001All right. Thank you. Good out here. Yeah, that. On the spot. Thank you so much, Rowan. All right. So, first order of action tonight is approval of the agenda, but um before we do that, um we had some greeters at the door that we would love to have come on up and introduce themselves. You want to introduce yourselves? I'll get you a microphone and then uh you know, you could tell us uh what school you're from and maybe since we're at the end of the school year, be there a a memory from the past school year or what you're looking forward to this summer break. Um my name's Ali Roush. I'm from Sumner High School. And I think this year I definitely was able to build a lot of community. Um I got a lot
002more involved in the school and as an IB cohort member, I formed a lot of relations with other IB cohort and I think we all have a really good like relationship with each other and I'm excited to go into next year with them. Okay. Hi, my name is Erica Kramer. Um one thing that was really exciting about this past school year was that um I joined full IB and then I feel like our cohort put in a lot of effort to like grow closer to each other. Um we did uh no cohort has done this, but we brought food every Monday. Which is kind of fun. Like we didn't miss a single Monday. Someone always brought food. We called them Munch Mondays. So, that was really fun. That's probably my favorite memory from the school
003year. Cool. Um I'm Adeline Kolar. I'm also part of their full IB group. Um this year I really worked on getting more involved and I feel like I really like grew as a person because of that and I like really like learned how to put myself out there more and yeah, I think that was probably my favorite part. Awesome. Well, thank you. Appreciate you being here. Yeah. Have a good summer. Thank you. Enjoy. All right, our first action item is the approval of the agenda. Administration recommends the Board of Directors approve the June 18th, 2025 Board Meeting agenda. Do I have a motion? So moved. Thank you. Second? I'll second. Any discussion? All right, hearing none. All those in favor say I. I. All those opposed? All right. Approval passes. All right, next item is
004the administration recommends that the Board of Directors approve the consent agenda items for June 18th, 2025 Board Meeting that are in your packet. Do I have a motion? So moved. And second. Thank you, Tom. Any discussion? Okay, all those in favor say I. I. All those opposed? All right, motion passes. All right, get some recognition, some good stuff to do. Uh well, yeah, we have a lot of great stuff to do tonight. Before we introduce some of our new administrators, we want to honor two people that are leaving us. Um oh, Beth, she's already like, "Oh, jeez." Yeah. Well, I knew you wouldn't be here if I said that we were going to do this. Um but Kelly, you want since you want to go first? All right, we have Beth Diekman and Karen Finnegan.
005Yes. Come on up. Do you have any grandchildren here in the room? Okay, that is shocking to me. Yeah, I was going to say. Good evening, Board and Dr. Dent. I just want to take a moment to honor a remarkable leader and dear friend of mine, Beth. So, I have had the privilege of working closely with Beth over the last, I don't even know how many years. And so, I just think about all the great memorable times we have together, whether it's the good times, sometimes it might have been a more challenging time depending on going on in education, but all along the way Beth has just been a solid, steadfast leader. Always making decisions that put students first. And so, she has truly been a champion in this district, whether it's from um you
006know, early learning to elementary education. And she just leads always with her heart, always with clarity, and always with um strength and passion. So, anyone who knows Beth, um she's just a people purse people first person. She just always cares, it's always out there on her sleeve, and it's one thing about her leadership that I will take away into my own practices because she just she cares about people always always it doesn't matter what's going on um always and forever. So, um I will miss our 5:30 a.m. morning chats as well as the rest of the day and the evening. We kind of joke about it. And um kind of funny, but we kind of joke and say that her husband will probably miss them as well. So, um so, nevertheless, um or should I
007say a nonetheless? So, this is one of the Bethisms that we have um Beth's leadership will just um continue on. And um Beth always reminds us to breathe. Am I doing it right? Everybody help me. Breathe. Breathe. So, that we can lead through strength um and taking that pause that we need in chaos. So, um one of the other things too that I really admire about Beth is how much she cares and cherishes her family. And I think that's the most the most I guess the most heartfelt thing that I think about her in retirement of just spending time with her precious family, her just beloved grandchildren. Um but, we um Beth will still be around. So, if you don't know many of Beth's family members work in the district. Her grandchildren go to school
008here. So, I'm sure that we will see her smiling faces in many of our buildings. And so, um I just want to say thank you, Beth, for everything that you've done being my partner um all the time. And that I know that her legacy will live on for many years to come. So, we have a plaque for you and flowers, so can I Okay, this? that's Does anyone read the plaque to you? Okay. So, Beth's plaque says, "School Board Recognition presented to Beth Eickman in grateful appreciation for your years of service. Your vision, leadership, and dedication have guided us through challenges and triumphs alike, enriching the lives of countless students and families. With deep respect and profound gratitude, we acknowledge your remarkable contributions to the Sumner Bonney Lake School District and its community." Thank you
