001Yes, please. I now call the August 14th, 2025 Young Community School Board meeting to order. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance 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. >> Right. Welcome everyone. My name is Hendrickson and I'm the school board president. Before we begin, I want to remind everyone that the agenda and meeting packet are made available on our district website at least 24 hours prior to the start of each meeting. Please note that while we strive to provide all relevant materials in advance, modifications to the agenda are permissible. All right, first item is uh superintendent comments. Well, good evening. First of all, I want to just say uh welcome
002to transportation. Uh say thanks to a couple people uh Jeff who just came in and Terry who uh were both instrumental in helping this project happen um with our capital uh our bond and capital projects dollars. Um there's still punch list items uh to be completed and um they're still working through that, but um we're very pleased with the way this space turned out and very happy for our transportation department to have a place to do trainings, also a break room, and also an opportunity for us to use this districtwide for trainings. Um we're really excited about it. and uh transportation staff. Uh would you stand and just so we can say a big thank you and give them a hand. They've also put up with a lot through this project. Um a lot of
003moving parts, moving offices, moving um different areas. And I think um we're all really pleased with how efficient and uh how well organized it is. And so um glad we could be here and thanks for uh those of you that made it happen because I know um it was a definite maybe for a while but um thank you for allowing us to be here. Um just real quick here at the beginning um superintendent comments portion uh I just want to give you guys an update on bargaining and show you um what we have um put together. And this is not new. this uh we've had this, but uh in order for us to just uh continue to be open and communicate about where we are um in bargaining over here, um we've got a link
004that goes to um all of our uh labor relations groups. also um the calendar and it gives us an opportunity to put everything as far as uh bargaining dates and then you can click on those and you can see uh what happened during those. Um obviously not um a tremendous amount of detail because in gardening um those are ongoing conversations and not completed. But um you can see here uh all the either offered dates and or accepted or declined and going into September um we have um reached an agreement with our coaches. they ratified their contract and so we have two groups left OPs and PSE and as it stands right now given the timeline and uh meeting dates um we'll be going into September for those negotiations. Um, but we will continue to update
005this and make sure that um we're keeping everybody up to date on um those meetings and then the action um associated with those. And I just want to make sure that you guys are um continually taking a look at that and reviewing it. >> Okay. Thank you. Um are there any community comments? No. >> All right. Um, moving on to new business, individual contracts. >> Move to approve. >> I second. >> Is there any discussion? >> All those in favor? >> I >> oppose. Motion carries. Uh, strategic plan for 2025 through 2030. >> Second. Is there any discussion? >> In the front of you, you've got um some documents. Um look like this. And uh big thanks to Kendall in our um student learning department. Uh very creative and uh she has been working on
006for uh a number of uh purposes. the the large paper are some ideas for um boardroom displays and then the other ones are also um some ideas for displays around the goals uh whether it's in the the boardroom. We'll also be doing uh displays in our schools in all of our departments across the district. But these are some samples for you to look at and uh to get some feedback if there's anything that um you think that might be missing or uh maybe some uh different thoughts or ideas on on displaying that. In addition to that, um, a lot of work behind the scenes. Uh, big thanks to, uh, Lisa and her team. Um, really doing a lot of work on the implementation of our strategic plan and next steps. We had an initial um
007meeting with our administrators uh last week to go over the strategic plan and then again this week kind of took a deeper dive with them um preparing them and giving them some tools to be ready to present to their staff um in two weeks. And uh so a lot more to come on this but just wanted to give you a little bit more but also see if you have any questions or any comments since we uh shared the first draft for you. Um we are ready uh if you guys are to um to move forward with us. >> Okay guys have any comments? Well, I just I just want to say how much I appreciate the community getting involved on this. I mean, there was how many people? >> Over 30 people and it was
008big time commitment. Everybody got involved. Put the kids first. It's nice to finally see some people put in timings. >> Anyone else? >> All right. So, we have a motion. You guys want to vote on it? All those in favor? >> I >> oppose. Motion carries. >> All right. Uh 2025 2026 fees schedule and meal prices. >> I move we approve. >> I second. >> Any discussion? Oh, >> just that we presented it at a study session to you um back in July um and July 15th and um gave you some time to review and and no feedback. So, we're just moving forward with recommend to approve. >> All right, those in favor? >> Opposed? Motion carries. uh policy revisions and addition second reading for 50 or 6500P 56 5161 and 3211 any discussion um
