001here. here. Nancy present. Smith. This time we'll have the pledge of allegiance, please. To the flag of the United States of America for it stands. One nation, indivisibley and Are you the agenda? Pleasure, please. Welcome, please. Not a problem. Chris Brown. Hi. Hi. Nancy Hopper. Hi, Katie. Jess. Hi. Hi. Hi. Moving on to the agenda to a special presentations. We have the dual immersion program, the language program. What would you like to introduce? Uh tonight I would like to first of all welcome everybody here. So great to see all of you come out. Um I know it's a might be getting a little bit late for some of these kiddos. So we'll get you guys going first. I'd like to introduce uh Sherman's primary and I want to language program that is now going to
002be next year in all levels of our school district and we're just really pleased of this and we have a lot to be proud of here in Fort Morgan finally here with the school language program and I can tell you the first time I saw one of the students just switch from English to Spanish I was just in aw. of what they can do and I truly believe that being superpower so I can turn it over to you. I'm Tara Boyer and I am the principal at Sherman Early Childhood Center. This is the second year that we have dual language immersion in we shifted the district shifted the entry point for dual immersion down to kindergarten from first grade. So this is our second year. This year we're um proud to have um not quite
00350% but almost 50% and next year will be even closer to that 50% meaning 50% with their native language in Spanish and 50% native language in English. And so um we just have a special presentation because that's what kindergarters are best and you know anyway they would just like to present and then Following our presentation, Simone next. Oh, I'm sorry. Simone, sorry. And while they're getting up and getting all ready, I just want the little ones to know how wonderful is to hear them say the pledge of allegiance. That was awesome. All right, we're going to start with a poem. It's called Up Bright and Early. Let's our second poem is called Under the Sea. Hello. [Music] again. [Music] We welcome heaven. [Music] Are you [Music] [Applause] Our next one is called The Cat in
004the Hat. The kind of hate [Music] Next song is called Happy birthday. [Music] cutting. You [Music] are Nothing scary. [Music] [Applause] Last question for How do you say goodbye? See you later. [Music] Well, thank you families for sharing your precious treasures with us. It just warms our hearts. Hey guys, what the boys back? Okay. So, I'm here. We are not nearly as entertaining. So, sorry. Um, but this is dual language at Coline. So, we Oh, I have a little quote in here. Um, from Charlemagne to have us another langage to a second soul which we think kind of embodies how we like just really try to embrace like two different cultures different languages. Um what I'm going to present to you before these two speak is just a little bit of data. So we expanded
005our advent testing. Last year I presented just on fifth grade. So it's speaking, listening, reading and writing in Spanish except for at first grade they only do listening and speaking. Um, and then I have like a chart that shows like how far they're supposed how far Wait, back it up. Oh, that shows how far along they're supposed to be for each grade. So, in first grade, so when we did first, third, and fifth this year as opposed to justif um so when we tested first grade, um they scored a 3 two and listening and a 2.3 in speaking. And if you look at the bottom, we had some technical difficulties. So anybody that's scoring a zero or the like the bottom three like messed up their test and had to start over. So it's like
006counting negative and the averages. So the are a little bit higher than we're showing up there especially with third grade but we try. So now we'll go to the next slide. So the first graders are where they're supposed to be. So they're scoring at novice as high in listening and not in speaking which is where they're supposed to be actual is the American Council teaching the foreign language and they have compiled this for the language immersion program and they assume that the program is beginning in kindergarten. So our kids in first grade are um in second grade or third grade sorry um you can see the reading, writing listening and the speaking and then the composite score and you can see on all of them there's like We had some real technical difficulties getting this
007going. We kept starting a speaking test and they kept looking out of it and then making a new profile and looking at it again. So we had a lot of zeros, but um even with that, if you'll go to the next slide, um they're scoring basically at a second grade level except for the writing is a little bit lower. Um the first grade group is the first group that had kindergarten duels. So we think like they're still catching up. It's kind of appropriate for them to be grade. had a year less instruction and also they had a lot of zer. And then here's our fifth grade um reading, writing, listening and speaking in this composite. And this this group just technical difficulties. So this is way more accurate. So this um they're scoring basically at
008a fourth grade level again except for writing. Um this is where we are. Pretty proud of our kids. We think they're doing really well. And I have uh Leo Marquez and Ava Gonzalez. In fourth grade and she started dual language in her second grade year and Leo's in fifth grade and he began dual language in his first grade year and they're going to talk to you about what they like about being dual. Hello, my name is I'm also [Music] Yes. [Music] When I dual I like dual vision because it has helped me learn about different cultures. I like how I have my whole life. And next we have from [Music] So hello, I'm Chad Un. I'm the middle school principal. I didn't bring any kids today. You can check them out tomorrow at 6 o'