009very much. Thank you. And no, Beth, we're not going to make you say anything cuz we'll all start crying. Thank you. Thank you. I tried to make it funny, so I wouldn't Yeah. I think this one's going to be fun Say one more. Can I say one thing really fast? Um so, I didn't like prepare anything, Beth, but I have to say you first started out um as Mrs. Eickman, right? Because you were my kids' principal like 15 years ago. Um as I first moved to Bonney Lake 19, 20 years ago, my kids started at Victor Falls, and you nurtured them there and my family and one day stopped me in the hall and said, "Hey, you ever think about being on the school board?" Well, here we are. No, I don't know about that,
010but um so, the the you changed from Mrs. Eickman to Beth as um I got to know you better um and I just love the love that you have for your family and like Kelly said so eloquently, um we just wish you well and hope you just soak up all of those moments loving on your grandbabies. So, thank you for everything you did for me personally and for the district. You've been a gem. Hey, Karen, will you join me up here? My friend. So, Karen has been our executive director of special services uh for a long time. She taught in this district, went away for a short time, and then came back and came back home. So, for those of you that don't know, um Karen taught um students who needed some extra support with
011behavior uh for most of her time in the classroom. And did did a lot of what they call functional behavior assessments or analysis, right? So, you try to figure out what's the cause of the behavior, what's the antecedent, what's the target behavior, and how do you get there? So, can we let much go out to retirement without doing a functional behavior analysis of what we see going on? So, ahem you can read the full functional behavior analysis later, but I'm going to give you the highlights here. Um the data is clear. Karen has started smiling every every time someone says retirement, showing signs of increased anticipation of grandparenthood, and increased pace as she finishes the work in Sumner Bonney Lake School District. Her new behaviors are things like sipping coffee slowly, planning spontaneous getaways, and
012saying, "When I retire." with alarming confidence. I think we've identified the function of this behavior. It's a well-earned escape from compliance and audits, and access to joy, rest, and time with people that you love. Karen, your legacy in this district is unmatched. Your wisdom, knowledge, and leadership have made a lasting impact on me and on us. We are better because you have been here. We're happy for you, and just a little jealous. Um we hope that you enjoy every minute of your next chapter. You've more than earned it, my friend. Man, we repeat this too, So All right. So, Karen, in grateful appreciation for your years of service, vision, leadership, dedication, guided us through challenges and triumphs alike, enriching the lives of countless students and families with deep respect, profound gratitude. We acknowledge your remarkable
013contributions to this district and its community. Oh, I could tell a really funny story about Karen Finnegan, but I won't. Well, it's really good. But, I won't. Um I love these two that uh I truly respect and honor and love them and will miss them. This place won't be the same without either one of you. And it's very true. The impact that you are leaving this place is uh incredible. And we love you for it. So, thanks. So, now we have a whole new crop to bring in. Uh Ellie McDaniel is almost our new executive director of elementary education, and she um she's going to introduce some of our new elementary administrators. Yeah, come on up. And Kelly, I don't know about the 5:30 a.m. jazz. You might have to go 6:30. So Yes. Well,
014okay, ladies. Come on up. Good evening, Dr. Denton members of the school board. I'm back, cuz we do have another new crop of wonderful administrators joining our awesome elementary team. So, first off, Angela Kelly. I got to put my glasses on. Um so excited for Angela. Angela's been around for a long time. Um she is going to continue her leadership role at Victor Falls as principal, following a very successful year as assistant principal. Adam's back there beaming with pride. Angela has built strong, positive relationships with students, families, and staff and led efforts to foster such a wonderful culture up there that has had a meaningful impact on teaching and learning. Prior to Victor Falls, Angela served at Taholah Heights Elementary since its opening in 2018, holding roles including assistant principal, student success dean, and counselor.
015She holds a bachelor's Listen to this. This is so interesting. I didn't know this about you. She holds a bachelor's in aerospace studies from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Yeah. And both a master's degree in guidance and counseling and a principal cert from City University. A long-time Falcon parent, Angela's connection to Victor Falls is both personal and deep. Her commitment to our district's promise is evident in every step of her work. So, please join me in congratulating Angela as you saw. And new to the Sumner Bonney Lake School District, we have Bethany Whistler, who's going to be joining Angela as the assistant principal at Victor Falls. Bethany comes to us from the Enumclaw School District with a strong background in education, having served as a dean students, summer school principal, early intervention specialist, Title 1 LAP reading
016specialist, and classroom teacher since 2007. What grades did you teach? Um kindergarten, lots of first, and some fourth. Wonderful. She brings a well-rounded perspective and a passion for fostering a safe, inclusive, and thriving school culture. With strengths in instructional leadership, social-emotional learning, and behavior support. Bethany is committed to empowering both our students and our staff. She holds a bachelor in elementary education from City U in Seattle and a masters in educational leadership from Western Governors University. And outside of school, Bethany enjoys time outdoors with her two teenage daughters, her German Shepherd, and a growing collection of animals. We'll have to talk more later. Her lifelong passion for education continues to shine through her work, and we are super excited to have you join our district. Congratulations. And finally, long-time Sumner School District employee, Cheryl Eldridge.
