001[Music] good evening how's everybody doing tonight okay well it's April Fool's Day and uh I should call the board meeting to order and then we're going to tell you a quick story I would like to call the school board meeting for Tuesday April 1st 2025 for the De Moine public schools to order Miss Rios could you please take the role yes Miss Alonso here miss compos pres Mr dicks here Miss Knox here miss marar here Dr Mayberry mace Miss Norris here we have Corin thank you so if you'll indulge me just for two minutes Dr Roberts actually interviewed one of the interviews was on April Fool's Day yes Miss Marano do you want to share a brief story about it two years ago today two years ago today Dr Roberts interviewed to be the superintendent
002of De Mo public schools and I had the honor of asking Dr Roberts the first question of his interview and with a very serious tone I asked him if he could name all the mascots of De Mo public schools and he looked at me and said no I cannot and then we proceeded to our regular questions but um that was how we started off Dr Robert's time with De Moine Public Schools so hopefully he doesn't hold it against us two years later do you remember that that's funny I knew then that the interview would be incredibly rigorous okay here we go uh so happy April Fool's Day uh the first item of business is approval of the agenda with a friendly amendment to move the exempt session before the work session the exempt session will
003be short uh but we will make that one friendly Amendment may I have a motion and a second to approve the revised agenda martarano so moved dick second we have a motion by Miss martarano and a second by Mr dicks any discussion or questions board members please cast your votes uh Miss Knox yes Miss Campos yes uh the vote is approved 6 to zero next on the agenda is the public forum Miss Alonzo can you hear me yes we provide speakers at the for uh at The Forum an opportunity to address the board for up to three minutes regarding items that are not on the board agenda and up to five minutes for an agenda item if anyone wishes to speak during any portion of the business meeting please email rosa. Ros dmschools.org the same
004speaking protocols apply to all individuals who wish to address the board speakers will be called individually and we ask that they State their name and zip code prior to providing comments students and minors do not have to provide their addresses guests of the board are encouraged to speak to matters relating to the programs services and operations of dmps please remember that Iowa law prohibits us from discussing specific employees or their job performance we ask all speakers to avoid references to personalities or character attacks as those types of comments do not contribute to the purpose for which this public forum exists the use of inappropriate language will not be tolerated and individuals choosing to do so will be gaveled out of order and ask to excuse themselves from the premises or escorted out by District security
005as remember to the board and public the board will not engage in any discussion with a public forum speaker as it is Our obligation to discuss only matters posted in the public agenda for the sake of transparency and opportunity afforded to all Community stakeholders matters requiring attention will receive appropriate staff and or board followup at a time after the meeting thanks for your participation we appreciate your feedback and input Miss Rus do we have speakers tonight yes do uh first up I'd like to call Patricia hope John you may approach the podium Patricia okay next speaker Alyssa MacDonald my name is Alyssa McDonald I live at 2323 East 9th Street 50316 and I'm a K12 dmps graduate from the East High feeder and I'm here today to ask for your help in ensuring that the
006reimagining education plan truly embodies the district's goal of cultivating equity and Excellence the Northeast side of De Moine where I was born and raised and where my husband and I are currently raising our own children has disproportionately borne the burden of historic dmps budget shortfalls over the past 50 years elementary schools on our side of town have been closed at a rate four times that of the Northwest Zone new large efficient elementaries were gifted to us while traditional neighborhood schools on the northw northwest side were preserved these decisions of the past that admittedly neither you nor I were responsible for making were deeply rooted in property values and poverty rates a pattern that can be seen in many Urban settings while there are pieces of the reimagining education plan that feel like we are moving
007in a more Equitable direction that Elementary closures seem like evidence that not much has changed in the last 50 years the Northwest Zone will have three more elementary schools than the Northeast Zone and the reimagining education plan will only disband one neighborhood Elementary in the Northwest Zone compared to three in the Northeast Zone the other two two Elementary buildings slated to be closed in the Northwest Zone the downtown school and Walnut Street School are actually more like magnet schools with IND District open enrollment rates of 93% and 53% approximately one out of every two downtown school students is from the south or Northeast zones of the district as is one out of every three Walnut Street students consequently despite a similar number of buildings being closed in each the Zone there are significantly fewer students
