001Tuesday, February 17th, 2026 to order. Um, item number two, roll call of directors. >> here. >> Absent. >> Excuse >> here. >> Nest >> here. here. >> Awesome. Uh, item number three, pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Item number four, approval of the agenda. >> I'll make a motion. >> We have a motion by Gorman. >> I'll second. Second by Bower. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. >> I. >> All those opposed. Motion carries. Item number five, approval of the minutes. We have a the minutes from the January 19th, 26 record school board meeting. I will seek a motion. >> I'll make a
002motion. >> Motion by Ness, second by Gorman. All any discussion? All those in favor say I. >> All those opposed? Motion carries. Item B, minutes from the January 29th, 2026 special school board meeting. >> Make a motion. >> We got a motion by Bower. >> I'll second. >> Second by Nest. Any discussion. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> We have one abstension because she wasn't there. All right. Motion carries. Item six, uh, student board report. How are you? >> Good. How are you? >> Good. Thanks for asking. >> Good evening. My name is Ruby Stoiki and I'm here to share with you the successes of our high school students over the last month. DECA district results are in. Out of six groups, five meddled in their event. Three auto qualified for
003SCDC and the other half received honorable mentions. In addition, two members have submitted this year's SP gold reertification and will compete at the SCDC later this month. FFA hosted a community donation drive where they collected pet toys, food, and treats. All donations were given to the Marathon Humane Society to support animals in need. Skills USA competed at the NTC regional on February 6th alongside other over 300 other competitors. Two competitors took third place and two took second. It takes a lot of time, willingness to fail, and financial backing from sponsors. So, they're extremely thankful to all who helped make the event a success. Forensics competed at the district competition on February 10th, and all competitors moved on to regionals. FCCLA competed at the region 3 leadership conference, hosted at Wasa West on February 11th, and
004they all came home with six golds and one silver. They've all qualified to compete at the Wisconsin State Leadership Conference in April. Two days later, they hosted the Valentine's Day cookie sale where they raised funds for No Kid Hungry. NHS has been hosting a food drive in the cafeteria during lunches. All food collected is going to the Covenant Community Presbyterian Church food pantry. They're excited to make a difference in their community through service projects like this. And finally, Student Senate is busy wrapping up planning for Winterfest, which will start next Monday. They're planning dressup days, week events, and a pep rally to raise student morale during the winter months. Thank you, >> Rudy. Two things. I did the judging of the Deca and Rapids. >> Oh, really? >> I don't do Mosique kids, but it's
005actually cool to see. And second of all, do you know you can run for school board when you're 18? >> I thought about it. >> You only need 20 signatures. >> And if you need the paperwork, I'll get it to you. >> All right. Thank you. >> Your reports are very good. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Item seven, special presentation. A discussion possible decision donation from aluminum aluminum fabricating products. >> Yeah, as you can see, Paul Bartnick got another donation. Um, so, uh, somebody that's also interested aluminum fabricated products is also looking at some YA stuff, but they sent us quite a bit of, as you can see, some diamond plated, uh, aluminum, some sheet stock, square tube, extruded tube and aluminum angle. So, they sent quite a few things to us. So, it uh,
006was a nice donation for our for the shop. So, we're recommending approval of this. >> I'll make a motion. >> We have a motion by Zebra. >> A second. second by Gorman. Any discussion? I I just would like to say thank you. We've had so many donations by organizations and groups and all the hard work our administrators and teachers have done to secure that. This is another reason why is a great place to be. So all those in favor say I. >> I. Oppose. Hey. Motion carries. >> Item B, discussion high school presentation. >> Turn it over to Mrs. So Katie and I here uh represent a part of the academic and career planning team or the ACP team. Um it also includes uh Kurt Venhoo and yes that is his senior picture. Um this
007was the slide that we used when we actually presented to um incoming giant 12th grade students. >> I thought that was Tom Cruz. >> Yeah. No, I will tell them that. By the way, uh Gina Stubel who is another one of our counselors and then Matt Lindsay who is our CTE coordinator. So that um that's the team that has kind of put together how we take the ACP plan that we just talked about in the instructional committee um and bring that to uh the high school. So Katie is going to talk a little bit about how this started um at the eighth grade level with really a week almost of course selection events and how we've reframed it this year to help our students best select the courses that they're taking and be prepared for