017I'm super excited to have her part of our elementary team. Look at that. Oh, Cheryl. She will be joining Jill Dornan as assistant principal at Crestwood. Currently, she serves as Dean of Students at Liberty Ridge Elementary, where she has helped lead school-wide behavior expectations, addressed chronic absenteeism, and supported our students through data-informed practices. She also contributes to several district committees focused on assessment, instruction, and student support. With 25 years in the Sumner Bonney Lake School District, Cheryl brings a strong connection to our amazing community and a wealth of experience as roles of a learning specialist, an intervention reading specialist, an intervention coordinator, and an instructional coach. She holds a bachelor's in psychology from, yes, University of Washington. Go Huskies. A masters in K-8 teaching from City University, a special education endorsement from PLU, and is
018finishing her admin degree from City U. I think you're done. And she is also a national board certified teacher. She looks forward to building a supportive, inclusive school culture where students and staff thrive. Welcome as Crestwood Orca, Sheryl Eldridge. All right, baby. That was fun. Yes, I've been here a very long time. And I'm honored about that. Um I've enjoyed serving the Sumner Bonney Lake School District for 25 years. And thank you so much for this opportunity to continue in a different role. Uh thank you so much for the warm welcome. I am thrilled to get to join such a strong district um to get to contribute to the amazing work that's already happening and support our staff and students. So, thank you so much for welcoming me. Thank you very much for this honor.
019I um One thing that I love about the school district is getting to walk around the room and see people who impacted my students' life. Um and I want to be able to give back the same way to the community and I there's not a better place to raise your children and to have your kids at school. So, I am just so honored to be a part of that and continue supporting our Falcon families just as they did with me and my family. So, thank you. Okay, let's keep the fun moving with Steve Sholand, Executive Director of Secondary. Although, I want to know if secondary people brought little faces because I love my elementary peeps. Yeah, no no faces that I'm aware of. Uh-huh. I've got a couple of people joining me here, but as
020they um make their way up here um much like Ali talked about and like we do when we have an opportunity to go out go out and hire a teacher for administrative roles at our secondary schools, we really go through a rigorous thorough process and I'm just excited. I was able to be a part of both the hire at Mountain View Middle School and Bonney Lake High School, but I'm going to hand things off to our two principals that are here tonight and allow them to make the introductions to two familiar folks to many of you. So in some cases, it's just reintroduction. For others, just know they're familiar faces and we're so happy to have them back. Well, I am excited to introduce a guy who really doesn't need an introduction in the Sumner
021Bonney Lake School District, Brett McDaniel. Returning to us after 1 year at Character Strong. I was thrilled to hear that he would be interested in coming to Mountain View. His experience at Donald Eisman with our Tally community and then of course Sumner Middle as an assistant principal. He understands the unique needs of middle schoolers and we're it's a sporty place in a middle school. So having somebody that knows um just exactly how to jump in and support is going to help our school tremendously. We are excited for the skills that he brings with MTSS, of course Character Strong, and his background in that, athletics, ASB. Most importantly though, I am very excited for the student-centered energy that he brings to a school. He had an opportunity to come to our new Wolf Night last month
022and just the energy that he brought just being there at our table, meeting families, seeing families that he knew from before. It was just it was uplifting quite honestly and it was just great to be around. So I'm excited for what he's going to bring to our school. Um so with that, Brett McDaniel. Thank you. Uh first Amy, thank you and and uh just a shout-out to Karen and Beth cuz we've interacted for so many years, so it's sad to see you leaving, but I'm excited for you, too. Um so thank you in in that journey, and then thanks for bringing me back uh and allowing me a midlife gap year. The kids call it a gap year, you know, where you just leave, but parents pay for you. Um I took took the opportunity
023to just kind of step away and try some things with a dear friend. Um and it was a great privilege to work for John and in Character Strong, and and so just thank you for bringing me back and giving me the opportunity to serve um the best district in the world. So, that's it. Thank you. Look forward to working with you again. So, I'm sensing a theme. It's kind of like a homecoming, right? There's all these people and uh people who I and and and in a good way, I mean, especially a lot of people in this room that I've noticed who we know, who have been here before, people we highly admire. It says a lot about our district that people come back to it. Um in this case, I have the privilege and
024I'm proud to introduce Charlie Hyland as the next assistant principal of Bonney Lake High School. Um Charlie has been comes to us from SHS, not that SHS, from Steilacoom High School, from a different SHS. But he was he served as an assistant principal there as well as um the assistant director of CTE for that district. So, um a lot of huge growth and learning. And prior to that, he was a Bonney Lake High School as one of our leadership teachers and the and um our department chair, worked with CTE and our broadcasting program, and built um helped to kind of rebrand our school at a time, so he's a big part of our school. Um he's a big part of adding on to what Build the Hill means and a big part of power, and
025um he's going to fit in exactly with what our school needs. Um he has a heart for student. He has servant leadership ingrained into who he is from a very young age. And he serves our community. He lives in our community. He cares deeply about our community. Little known fact about about Charlie. Well, maybe this is well known. I don't know if it's little known, but he was butch WSU. So that's a big deal. Just look at his license plate. He's very proud of that. But also um Also but I encourage I I'm I used to be a supervising administrator and I encouraged him to join the path to becoming an assistant principal in the first place. So to me this is a very proud moment and I'm proud of him and the growth he's
026had and I can't wait to see what he does for our community. Now his wife told me to work the word sparkle into my communication, but I don't I don't know if I can think of a really creative way to do it other than just call out his wife for making me do that. So I hope it with our best so works. Um But I can't wait to see him sparkle in our community. There you go. Okay. All right, Charlie Hyland. Well, board thank you. Tony, I just want to say thank you for what five years ago saying, hey you're going to do this and I said and then the next year I was like, all right, let's do it. I'll do the admin. And ever since I joined like that route, I've found my