009these again are ones that uh you've seen couple minor changes on 6500 3211 and then uh 5161 being a new policy for our district civility in the workplace. That one we presented to you at a previous board meeting and uh something that uh many districts are implementing but uh it would be new to our district. Okay. Those in favor? >> Opposed? Motion carries. All right. Um this is a policy revision. It's a first reading for um policy 3245 and um it is the students and telecommunication devices and then um 3245 procedure and it's just information. This one is um it's still a work in progress as you know. The first reading is an opportunity for you to take a look, give some feedback. Um this is something that um we've been talking about for quite
010a while. there's still some areas in it that I think um you know we're still wanting to get some feedback and I think from talking to our administrators um there's still an interest in in some buildings to go um uh more stringent than policy which obviously they can do. Um one of the things oddly enough that has been a topic of discussion um is um part A in the very beginning where it says telecommunication devices will be accessed and operated only before and after the regular school day and during the students lunch break. So a lot of conversation around um breaks between classes and a lot of conversation around lunch. So, I will say that that lunch break piece is still in question as to whether or not that's something um we want to allow
011or not. Um and I think it depends on who you ask as to whether or not uh you keep it in there or take it out. But, um really want you to to give us some feedback. I shared a draft with you um several weeks ago. also shared with you um the comments and questions from students and others that we got back. Um this is something that a lot of districts are going into for a number of reasons that we've already discussed. everything from distraction to um significant damage that um social media and other devices are causing and um some of the challenges that our staff are facing with these um devices whether it is a cell phone, whether it is uh a watch or even Chromebooks. um you see kids walking around uh with
012Chromebooks playing games on them or um you know they can't access everything that they can on their own devices at home. But um there are many reasons why we are here today but I want you guys to really make sure that you're giving us your feedback so that we can make some adjustments um moving forward. >> Did you did you get the I handed my feedback to the president who I'm assuming handed it to the superintend. So, we looked at a couple of different districts and and I thought I'm like, if they don't have their phone, I mean, they don't they have it before and after school, then they don't need it at lunch. That's kind of what I was thinking. Well, we looked at a couple of different school districts and they do have
013it at lunch. They don't have it at breaks, but they have it at lunch. So then it's like, well, okay. Um, so then it's like, well, okay, if they've got it at lunch, all right. Um, so that was like that's I mean it's not a hill I'm willing to die on, you know, maybe somebody else is, but um I do think that um the students when they were talking about it last year, they did say that they wanted the staff to follow the same policies that they did. So if the students don't have a cell phone out or device, the cell phone's out during class, they didn't want they didn't want to see their teacher with a cell phone out. So I do think it needs to be the same for them. So that's one
014thing. And then we want to know um see what was the other thing. Oh, what's the what is we see that there's a um discipline elevating for the texting and um harassment and bullying. But if you have your cell phone out during class and you're asked to put it away, you have it out again, you have it out again, what is the discipline for it? Because I don't see that there's any discipline. So there's no reason for a student to not have it out. And we looked at other districts and um >> we couldn't see that. >> We looked at other districts and either we didn't look far enough. A couple of them had but you know is that a was that a thing? >> I can speak to that. Typically, a discipline matrix is
015not going to be found in policy or procedures um because uh what that looks like at the elementary level will be different than what it looks like at the high school. So, that's where the the school and the administration and staff have the ability to determine um what those steps would be as far as discipline. Um but really what they need in order to follow through on that discipline is they need the policy to back them up. And so that's where um oddly enough you get some push back from families. Uh if we say you can't have that out and you can't be using it. Um and if you don't have a policy to back that up um then we we don't really have a leg to stand on. But the short answer to your