008that will be displaced in the Northwest Zone and the majority of their neighborhood elementaries will again remain untouched if Equity is what is truly desired the reimagining education plan must be reworked the other day A friend of mine said that leading with integrity was not just doing the right thing when no one was looking it was also doing the right thing when everyone was looking your friends your neighbors your constituents your voters I urge you to act with Equity at the Forefront of your mind for those who do not get a vote and for those who do not believe that their vote matters anymore the reimagining education plan has the power to reshape the future of De Mo public schools in the lives of thousands of students and families to come in a school board
009meeting many years from now someone will talk about these decisions that are being made in this moment decisions that will either continue the Narrative of the past or disrupt it thank you for your time thank you thank you next speaker is Andy Bingham good evening everyone uh my name is Andy Bingham this is my wife Dr as Bingham we live at 3800 East watus Avenue de Mo Iowa 50320 I've emailed you all um within the past couple weeks and I did bring some hand outs if you would like a copy of those again we would like the School boundary line changed from the southeast corner of Riverwoods Elementary School boundary and the northwest corner of carile School boundary the entire Easter Lake Area population is in the Easter Lake Community School District except for six
010houses six houses were cut out on the north side of East East watus Avenue and north of that is all flood plane owned by the department of uh Engineers the US core Army Corps of Engineers so no new residence no new Housing Development anything like that is going in but our six houses were cut out from carile elementary Iowa Code 2751 it states the area Education Agency boards shall develop detailed studies and surveys of school districts within the area of Education Agency and all adjacent territory for the purpose of providing and reorganization of school district districts in order to affect more economical operations and the attainment of higher standards of Education in schools for the P County Auditor Office the last update to Riverwoods Elementary School boundary was 1984 and the last update to carile
011School boundary was 1958 um we watched the carile school bus drive right by our house and have watched it for the last 11 years we purchased our house thinking we were in Carlile School distri District as we were walking through doing our walkth through with the realtor we watched the Carlile school bus drive by it picks up one yard over the boundary though we found out this year runs right down the middle of our driveway our da our daughter attends carile preschool now she rides the Carlile school bus now she plays Bam Bam softball in carile she plays soccer in carile we're members we help out with the soccer team the cleanings of the field and we now found out that we are Riverwoods elementary school because six houses were split out from the entire
012neighborhood the property or the School boundary line for Kow runs if you are familiar with the Easter Lake Area it runs from the east or the west side of Easter Lake North and everything east and south of Easter lake is considered Carl School except for those six houses um and it's right in the middle as well so like if this for Carlile School District there's six houses and all of this is Carl School District 30 seconds remaining okay Iowa Code 2751 paragraph 2 States it is the policy of the state to encourage economical and efficient school districts the scope of the studies and surveys shall include the following matters existing buildings natural Community areas road conditions transportation and individual attention given to the needs of the student for the those matters at hand everything in
013Iowa Code next speaker is Milton Castro Senor hello my name is milon Castro I live in 22000 soueast windo drive and Kenny Iowa 50021 and in Char Latino I uh I don't speak English too much I bring my translator uh I speak Spanish he speak English I well I hope you understand well what I do my name is Milton Caster Jr I'll be translating uh for my father I live at 2210 Southeast Windover Drive anony Iowa 50021 the first question is uh we are wondering if there's a resolution to the question that was put uh in uh the last meeting for the prices of uh rental of the campus soccer for the community oh the second question is we have uh soccer practice uh after school and uh Saturdays and Sundays we have uh families
014uh with children and parents and we're asking if the uh immigration agents uh are able to go inside of the uh sport spaces uh to um uh to do captures um and the last question is the officials of the of security for the school district do they need to take uh the order from the governor IA attorney general and the Iowa Attorney General to cooperate with immigration police thank you okay thank you thank you gracias gra next speaker is loose Adriana ES scoto uh ladan Coto at 3843 East 32nd Street and the mo respectable members of the board thank you for being so diligent and guiding the course of the public school in our city your commitment uh to look after the well-being of our student is noted and appreciated even now I ask myself
015why I'm here with my checking hands uh not being sure if my ask will be clear enough on my sentences grammatically correct to State my thoughts and I answered myself I'm here because my student feels that he can have the best teachers or greatest extracurricular experiences because his school is poor and yes I am here because thinking about the outcomes on the evolving remagine education plan keeps me up at night and I felt compelled to come and humbling express my concerns and con construced criticism to keep improving their imagine imagination proposal in in 2023 I was accepted as a member of the committee for the facility master plan we later become the societ remag and education committee my intention back then was to inquire about the future of the land in Douglas Acres which are
