yeah. Right. Okay. But I don't know exactly what it is. You have to ask the district office cuz they all the donations go into them and they keep the t total of it. So yeah, and she's got a list of who's donated in the right. Yeah, they've got a list of who's donated and they've also got a list of the supplies that they bought and coordinated all that. So um I guess my only question would be you want me to check with the city to
080get the barbecue for that day? You know the hey Chris it has to go through the public works. It's just so much fun for us. You're checking my email. Yes. If contact Yes. Yeah. I can do that. If you're emailing them, will you copy me on the email just so I have their who it is? Are you You think I'm smart enough to do that? Calling them. Just the main just the main number. Okay. Yeah. I'll I'll get that squared away. Thank you so much. Um Okay. Well, I'll just say too since you brought it up, we have a new website. They were surprised for the city and there's a general contact form. If you don't know where something's supposed to go, you can just put the form and say, "I don't know where it's
081supposed to go." It'll go to city hall and then they'll get it to the right person. So just to say that's an option. I just go over to public works and that which is also an option. I'm just saying for those who may not know where to go now we have an option for I don't know where to go. Okay. Yes. Very helpful. I love it. I need that option. Get everything covered as far as swiring in of the new board members and election of the officer and all that. Yep. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Um is there anything else? Anybody got anything else for next meeting agenda items? Thanks. Lord, thanks. I've got some. Huh? I've got some. I'm sure that is shocking as I say every month. I'm going to start off thanking Brad for
082the wonderful graduation coverage um and the truly lovely article about the Filament Academy graduation and graduates. That was very nice, very heartwarming and touching and I deeply appreciate that. And if you're not subscribing to Floouth News, you should. Why not? Why aren't you? Um, and I also want to thank all of our outgoing staff members, many of whom have been a very large part of my life for over well over a decade, 15 plus years for some of them. Um, I've been known to get really mushy in the past and then have somebody come back later and then I'm like, "Oh, I cried about you at a board meeting." So, I'm not going to do that this year, but just know I'm crying on the inside. And also, um, on that same topic, um, my
083genuine deep heartfelt thank you to Joe and Rick for all of the service, the hours you put in, but, um, more than the time and service, the heart that you have put in to the work on the board. So, thank you so much. You're welcome. I got my sheet. That's okay. Um, I always like to thank the staff to our our teachers and and classify everybody. It takes a village. I know I say that every month, but it takes a village and everybody has a very important part in it. And as far as our outgoing board members, Joe, it's been a pleasure to get to know you. I'm sure my kids had you. I may have been at some little while ago. Back in the day, I'm sure you came in for Oh, I'm sure
084I did. I'm sure I did. Yes. And Rick, I only had thousands of students. Yeah, I know. I thought you'd remember mine, but no. Um Rick, my friend, thank you. You have been so supportive and such a mentor for me through this process. It's actually your fault I'm here, but that's okay. I'm hoping to say, "No, I um I know you've put your heart and soul into this being on the school board and and you know, generations have gone through with you here and I want to thank you for all that your dedication. Um it wouldn't be what it is without you. Thank you." So, thank you very much and we're not going to lose touch. No, we still have four. Yeah, we still have four kids, grandkids, and we're kind of sort of neighbors.
085All the things. I'll echo that. Thank you, too, for And I'm sure I'll be see I know I see Rick all the time. I'm sure I'll run into Joe. I'll be around. And especially here a couple months. We'll see you again at the barbecue. Yeah. Yeah. And probably a year from that one after that rain. Don't hold your breath. Yeah. I can hear it now. Daily barbecue. I love it. Joey, you got anything? Oh, I absolutely I would like to thank uh all the staff uh uh teachers, administrators, uh school bus drivers, crossing guards, you name it. Uh there's so many people that are required to make this district run and run well and it does run well. Um we're just, you know, we're we're necessary, but we're not that important really. It's it's, you
086know, it's the people that boots on the ground that are doing the education that are are really what make this make this run. Um thank the other board members. It's been a pleasure and uh I will miss it and I won't miss it. It just depends. It's I mean I've been in I've been in Ph since 1985. So I've been doing this for 40 years in one one way or another and uh uh it's it it is in my soul. Uh I I will continue to be in one way or another in touch involved whatever. So will we see you at the time clock again for games? Oh uh possibly because if I'm not on the board I can be paid by the district again. So I did basketball timing for 27 years. Football clock
087for dozen 15 years. I don't know. I did a few years of track but basketball there's two people in this room that often get forgotten about when you do things. Those those two ladies over there that are like the foundation of us having agree. I agree. You guys are awesome. [Music] What do you got for us? Got a whole list. Please take notes. Um I got to agree with Aaron and Sandy on everything that they said. um all the staff. It does take a village, but I want to thank not just the current staff, but staff that's been here in my ten year on the board that goes back to 2003. Um those people have been just as wonderful as the current staff. Um I learned a lot from them. I've learned a lot from
088a lot of different people and uh this is tough. um past board members that I've worked with, had the pleasure to work with. Tom is one of them that's coming back. Wish you the best. Um and then the superintendents that I've worked with um started with Rod Harvey. Some people may not realize that Rod was superintendent, but interum for a He was interim for a year when I got elected to the board. Uh Pete Tuana, Dan Forbis, Melissa Goff, and then Susan. And they all had their what I would call their specialties in the time that we were in um cuz Pete came in at a a very difficult time. Dan came in when we were going through a bond process and he had a construction background that fit just perfect for that. Melissa's helped
089us through some stuff. Susan's been wonderful. Um, learned a lot from her. Um, Michelle and Jennifer, can't thank you guys enough for everything that you do. That's that's helped me be a better board member and and, you know, help me remember things and send me emails and notes and stuff that, hey, you need to take a care of this. So, um, it's all wonderful. And then the spring sports was very successful this year um with the track, baseball, and everything. And then the graduation ceremonies I thought were fantastic. Uh both the high school and the academy. Um a lot of people had everything to do with that and and just just a wonderful time there. That's probably the best part of being a board member is being able to see those kids walk across the
090stage and get to hand them their diplomas. Um, you know, of all the things I did as a board member, when I started out, it was just a board chair that did it. We got the privilege of going there and going, it's going to be over. Um, and then we got a board chair that thought that the whole board should be involved. and that really changed things and put a whole new meaning into the graduation process. Um, so we all got to hand out diplomas. So anyhow, that's uh and I know I'm forgetting some stuff. That's why I had to write it down. But um, but I'm missing one superintendent, Buzz, that was here, but he was here at the time that I took couple years off, so I never got really got to work
091with him. We hired him. I was on the board when he got hired, but when he got sworn in, I was leaving. So, um, that's the reason that he's not on the list. So, if somebody was wondering. So anyhow um other than that you know like Erin said the outgoing personnel wonderful people everybody in this district you know right from the bus drivers all the way through custodians teachers you know instructional assistants everybody just wonderful people and and I don't think you could have better people to work in this district. So um I'll just leave it at that. Awesome. Thank you. Y Um, is there any board requests this time? Okay, I guess we All right, that's your last one. You should take that one. I think you've earned it. We get our name cards
092from underath. the driver's seat.