016question is typically the discipline matrix and uh progression would be developed at each building. Um, elementaryaries would look similar, middle school look similar, and then high school would create. >> Well, there's so much research now um, you know, throughout the United States doing this. The other thing was is but it did have um discipline for the sex then because and that's because of the the law. Correct. Yeah. And that was the difference. Okay. Got it. Anybody else? >> Well, I was asked the other day >> about the young man who has a IEP that says he can call his mom so she call me down. And I said, well, I assumed that that was going to be the emergency clause. Yes, an IEP would uh it's a legally binding document. So, if that is an
017accommodation that is added to the IEP, certainly um there would still be some some rules around that of of stepping out of the classroom or going to a private place to be able to do that. But if it's in the IPU, then it's a legally binding document and it's something we need to follow. Um the other thing that um creating uh is a frequently asked questions page that I'll be sharing with you guys um because when we adopt the policy, we want to be able to push out um a document to be able to say um and give a little more feedback as to to why and and what it means and then also developing communication to families and staff as well. So, um, working on both of those and have drafts for both of
018those, uh, which I'll be sharing with you. But, um, really looking for any feedback, any edits, um, or things that you want us to to think about. And I do want to, um, also see if Sophie has anything to share or add on this. >> Yeah, we'll pass the mic. >> Questions? No, I just didn't want to um leave you out. >> The student perspective, you can imagine there are varying opinions about this. >> Um I personally am all for it. Um, I feel like this is how it should always um be, but I know that yeah, people will have the arguments like what if I need my phone for any case like my mom is in the hospital and I want to stay in contact with her. >> I see that argument a lot.
019Um, but there is also case of you have to be just very cautious um because people will abuse that and they have been abusing it. That's why we have this um kind of on the table right now. Um, but yeah, I would say and like it's hard for me to answer this without having you ask me specific questions. My answer is going to be like, yeah, there this isn't a black and white topic. Of course, I like where it's standing right now. And I feel like a lot of my peers would like where it's standing right now, the people I surround myself with. Um, but I do know that there are going to be those opinions that are not in their favor. You know, people are going to say, "Well, I want to play games
020in class. I don't like this." But, you know, if you think about the students education, um, this would be the best course of action. And of course, having those phones, you know, before school, after school, um, during lunch even, um, I know we're still talking about passing periods, but even that, um, I know a lot of kids would appreciate having those passing periods to contact family, talk to friends. Um, that is what I've seen a lot and I've seen a lot more kids grow in favor towards this policy for sure because you know even those kids who do kind of abuse their phones in class um they show willingness to want to change that. I have some friends who are like yeah I I just can't stop going out my phone in class and I
021really want to stop doing that because it's affecting my grades and I think that's great to see. So there can definitely be um a lot of support for this and there is and a lot of advantages from this. So that's all I can say right now. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. >> Thanks Sophie. >> Yeah, >> just say that that let us know if there are any other things you want us to consider. But um we know that this is still a draft and um we'll u make any necessary changes and keep bringing it back until uh feel like we're we're there. Okay. All right. Um on to the next agenda item. It's walker and writer routes. Yep. >> Yeah, you have some print outs in front of you. Uh we
022talked about this at one of the board study sessions and and ways that we are looking to be able to uh best serve our students uh with the number of drivers, the number of routes that we have. And so, um Jeff and the team have been working tirelessly, uh literally walking, riding night and day to look at the the areas. And we also met with the city to talk about any of the construction areas, what are being developed and things like that. So just a little background for the audience. Um the state law does require us to go through a process for grades K through five uh for elementary walker routes and there are some guidelines around that and a big process you go through. They do not have the same requirements for 6 through
02312. They do ask you to follow those same kinds of safety guidelines but there isn't an extensive process. So, we shortened that version uh by seeking input uh in various ways and again mainly from the city to make sure that uh these areas were safe and that they were uh we're aware of any construction or upcoming projects. Uh we do currently have two areas that uh Ford Stevens and Mil Pond that have walker routes and have been approved for years. Uh they have to be within one mile of the school radius and they have to have appropriate walking spaces. So it could be a sidewalk, it could be a path, it could be as long as it's a safe shoulder, things like that and they have already been established. However, at the time when these