027passion and truly my calling of helping lead schools and I'm really excited to bring the knowledge I've gained the last couple years when I've been gone to Bonney Lake and it's a homecoming. It's definitely a homecoming for us. So I'm excited to come back and be part of this awesome district and my family is you can see they're here and they're ready to be Panthers again. So we're excited. So thank you. Some awesome stuff for sure. Yeah, really really uh Yeah, sorry. There's a lot. I thought we were done. Sorry. Yeah, that's Yeah. Oh. stalling there for a second just to That's right. Adam's like uh we have two new directors for human resources. Okay, I'm going to say that again. We have two directors. Oh. I know we almost had to do an investigation
028of why that was overlooked. I know. But we're good. Um I am grateful to be back to podium and I'm introducing two great teammates. I'm super excited to have this uh team uh join our our human resources department. Um so I'm going to start with Adam Euler. Um and it's an honor to introduce him as one of our new two new directors of human resources. He brings over 20 years of experience um compassion and equity. Most recently at Victor Falls um where he champions student-centered practices, strengthened teacher leadership, and led development and implementation of our district's shared decision-making model. Uh he's Before that, he was in White River um as a director overseeing MTSS and early learning. Um and he's also a respected presenter and instructor. Adam's deep deep commitment to building systems of support
029where every learner is known and valued and his inimitable style um makes him perfect for this role. Adam, we're excited to have you join the team. I promise to teach David how to tie a bow tie. There are remedial lessons for this. I did. I Um but no, thank you for um this new challenge and new opportunity. Um serving this community is um a gift and I can't wait to to walk into my new role and with a new teammate and hopefully support all of you very well. So, thank you. And Scott, Wow, I I don't even know what I don't even know what just happened there. All right. Inside joke there. So, Shelly, um it's a pleasure to introduce Shelly Stickel as the other new director in Human Resources. She has been a cornerstone
030of our district and of HR since 2000. She started as a certificated HR specialist, then left for a short time to serve as a registrar at Sumner High School before coming back home to HR, where she rose through the ranks um as a supervisor and since 2015 as a or so as an HR Operations Manager. Known affectionately among her team as the Oracle of HR, she has unmatched recall of every past practice and policy and helps keep the entire department grounded and out of HR jail. Um her colleagues describe her as thorough, thoughtful, and fair. And she brings not only a deep institutional knowledge, but a clear vision for future successes. Under her leadership, HR processes have been refined and strengthened, culminating this year with a perfect audit with zero findings. We love that. Um
031she is she is deeply committed to this district and to helping every individual thrive. I've had the privilege of watching you grow these last 4 years into a strategic, forward-thinking leader who has really learned to put yes first, consider yes if, and yes and as we continue to put the human in Human Resources. We're lucky to have her in this new role. Please join me in welcoming Shelly Steckoll. Okay, I didn't know that's what they said about me. So, thank you Um I appreciate the confidence of, you know, Lori, the board, and David for putting me in this position. Um I'm hoping, you know, with my foundation, my 25 years in in operations and stuff will be a good pairing with Adam over here with all of his experience in the buildings that we can
032come up with some great ideas to make things better and support everybody else out there. So, thank you very much. Okay, now I think I think anybody else out there new? I'm just I'm just checking. Now I think we're really done. For sure. I'm confident. Yes. Yeah, why don't we just take a Why don't we take a quick 7-minute break? We'll come back at 6:35, and uh that way we can walk out and congratulate everybody on their retirement and their new roles. Mhm. All right. Okay. We will get started again. We lost lost a bit of the crowd, but that's okay. All right, so we're done with superintendent comments. That was that was really cool to see the retirements and the people filling big shoes and just and the right people in the right places
033just really excited. Exciting. Um, we move this to board member comments. Does anybody want to volunteer to go first or do you want me just to pick? Tom? I'll jump right in there. Go for it. Uh, first of all, I want to thank all of you supporting me getting through what we've missed a hectic month last month. I was warned about it might be busy. I had no idea. I met so many amazing students, so many wonderful staff throughout, and so many all of you helped me get through the process. It was just I loved it so much. And this past month I did a number of things including going through Rotary, Sumner's Bonney Lake High School and Bonney and Sumner High School of the awards last night at seeing all those amazing students and
034where they've gone, what they've done. And um, I also went to um, Bonney Lake High School scholarship night and some of the students I've seen before. It's really crazy how hard they're working to get where they are and where they're where they're going to go in the future. Um, we also in going to Victoria Falls, I was just blown away by the amount of artwork in that school. The colorful things we saw there, the music there, all the rooms full of different Every place I walked around there was something else happening at school and and as I had mentioned Dr. Dent, I I've never been in that school before. I went beautify Vine Lake and I helped clean out front there, but this time I walked down the road to see what the school was
035all about. So it was very impressed with that school. I can't wait to see what they're doing this next year and see what they're doing this next year. And then we have the retirement was so so many people leaving us and so many strong people and we got some strong new ones coming to the district. It'll be a looking forward to work with them on this stuff, but sad to see them go on, but those things happen, you know. And we also have the Panther award night and Dr. Dent was there with me, too, with the um squadron. Pardon? I know. I had every time I look around you were there. The The Panther squadron award was J J ROTC. Those people have so much energy. Every time somebody got something the whole place blew
036up with excitement behind us. You'd think it was just It was great seeing what how they were digging in doing that and how involved they are. And I believe this is the first year, right? So I'm I can't wait to have this next year going the future. And then Eli Hill school program was over That was just seeing those students and how far they've come. And I toured that school before earlier this year and see how they're graduating and still where they're going to. That was just remarkable program we have for them. Help them go in different stages so they felt comfortable coming up there and getting their awards. And for goodness sake. And then the victory tour. I was upstairs here and I was seeing all these kids coming through and just so excited.
