001e together we'll go and call me in order all thanks for everybody being here it's always good to see numbers appreciate that uh we will start with the approval of the agenda uh couple requested changes so moving line 14 so the executive session attorney Cent privilege take that off and and doing a different meeting um as well as adding an executive session uh for non-elected personnel um so there was also a request uh with the game tonight if we could push uh the number seven recognition visitors and the number 10 resolution for building closure to farther down the list to allow for that game to end everybody to make it here that want it to be here so my suggestion would be to move both of those down to 14 make them 14 a and
002anybody would like to make that motion or suggest I'll than that motion by Roger second second all in favor hand oh yes and if you if you haven't signed in please do so it's on that back table back uh in the back there we just want to make sure that everybody is recognized that's here um so if you haven't done so please so we will do the approval of the minutes from the uh regular November meeting and then the special meeting on the 16th any comments questions concerns from ENT motion to approve by Josh second second by Chad all in favor raise your hand and I'll and the treasures report questions concerns none all a motion motion by Jos second by Tam all favor raise your hand motion best and and invoices any board member
003have any questions on any invoices entertain a motion to approve as motion by r second by Tam all in favor raise your hand motion pass and Reconciliation the Reconciliation Report uh cash summary report matches the treasures report any balance which also mates the computer so we are in Balance so so we're going down to eight the Wilson uh baseball and softball Co-op agreement with silv the number of students that are interested in playing it would be difficult to have her own team here so the recommendation is to co-op with Sven since plat has their Co-op already and it would be for both softball and entertain a motion to approve that or only question I have is practices are going to be at both places and games are going to be at both places is that
004for just a question there the majority of everything will be in SV but I believe that they're talking about doing some I don't know if they're going to do softball here baseball as officially with the agreement the majority both yeah Bill do do you know on for that agreement what the busing Arrangement is if we're busing or parents and the coach will take small vehicle they go up okay thank you more than 15 the number right now is start back up uh I I'll make the motion to approve the Cooperative Fort Ball and baseball for the spring of 2023 with s school motion by CH second by Josh all favor motion uh we have the approval of the graduation Alliance contract the contract was for three years um this new agreement will be for another
005three years and Bill was able to negotiate with them um to go from 10% up to 13% which is good it's a good funding source for us so that's that's that I don't know Bill do you want to talk about it a little bit Yeah so uh right now you% any other questions or actions I'll move to approve the contract second by Josh all in favor raise your hand Mo passes ctif 625 yes motion is there second second by Josh all fav raise your hand e we are back in Open Session um we do have a uh recommendation for uh car Schmid for a substitute par at Central PR Junior Senior High and pl Elementary I'll make that motion motion by rer second second by Chad all faor ra your hand best and any admin
006reports do you want them to give yeah please our bank statements equals what we have in our activity account we had our winter music program on December 6th many people in attendance and went very well the launch learn program that was the grant that we received um the so we've signed up with the Cosmosphere and quite a few classes already have listened to Commander Harrington who was a astronaut who was on the space station 20 years ago um shared his experiences there as well we also read a story later in the day to the kids so we're going to continue to try and continue to have more programs through that on December 15th our second grade will go to the Clon community center on December 19th that's the day piece of work day um as
007we're planning for our accreditation visit February um December 20th we have some fun activities planned for the day some team building and working together activities we'll do all day um split lower elementary will'll go in the morning and Upper Elementary in the afternoon and then on the 21st of course the last day of the second nine weeks the kids love to wear PJs so it's going to be a PJ day and followed with our winter parties some of the service projects we've done here um in December the prek through six made a door decorations for five assisted livings and nursing homes in Lions Hutchinson Ellsworth boys and great B those have already been delivered um we have a loose ch elction right now for our family in our community in need H&B employees are donating
008food for 13 families for a Christmas dinner and the Junior Senior High kids will be um going out and getting gifts for 27 of our elementary children Through The Giving Tree so we'll deliver um and get those all to the families next week now we return on January 3rd to a work day January 4th our children return on January 11 we'll have our local spelling be 4th through sixth grade there in Elementary in the gym and then on the 19th our first grade will go to the cloud commity any questions what percentage of kids are sick right now we're down before Thanksgiving we had 50 out so that would have been 20% of our kids but um we don't have as many out right now thank you thank you our bank statements and Reconciliation reports