024were established, they were not developed areas and so they may not be a full one mile radius of the school. Um most of our schools don't even have walker opportunities. So four of our schools don't. So Fort Stevens, this is the actual um area in which they can walk. And so this next year, we will look to expand that as the growth of our community and the sidewalks have expanded from the city and the uh new developments are are coming into play. But until then and going through that process, we are staying with the same uh elementary route for Fort Stevens. Green means that uh these are recommended routes. These are the safest routes. We you know we recommend that they use these these roads to to go um from the school to home. And
025then in Mil Pond and again there's all been a lot of growth so we have not changed this um but there's been a lot of growth around the Mil Pond area where we can expand these routes in the future uh going through that process but um we do not have them cross 507 even though there is a lot of housing over there. And then we do not have we we do not recommend we we highlight that uh you use the the green route versus the yellow but it's still okay, right? It's just not the best route, but it's still okay. Um, and then this path here, this dotted line between Ridgeline and Mil Pond, there's a walking route. There is actually a path that we have developed as a a district. And then this summer,
026we put in fencing so that it's completely fenced off from the schools and people can't get in and out. And so that's been a safe walk zone forever, but um we've made it safe for this year thanks to Becky's recommendation. So again, these are normal walking routes that we have approved. The trick here is is that we have a lot of students from these areas that go to middle school and high school, and we're busing them in those areas, too. So, we've been looking at the numbers of students that are on our buses. And when you're in a walk zone, you're taking the seat of somebody who's not or we're overfilling buses. So, we're looking at the capacity of our buses and we're looking at the number of drivers we have. And so, how do
027we address those issues and again, while we're in a really good spot, we've been working really hard to recruit and train CDL drivers, we're not there yet. So, we want to make sure that we can serve the students who are in the nonwalk zone and um then continue to recruit staff if we can. So with those two pieces in mind, we have our plan to move forward and seek any feedback from you. We'll take a look at um RMS. So those students in the RMS would automatically fall within the Mil Pond zone. And so we're going to keep that the same. We haven't expanded that beyond. Um, and technically if you're at Ridgeline Middle School, you can almost get all the way over to the city park with goodwalk zones and with um, uh, that
028one mile radius. We're not going far. We're not expanding that far yet. Uh that's not where a lot of our students are housed right now, but there are areas that are growing. But there are a number of homes across the street um across the freeway there, the State Route 507, and they already a lot of kids do walk there, but there's many that don't, and we are picking them up. They're taking them seats. So, um that's something that we're looking at. Those students will be dropped off at um middle school on the way home, but uh if they're high school students, we can pick them up. And Alana, correct me if I'm wrong. Um but those two dots right there are three dots are where we're picking them up right now. Um so that or
029dropping them off there. Tell me which >> picking them up. So those are only high schools. >> Ridgeline already walks across the street. >> Right. So it's the high school kids that are coming um from when they're coming back into school. So again, we're just trying to reduce the number of students on buses. Then at um the high school, and I'm skipping the middle school for a reason. We'll get to them at the end. Uh we have a bunch of growth. You've probably seen the houses and the apartments. And uh Chris was telling me that on one of his uh monthly trips, he comes and rides a bus and the students would get on the bus at the high school, drive around to Alley by the new apartments, and we'd let them off. And we're
030talking 50, 60, 70 kids in this community area that has grown and expanded. So, they could walk straight down Tornado Alley and probably been home before they waited on the bus to get home. So, we want to encourage them to walk. Um, and again, there's some some green that is the highly recommended. The yellow is just because they're waving, but those are all sidewalked areas. You'll see that there's some yellow dots. Those are growth areas. And we're already working with a group um developing the area there where you see that fenced gate where we will open up a gate to the back side of the high school right behind the BFW or at the sorry not the but match. And so there are things that we're trying to do to shorten the route for a