008post high school options. >> So this school year we were super excited to get into the eighth grade and our focus was to um try some new things. Um, we really wanted to educate eighth grade students on what career clusters are, right? So, if you're new to career clusters, uh, if there's a million jobs in the entire world, they are grouped into categories based off of similarity. And so, there are 14 designated career clusters. So, our task with the eighth graders was try to engage and invest um, them learning about what career clusters are out there and what career clusters do I think I might be skilled at, interested in, or would like to know more about. Um and we took with us a panel of high school, primarily senior students, a few juniors, but
009high school students who could um emulate those career clusters. So Dakota Duberstein, for example, represented and was a panel member for advanced manufacturing. Claudia Zeus was a panel member for finance. Um Genevie Thompson was a a one for digital art. Right. So, our students could represent the career clusters and speak to their experiences, the classes they've taken, their work experiences that they've had, club involvement, um, to really showcase to students that there's a lot that students can do here to learn more about who they are as students and what they're interested in. So, um, that was our time spent with 8th grade. So, the course selection night took place January 28th. Um, we really wanted to do both for our students and our parents is put together all of these pieces around academic and career
010planning and like course selection. So, um the event itself, the the courses you're taking, some information about YA and and youth apprenticeships, um or internships, career exploration, which we'll talk about with career clusters, uh thinking about what is your lifestyle, like what do you want to do post high school uh and then we had a chance to really elevate some of the stories from our own students who have been part of this process right throughout their their three three and a half years with us. Different pathways. Uh what we really thought was important parents to hear was the evolution of the workplace. And we're going to talk a little bit about what pathways actually look like and how that continues to change the way that we prepare kids here so they're ready when they leave
011us um and and graduate. And then just the awareness of what some of those opportunities are. We wanted to share a commitment that here at Mosnique, we're offering diverse meaningful pathways and with the ACP um plan that we just shared uh being able to talk about things like youth apprenticeship and internships um student pathway perspective really helping students connect learning to real life and again youth apprentichip and internships allow us to do that and I think also the way that we be defining um instruction in our classroom and how we're trying to really connect what students are doing in the classroom to the skills they need outside of it. Uh support informed decision making. So helping kids. That's just to kind of help students prepare for what's next. So this is a little bit of
012a shift I think from um what we've done in the past. We ask students to really think about what they're curious about, what are the skills they want to build, and then how does this really help them for their future self. So beyond high school, what is it that they want to accomplish? And because we have such amazing opportunities here, being able to take advantage of those um over the four years that they have. We also pose questions to parents around like does the courses that my my child is taking really stretch them and support them in a way that helps them be ready, right, post high school? And then is it aligned with where they want to be after they leave us, right? So having some of those conversations and and I think it
013was important for parents to have questions for them to start talking about with their high school student. We also wanted it to be very clear that there are many pathways and it's not just one path. And and this is something that we've been talking about as an ACP team here at the high school that it it does start with different credentials you can work you can earn in the workforce. Um, we've talked about military experience and those opportunities, trades and apprenticeships, uh, two-year college and four-year college. So, there are multiple ways that you can be successful once you leave us. And we want to ensure that everybody understands what those pathways are. And that really that the pathway is something that aligns with your interests, your strengths, your goals, and again the opportunities that you
014have here at Moses. So, kind of connecting some of those things um and helping parents be aware of what we we help students think through and um really plan for while they're here. So, you can talk a little bit about the clusters. >> Yep. So, when you when you look in the the black section, we tried to outline it in black for you. Those are the 14 career clusters, right? So, um, it's helping our students kind of understand more about like, hey, if I'm a student who really enjoys building and moving, right? I should be checking out the supply chain and transportation and some of the careers within that pathway. Or maybe that's not quite my area. Maybe I'm more advanced manufacturing with some of the um careers within that pathway. So, we're really trying
015to help students um, right? like the the end goal is that they have careers in mind that they feel represent interests, strengths, skills, experiences, and then how do I get that career after I graduate? Is it certain credential? Is it directly into the workforce and work experience? Is it college needed of some kind? Um, so we're we're really trying to hit home with um utilizing their career clusters more. One of the new additions to the event was having graduates um come back and talk with our parents and our uh students around their own pathways that they chose. And then also similar to what we did with 8th grade and finding that to be so successful, having current students talk about the pathways that they've been on and the the courses that they've selected since they've