016home limits with and that the district bought few years ago for almost $600,000 with the purpose of building a montauri school but the lack of funding impede that plan to happen in despite a question about it I never got a clear answer but I did learn that this property was not the only that land that the district owns now we have this ambitious facility plan that goes for 10 years wanting to tear down and remodeling existing old facilities to modernize them to the sophistication of the 21 Century trying to convince the borders to approve a $500 million referendum just in the middle of the foresight economic recession certainly none of us can control this unfortunately circumstances but Al we can defin definitively oversight the district management of its limited budget resources and assets to ensure
017is done in the most efficient and transparent manner the constituents need to see what efforts are done to relocate resources in a wise manner they want to be led by the facts more than Adorn rhetoric Spees I hear that this plan is not only about outstanding updating and consolidating Facilities that is is won't try to PRI prioritize building over human capital but the superintendent has three or four associate principles 30 seconds remaining at the school sites we are exper expen in less coaches less position designate to support students families High School principal has also two or three Associates and counselors when counselors over overage ratio is 300 students per consors are overwhelmed in this time with students and imigrants myself and fellow Latin families struggle every day with a stress about a certain future in
018short it's hard to believe that to endorse the plan without seeing changes right now too and to fight or go against the trend of the government about prioritizing private schools with the same logic I think the strain of the plan resides in the nature and philosophy of the Public Public School free quality schools secular education for for all thank you for your time thank you those are all the speakers I have signed up Madam chair thank you the next item on our agenda is our district recognitions uh Dr Roberts are there any recognitions today yes they are thank you madam chair good evening everyone as we continue to bring forth recognitions at our school board meetings celebrating successes and accomplishments of staff and students throughout the mo Public Schools tonight I'm pleased to share two
019such recognitions the first recognition is one about a Statewide championship in athletics and then the second recognition is one by a national recognition both of which we are very proud while some sports may get a lot of attention more attention than bowling I'm always really proud proud of the successes of our high school Bowlers here in the M public schools and how they demonstrate year in and year out their amazing skills I even remember last year we were celebrating the outstanding performances of our bowling teams state qualifiers and top finishes have been the norm here in the morning public schools and this is no different this year and thanks to our Lincoln High School rails at the State High School tournaments earlier this year the Lincoln girls team were the state Runners up and the
020boys team placed fifth in the state of Iowa the rail celebrated some individual medalists as well so I know on Saturdays when I decide to go bowling whose parents homes I'm calling Michelle Wilson plays third and Vicky Andrews plays fifth in the girls competition and DJ Armstrong finished fifth among the boys in the state I wanted both the boys and girls teams represented here tonight not only because of their strong State finish but because of how closely both teams work together in their travels in their practices and in competition which resulted in both teams being undefeated in their conference competition this year with that it is with really great pride that I'd like to invite up coaches Ray Felton and Scott melen and your team members to come up to the podium share a few
021words about what a terrific season you've had and so that we can recognize and acknowledge you on this amazing [Applause] accomplishment I'm Scott mlen I'm the boys coach I'd like thank you for recognizing us tonight one thing I'd like to tell you is how hard it is to qualify for the state meet DJ Armstrong here finished fifth place he averaged 247 pins over seven games and that was only fifth place we had another individual finished ninth average 235 pins so it's very hard to make the state meet and to place uh congratulations on both teams we were undefeated this year and District Champs so again these guys did a good job [Applause] I told you guys I'd be back this year didn't I um we and we wanted to win it and we fought hard
022to win it but um fell short to um Cedar Rapids Kennedy um a really good team um but you know it's getting there that is the hardest part and winning it is you know it's really hard so but um I've been at Lincoln for 12 years as the coach there been to State 10 times and um we're going to be back I'm going to be right back here next year hopefully with a a championship um we we graduated Vicki this year but we have a great young uh Michelle super freshman uh and um Miss Klein taba is uh she came in as a freshman this year and I mean she she she started every single meet this year as a freshman so um I appreciate all that you guys you know do for us in