037So and of course graduation. It was huge seeing all all our students graduating on other avenues in our life and stuff. Being part of that and shaking so many hands. It was It was great. So, again, it's been a wonderful six or eight months I've been here. And look forward to the next year coming forward to. So, thank you everyone, and I look forward to more things happening. Tavi, you want to go next? All right. Um So, I won't Many of those things that Tom I think that Jess mentioned, we've all been to. So, um I won't repeat all of them, but um I will say that one of the one of the things that I had that privilege of doing this particular um this particular year is to see a graduation at kindergarten level,
038to see a kind of graduation certificate presentation at the middle school level, and then to be part of the um which I have to say was pure magic. I still don't know how um Stacy Skolds did it because an entire eighth grade class, the entire school of eighth graders came in. It was It was chaos, controlled chaos. They all sat down, and then they all came up to stay on stage to pomp and circumstance, and Stacy Skolds reading off their full names in order. Not a single person messed. Not a single person um needed to be scrambled around. So, magic. I still I think American Got Talent is calling her name how she did it. Um and then high school graduation. And I have the privilege of this having been my second. So, I think
039last year I was terrified and um didn't know what to expect. And so, this year I really felt like I could just enjoy how um how amazing um our community is. The support that gets these kids over the finish line there is something to really be proud of. Uh there wasn't a moment that I sat on stage um where I just wasn't proud of our district, of our community, of the the parents and the support. I mean, we filled two high schools came in and and filled an arena um with just cheers and and support for these students. And some of the talent that we saw um and the and the the give back um we had a standing ovation for one of our retiring um employees, Mr. Dudley. And um they were they were
040they were chanting his name and and applauding him. So, um yeah, they're giving back. It's their moment, their time, and yet they still have um you know, see the value of of all that's been contributed to them. So, that was amazing. Um the last thing that I would say is um I think the Eli Hill was just is always one of my favorites. Now that I have can say I have one of my favorites cuz I've done it twice. And we had a you know, a parent too that came up to us and let us know um how important the program was to to their family and their student and that their student would not have have made it had it not been for that program. So, um kudos to each and every one of
041those um those the teachers and the administrators there that really helped these students um know them. They told stories, personal stories about them. They know them. They value them. They're living our promise. And so, that's one of one of my favorites. Oops. That's great. Bill, did you want to go next and work our way back this way? Um all the things that we we did absolutely fantastic. And And you're at graduation all the years that I was had the pleasure of being there with the kids and stuff. It is it is just so amazing to to uh connect with the kids one last time in that. Uh but you know, thanking the families, the kids, everybody. This is This is a magical season. It's tiring. We start What about May 1? And as I used
042to tell uh my wife, I'll see you at the end of June. Um but every one of the events we go to is just so uplifting, fun, and and to watch the kids that you see see start at a different place and where they end up is just truly amazing. And then uh I'm going to say it now, I'm going to miss all of you. I've seen you more than some of my family members recently. Dr. Dent's cabinet that we see every night. Um Lori's I've asked her to send out an article on separation anxiety issues so we can get through that. But uh you know, it it is really fun to be at these events with you guys that care so much about the kids and really enjoy the events. And it And that
043doesn't happen in all districts. I I talk to colleagues that and friends that uh do similar things and uh it's This is a true team and it's just so fun to be able to do these things with you guys. So, thank you. Thank you, Bill. That was nice. Aaron, did you have anything? Well, yeah, I should just say I agree with you and I agree with and I agree with you because you pretty much summarized everything that was on my heart and mind. But um I'll just say a couple things very quickly. Um I would agree with you, Bill. I think this board loves participating and seeing things in action. And so, I would just say keep the invitations coming. We love um what what we do here, but we love even more being present.