009Oh, hey. How are you? Good. Come on up. Extra points for you. [Music] Okay. What I did is um tomorrow night they have their dual immersion night. You want to talk about that? Someone what the dual immersion looks like. So tomorrow we're having website at the high school. Awards are the stars awards night, right? And so it's quite a presentation our uh our dual emers and stuff high school. six o'clock tomorrow night and show you um but uh one of the questions that I think you guys get is at what cost does the dual immersion program cost the district right whether it's taxing on teachers what's it costing our kids you know for example the middle school they miss out on they get 100 minutes of 50 minutes of English literacy and language arts time
010and Spanish um 50 minutes of Spanish literacy and language arts time where our typical track student gets 100 minutes but 50 minutes of that in literacy and 50 minutes of that's in language arts. And so what's that doing to those students that are coming through this program? Are they following? Uh and really when you talk to like the experts about it. They say you shouldn't even compare results until the eighth grade year. Well, guess what? We're there, right? We're there. Um, and so eight years ago, 50 Brakes children and parents set on this adventure to say, "Hey, we're going to try this program that was brand new." And so, what what has happened since then? And so all of our students in middle school, they take the NWA um which is a nationally norm test
011that's taken across um the country in different states and things like that. And uh they take it in science um reading, language use um and math. So we we collect data each year three times um a year a fall a winter a spring and then we compare that data and so looking at the data and stuff if you would I shared with you guys a um some results and stuff if you look at that DLI students are keeping pace or outpacing our traditional track students um again it's a smaller cohort and so um certain numbers can a little bit easier. Um, but you're seeing that they are keeping pace with our other eighth grade students. Um, and you'll see that in seventh grade and the sixth grade level also. Um, even if you pull out
012subgroups of like our honors kids that are in eighth grade taking algebra, how are our dual language um students that started their math career in Spanish comparing to their peers um that are algebra students? And what you'll see is I think like um we were at the 56th percentile with our dual and like the 54th with our normal algebra kids. And so very very comparable. Um when you look across the nation again all those results are percentiles and so like 50 percentile is average right? Um anything above it you're doing better. Um anything below uh you're you're slightly behind. And so as you look, these are all achievement um scores from the NWA. Most of the time we use the growth out of that test, but this here that what you're looking at is achievement
013data. Also um if you look at the advanced or the bond test that our students took um we took in sixth and eighth grade. So elementaryaries did it every odd year. Um we decided to do it in sixth and eighth as they enter middle school after one year and as they're getting ready to exit middle school. And you'll see that they're uh they're pacing right on where um they're supposed to be. We kind of took adopted the Utah model u many years ago. And so on the back of it, you see that there's stuff that our students are right on pace with what they're supposed to be. Um anything that is highlighted on there u is ones that they are right where they want they're supposed to be. And then there's a couple that are
014just below where we like them to be. Again, the speaking piece is tricky. Um, I know when I record my voicemail message, I have to delete it like 10 times before I get it right. And these students have to sit down with the screen and basically talk to themselves out loud and to be graded on where they're at. And so it's kind of um kind of a challenge, but um so but they are right on pace where we would like them to be. Um, also with the Avant test, they do like certifications and stuff. Um, so like any area that a kid makes a five is called functional fluency, meaning that they can get by in basically everyday language and um and be able to survive. You know, if they were out um in a
015foreign country where Spanish is being spoke, they'd be able to function there just fine. Um, and so that's kind of that mid-range, um, intermediate to mid. As you move up and you get a little bit higher, it goes into the advanced uh, low. Um, that's working fluency. So, being able to get work a job um, that the primary language would be Spanish and being able to function in that. And then at the very top of the list is the uh, professional fluency. And that's being able to go in and basically rewrite very few grammar errors, very technical language and stuff like that in jobs being like a lawyer, a scientist or things like that that they'd be able to function in that. And so, um, our goal was to basically get them at that intermediate
016mid to intermediate high and our kids are right there. That's our pioneer group, right? the first ones that have gone through it. And so, um, kudos to all the elementary school teachers that have put tons of time in it, the district, the board for taking a chance on the program because I think you're seeing the results of some really good things happen. And so, um, super proud of these kids. Okay, any questions for me? I thought you were going to do a dance. That's what you showed me. You know, you guys remember uh Caption Kids Hearts? They say never lead like with the best thing right out the gate. Yeah, we screwed that one up. Six o'clock. Sounds awesome. Thank you all again. Thank you parents. Thank you staff. We are so fortunate to be