016been here and how that has helped them at least narrow down one of those career clusters for when they leave us. So those students uh shared what their experience was. Um some of them were able to stick around and answer some questions both of students and parents after they were part of the presentation. So definitely something that we want to continue doing and helping our students learn from those who have come before them and understanding the opportunities here, right? But then also how you can begin to make some of those connections to folks in our community as well. And we did obviously talk about our graduation requirements. So along with all of the the opportunities you have like here are the things you you must select and even within choosing those requirements can that help
017you down a certain pathway as well. So we've talked about that um a couple different ways and including too. We wanted to be clear that parents and students understand how they can kind of get ahead of the game while they're here at Mosine. Um, so this is something that you've probably seen multiple times now. We've shared it on our local report card. Um, we continue to talk about um the number of advanced placement classes and and students that are earning credit here along with dual credit. Um, we talked at the last board meeting about start college now. Um, and also some of the world language opportunities that we have as well. So during the first election night, we wanted to highlight those opportunities so both parents and students could make some of those um decisions
018that were going to be best suited for their student. At the end of the the evening, um students did go into the cafeteria where our entire staff was there to answer questions um to kind of highlight some of the things that they're doing within their departments and just make some of those connections between not just the courses that they teach, but also what the opportunities are beyond high school. And we wanted it to be very clear that this is just one single night in a really long um exciting journey that they have with us here. and that we have really an opportunity to connect all of those pieces that you see up there um to best prepare our kids. So, course selection night has really launched us in thinking about how do we do this
019more than just one night or like what turned out to be one week for our eighth through 11th grade students and really sprinkling this in throughout the entire school year in a way that I think we can be more intentional about. So in a nutshell that was our course selection questions. Yeah. Do you um do you make a point to meet with students individually or do they just kind of do that on their own if they're interested or so junior year we do open up um it's called junior conferencing. there's an opportunity specifically during junior year that first semester that all students and parents can come in for a personalized conference um where we're going over goals. we're going over, you know, transcript and graduation requirements met, um future planning ideas. Um so that that's
020a formal opportunity for students and parents. And I think um also they're going to hear this idea of student led conferences. Um that's another opportunity for us to meet in uh more periodically throughout their time, you know, at the high school level and middle school as well to have those conversations. So, I think we're at this place where it it needs to be more frequent because we have so many opportunities and just helping students and parents be more aware of what what those are. >> Any more questions? >> How about uh like just bouncing from one I guess path to the other? So, like if you start out in manufacturing, you say, "Hey, but you know, as a junior, I was in healthcare and then by a senior you're like actually I mean I did
021that in college. I had six different majors I picked. Um, is that pretty easy to like as far as course selection to be able to bounce between those and transferability? I guess >> it does, especially with us having the number of dual credit courses available to us. You're not behind in any way. Um, so those regardless of where you're going to go, those those credits would transfer with you. I think what's important for us to to be thinking about is the conversation starting before we get to the ninth grade level, right? And Kate and I have been having these conversations all year about how do we help kids start to think about different pathways earlier. And I think with the tech rotations and some of the opportunities that we're looking at at that eighth grade
022level, starting it even sooner so that kids can begin to make some of those decisions about where they want to go. So once once you're locked into something at like a ninth grade level, that doesn't mean you have to go down that path. Um I changed my major three different times, right? So just helping kids I think have an understanding of the buffet of options that are there and feeling okay with testing those out and seeing what what matches their interests and their strengths. >> A great question. >> Other discussions questions. >> Thank you very much for your commitment and work. Appreciate it. >> All right. Item C discussion construction project update. All right. highlights. We're clipping along quite nicely out there, which is wonderful. We are on schedule, which is always a good thing.