023our recognition and um couldn't be more proud of the de Mo Public Schools thanks thank you [Applause] go congratulations coaches and student athletes uh we are incredibly proud of you on to our next recognition last month we learned that three of our schools good Middle School Hoover High School and Wright Elementary School were earning the recognized ASCA America school councilor Association model program designation from the American School Counselors Association this designation recognizes schools that are committed to delivering a comprehensive datadriven School counseling program and an exemplary educational environment in Iowa there are currently just three schools that have this designation there are 3 25 school districts in the state of Iowa with the addition of Goodell Hoover and Wright four of the six schools in Iowa that have achieved this level of counceling Excellence are
024right here in the mo Public Schools Madison Elementary is the OT School in addition and this speaks volumes about our amazing counseling program East High School is being presented with the program of Promise award by the American School councel Association this honor recognizes the work that is on the way at East to help build an exemplary School counseling program and the progress we made towards becoming our fifth school to earn this full recognition status the Excellence and commitment of our school counselors really brings to their work that they bring to their work each day makes a difference in the lives of con students our school counselors are often thought of as unsung heroes because they're never in the front lines where they're re receiving recognitions but the work that they are doing each and every
025single day really moves the needle around improving lives and the outcomes of our students Beyond just their academic performance and pursuit we have a great group of counselors with us this evening with us this evening and before I ask them to come up I want to encourage everyone to download and listen to what I often refer to you as the fastest growing podcast in education at the Landa become here podcast and what you are going to hear and this was just released earlier today where we talked about this recognition and the great work of our school counselors and and what happens here in the mo public schools at last check I believe I remember that the recommended ratio for an effective School counseling program of counselors to students is 250 to one counselors it is
026not lost to many or the executive cabinet that we are not close to the ratio and quite frankly I want to acknowledge that many would even suggest that you are being overworked because of that ratio but you do it with a smile on your faces the promise that I want to make tonight is that we will continue to reevaluate our resources as we look at our budgetary challenges in this resource constraint environment but maintain an open door to have conversations to get better and closer towards that number of 250 the one and so continue to communicate with us and just hold our feet to the fire my goal is for us to ultimately get there if not now in the near future with that I would like to ask eron Krueger kavas cesos who I've
027um had good conversations with and who always grung our conversations in really exemplary data around what is happening in the program and she's our K12 counseling coordinator and I want Al encourage everyone else um who have been a part of this great work to come forward and share more about this recognition and eron if you don't mind our councilors are reserving of having their names called and recognized would you introduce every person who is here with us tonight councilors please come up you all deserve this let's give them a round of applause [Applause] good NE good evening everyone and thank you for the opportunity to um share our great news with you tonight we have the pleasure of celebrating an incredible group of professionals who truly embody the spirit of and dedication and excellence in
028our schools these school counselors have recently recently been honored with the recognized ASA model program or ramp designation from the American school counselor Association a testament to their unwavering commitment to our Student Success I'd like to take a moment to recognize these outstanding individuals representing right and downtown schools I have Barbara Hogan and principal Michelle hbert from got a few more to do that for um good RA Middle School we have Kelsey Howard Julie cherkov and principal Carrie Romo [Applause] Hoover High School we have Tracy leang Michael Dean Jan stribling and princip principal Quinn [Applause] Kelly and from East High School we have Mike Friend Natalie Madson Lauren Brandt Erikson Ashley damstra Jan mclen Kristen Burell and principal J Jill beti the ramp designation is awarded to schools that demonstrate an exemplary commitment to comprehensive
029data-driven in and data informed School counseling programs achieving this honor signifies that our counselors have effectively implemented programs that support academic achievement career planning and social and emotional development for all students one of my personal mantras in life is to be the change that you want to see in the world I've had the privilege of work working with these incredible individuals both as a school counselor and now in this role as the counseling coordinator and I can attest that they live this philosophy daily fostering positive change within our school communities and empowering our students to reach their fullest potential not only does this team serve as Leaders within their school communities they've also become leaders within the larger District team sharing their expertise with the nearly 100 additional teammates throughout the district I would be
030remiss if I did not also share my gratitude to the administrators who support these teams within their buildings without your support guidance and Trust our counseling programs would not be able to engage in this important work that we know impacts our students and their families thank you for joining us on this journey and believing in the power of School counseling so please join me in giving a heartfelt Round of Applause for our exceptional school counselors for this well-deserved recognition your dedication and hard work makes a profound difference in the lives of our students and the broader [Applause] Community good evening my name is Barbara Hogan and I'm the counselor at the downtown School having served right Elementary school for my prior 9 years as a counselor I would like to extend my appreciation to Dr