031number of kids as the as the areas develop. So that is a huge area and then the red areas are private roads. So we do not recommend they go down there. Um, and these again will be on our website for parents and people to see. So that's what I would say is the um south side of Yelma Avenue there. And then um the other part on the north side here is they would cross the street at the hike from the high school here. We've got those walk zones and then they will go down and cut across. So, Cherry Meadows is a very large community of students and that would take huge number of students off buses and allow us to um again bus students out to the schools that from the communities that they they
032live in outside of that area. So, those are the the secondary and then the middle school. We have um one key area and we have some numbers here for you. So this area here, most of our students are already walking, right? We have a few students that do ride the bus and we have we have routed before. So that's not very many that would go into that area. Again, we're that mile radius. So from the middle school here to the far corner of Cherry Meadows is less than a mile. Just less than a mile. Okay. So walking it, Jeff, did you end up walking it? >> I did. >> Okay. So, we we wanted to see if Google was right. Jeff said he was going to walk it. Um, so Google says if you walk
033it, it takes 22 minutes. And how long did it take you? >> I tried to take my time, but I doubt I walked as slow as a middle school student. Uh, but it it does take 20 minutes to get to Y Middle School. >> Okay. So, we know that's about that distance. Um, and so that is a very large number of students that we would serve just in that little corner right there. That's an entire bus route, right, to fill a bus of middle school students. Um, and we wouldn't be taking high school students there because we're already taking them that they'll be walking there anyways. So, um, this is kind of one of those areas that is kind of out there on that edge. So, we want to think about that a little bit,
034but if we don't do that, what's the implication? Right? So the implication is that our other three routes that we have two or three routes three thank you um would be overfilled they'll be beyond capacity and so what we'll have to do is we'll have to do a high school route okay then go back and get the middle school which will extend the day for them at their middle school for 15 to 20 minutes and we'll have to supervise all those students from those three other routes while we run the Cherry Meadows run and come back. That will increase costs. That will increase supervision for the entire year in order for do that. And then if we have additional growth, as you saw at the high school, we will have additional students that need in
035those routes, which eventually they need another route, another driver. So, if we eliminate this as a route and we have students walk, we will be able to level out all those other routes and we will not have to add the staffing in for supervision after school. And so, we're talking, you know, 100 kidsish that um would have to stay after school for 15 or 20 minutes being supervised. Okay. So, um, it's a tough decision and our recommendation right now and it's not something that does have to be voted on, but we definitely wanted to have your feedback. We believe this gives us the best opportunity to make sure that when we start the school year, if everything goes as planned, as our hiring and our training is going very well, um, the first week school,
036everybody shows up to work and everybody drives that day, we won't cancel a route. >> I have a question. Um, when you talked about the high school going down to >> going down Tornado alley, um, is, uh, that looking in your extension? I mean, is that what we're looking for to go this year to have them not get on the bus? Walk. Okay. >> Yeah. all all of these routes here um for the high school, Ridgeline, and the middle school, we would be implementing and sending out notification to all the parents starting tomorrow. And then we will go live in a in a week. As soon as summer school is over, we'll be able to turn our routes live and parents can start seeing what their routes are going to be. So they'll have about
037two weeks to talk and plan before school starts. And so that is really what we're looking to do to otherwise we will extend the days of students in supervision. >> And all of these are less than the mile radius. >> Oh, absolutely. And some of them are way less. >> Yeah. Some of them are, like I said, the Mil Pond and some of the ridge line, they're not even the full mile. Um, we didn't go there. We just wanted to kind of keep it in those vicinity that they were at. Um, we're looking at when the students are at the high school and they're going into the Fort Stevens zone. Uh, we know that that area is growing and so we may only have one or two drop off locations of pickup locations. Uh, and
038they will have to walk within the Fort Stevens zone. Same thing in the mil fun zone and RMS. Um, just for seat capacity alone. >> Well, it looks like you got it all out. Well, that's Alana, Kimmy, and Jeff and um Dely helps a ton. And so, they've been really putting their heart into this because what's really important is that we want to make sure every student has an opportunity to get to school uh and can get there safely. Those are the two most important, but we just right now um driver-wise, we will have enough to cover the routes if everything, like I said, goes as planned. Our trainers have been working tirelessly this summer. Um, and currently have uh we have four openings. Okay, we've filled three. I've mentioned that before. We filled three.