009all matched uh we gave the Kansas Community Care that survey to the 8th 10th and 12th graders signed up use that for accreditation purposes we have 19 boys and 14 girls out for high school basketball 21 boys 21 girls out for Junior High basketball uh the winter moratorium is December 24th through 28th they start practicing again on the 29th National Honor Society is sponsoring living tree that M moer said uh donating toys and clothing to elementary students our Junior Senior High music program is the 19th in the auditorium end of the first semester the 21st you will have to send out grades on January 3rd classes resume the 4th winter boil is the six thank you thank you and mr's report is pack any board member reports Mr that's okay he's okay hearing none um
010bit no um so then we will move into uh the recognition of visitors just remind everyone um that to limit your time for to five minutes and to be uh cordial and professional and I would ask the same of all of those that are listening to the person that has the floor um treat them with respect and allow them to have their time that they signed up for um and so we will move straight into it with sir thank you good evening my name is Sarah dble and I'm a parent of current Wilson students and also CPA I have a few questions I would like to bring up to the board Financial condition of the district and need to reduce District expenses has been indicated as reason for closing among others as my profession would
011indicate I'd like to see the numbers that support the closing of Wilson will accomplish those goals and that indicate that the best Avenue for sustainability of the district is closing Wilson High School as far as I'm aware 600,000 has been verbally stated by Mr Lowry that the district would save by closing Wilson High School and this was a your only savings from my understanding and then from that point had not been figured however I've seen nothing to indicate what makes up that number I have seen the cost per pupil document that does show the cost per student at Wilson is higher however looking at the same document the cost to operate the central plan's high school facility is 500,000 higher in total cost if we move the central PLS high school students to the lower
012overall cost facility in Wilson suddenly the cost per student dropped significantly by my calculations running Apples to Apples comparison this would actually get us below the state and federal aid of $2,020 in all facilities the same cannot be said with the transfer of Wilson High School to Central PLS granted this is based on very limited numbers that have been given to the public has the board read similar scenarios having access to all the information that maybe the public does not was the same methodology used to compare if we were to close Central Plains High School and bust those students to Wilson versus the current option what's the savings comparison also if those scenarios were run what about longevity of the district if Wilson High School or Central Plains High School closes I know many from
013Wilson High School do not plan to transfer to Central planes I imagine a very similar scenario would take place if Central planes were required to transport to Wilson have scenarios been run for five years into the future if only say 40% of students come or if 10% of students come Etc can the district as a whole continue or will we be looking at closing yet another building in the next 2 to 5 years what are building Improvement costs into the future of each building I know the need for a bond has been mentioned in the past how much will we be asking of our taxpayers per location if all of these things have been done please share this information with the public we'd like to know I know some of this was looked at in
014the configuration study however the numbers there do not support the current proposition if these calculations have not been run I ask the board to please take a step back and get all of this information this is too important of a decision to have done without the proper due diligence regardless of where you're from in the district these should be questions everyone wants the answers to longevity of the district as a whole is at stake and is not something to be decided without much research calculation discussion and input I do plan to Emil this to the board as I really would like a response to know what has been looked into during this decision-mak process thank you for your time and consideration thank you and Kenny Kenny bened yes Kenny benett from Wilson Kansas my question
015to you guys have you run a survey how many kids from Wilson are going to CL next year and if not if your percentag is what they will be if there's a 90% loss of students what's your budget is really going to look like and that is my question to your board so if I can get a respon response sometime just let me thanks Brad thanks Kay here let me know if you cannot hear meou my name is Kayla Collins I live here in Wilson I've been living here for about 25 years um I did not graduate from Wilson but I do have one son that did and I have a daughter currently enrolled um I spent a lot of time looking over the documents that have been made available to me um again maybe