031Roberts and the board for the recognition this evening I am also a dmps K12 alumni and the parent of three dmps students and I think you all for your service I currently serve on our counseling leadership team and get to work with our entire team of amazing elementary school counselors I also extend my appreciation to them and the vital Counseling Services they provide to our K5 students the collaboration that takes place between counselors teachers and administrators in every building each day to ensure our students have what they need to be what they need for a successful today and a successful future is nothing short of incredible the support I have received from staff during my time at wri elementary as well as currently at the downtown school has been imperative to the success of my
032counseling program and driving the best outcomes for students I have been fortunate to have worked with my administrator Michelle hbert for a decade and I'm so grateful for her empowering leadership and support of the school counseling profession congratulations to my fellow colleagues truly comprehensive student- centered counseling services are the heart of recognized Asam model programs and we hope this recognition brings attention to the important work and impact of counselors across our district thank you [Applause] hi I'm Tracy levang um I'm the counselor at Hoover High School serving with Michael Dean and Janet stribling um I just want to take a quick thank you for supporting us in this um hard work and celebrating us tonight um this is the second year we applied for it and we are the first High School in the De
033Moine Central Area to earn this recognition and the second High School in the state of Iowa so we are really really thrilled and excited to um celebrate this with you um and thank you to Jackie Norris who signed our application last year and this year um she definitely acknowledged that the work we were doing was worthy of that type of uh recognition um also just a quick other like couple recognitions um it would not be um uh I I should say quen Kelly really supported us in this Venture um we sat down with um a fellow um uh member a couple years ago that said you know what you are an intact team you um have this in you and I believe in you and you can do this and Quinn Kelly said get out
034there and make it happen and so without her support um along with my awesome colleagues this would not be possible today so just thank you and um thank you for your [Applause] support make sure my partner is here with me I'm Julie cherkov I'm a counselor at Goodell I'm Kelsey Howard I'm the counselor at goodro so we just want to say thank you very much for having us it feels really nice to be asked here to be recognized for our work it feels really good to us um so the ramp application is rigorous it's a year-long thing there's lots of data there's a rubric that you got to work with and there's lots of documentation but we want to just give you a little snapshot of a little bit of the meat of it and
035just tell you one of the things that we did with our ramp application and so um a very important part of the ramp ramp application is the closing the Gap goal and so our work that we did last year was for a ramp application this year but we continued the work that we started last year so last year our goal we modeled or we um did what the the board had for de Mo public schools and the goal we chose the goal that was helping uh black male students raise their Proficiency in math this year we decided to again follow you and do the um black and Latino male and female students raised proficient proficiency and Ela so that's the that's the closing the Gap that we've been using and but we use the same
036intervention so the what we did for our intervention was we um had student what we call Student Success meetings we invited each student in and we sat down with them we talked to them about what does proficiency mean what is your score what do you personally need to do to raise your score to proficiency so they could understand that we found out kids don't they don't quite understand what it means to be proficient we had small groups with them where we talked about their academic identity we we pushed back on stereotype threats we talked about testing anxiety and and testing skills each one of our students that are in our intervention had a mentor that met with them bi-weekly and taught and specifically was checking on their academics they were making contact with home as
037well letting them know how they were doing and then the last big the fun the fun part of our interventions we had Symposium last year that Dr Roberts joined us and then this year our Symposium Dr um Mayberry ma came and it just spoke to our kids about just spoke love and light and encouragement into them and they are students and they are Scholars and they can raise their scores and it's just been really good work what this rant process has done is direct us it's directed us with data and it's ensuring that we are doing the right work and it has it's been rigorous but it's been worth it so we couldn't have done any of that without the incredible community that is good real middle school so I just want to shout out