017in Fort Morgan. Fortunate to have great educators. Fortunate to have wonderful kids. Thank you. [Applause] to be for our special presentations. We have the K to present for us today. You guys are more than welcome to stay, but you can go also. I'm I would not want to I [Music] just let me see. So, typically we come before you and give different presentations and this year we thought we would really focus on our career event that just took place in April. And um with that sharing a little bit about um the fact that what we work on as counselors, we have different standards for students. And so this is sort of the overarching methods of behaviors for student success. It's a mouthful. It's not very brief. Um this explains that. And then also these are
018the specific standard that we and the mindset standards and the behavior standards that we focus on when we're working on career exploration. And so I won't read those to you. you can do those for yourself, but really looking at that. And then um at elementary, we focus on those by doing experiential type things. So with the kindergarten um the two on the left side, they get to do career crowns and color those. And then they also get to have career outfits, vests, that type of thing they get to put on. And then we have some career bingo. So there's an exploration. fifth grade is a little different where they get to go onto a website, research some different careers, and then fill out some information about those careers as far as uh how much the
019career makes, um what type of education you need, just some very basic things. Also, with fourth grade, we do some mock interviews and what that looks like and what filling out a job application looks like, even though it's very developmentally appropriate and the type of things that they fill out on the 24th. Um, we were excited to add middle school this year and so it was K8 and we had it at the middle school and we were planning on doing it outside and then the weather was a little iffy and so we did it inside and actually some of the feedback that we got, people really enjoyed it and I have lots of pictures showing how incredibly busy and well attended it was. We had 24 community partners there, but we um checked in uh
020right by the doors. We uh developed a online check-in system with Chromebooks there. And so families came in and it was very busy, but it actually went pretty smoothly because you guys had how many Chromebooks? Like uh 10. Seemed like a lot. There was a lot. So there were lines of families and they were just continually checking in um with checking the kids from the different schools. Um and then the different tables, they had a lot of different activities. Uh they also um the people that the community members that came had so many things for the kids to do. It was so um and you know the thing that's really cool, for example, um we had some realtors there that have been there every single year and so many kids don't even know what that
021job is. And so shocked at what it is and then on the other hand are excited to be able to tell the kids what kind of job they do. We had a food truck there and hard to plan when you don't know how many people are coming and so they planned high and they still ran out of food but um it was still an exciting event and a lot of people still got to eat there. The Pino was a huge hit. Um you'll see them that top left corner there. They had little heart hats for kids. They had cheese for the kids. They did they brought like five or six people. They were so engaging with all the kids of all ages. So many different people were there. It was just phenomenal for our kids
022to experience. Our different schools then purchased some different prizes. And so when they filled out their um you're going to get a hand up here in just a second. I had a bingo card that the kids got when they checked in. And so as they signed off on the bingo cards, if they turned those in, then they put their name in for a drawing. and had tons of prizes from the different schools that they were able to being good people in collecting data. We asked the people that were there what it looked like for them as a community member. And so the ones that answered for me either said most of the time or completely agree or mostly agree that it was a beneficial use of their time as well as um they were able
023to visit with a lot of students. And so, um, some anecdotal feedback that they gave us that they enjoyed having it inside. Um, they thought the turnout was great. The amount of different career showcase, it was it was great. I mean, each year gets better, but this year it was like so amazing. And the one thing I did like is that we really did spread out across the hallways at the middle school, and it was busy, but I don't think felt like they were. And so one of the things you already have Oh, you have that hand out. So sorry on that it talked about um the top part there that's the bingo card that they put on there that the kids got. Um the part that was really great also is in the past
024few years we've had approximately 120 students there and we we tried to keep track of other family members but it was too hard but this year with the electronic we were able to see that we had 367 total people and 240 students. So in years past we had around 120 students by like that's fantastic showing us that the word is getting out that it is a beneficial event that all work that we do we want to make sure that kids are gaining knowledge skills and attitudes that are going to give them that'll increase that for them especially in like this specific instance Awesome. Thank you. Thank you. I do think that's I really wanted to attend that night as a little Yeah, I think either way. I mean, there's plenty of room in the courtyard.