016there are some that I have not been but the documents that have been made available a couple questions come up um the first one is um how does the district distinguish between Wilson Elementary and Wilson High School in its accting system um I know just looking over the reports that are made available it does not distinguish between the two of them it counts it as a whole so on all of the numbers that were reported to the state how do you go about getting those individual breakouts um I would just kind of like to see that um and then again on why we've only looked at one years of data why don't we look at a fiveyear average to get a true look at whether it's Wilson or Clin you know whichever one is the
017better choice for us to um instead of just looking at one year I think it kind of SCS the numbers a little bit to give an accurate look um after all I believe it was uh Mr Rogers that stated that these words on your campaign Facebook page um this is direct take this quote will be directly taken from an answer that was posed to you about what is needed to avoid to avoid another closing and I quote I think that more time needs to be put into our thought processes considering what impact our proposed Solutions may have and what the next steps need to be additionally we need to seek the opinions and advice of the people in our communities to help make these future decisions in quote do you still feel the same way
018Mr worth at the February 2022 special meeting you made the comment and I quote Clin is the nicest facility with that being said I would like to share a few facts that in your opinion about the Nic school or School in our district fact number one the CL facility was built in 1964 and is the oldest structure in our district fact number two according to the building needs assessment that was recently accepted by this board the clom facility is in need of many upgrades fact number three this was shared with us during uh the configuration committee facility tours that the broiler as well as the floor tiles contain as festives fact number four the building is non ADA Compliant especially the bathroom which I do believe have been added to the capital alley projects at
019an estimated 240,000 does this include bringing the rest of the building up to adaa compliance to follow remarks made at the November meeting Miss do responded that the board of education has acted on items that the configur from the configuration report specifically citing the move of the district office like Miss c i to I too was on that configuration Comm and if my memory serves me right the of the district office was intended to be a location for space that the district already had not to incur new expenses by achieving a new space that contradicts purp sa money you also often speak to the fact of becoming one coming becoming United but isn't it true that this is only with the intention of w and because of Cal points you often contradict yourself and I
020personally have a hard time following many of the re for your decisions anymore case in point is last spring when you voted to co-op CL softball voice toste of Wilson and then at that very next meeting you sat there and gave a speech about how we needed to combine our Sports programs which is it also at the February 2022 meeting Miss C you made the remark about that the configuration committee was all for one high school until it was their own that was up on the chopping block speak and that it was the highest selected option was survey you might have miss one high school was not the most popular scenario in surveyed if we look at the report you will see that the choice that received the most Alle was two Casas or 12
021facilities which would probably mean Hol Rood would lose their schools and see why it might have REM also I would like to point out the statement on page five of that report where it specifically said and I quote due to all these factors this scenario whether the Junior Senior High School was in CL or Wilson was not desirable by the group Mr Hurley you stated that one of the reasons you moved back was so your kids could come to a small school and and you have to do what's best to ensure their future I think all the parents even wilon clapin everyone has that same thoughts but the difference is is you chose to run for this position that you have to ensure what's best for the entire dist our kids and doters at the
022February 2022 meeting the then superintendent Mr Clark stood before you and said and I quote one school one high school is not a viable option for this District right now he goes on to say you will lose money a lot of money end quote but you didn't listen as members of this board you were elected by your peers to represent and do what is right in entire District Miss Dodie said it best by a comment she left on Mr Rogers campaign Page by saying communication and transparency is the key can all of you sit there and confidently and honestly say that you have all the appropriate information needed to make an informed and have been 100% transparent I believe that everyone should take just a few steps back look at this situation there's so much