038um our incredible staff and our Administration our teachers are so wonderful and they're always willing to help whenever we need whether that's mentoring our students they all jumped in on that allowing us to pull for small groups or stealing class time for counseling lessons we're really fortunate to have the staff we do um especially with our admin Carrie Romo Patrick Lewis Sarah tillinghast they have been instrumental in this work for us they gave us two hours of protected time every week to do this work um they take us away from extra duties they do everything they can to support us and advocate for the roles of counselors so it's huge and lastly shout out to my partner um teamwork truly does make the DreamWork and we wouldn't have been able to do this without each
039other we're very honored to receive this designation and to continue this work and thank you for your [Applause] recognition hi um I'm Lauren BR Ericson school counselor at East and this is the east counseling team hi Mike friend Ashley dimra Natalie Madson GI mcland Kristen Burell and we received the program of Promise Awards so hopefully in one short year we'll um be adding another High School to that ramp designation for dmps um we'd like to thank you Dr Roberts and you esteemed Schoolboard members for recognizing the hard work that counselors in our district do every day um and we would especially like to thank our principal Jil Versteeg and our entire Administration team at East for supporting our work in developing a comprehensive School counseling program in addition we want to thank our future ready
040coach Anna Moody who has helped coordinate and facilitate countless opportunities for our students to really explore um their career in post-secondary Opportunities and our school counseling coordinator Erin cesos uh for her ongoing support of our program as well counselors do not work in isolation the day to can be really hard but we can do amazing things when we're supported by our Administration staff and District leadership which is how we got here and while the recognition of this work is greatly appreciated seeing our students succeed and Thrive is what brings us our joy and purpose as a team we are committed to working to improve our student outcomes every day and to live our motto at East High School which is for the service of humanity thank you and go Scarlets [Applause] um just one quick
041sorry team East the Scarlets you mind coming back up if you'll just indulge me if just one of you it was really great to hear the good rail uh perspective of like being able to do the the true work uh that all of you signed up for and yet would you mind just taking one of you just take two minutes and uh maybe just paint the picture of reality on a day uh in your life uh because I think there are a lot of challenges you face and I would I I do think it's important for the community to understand all the different things that you have to navigate so okay you got two minutes you got it well we are invol will be invited to IEP meetings um we are closely involved in identifying
042students who might need a core diploma who are at risk for graduation having conversations with those families and students making sure they're they're fully aware of all their options and getting to um those graduation goals um getting to options Academy we will talk with ninth graders about their classes and get excited about you know what they can do um at like central campus um we will talk with students about mental health issues and making sure they know their resources for that and making referrals to um our community resources that we have in the school or outside the school so every day is different and we're pulled in a lot of directions so it's nice to have this team and it's nice to um have support to make sure that we are meeting our students where
043they're at and making sure they know their options they we know their needs and we're meeting them thank you thank you certain want to Echo um just say really special thank you a note of gratitude to each you um but certainly in terms of leadership to Erin um krie uh Michelle um Quinn and Jill and our other leaders um you doing amazing work under really challenging circumstances um you know we we don't get enough opportunities to actually come out and say thank you but as I promised at the beginning of um my statement and recognition please know that that student to counselor ratio is on our radar we'll continue to work toward dis closing that Madam sha concludes this evening's recognitions thank you thank you so much we're now going to move to the consent
044agenda as a reminder to the board in public the board will not engage in discussion or deliberation with the speaker regarding comments made to agenda items discussion and deliberation will remain among board members at the board table with speakers comments informing the board's discussion deliberation and determinations as deemed necessary Miss Rios do we have any speakers no speaker for consent Miss Alonzo I believe you have the consent motion I do I move that the board approved the consent items in accordance with the recommended action for each item on the consent agenda including bills previously authorized certified and approved for payment by the board secretary in the amount of 14,474 and procurement C transaction in the amount of 5,75 $575,500 a second by Mr dicks is there any discussion or questions board members please cast your
045votes Campos yes thank you Miss Campos uh Miss KN is here okay uh the vote is approved 620 next uh we are moving to public hearings first item is E1 public hearing for CIP 3501 East High School locker room renovation the public hearing will come to order is there anyone wishing to speak to this item hearing no one I'll close the public hearing Dr Roberts would you please introduce the matter most certainly Madam chair I recommend the Board review the proposed plans and specifications prepared by Studio melee for locker room upgrade grades at East High School hold a public hearing and approve the plans may I have a motion and a second to approve this item Marano so moved motion by Miss martarano and a second by Miss Alonzo is there any discussion or questions