039We have four openings. One has applied. We've trained and has been certified and she'll apply for the position. We have another one who's testing next week. So, that will be another position filled. And then we have uh three in training right now or about to go into training. And we have two full-time subs and four part-time subs. So, we feel like we're in a really good spot in the next I would say 30 days. It's a good we'll be in a really good spot, but if we have to um continue to expand, we will not have enough drivers at this time and uh it'll take a little bit more effort and a lot more uh coverage. >> Well, I know over the years we've been going to look at this, right? I know. Well, and
040you know, there's there's a couple of things that it can get into the weeds of all kinds of stuff, but there's um the state really does encourage the walker routes. They really want you to have every opportunity for students to walk. It's part of the health and wellness plan. It's also part of our policy and our wellness plan is that we encourage the walker routes. So, we just haven't because we've had the ability to do it. Um, but our community is growing so significantly and you can see from the high school map there, there are hundreds of homes in that little that little cubby right down at the bottom there. Um, that are coming in in the next four months. So, if we don't include that as a part of it, those families would be
041expect to be blessed and we want to make sure that we include things like that because they're they're going to arrive, right? we are going to go get them if they're going to go to the middle school or the the elementary school, but we need to make sure that we have seats for the the high school students who are on the other end of town who need to get to school. >> So, so when would we be voting on this or do we need >> You don't need to vote on this. This is more getting feedback from you. >> Um >> sharing any concerns you might have. Um >> is it so it's not it wouldn't be mandatory walker for elementary students? It is in those walk zones. >> Do we know how many kids
042are in each of those zones and how many of them are walkable? >> No, you know, I don't have that. >> You can get a few, but um how I mean how many out the >> for over at Milondon? >> Yeah, Milondon and Fort Stevens. Most of them are walking already. >> Yeah, they all all the ones in the walk zones walk already. about that. We have a lot of them. >> Yeah. The the groups that would join that which may or may not have been doing it is having more consolidated stops um for the middle school and high school that are coming into those walk zones. So, we are definitely looking at just one or two stops. We've considered having them go to Ridgeline or go to the Fort Stevens and release them from
043the schools, but we didn't want to take them onto that campus and interfere with it. What's going on? So, we're going to the safest stop near there so that those students can be in that walk zone and go home. And then there's some other areas that um you know we're consolidating across the community um because there might be one student at the end of a road and we we don't want to take the bus all the way down and back. So we're consolidating them on a main road or at the corner of a housing development or something are theenders do they have to walk to? >> They do in the walk zone. Um >> and they do it successfully like you said. Um they and if you if you've ever been to Fort Stevens, at
044the end of the day, uh we have people who are flagging across the parking lots and parents are walking with their kids. So it's a it's a very regular thing. I got a quarter of them walked out the highway. >> Um I don't know if those were middle schoolers Sunday school. >> Well, um I think there's a couple things I thought that same thing and uh there are students from the high school and the middle school who like to take off. We do a good job at the high school coring them back in. But I was dragging into work one day and I saw all the kids walking down towards fed. And I turned I dropped my stuff off and I drove right back and they're walking back with their Starbucks. >> Yep. >> And
045I was like, "All right, they are coming back to school." They just walked down and I mean there was like 14 of them and so they had called in their order and so they just picked it up and they were going back to school. So um that made me feel a little bit better. Well, I walked the whole time that I went to school. I lived >> we and I always say that, you know, we all did both feel both ways is what, you know, my mom told me, >> right? >> And and we had this is just a change in practice. It's a it's a behavioral change for our families. It's a you know, how well do they have these conversations with their students, especially their you know, middle school students is the ones