023Um, some of the highlights probably in the last couple weeks, um, as you drive by the building, you see the high second tier of that building. Um, there's a lot of drywall happening along the inside of that, the windows are going in, and you're also starting to see a metal wrap go all the way around that structure. Um, and that's really cool. that'll be a a finished product and that gives us a very good insulation factor as well on that building. So that's happening. Um we have a lot of masonry work going on as well. So inside we're building interior walls. Um we are also putting in the lower leftand corner that is our bathroom group. So right now masons are in there putting the cement walls and those that'll make up the bathroom walls
024and then uh the picture to your right on the bottom um is actually part of our lock group. So we are starting to paint that array which is great. So, our goal is to get little sections done that it can get done and when they're done, painting and flooring will happen and they'll kind of get buttoned up and uh so there'll be more dirt in there I guess basically. But that's what's happening with that. Um also the uh main offices where the new high school office will be that is um you can see the upper left upper right hand corner that's part of the restrooms besides that uh main office area. So that's the nurses room I believe. Um so there's purple drywall for moisture and things of that nature. So, it's clipping along quite
025nicely. Um, one of the big things also is, uh, our sprinkler system is going in. So, all the main lines are run through the facility because that's a sprinkled building now. So, this building is not sprinkled. The new part will be sprinkled. So, they're getting all their lines stubbed in and coiled above. So, when painting happens, things don't get all sprayed up and covered, things of that nature. Um, but we are on budget and and uh right now, so I think we're pretty pretty good spot. Next month some of the highlights will be there'll be a lot of crane work happening out there. A lot of the uh rooftop units will start going on. We have to open up the roof for all those curbs and then also the skylights going in. So you see
026a lot of work outside weather committing of course. Um but other than that uh no big surprises so far. So we're happy with that. Any questions I can answer for you? >> Are you you mentioned that on under budget is uh timeline wise still on time? >> Yep. Our timelines out so far. We've had no big surprise which was great. Our materials are basically on site except for flooring but that's that's a moot point that'll be coming in. It really is right now if you went in there you see a lot of people working on top of each other. You know it's the long quarter. A lot of people in there right now and every their time to do their work. So that's always the foreman's job to line that up and they have the
027foreman means every week to make sure everybody's where we're supposed to be. A neat thing that Findorf does do, if you walk in a job trailer, there's packs on the wall with dates and there's all color stickers, these sticky notes, and you can see where every part where what's happening that week and week after. So, um, they do a good job with that scheduling piece, which helps everybody so you know what what your manpower needs to be, where you got to be, where you can't be, and there's all those pieces. So, they're really good at that in the showing. So, we're happy with that as well. >> When is the tenative completion date? Well, our goal is we had the state inspector lined up for June 4th for a final inspection of the new part.
028Okay. And that is they have to give us our blessing. So that means everything has to be put where it needs to be to get qualified the balance reports which means all their handlers have to be operational. Balance reports have to be done so we can have occupancy. So that's the goal. I can't promise. Always hope that that's that is the ultimate goal because as soon as that happens we relocate people into those areas and get these people. >> When was that again? >> June 4th. June 4th is when the addition is scheduled to be completed. The renovation is scheduled to be completed on August 14th is the date we have your mark for that. >> It's moving along though. It looks great. >> Yeah, we went got his docket because he's one guy does
029a lot of inspections. So, if you don't get them, you'll be waiting and we won't get him until he's done. So, they've been really good. He's been on site already, which is great. He liked what he saw when he was on site and that makes our life a lot easier. Steve, thank you for all your >> Christie, if you want to just There's a time lapse video that's included in there, too. >> It's just a couple minutes long, I think. >> Yes. >> So, it's just a video of the camera system and kind of where it's been from the beginning till like last week, I think, when they turned it over to me. A lot of staging Is that the last state inspection then on the >> for the other part? >> Okay. >> Without
030the first one or the second? >> Either one. Okay. Thanks. Thanks to the community too for the support. All right. Item eight, public forum. Public forum provides the public with the opportunity to ask questions about or address issues including on the school board meeting agenda or general operating rules of the public forum. President basically determines it. Please sign up. But it couldn't work. Jackie, do we have anybody? >> No. Nobody. All right. Awesome. And again, remember, it doesn't have to be on the agenda for you to speak. Uh, item nine, consent agendas. Were there any items that needed to be pulled out? >> Okay. >> Make the motion. >> We have a motion to approve the consent agendas. >> I'll second. >> Second by. Any discussion? All those in favor say I. >> Opposed? Motion