025But some people really loved it because their stuff they were doing rocket things around wouldn't blow off. And what was the truck? I'm just curious. Okay. Yeah. And they worked great with us. So very lucky to have you. Thank you. It's your name. letter and I'm reading a letter from one of the teachers to the members of the school board. Teaching Spanish or students in dual immersion program is both a great opportunity and a privilege. It's a joy to see students engage with the language through fun quantum projects that allow them to explore, create and grow. While the challenge of learning a second language can be significant, it is expected and embraced by both students and the teachers. I also take great pride in sharing and teaching the cultural aspects of the program, helping students
026broaden their perspectives and understanding of the world. said there are notable challenges that the dual emergency teachers face our students like those in English general education classrooms get access to services language services special education services and reading intervention needs to be met equally equitably for the program to be truly succeed in addition consistent and reliable support for teachers is critical It could be greatly appreciated if our teacher assistants can remain in the classroom as planned rather than being frequently pulled to cover other duties. This inconsistency affects the quality of instruction and support we can provide. District support is more important now than ever and enthusiasm for the dual immersion program as when it first begins. As our students progress through the grade, there must be planning and coordinations to assure their continued success. This program
027should not be something that is passed along from one school or teacher to the next without clear framework. We need a solid welldeveloped plan not a one to guide the future of dual emerging. In conclusion, the Spanish dual immersion program is a true asset to our community. It's rewarding experience to teach as part of it. I'm proud of what we have accomplished. However, it's clear that changes are necessary to streng to strengthen and sustain the program for the years to come. With the right support for planning, we can continue to provide students with a high quality enriching education they deserve. Thank you. I just had a clarification. Are you reading that from yourself or from I'm reading it from one of the teachers. And who is the teacher, please? Uh she told me to keep
028it. [Music] Please state your name. And I neglected to tell that you always have three minutes. So I'm sorry I didn't say that to you, but you were great. Thank you. Okay. Hello everyone. My name is Marco and then uh I want to know why you guys don't have the soccer football soccer on the middle school during the grade seven and eight because I know the city have the program but they only come to sixth grade I think. So then I think it's important for the kids because I know a middle school have a lot of sports but now all the kids like it you know may if you guys have more options right the kids can play too so because I have a lot of kids though I have one 23 years old already
029and then when he's at the middle He don't play any sports and you know when they start turning really lazy and start fat. So try if you guys consider have soccer can help. And then also uh that kids don't have to wait two years until they come to the high school. have to be there when they are sacrif more better you know around thank you thank you very much and what I would like to ask you today is this gentleman that's sitting over here called Sanders as our superintendent and so I'm going to refer you to him if you want to meet with him and have that discussion I That would be an awesome idea and I appreciate your time being here tonight. Okay. Thank you very much. I would like to talk a little
030bit about a little bit. I just would like you to know that is a very good opportunity for our we have soccer when the kids go to high school the problem is that they don't have experience maybe in the fifth grade they are not so good so I was wondering if you put me in middle school a lot of kids love soccer they have six sports but they don't have soccer so my kids they usually do a lot of sports usually they have eight minutes I was wondering maybe if they produce So they can use those six meats for soccer. If they use those six meat, you are not going to spend more money because all of the teams are going to have at least seven weeks. And if we have soccer in middle school,
031we can invite the other school to come to for Morgan and then we can have money with the concessions because a lot of money is coming and with that money we can take the coach. I think in this um town there are a lot of people um they know about So they can be really good. So that could help us a lot. And one more thing we as a parents we can um we will our kids to do what they love and I know a lot of kids are really good in soccer. Maybe we can have a message here if we are not supported. So a lot of kids you know are So sad my kid is doing a lot of sport but he's not doing country basketball because there's no soccer but we as
032a parents we have a group of parents and we are um we don't pay we don't share anything because we teach our kids and we have a group we are taking them to really next month because we are valenting parents we want them to do what they love so we are going to take five things to really next next because we are of doing what they love. And a lot of parents that I know they usually travel to my [Music] son and I think we should have not expensive. And um and with the concessions like my mom said and the other schools are like oh we can't have soccer because like no schools around us like have soccer I can't have soccer because soccer so like you kind of need to take the first step
033like all schools around us have soccer so we don't have to go to like other things like that. I understand. That sounds great. Again, and your son refer you to Mr. Sanders and we always the board loves supporting our students and athletes. So, have that conversation, please. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. We had a vote meeting on Thursday night. They didn't have a meeting before that. So, we had lots of voting on resolutions and schedules and calendars and all of that stuff. Um, the I connect school is having their their their exit interviews. I'm sorry, I lost it there. And I connect school is having their ex exit interviews this week. I'm there Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday to listen in on those. and kind of help the kids along. Their gradu is like double