044Um so, any opportunity to be present present and see the good work happening, um keep those invitations coming because um it truly um renews our spirit for serving um and is inspiring. So, thank you for the invitations. Um I would also say to you know, JB and Tom, you both said something that resonated with me that I've been thinking a lot about, is just the power of community. Um one thing that I feel like Sumervani like does very well is um we've really been working hard on a strategic plan and with that comes uh systems. Um but behind those plans and behind those systems are people um and people make it work. And I just am consistently impressed with the quality of people who lean in, dig in, and do the hard work um that
045needs to be done. Um not only um district employees that like Bill said, we've seen a lot of um recently late nights, um but also our community, you know, with Rotary um honoring um our seniors, the amount of um scholarships and awards that we've seen given um from community um businesses and organizations that we we went to some awards. The way they've supported our students has been incredible um and inspiring. Um so I just think I've I've taken a step back and and really tried to appreciate the little moments. Um one of my favorite little little moments, Lori actually um was at the retirement um celebration where you were able to name every retiree by their name and attach something special to them. And again, that doesn't just happen. That's intentional work. Um and it's
046honoring for the people who are who have dedicated so much of their career to um our kids and it was beautiful. Um the other thing I real that stuck out at with me, I always loved the Eli Hill graduation. It's it's just wonderful. Um but Officer Anderson spoke on behalf of one of our students. Um he wrote a letter and his words were presented and I thought, "Oh my gosh, what an incredible moment of community." Um and then watching, instead of the presenters, watching the families listen to the words being spoken about their graduate was such a different perspective and so heartwarming and wonderful and I thought another way we honor kids in our district and our families is to have an interpreter there to say it in their native language so that their families
047can hear the wonderful things that are being said about their graduate. So there were just there's so many great systems in place and there are things that are happening to to make the grand graduations happen and make the awards happen but behind those systems are people and they're people who work in this district, who live in this community and I just I'm grateful to be a part of this community and and be able to witness the beautiful things that are happening. It's quite moving and um I took up too much time but anyway, that's that's all I have to say. I think it was all very worth saying that everything that everybody said. I think that it's such a a great time of year to see everything come together and celebrations. I mean it the
048the fact that that the Sumner High School graduation agenda was flowing along and normally it didn't and then it was stopped and Mr. Dudley was brought up to honor such a servant leader in himself and have the entire Showare Arena stand up on their feet and give him a a warm send off into his retirement was was gave me goosebumps. It was amazing and you know the Eli Hill program is just one that I think is is so tremendously important to our district. You know as it happens I was coming out of Costco yesterday and you know we get stopped sometimes at the grocery store and I did. I got stopped in the in the parking lot and there was a parent that I had done boosters at the middle school with and she had
049had a one of her students go through Eli Hill and she just you know she said oh what's going on? We I said oh we just had graduation. We had Eli Hill, we had Sumner High School we had Bonney Lake. She said oh Eli Hill she just gushed about the program and how her student would not have graduated, would not have had a wonderful freshman year off at college, would not be thriving the way they're doing if it wasn't for the Eli Hill program. So, I just shout out to Eli Hill. I can't I can't thank them enough for the hard work they do and and of course the district for supporting it. So. Great comments tonight. All right, so now we have to do the business stuff. We had all the celebrations and now
050we get to do the more boring business, but we'll try to go through it as quickly as we can. Our first matter of business is going to be our capital projects bond update. Our director of capital projects, Marina Tomeney, and development and capital projects facilities manager, John Boatman, will present the June bond project update to the Board of Directors. Welcome. Yeah, I did kind of skip over that, didn't I? Yeah, so just for the record, we have no audience comments tonight, right David? Okay, thank you very much. I was told that earlier and so I just kind of kept going with that, just trying to get right to the business. It's all good. Yeah, it must be the end of the school year, right? Yeah, thank you. Yeah, it was it was very smooth, very
051smooth. Yeah, thank you very much. Uh Dr. Dent and Board of Directors, thank you very much. I hope you enjoy the um stress ball. We we do like our Sumner builds. Okay, I'm going to attempt Okay. Shocked Robin with a short update, but just some real vital things that we want to share with the board tonight. So, I'm going to share something really quick and then let John talk through some fun stuff with you. So, first of all, um it goes without saying how important these projects are. And the success of these projects is our mission. It is something we think about day and night and work hard to ensure. And so, as part of that, um we have really thought about what is the best delivery method for these projects. And you know, we
052are in a different time than we've been at other times that we've built in this district. Uh the market conditions are very different than they were with the 2016 bond, with the '07 bond. Uh you know, the the number and type of contractors that are out there, just the change in the knowledge and and options that we have is different at this time as well. So, we spent some time really considering this and doing some homework and we firmly believe that going an alternative project delivery method is the right method, especially when you look at projects like Bonney Lake High School, you know, expanding on an occupied building right where the front office is, trying in right at the most public space where everybody enters the building. That's a big deal. Um Sumner High School,
053especially when we get to phase three, you know, being able to demolish that building in a in a way that preserves function for the spaces that can't be demolished. Um we need to have a better way of doing that work. Part of that is bringing the contractor in and getting their input in the design process, in the planning of those phases, and and that deep understanding of construction and construction methods so that it informs our design and the way our documents are constructed. So, again, doing that, there's a few different things. One, we have to go to the project review committee, which is part of the capital projects um I forget the acronym what it stands for, SCPRB. So, that is something that we will be doing with these projects as we'll bring them to