046we're concerned with. Um and so at this point, unless you have any other um significant concerns, we will probably uh have that Cherry Meadows uh area be because it's affecting over 50 kids and uh just getting them on that bus, but it impacts over a hundred who have to wait 20 minutes after school to be bus. >> You know, it's different when you look at the kids that are out in the fall and there's one kid and then five miles down there another kid. It's a little different scenario, but when you're talking about in a development when there's so many houses together, that's a whole different >> and they're not walking in small groups. I mean, they will work in small groups, but a lot of them all going in that same direction. Um, so
047they won't be walking really good. >> Thank you. >> Thanks to to Jerry and transportation. This takes a lot of time and and energy. A couple things I want to add. One, um, we're also going to be looking at this districtwide when we do our boundary review this coming year. Um, and number two, the challenge we face um, due to budget cuts. One of the reasons we are not able to get uh drivers is because drivers can go to other districts and make you know 10,000 maybe even more on extra trips, sports um and extra trips like that that we don't offer. We're not offering transportation for athletics. And so, um, as long as we are in that place, um, you know, drivers can go to a neighboring district and and make more money because
048they have more opportunities to drive. Um, in addition to that, I've shared with you before, uh, when we met with Cody Colt from the city, he said we have about a thousand units coming online between now and 2028. Um, that's everything from apartments to duplexes to single family homes. So, as we do the boundary review this coming year, we're going to also have to account for new construction, new homes that are coming online. And if we are limited in the number of drivers we have, we're going to be limited in the number of routes we can provide. And um thanks to them and their work on this um by making specifically Cherry Meadows a walking route that makes it less likely that we have to cancel other routes because with that route we have no
049room for cancellations. We we can't cover them. Um whereas this gives us a little bit more flexibility. But we've got a couple challenges. um one budget obviously and uh the number of drivers and then uh number two is growth. And so both of those are things that we're going to have to to address moving forward. >> All right. Um next item is board comments. Casey >> folks. Yeah. It's time is it? >> Another hour to kill. you like normal? Um, no. I appreciate I like these meetings when we get to get out of the district office and see new faces in new places. There's some people here that I really care about and this is a a group in this transportation department that has been through a lot these last couple years. So, very thankful
050to still see this is here for the right reasons. So, I know a lot of work has went into this and looking forward to merging this with the new boundaries. Sounds exhilarating. As long as we don't have to ride the bus routes. I thought maybe that's what transportation was going to say. >> Thank you. >> No, that's all I'm saying. >> But yeah, I do appreciate all of you in transportation. It's nice to put some names for some faces and things like that because I call in the morning and tell you my kids aren't ready to bus because we live down a one mile dead end road. So, it's like that 5:30 phone call, like my kids won't be on the bus. Um, so I do appreciate all you guys do. Um, the walking routes
051are going to be great. You know, less cancellations. Um, just because we cancel those far out routes, you know, it's a 10 mile drive for some of those parents. So, I do appreciate the minimal cancellations on that. So, thanks. >> Well, I I also would like to thank the transportation department for hard work on this. So, uh, looking forward to start a school in tornado football. Yes. And Denise asked me earlier about the history of this building. And this was originally built for the Hills Packing Company. They were going to make dog food here and slaughter horses. They built the whole building and never slaughtered an animal. >> Okay. Well, obviously our main characters of today are transportation staff. Um, thank you guys so much. I actually had someone come up to me before the
052meeting. Kimmy was it. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Kimmy, I hope you don't mind me claiming about Kimmy, but what you said really amazed me. Um, Kimmy came up to me before the meeting and she went, "I think I recognize you." And I just was blown away because I mean, what with all the students that you guys see every single day and some students come in, some students go out. the fact that you could kind of just pick me out and be like, "Oh, I've seen you before." And you know, I think that that's something that not a lot of students could say, you know, um, and I feel like, yeah, it's transportation staff are really overlooked by the student body. Um, we see you every day, but we don't talk about you every day or