023discussion on becoming one US versus them but I think be separate and be United what is good for Central PLS is good for Wilson what's good for Wilson is good for Central PLS yes it'll take some budget cuts and more than likely some production staff it'll take compromise it'll take creativity by everyone involved the administration the teachers the parents and the students the decision is not only going to affect the future of this District it's going to affect families it's going to affect businesses and it will affect entire communities but it's not too late we may be several small towns we may be three separate schools but we are one district and we can be a great one if give them a chance thank you thank [Applause] you uh you're going to have to forgive
024me Laura maybe maybe no sorry wri either [Music] um Anderson maybe Olivia oh did I sign wrong one well okay here we go I can wing it okay well I'm Olivia Anderson a lot of people may know do fire extinguishers it's my daughter Grace I just moved up here three years ago um I just transferred my daughter over here this last year um just half year into the school district um I've known a lot of you guys through the American Legion things like that just today I sat here for 45 minutes talking about my daughter there's nowhere else I would like my daughter to go I know there's heart here there's love for our kids um I picked this school because of the people in this community there no reason for athletics for nothing more
025than the love that this community has shown me and my daughter as we have built our new life here three years ago and I appreciate it so though I wrote my name on the wrong roster I'm glad I did and I thank you guys for everything that you have you know brought my daughter in here and youve taken her part of your guys's community and myself and I thank you all and I would love to see Wilson School dist District St right where it's at and on our community and we want to be a part of it so thank you and Mery CHR and the last one I have is uh Roberta um I'm retired ased a Trader I'm not from this area but I've been watching what's going on and sometimes I shake my
026head this doesn't make sense I came from a small town in northeast Kansas moral actually we live five miles out of moral and my parents thought it was a long way to go to moral and there was six more miles when closed we went to saat so 11 miles my parents said that's a long way we're not driving that all the time we're not driving that every day and when I look at geographically this district and I see families that live over by dorance and if set 12 here they would be asked to drive eight plus 28 maybe miles farther and I think would I want my kids in now grown to do that um so looking at the situation I I tried to come up with something that would be very easy to share
027I had some Mike I had some uh sticks that I had there's a little aso's fa about sticks and I was a children's librarian so I kind of like having visual things but if if the school board members would take hum a little bit put your hand in front of your face where it almost do that now you don't see the individual P until you get always away from the problem and then Things become clear I don't think CL will survive without Wilson I don't think Wilson will do as well as they hope without class plan so like the person who spoke and I don't know your name Kayla Kayla said I think you're stronger together now it's going to take some effort and there's probably no love loss this is a traumatic thing not
028only for the adults but for the kids and parents what's going to happen the the S to 12 kids they're like am I going to graduate as a dragon or am I going to D be an oyer it's it's a trumatic thing and I think we're teaching our kids all right now and I hope we can teach teamwork rather than trauma so I would ask school board members to think about this a long long and hard before you make a decision to close your school this is a beautiful building it's the first time I've been in this building it's beautiful I don't know what cl's like I've been to the town of Cl I bought Brier from Millers I love to see small towns survive so I guess you've got your work cut out for
029you um but would you I guess looking at the southern part of the district and the northern part geographically you have extreme Challenge to try to solve those problems but how many of the kids like one suggestion was if you closed CL and Wilson had would those kids come to Wilson you're asking them that so turn the tables and say whatever you asked them to do would you do it if not try to find a way to work together to come up with a plan there's very creative people here in this community very creative and I'm enjoyed being retired down here Kenny saved our one day when the storm came up I mean he stepped up in our pontoon could have run into the dock and he he stepped up with his friend and sa
030this Mike know Mike he does a lot for this community I just know there's creative people all around this area so rather than shutting teach your kids to stand up and fight set up endowment fence I mean there are retirees um that love the WIS of community I mean there's a lot of people that come back here and retire I don't know what it takes to set up an endowment fund but I know USB 273 in booy where I taught has an endowment fund that's set up for the schools so if there's not enough money for the state they try to make things work by using that money and I won't say I have anything else to say it's going to be up to your board but make sure you're being fair and equable if