054project review committee to seek permission to go forward with this method, general contractor construction manager, which is short we call GCCM. Some of the other things to note, it is still a competitive process. For selection of the general contractor, we go through a competitive process that is qualifications base. Price has a component of that. And then all of the packages below are competitively bid. So, we still have a competitive price and a competitive process. But this method will bring that contractor in to the design process, give us some advantages as we're getting these buildings ready to construct. And then also we'll be able to establish our cost for the work at an earlier stage in the process, which is also an advantage for us. You know, again, the the success of these projects is the
055highest priority. And we as a team feel that this is the best method for us to achieve that. So, I just want to let everyone know cuz we'll be doing a few things different, but the essence of what we'll be doing is still the same. So, now for some fun project updates stuff related to Sumner High School, I'm going to let John Boatman step forward. I did draw the short straw, so I got to do the fun stuff tonight. So, I appreciate that. There's a story behind that, too. Uh for another time. Uh Sumner High School phase two, really the designs really starting to take some shape. So, as you can see in the in the slide here before you, the building on the right side, that's the existing phase one building. That's the one
056where we've got our science classrooms. It's occupied right now, the commons, kitchen, all those kind of fun things going on, the library. The building on the left, that is the architect's rendering of how that will look for phase two. So, very complimentary. They the buildings look just awesome together. I like this view, but there's more there's more fun stuff coming. This is a view looking from basically from Main Street. So, again, phase one building with the Spartan on the side of it on the right side. The new building matches facade, matches the height, the colors, everything is going to stay the same. We're not going to throw something completely different at the district or anything else like that. But really nice looking view from Main Street. Um this if you walk out the building right
057here and after the building's built and you walk across the parking lot towards the building, this is the view you'll have. So, you walk up to the building in the and so this is kind of looking from the north west portion of the building. So, this is just the phase two building alone. The purple that you see in the center not to compliment Dr. Dent's outfit, but that you see in the center that's like the main entrance. Sorry, I couldn't resist. Couldn't resist. So, that's like where the staff will come into the building. That's the main entrance area. The building this the shorter building you see on the left side like just past that dark colored car in the parking lot, that is going to be the animal sciences building and then right by that
058little SUV you see underneath the trees where it's got like the different colored roof, that's going to be the future greenhouse. So, to give you kind of a perspective of how this building's kind of taking shape so far. This is my favorite. This is this one really describes quite a bit. You can see right away I always I kind of nerd out a little bit on the photo voltaic the PV panels on the roof. So, again making some allowances for that. The little bus that you see in the parking lot right there is right next to where the tiny Spartans little outside play area is going to be. That's going to be their drop-off point. Again, that purple section is where staff will kind of come into the building. The parking lot being expanded a
059little bit more to the left side. You see the top aerial view, kind of an angled view of of the animal sciences, and then just to the side of that, the greenhouse. Beautiful three-story building, very complimentary for what's happening on the site. These slides are going to be shared with the bond oversight committee on the 30th for the next meeting. Want to make sure that the board had a chance to see these ahead of that. Thank you. We don't have questions. Did anybody have any questions? It seems very straightforward and sticking to the plan that's always been there. It looks exciting. Not really a question, but I do want to say thank you for presenting this and and for the forward-thinking so that we can be ahead really proactive. Uh especially with with kind of
060uncertain times and whatnot, it sounds like the plan that you've put together. So, I really appreciate the time you've taken to look at it differently knowing that we're in a different situation and in a different time, and and then the transparency of sharing all of that with us and then with the bond oversight committee. Really appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Does anybody else have anything? There would be the proverbial put you on the spot question, which is do you have like a maybe within a 6-month time frame you could say when you're going to break ground? No? Okay. All right, so we'll move on to the next thing. We'll look forward to seeing shovels on the ground. Thank you. Not in the next 12 months. Okay. Well, we look forward to that ceremony. Awesome.
061Thank you very much. All right, this brings us to some action items for the evening. First one is resolution number 17/24-25 out of endorsement assignment waiver. The administration recommends the board adopt resolution number 17 24 25 out of an out of endorsement assignment waiver waiver. Do I have a motion? So moved. Thank you. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, Tom. Any discussion? There we go. Um I know how hard human resources, Dr. Dan, building principals. I mean, it's a it's a cast of thousands who work so hard to make sure that we have everybody in endorsement, but when you're trying to put a staff together, there's every once in a while um something something can't line up, Phil, but I really appreciate it. Yeah. Yeah, definitely a lot of spots to fill. Hard
062work goes into all that. All right, without any other discussion, all those in favor say I. I. I. All those opposed? All right, resolution passes. All right, our next action item, uh the Sumner Bonney Lake School District is allowed to set aside up to 5% for readiness to learn or RTL. The program of RTL is to deliver academic and non-academic support to participating students who are significantly at risk of not being successful in school. The RTL program reduces barriers to learning, increases student engagement, and enhances student achievement. The administration recommends the Board of Directors approve 5% to be set aside for readiness to learn or RTL as part of the learning assistance program. Do I have a motion? So moved. And a second? I'll second. Thank you. Any discussion? Um what a great program. So
063excited about that. All right, all those in favor say I. I. I. All those opposed? All right, motion passes. All right, getting to more exciting stuff. We got some contracts to approve. So, the administration recommends the board approve the 2025 to 2028 3-year SBLEA collective bargaining agreement and salary schedule. Do I have a motion? So moved. And a second? Second. Thank you. Any discussion? All right. Hearing none, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. All those opposed? All right. Motion passes. Awesome. It's exciting. All right. Next exciting action item is our IUOE collective bargaining agreement. The district administration recommends the board adopt the IUOE custodial collective bargaining agreement for September 1st, 2025 through August 31st, 2027. Do I have a motion? I'll move. Thank you. Uh second? I'll second. Thank you. Any discussion?