034triple what they've done in the past. Their graduation is Friday night. I'm going to be excited about that. um reports from Mark and Maria and that's what I got. Any questions of [Music] Chrisend mentioned as part of that um we were out there we saw what happened. Um, and you know, one of the things that we really pushed for for graduation was to really honor our traditions. We have a lot of traditions uh in schools and our tradition here has been to have graduation on Sunday. Um, we try to have it in the afternoon because that allows people to go to church in the morning and be able to come in the afternoon. We have always had it at Legion Field with the exception of a few years where it's been Um and so at
035Legion Field. Um and then the other reason for Legion Field is it's there's a lot of capacity there whereas indoors we wouldn't have as much capacity and so we are very sorry for the way the day turned out. Um we are however we are very happy to um have provide another to any graduate who wants to come back. Um we think we got through most two of our graduates having us. Um however, we will do that again for the remainder or anyone who wants to come back and walk across stage again and get an um be with their families, get their diplomas. Um and so we'll do we're looking forward to that on Wednesday. We would have made it Sunday if it wasn't for 15 minutes of micro burst and so it's just unfortunate the
036way that turned out. So any questions on that is um I got an opportunity to tour the new concession stand and the ticket booth. Um it's not they're not done yet. Um they are getting closer. We are within probably three weeks of being done. Um, with that, we have the track going to be resurfaced uh the first week of June, first or second week of June, and we believe that will be pretty much the last thing other than some warranty work, some different things like that. We might we have to come in and grade the the whole surf parking lot. There was just some issues there that we need to get straightened down. I think we're going to end up this parking lot as well. Um, and so those hopefully would be done within about
0373 weeks that I I just couldn't believe the number of restrooms we're going to have available out there seeing the lines that we saw um out there. So, it's really great to um have a top of the line facility out there and some logos going to be painted up. do it. Um, and I think, oh, there's one last thing I want to throw on here. We did our last principal academy of the year Brett Miles in last week and we had him presentation for our side and leading down and and was very well received by our administrative team. And unfortunately, we had to reschedu two or three times because his mother had passed away and he had see us. So always been a good friend of mine. So any questions for me? That's my report.
038Thank you. Um we have assistant superintendent curriculum and assessment and Dr. Fresco is not here this evening has a report. So we'll move on to 4D assistant superintendent of HR please. Not a lot on my report tonight. We do have a personal report for you guys a little bit later. Slow down a little bit on um far as active job postings. certified opening like that openings for so we're making good movement there. Um we have team classified openings we're holding kind of steady on those until summer to hire for next year. Um we have two coaching positions open with number that we anticipate. Uh and then just our standard um postings there for apprentichip alternative substitutes. Um we did have a successful negotiations um session this year. Um we super appreciate our our relationships with
039our ACP groups. very easy to work with and very understanding in the situation that we're in budget wise with state. So, um, in your, uh, packets tonight for approval tonight are theus. They all match each other except for the, uh, the class. Um, again, I think you guys are all very aware that we're doing steps and luses. Um, bonuses, all that stuff has remained the same. we just weren't able to to put any any salary on the base um or anything at this point. And the other thing that's in each of those packets again haven't changed um other than on the certified calendar or certified sorry schedule. We did add some clarification to our placement of um staff members who are returning to the district who have indistry experience and recognize it. Other than that,
040that's all I have for tonight. Thank you. Next, we have the chief financial officer, Tony, and she's not here tonight or has a week. So, we're going to move on to five discussion items. We have the second reading, district policy revision policy GDKA, which entails the length of support staff workday. Any discussion? We will move on to the consent agenda. To approve roll, please Brown. Hi. Amy Grantham. Hi. Nancy. Hi. Katie. Hi. John. Hi. Smith. Hi. Sarah. Hi. Moving on to seven action items. Not seven action items but seven action items eight salary schedule for the 202526 school year second welcome please Brown I am Amy Grantham I Nancy Hopper I Katie Jess 7B FMA memo of understanding and FMA salary schedule for the 2025 26 school year. Second roll call, please. I just s
0417 CP of understanding and ACP salary schedule for the 2025 2026 I'm grant seven day professional technical salary schedule for the 2025 2026 school year roll please I'm sorry to that Brown. Hi. Hi. Ner. Hi. Katie. Hi. Hi. Hi. Seven. E. Fort Morgan High School FBA Future Business Leaders of America. The National Leadership Conference held June 29th through July 2nd, 2025 in Anaheim, California. And if they need a supporter, I can help go with them. of the board. Move to approve. Second. Welcome. Chris Brown. I Smith. Hi. Hi. Okay. Section 8, advanced planning. A. The next board of education meeting is June 16th. The last day of school is Thursday, May 29th. The end of the year picnic and making a difference awards ceremony is Friday, May 30th. The first day of the 2025 2026
042school year is Tuesday, August 12th. Mark that down right now and join at 7:53.