031carries. Item 10, discussion, possible decision, approval, monthly voucher list. >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> We have a motion >> by Nest, second by Gorman. Roll call vote or any discussion? Roll call vote. Also, I'm sorry. Zebra, >> yes. >> Corbin, >> yes. >> Maple, >> yes. >> Wower. >> Yes. Yes. >> Motion carries. Item 11, discussion, possible decision, acceptance of monthly treasurers report. >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> Motion by Nest. >> A second. >> Second by Bower. Any discussion? Roll call vote, please. >> Gorman, >> yes. >> Maple, >> yes. >> Nest. >> Yes. >> Fab. Yes. >> Motion carries. Item 12. >> Oh, sorry. >> Gotta get back to the top of the list. >> I said yes. Sorry. >> Sorry about that. >> Motion carries. Item 12,
032new business. I a discussion possible decision cease 9 shared service contracts. >> Yeah. What we're looking to approve is not necessarily all the special education stuff because that stuff still has to be finalized. Um that's on there just as estimates anyway. Uh that's low usually low incident high cost type things. What we're asking for approval of is is the rest of the contract. So the the meat and potatoes of the nonspecial ed parts of the contract actually saw a reduction uh of about $13,000. uh we're not recommending as much use of the customized CSI. Uh last year we had a higher dollar amount on there. Uh reason that reduction was is a lot of that dollar amount was used to uh was used to have Mia come work with us and obviously instead we employed
033her. Um so we were able to reduce that decision. >> Yes, we were able to reduce that expenditure. recommending approval. >> I will seek a motion. >> Also move. >> Motion by Stanowski. >> We'll second. >> Second by Bower. Any discussions? >> Um, is Mia getting a $13,000 raise? >> Yeah. No. >> Okay, good. >> Just check for >> because if she's driving a new car, I want to know. >> I do I do actually have a question. >> Go for it. >> So, some of the services like the physical therapist That can be taken out of fun 80. Correct. >> No. >> If it's for special education. >> Yeah. That can't that's not a fund expenditure. >> No. >> That' be a fun 27 expenditure which is special funding >> because fund 80 is
034just community. >> Yeah. I'm sorry I totally misspoke on that. Yes. But so so but this is can come on special education. >> Correct. >> Yes. Okay. Thanks. >> It'll be reimbursed >> at the rate that the state does which is a moving target right now. That's fun 27, correct? >> Correct. Jessica, you got your question answered? >> Yes, I did. >> Okay. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed? Motion carries. Item uh 12B. Discussion. Strategic plan dates. >> Yeah, Tom and I have set the dates. I have them listed in here. March 4th and April 15th uh from 6 to 8 for the community portion of of the planning process. Um, I think the biggest thing that the board will need to decide is when the board wants to look at
035reviewing this. Do you want to go before the community? Do you want to go after the community? Do you want to do it after both community sessions, between community sessions? You know, so I think there's a lot of questions that the board needs to decide when they would like to do it. Uh, I did put in here if you are going to do it after both the community sessions. My recommendation would be to consider the 27th. We're already together for the reorg meeting anyway. Um, and that meeting is typically relatively short just because of the reorganizational aspect. Uh, so that would make sense to possibly do that date, but that's only if you want to wait until after it's done. And that's me purely a recommendation. >> And remember, every board member is welcome to
036attend these sessions. You can participate, listen, whatever it is. >> You're more than welcome. You just need to tell Greg Tom that you're going to be there. Yep. >> And I think those meetings happen here. >> Uh we have we set the location for those yet? >> Library. >> High school library. >> Okay. >> Um any discussion? My personal opinion is to wait till after April 27th because there is a potential to remove board members and that may affect things >> because that's that's a big part of our body. So that would be my recommendation and that we attend. I'm going to be at both events. >> I was going to say I'm going to try to make >> So I think we need a lot of board input there. Again, that's just to get
037community input about questions and things like that which go ahead. >> Thus far, we have a pretty good representation of community members that have reached out and reached back say they're interested. >> I just saw that email come through. So are parents kind of applying for it or are you inviting the whole community if they want to come or No offense, but not everybody's going to go to those meetings. >> I was just going to meet like banking on the library to to also >> answer your question that when we had the community when we had the parent survey earlier this year, two months ago, Tom, we did this survey. Parents asked if you know, are you interested in helping out or furthering this to conversation? So they got a separate email just because they
038had already expressed an interest and then all parents received one as well. >> Nobody is going to be turned away. >> Oh, >> so that just so we know that >> whoever wants to be involved, we want your input >> and I think we're advertising this, right? I mean, >> we put it in the link too for so that the general community member didn't have kids but wanted to participate. >> I feel like the 27th would be appropriate. I'll seek a motion then. >> I'll make a motion. >> It's only discussion only. We don't need to do anything with it. >> So, okay. So, you know, Greg, then is everybody okay with the 27th? >> Yeah, I think it makes sense till after that. >> Okay, everybody's okay. >> Okay, you got our answer. Item