064I'll say just excited to vote on a contract for a definitely a hardworking group in our in our district. So, Uh all those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. All those opposed? All right. Motion passes. Awesome. All right. Next one on our list is our City of Bonney Lake and Sumner Bonney Lake School District Interlocal Agreement. The administration recommends extending the current Interlocal Agreement between the City of Bonney Lake and the Sumner Bonney Lake School District for 1 year to support the Parks and Recs program effective September 1st, 2025 and expiring August 31st, 2026. Do I have a motion? So moved. Thank you. Any seconds? Second. Thank you. Any discussion? All right. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. All those opposed? All right. Motion passes. All right. That ends that uh part
065of our agenda. We have some information, so budget status report, the Chief Finance and District Operations Officer, Brian Verley, will provide a budget status report for April to the board for information in your packets. All right, that brings us to some policy matters that we can take some action on tonight. Um in accordance with policy 1310 adoption and amendment of policies and bylaws, the following policy is included for adoption and will take effect in September. The district administration recommends the board adopt the following district policy in accordance with policy 1310 adoption and amendment of policies and bylaws. Do I have a motion? I'll move. Thank you. Any second? Second. Thank you. Any discussion? All right, for those watching at home, this is we're voting on moving board meetings from Wednesday nights to Tuesday nights. All
066those in favor, say aye. Aye. All those opposed? All right, motion passes. All right, information only in your packet in accordance with policy 1310 adoption and amendment of policy and bylaws, the following policies are provided for first reading. Uh 3205, 3206, 3224, 5010, 5011, and 5013. You'll find that information in your packet. All right, also for information only, uh transportation department report, director of transportation Pam Knapp has submitted an update for the transportation department to the board that you'll find in your packet for reading. As well as we have a highly capable program report, executive director of secondary Steve Sholl and Tosa for highly capable programs and a Carlson have provided a report containing information about the highly capable programs in the Minnetonka Public School District. Look forward to uh reading all that good stuff.
067Thank you for providing those, which brings us to board discussion. Is there any board discussion tonight? Um I guess the only thing I really wanted to um bring up tonight was uh just before coming, I was looking at email and we got a a really we had a parent that was um planning on coming tonight for public comment and uh she couldn't make it, but she sent us all a really nice email um that was just expressed how important and how uh how helpful Mrs. Herrera, one of the great counselors at Sumner High School, was for her, not just her her recent student, but her two prior students as well as they worked through um the school and and it was a very thoughtful and very complete and um I think it's just one of
068those things to remember how lucky we are to have have the support and um and it was a true testament to again kind of living the Sumner High School or the the Sumner School District uh Sumner Bonney Lake School District uh promise. So, um I just wanted to mention that since she wasn't here to do it. Yeah, that was a really nice email and compliments Mrs. Herrera for all the hard work she puts in. Tom. One thing I forgot to talk about is that near the end of the school year, we had the one group up in in uh over here, I guess it was. Anyway, with the students that are 18 years old to 22. Community based. That was quite a program. Those they've got challenges and they do so well and they work
069with them so well for them to move on. I'm looking forward to going to their programs next year and seeing them at work and how they're growing. It's really remarkable program. I just don't think anybody really knows what we're doing with that, but Yeah, really impressed with that. And I had Sorry, I forgot I'm forgot to mention earlier. No, I'm glad you brought that up. That was I mean, the community based transition program is so vital for those students that uh they can be have that extra time to develop skills and develop uh you know, workplace experience and and head out into the world to be uh And open themselves up, too. You know, be able to talk to people and stuff and yeah. Yeah, definitely they uh they have a lot of challenges and
070the the staff does a great job to put them on a path to success. So, it's great. So, if you were there you saw Hank. Hank, right? Hank is a chatterbox and he's adorable and delightful and works hard. Um, and two of Dave's crew, Donny and Dave, actually they help him. They're like the big elephants helping the little elephant. He graduated. Now, Dave, didn't he get a job? It Is he working for VODIS? Yeah, so he's already he has a job. Hank has a job. I mean, way to go, Hank. But, way to go, Donny and Dave, because you talk about community. Two of Dave's ground grounds crew are helping Hank I mean, live a better fulfilled life by getting a job. So, nice job. Nice. Yeah. Big elephants. Anybody else have anything tonight? Um,
071so, I had the opportunity to go up to the end of the year transportation and the mechanic side luncheon. And I just want to give a shout-out to Pam and all that crew, the bus drivers. I had the pleasure, when I became assistant superintendent, wanting to learn more about it as I rode the bus on a number of occasions with the kids and bus driver. And it was fun. Um, but uh really what stuck out to me, I don't know about you, Dr. Dent, is Pam has developed such a strong team atmosphere up there. There's so much pride in what they're doing and it was just so wonderful to see. And then also, we have a bus driver going to state Yeah. and hopefully taking Lori to Nationals. Yes. But, it just an incredible group
072that does amazing work up there and and I don't think they get a lot of recognition. So, it was really fun to go up and see that. Yeah. Yeah, that that facility is definitely impressive to walk through and see what they do for those buses on a daily basis and and the fact that they are always passing their inspections with 100% every time is just got to feel so good for them and and and validate the hard work that they put in. Yeah, they they run a tight ship up there. Yeah, it's pretty cool. Any other board discussion before we All right. That brings us to our announcement of our next regular board meeting. The board meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, 2025 and will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the central office board room
073right here. We are adjourned.