053nearly as much as we should. Um, but I really do appreciate all you guys. I haven't been on a bus in a while because I haven't car. Um, but you guys are awesome. I I kind of missed the bus honestly. It was it was a vibe. Um and seeing the bus driver smile first thing in the morning really uh set me for the whole day. So, thank you guys so much for all your work that you're doing. >> Okay, thanks for having us and it's nice to see everybody here. And um like I said when I came in, this was the closest thing I had to looked in the closet. Um, I appreciate all of you. Um, and I appreciate everyone for coming this evening. It's a lot of fun. >> Uh, again, thanks to
054our transportation team for for hosting us. Um, I want to share just a couple um events that have happened last couple weeks and um, things are picking up. Um, it's getting busy. Um the first one uh August 5th through the 7th we had our uh administrators uh for three days at Yel Middle School uh working on um strategies to incorporate student voice um working on belonging and then also updates from departments and really uh really appreciate this group and the time that that they spend um preparing themselves to we did in our buildings. And so, um, we had a lot of fun and, um, got a lot of work done thanks to our our student learning department, um, HR, finance, um, student support, uh, everybody pitched in and, um, it was, uh, it was well
055spent time. Uh, next one, we had our uh multi-care free sports physicals on August 8th and that went very well. I think it was 225 physicals that they did um well well organized. They came in on Friday. they set up and um these are completely free to to students, not just in Yel in surrounding areas. And so they come in and do all kinds of screening and then are able to even refer students um for additional um appointments and or screening if they find something that of need. But um just really appreciate our partnership with Multicare. They do they do all of it. Terry helps them get situated with the facility. Um, our custodians do a great job supporting them and helping them get set up and tear down, but the event itself, they run
056it. And, um, we had some sports medicine uh, students there and our program. And so, they get a great opportunity also, hands-on opportunity, real life experience. And so, um, that was you can actually see Gary Clinton, um, in the lower left in the red. Um, you can you can see him anywhere. He's usually wearing his red pulp. And, uh, the next one, uh, Little Red Schoolhouse supply pickup. Um, I got to go and pick up supplies, uh, in, um, our district vehicle. I had to make two trips. Um, we don't have our community, uh, person anymore. So, um I said I'm going to go do it. And um these students are from Timberline High School and um the other bald guy in the lower picture um besides me. Um that's their Timberline baseball coach. And
057Britney Lal, you might remember her, that's her husband. Uh so I got to talk with him. But these students were there from um early morning until noon. Every car that came from every district and every organization, they loaded it up and amazing. And then we brought those supplies here. District office staff all came out. We unloaded it and then we had parent volunteers from McKenna come in, sort it all, put it all together um ready for each building to have uh to give to students. So, um they said Little Red Schoolhouse folks said that they had more supplies than they've ever received. Pretty amazing. And then, uh last one, uh we had a couple staff, Aaron and uh Lori did a training with teachers. Um this was a a voluntary thing for teachers, structured literacy
058academy. Um I stopped by today. They even um allowed uh teachers from other districts to come and uh three-day training. They did a fantastic job and it was really fun to see um our staff uh come in and want to learn around uh how to teach reading and literacy. It was pretty impressive. Uh and wanted to make sure that uh I shared that. And then last thing um sad news that that many of you heard that Doug Hakez passed away yesterday. He was um instrumental in in one of our citizens groups in in trying to help us get that levy passed and um he will certainly be missed. He he has a a student in our district still and um just really sad news for us to hear yesterday. I was I was going to
059mention that you had um okay so um please keep their family in your thoughts and prayers as they go through this tough time. Um all right uh next board meeting is August 28th at 6 PM. It's a regular board meeting and we'll be at the district office. Meeting is journal. >> That would be great. >> Thank you. So they just hear me. I