039C, um, discussion, possible decisions, schoolboard policy revisions. >> Yeah, it's that time of year again. Uh, twice a year we have our our Neiola update. Um, so these are the revisions. Uh, the list is is long. If I'm not mistaken, correct me if I'm wrong. Once we approve the revisions, they go into policy. We only bring back the new policies or the deleted policies for a second reading, which would be next month. Uh, but, uh, ask me a question and I will probably have to read it because there's quite a few here. And quite honestly, I don't have all these memorized, the revisions and all these because the list is long. >> And this is our service that provides. >> This is Neiola. Yep. So, what happens is they send me that, I go through
040it, make some of the changes, and then I meet with our Neola rep and her and I go through all of them individually and she talks me through the reasons behind it and and one of the questions you always ask is what are other schools doing? So, you kind of have a general idea of what others are doing as well. So, um but yeah, recommending approval of these They're quite long. >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> We have a motion by Mass to approve the policy provision, second by Canador. Any discussion? >> Yeah, I do have a question. Um, so with policy 6608, it's the accountability and oversight of the fundraiser and the crowdfunding dis um dist dispersements. 6608. >> Yep. >> Okay. So toward the end it talks about historically it was
041the superintendent or the board uh may impose the corrective actions follow. So why is it now that it's just the superintendent and not superintendent or board? >> Uh I was not aware that the board did that. That can easily be changed to the board. And that's up for second reading anyway. So that could be a change that you could ask me to make and I would make that change for for the next for the second reading. final reading. >> I just think that that should we shouldn't limit it to a specific position to keep it either or um because the the board is about policy and governance. So, they should be more of a part of that if need be. So, I just think less restrictive would be good with that particular policy. >> But
042that's on the second part coming up, right? >> Correct. So that's not on this whole group. >> So it's not on this whole group, >> right? >> That is that is under the new policy as a second reading, >> right? >> So tonight's the first reading, >> right? >> We we do have a motion. We have a second. Right. >> We would have to have some amendment to change. >> No, we would not because that's not part of this motion, right? Gotcha. >> Okay. >> Because that's going to come back anyway. >> Gotcha. >> Yeah. Okay. Any more discussion? >> All right. Then all those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. >> I. >> One. Opposition. Motion carries. Item D. Uh discussion possible decision. New policy 5135 student identification numbers and cards. >>
043Yeah, this is a new policy uh recommended by Niola. uh it just covers the idea that if you do hand out identification cards, there's a unique identification number uh to ensure privacy of the students. It's not tied to their social security number. Uh fairly, I think, straightforward. So, administration's recommending approval of the first reading. So, really, I don't even know if we need a decision. More or less, just if you have any recommended changes, uh I'll make changes and bring them back. Next one for the second reading. Motion >> make a motion to approve. >> We have a motion by Mel. Second. Second by Nest. Any more discussion? >> All those in favor say I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. >> Item E, discussion, possible decision uh new policy 6608, accountability and oversight of fundraising and
044crowdfunding distribution. >> Yeah, this is the one that Jessica was referring to earlier. So, I can make that change. uh that was referenced uh for the second reading that'll be coming back to you in March. Uh but this is designed just because there's more uh scrutiny now on how all this stuff is accounted for. Um and it just it adds extra accountability. So administration's recommending approval >> and we'll put this in March. >> Correct. >> Okay. So we don't need to have a vote. >> No. >> Okay. Is everybody okay with that? >> Yes. >> Okay. Item F, discussion, possible decision, delete policy 9211, district support organizations. >> This once again is the same as the last one, uh, or the last couple that'll be coming back in March for final approval, but this one
045was added to policy 9215. Um, so it has better number alignment. So, it's kind of combining the two of them. >> I'll make the motion. >> We have a motion by Gorman. >> Second by Zebra. Any discussion? Any discussion at all? Okay. All those in favor say I. I. >> All those opposed. Motion carries. Item G, discussion, student screen time and device use. >> Yep. I was asked to put this on the agenda. So >> um I requested this item. Um you know I know that as a parent we get those security reports about what our kids are doing on um computers all day. So, I was just curious if securely generates reports that could show us like what each school or each grade is using their device for. I just thought as we move
046forward with all of our new initiatives, it might be good to keep track or, you know, just having even an annual >> screen time is a big thing. It is >> and it needs to be watched and we got to make sure that we're not just always plugging a computer in front of her. >> Christie, can you answer that question because I know you and I have had kind of had a back and forth and you we've done a couple help tickets into securely to see if they can pull that data. >> Yeah. So, I actually sent your exact question to securely and they said they can't pull pull all of that data based on a organizational unit. they can pull anything that we block, but if you put in like what is allowed on