031you're asking kids to drive 30 some miles on a bus and I only have 11 and I and my parents did think that was a long ways and then those kids don't always what to drive ride the bus and they be Drive on a night like tonight or when it gets icy and cold so why not keep F fight till you have to stop fight till the they tell you you have to stop don't fight each [Applause] other thank you everyone appreciate your time and your words so we will move into uh the what used to be the agenda 10 resolution for building closure U as the board is where uh we had the hearing sched um and the legal notice for that hearing had a typo in the paper and so we needed to
032cancel that hearing so I open the floor for the board for discussion to continue that discussion I would like to start out uh first of all and express my uh apologies to the board and the Wilson Community for not being um attending that meeting I was out of town for work and regrettably couldn't be here so just an explanation and apology for that but second I continue to voice my disagreement with this closure um I know that it has been brought up in the past and brought up tonight about the fact that maybe the Wilson building isn't the right building that there's other buildings in the district that might be better to close um I do express my disagreement with that I don't think that we need to at this time any building uh it
033continues to be a concern of mine to have any student either from the south side of the district or from the Wilson side of the district uh to drive that road every day the bus is one thing but we all know that if a high schooler can drive they are going to drive and to have them drive that road I get nervous when it drives a block let alone over 20 miles so I I don't think that this district is in a geographical setup where it it makes sense to have one high school on one side of the district I I think that we as a district have things that we need to do to help the district financially I don't think closing and building is the answer to those issues other comments or thoughts
034from I agree with what some of the patrons have said tonight about would like to see some some numbers that uh showing the amount of loss if it's 600 500 whatever that is we've never we've just seen um very general numbers and of course I I can't agree more with what Brad said um you look to a town you look to see if there's grocery store and a school and church and some viable communities or businesses and uh this is going to create a real hardship just Clos the school to attract people it could be done I understand that it's done other places but the geography of our district really makes it difficult and a hardship and uh it also bothers me a little bit when I was I asked the question what are we
035going to do with the savings and we said well we're going to provide more maintenance and so on but we won't need the maintenance here if it's only half a building we're only using half we go to the other end so we're sacrificing you know 75 80 kids whatever it is to enhance buildings at the other end of the district and quite frankly I don't think that there will be too many of these 712 kids going there so that's going to create more of a hardship on the district this has created rips in our board obviously it would be nice if we could try to work through that and H towards building a better District together then aart any other comments your thoughts from so with the cancellation of the hearing right now we are
036back to where we were before the November meeting um do not have to take action we we're not obligated to take any action if we do not want to close the building uh if we want to try to figure out any different option or we need to take a step back and look at numbers more we are not obligated to take any action tonight all but to continue with that option we do have the dire to reschedule KSA [Music] 72431 at the end of 2022 and students attending attendance pram High F that noce hearing on the cling of the attad with KSA 72431 date of the hearing January 2023 at 6m the hearing being HMI at USC 112 wil Kansas located at 35 Avenue wil Kansas andas for given as condition of the District Two
037The District's need to reduce expenses three District's needes we have a motion on the table is there a second second by J any further discussion from the board hearing none we will vote by call yesos yes Cameron yes Brad no Alison yes Chad yes no motion passes 5 two so we will have the hearing here Wilson 4th at 6: p.m we will get it in the paper as required by the statute any open Agenda items next month's agenda that will be in January that is the meeting that we elect officers just just a second guys I I do appreciate the emotions right now but we do have this meeting and it would be really loud and really hard to get out of here and I would like to get out of here so if I
038could just have everybody just chill for about three minutes and we'll get out here as appreciate it uh there'll be election of officers in January uh there is also a resolution that we have to pass that you have to set the meeting date time and place for the year um so we will keep in touch with where we're going to have that first meeting in January because we had the meetings resolution in January to December so we'll have to figure out if we're gonna where we're going to have that January we'll just let everybody know and get that out there um that we'll have a board member we have to uh select for negotiations and then Mr Lowry will have a report on our eser3 funding from the federal government other than that right now
039that's all that I have okay thank you if there's nothing else I will entertain a motion to by Cameron second by Josh all in favor raise your hand motion pass thanks everybody