0472,00 devices, like the report would be so big. So they just they don't have that report easily accessible. And there's no distinction between time. So like they could say what the kids watch, but we don't know if they're doing that at school or if they're going home. >> So they have like a list of all the educational sites and the non-educational sites that the kids go to, but they can't distinguish if they're doing that. 7:30 and 3:30 or if they're doing that from 3:30 to midnight. Right. >> So, >> have we discussed possible any way that we could monitor that? >> I can look into ways of of tracking that. >> Securely doesn't have that report. >> It would be nice to have possible some of that information. >> Do they have securely have competitors
048or I mean just out of curiosity. >> Not that we would want to make a big change or anything, but >> do they have what >> competitors? Are there competitors that >> is there another security type company that would be able to get the data that we're asking >> something like that or I mean I'm not I'm just making conversation. >> Yeah, it definitely has competitors probably like one of the more like most school districts around. >> Would would everybody feel comfortable with Christie, Greg, whoever it is looking into this and coming back with some possible areas of things we could do? >> Yeah. To get more. I'd even say there might even just be an app you could add on to. I don't know. That would just track time by itself by using >>
049and then put in a Yeah, I was going to say and just have a window completely separate, >> right? >> Yeah. Even just an add-on. >> Okay. >> Just to say, hey, between 7:30 and this >> right now what it is, security is our filter. So, it's just what is allowed and what's not allowed. So, it just securely does have a product called reveal that we do not have turned on that would show you some of that information, but again, I don't think distinguishes the time of the day. >> And good point is they may not be using their computer at all much from 8:00 to 3:00, but they may go home at 4:00 and that thing may be on 24/7. You don't know or the weekend. >> There's definitely a difference between kids just
050consuming stuff and watching YouTube. And I think we can all agree like that's not great for kids, but there's a difference when kids go on there and they're creating and communicating and they're collaborating with other people. There's like productive screen time and then there's not Right. So there's a distinction between that. >> Absolutely. >> Commander, are you okay with having us look into it and come back in March with some possible ideas? >> You can be sure somewhere off or something like that. >> I I don't know. I mean, >> I just think, you know, as you know, we're we the kids are already using their laptops for their Chromebooks for so much. You know, we got all this, you know, new stuff on the horizon. I know a lot of states and, you know,
051even countries are starting to look at screen time in general. So, I just think it'd be good to have something just to have a general awareness, you know, of what what they're doing during the instructional date if it's possible. >> I'm going to trust that our administrators and teachers are aware of this and are making sure that they're just not glued to a Chromebook. That's what I'm going to say. But, >> and I, you know, I know I've talked to a lot of teachers, some of them call them at all to, you know, do recreational time on there or whatever. But >> but again, we can monitor what happens after 3:15. >> No, I think it's worth exploring though, talking with Neiola >> and seeing if there's any potential policies that any districts are putting
052in place such as a maximum of 20 to 30 minutes per class. I mean, depending upon how the schooling is structured, what? But just because it I mean, if you look at the research, it's linked to lower test scores, poor sleep quality, um the mental health aspects, all of that. So, we can't do to your point, we can't monitor anything after school, but at least we can regulate what's during the school day. >> And if we can reduce that, that'll hopefully help with some of these issues, but it's worth a try. >> And I think us taking away the electronic the phones during the day has helped immensely. >> I think the data is easy enough to get. I think we have to be careful too. I'm sure I mean the teachers know just cuz
053your computer's on and you're logged in doesn't mean you're sitting in using it. So you could be logged in the entire class and log 60 minutes and have seen >> I agree these are all good things for us to get some >> I think it's easy enough to get start getting the information. >> We've got to filter through what's really happening what's not. >> Is everybody okay with that? >> Okay. >> I have one last question. Does this district use Roblox at all? >> Roblox? >> Yeah. for academics at all? >> For academics, I don't. >> Yeah, like in STEM or anything like that? >> Not for academics. >> No. Okay. Thank you. >> Um, so securely home does tell you exactly all the searches your kid does every video you watch. So you can
054see your child essentially a weekly report of what your kid >> right and I see that. So I was wondering you would think I just I just assumed maybe they could break, you know what I mean? get a general overview of what because we do see that >> it's good information to have. >> Yeah, I think >> but you got to make sure it's the right information that somebody's >> right. I know it' be hard to it might be hard to >> I think if we pursue it, we're going to find some things out that we're not aware of right now. >> I agree. Good tools. >> Well, and just to have a baseline as we >> Did you want to say something, Kristen? Um, in my board report, I don't know if you guys
055seen the middle school decided to that sixth grade will be keeping their devices at school next year, too. So, K6 is only at school, so they don't go home until second grade. >> I think that's very why why sixth grade just felt it was inappropriate. >> Um, no, it was a team conversation at every grade level. Um, and building leadership team, we kind of looked at what are we asking kids to do at each grade level, four, five, six, seven, eight, right? when um are kids a little bit more mature to be able to handle some of those additional things outside of right where you're taking the Chromebook home? Um can you take care of their Chromebook? Are you aware of right like not dropping it making sure just those simple things that end up
056costing them repairs. So um it felt like the level of work changes enough in seventh grade um to have more homework at home and then need to have the ability to and do some work in terms of you know continuing their ELA paper or their research or whatever it might be. the measure of it shifts a little bit from six to seven. >> Awesome. Thank you. Anybody else have anything? >> Okay. Thank you very much, Christine, everybody. Okay. Item 13, administrative reports. Uh before we do, thanks all administrators for always being here. I know you're missing a good basketball game tonight. I'm missing a good basketball game tonight, but that's okay. >> No hockey game, too. Good hockey game. was there the other day. It was pretty cool. Um, so anybody with administrative reports? Any
057Craig? Anything? >> N. >> Thank you very much. >> Okay. Um, we are on item 14, other reports. Uh, item A, the law speed report. Um, no, I didn't have anything except for this week there is a school law conference going on, but if you wanted to go to that, you might have >> I just have to tell you and I can't speak for everybody, but we in January we recently attended the Wisconsin School Board Association convention and it was outstanding. I mean, there were so many great things to go to that I just every and every year I go, it's just it's great to see the discussions that are out there and what other school districts are doing. Um, I know we and Donna was there too. We sat one that was about daycare
058in the school. It was really awesome to see what the school district had done to provide a service for their employees and for the community. So I when so for me it was it was awesome >> when I actually put together a list because we used to do that years ago with members that were attending and I sent it to Greg and to Tom with a list of questions and they answered them back. So if anybody wants to see what I put out there for all the seminars I attended and the answers I got back. It was great. >> Well, it was great that we had an opportunity to talk about some of these things and just have good discussions. >> I forgot to put my slideshow together of all the pictures of Megan At
059one of the at the pre-convention workshop I was at, there must have been a photographer and I make really stupid faces and this photographer got a ton of me sitting there >> like, "Oh my god, it's really irritating." >> Oh my gosh. >> I don't know. I I was obviously close to the What? >> Did you give up copyrights? >> No. >> You know what? I I I should have seen it, but we were like doing small table discussion and he must have been walking around and I didn't notice. I >> could have put a smile on my face, but she's >> my mother said I was good at talking. So, when I'd go to these sessions, I would talk to the other board members and administrators about just about how how do you handle
060this? What do you do here? It was so neat to get a a perspective from somebody in the Milwaukee area and the lacrosse area and the Superior area and how they're dealing with all the issues that they're having. It was really pretty cool to get that perspective. So, >> okay, item B, the season 9. Donna obviously is in Florida. >> Donna's not here, but I did put in the briefing notes some of the stuff from Donna, the resolutions before the WASBY delegates were discussed. Um she learned a lot on that in the process of voting. Had a presentation from Terry Failen uh executive director of SPED and student services detailing the services that CE 9 offers and Terry and her staff resources and how they impact everybody. And then pretty soon C9 will be establishing
061a new vision and mission statement. So that's what she wanted me to pass along for tonight. >> Awesome. Anybody got questions on that? >> I did talk to Donna. The weather's beautiful in Florida. So just enjoy that. >> Um item 15, future agenda item. >> Yeah, there's a couple four of them I have on here. One is middle school is up next month for presentations along with techn next month and then we on the personnel agenda hopefully we'll have health insurance renewal quotes which is probably the biggest thing we have waiting out there. >> Okay, item 16, we will move into close executive session. Um Section 19.851C reads consider employment for or exercises responsibility. The two items we'll be talking about is 2026 staff plan and the second staff update district vision. Um and item
062C five reads deliberation negotiations purchase of public property the investment of public funds conduct other uh specific public business whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a close session we'll be talking about employee compensation and I think do we have to do roll call >> I'll make the motion >> we have a first motion thank you by second >> second by maple and any discussion A roll call vote. >> Yes. >> B. >> Yes. >> Nest. >> Yes. >> Naylor. >> Yes. >> Zebra. >> Yes. >> Orman. >> Yes. >> Okay. We will move into we'll take a fivem minute recess. Moving to close. Roomie. Thanks for staying.