046board members please cast your votes Miss Campos Campos yes the vote is approved 6 to0 next item is E2 public hearing and approval of the resolution to continue participating in the instructional support program the public hearing will come to order is there anyone wishing to speak to this item hearing no one I'll close the public hearing superintendent Roberts would you please introduce the matter yes Madam chair I recommend the board hold a hearing and adopt the resolution of participation in the instructional Support Program may have a motion and a second to approve this item Marano so moved dick second we have a motion by Miss martarano and a second by Mr dicks is there any discussion or questions board members please cast your votes Miss Campos yes the vote is approved 6 to zero we
047will now move on to other business the first item is F1 Personnel recommendation receive and file and action superintendent Roberts would you please introduce the matter I recommended the board receive file and approve the termination of the contracts for reasons stated forth in the superintendent notice may I have a motion and a second to approve this item Marano so moved dick second we have a motion by Miss martarano and a second by Mr dicks is there any discussion or questions board members please cast your votes Miss Campos Campos yes the vote is approved 6 to zero next on the agenda are information only items we have G1 districtwide cell phone policy G2 mandatory notification policy and G3 National criminal history record information policy board members just as an FYI G2 and G3 are part of
048the regular uh policy review that's taking place under Kaylee and Rosie's uh leadership to make sure that we're compliant with our policy and G1 the cell phone policy Dr Roberts has presented on that uh and the staff has done a great job working to uh fine tune it a little bit more the final vote will be on April 15th and I think on behalf of of many of us I want to thank uh staff and superintendent uh for really working hard on this to create the conditions for learning uh for our students and the conditions for teaching uh for our teachers in the classroom any questions on that Dr Roberts anything no Madam chair thank you all for your continued support and push um so that we can get to this place of Excellence for
049students excellence in that we will certainly uh work diligently towards our uh Priority One in our strategic plan but a way for us to do that is to make sure that we are reducing interruptions the instructional time great thank you now we have items of privilege board members would you like to share anything thank you madam chair thank you madam chair um yesterday marked one year since we lost an incredible leader advocate and friend Terry Caldwell Johnson her impact on this District in our community is still deeply felt Terry's passion for Equity her unwavering commitment to improving student outcomes and her tireless advocacy especially for our black male students left a legacy that continues to guide me as I reflect on her contributions I honor her by carrying forward the work she believed in ensuring
050every student has the opportunities support and education that they deserve Terry's Voice May be gone but her influence remains tonight I appreciate the opportunity to take a moment to remember Terry her leadership her friendship and the difference that she made in my life the lives of our students and so many lives in our community sending all the light and strength to Vernon Bailey and Baxter and Terry's entire family thanks I actually really appreciate that uh moment so thank you um some of you know that we've all been advocating one of our legislative priorities is prek uh which is something that uh Terry has advocated for as long as you know uh we've known her and uh I think maybe Dr Roberts and I and some of us may be feeling a little bit discouraged at
051the lack of traction uh that getting full day prek uh at the capital is having right now and um just the other day I was thinking well Terry wouldn't stop she just tell people how she felt and so I just really appreciate that and um I think it's always good to remind us that we just can't stop fighting for something that's really important to our district other items of privilege um I just wanted to share some exciting news that maybe people saw coverage of which is the uh uh College accounts that were established for Harding students from the B degrees Foundation in partnership with the mid Iowa health foundation and just give uh wonderful shout out to B degrees and the mid Iowa health foundation and de Mo public schools for such an example of
052collaboration um and uh just recognize and thank all of those organizations for helping our students to see a pathway to college so kudos to all of them other board comments superintendent yeah Miss Alonzo um just a shout out to Capital view um they invited a group of people um they were celebrating women's um History Month yes National Women's history month and it was really cool to see all those little faces really really excited and asking really interesting questions very inquisitive even though it was early um they were they they woke up very quickly and um I just want to say thank you uh for the work that was put in to organize uh the day um connecting with uh professionals people in the community to come in and connect with students it was amazing so
053Capital view thank you great job I'm sure having you as one of their role models was pretty neat too superintendent Roberts thank you madam shair probably during the course of the next five years or so we are going to continue to uh bring into the Board Room and in many other spaces our ambitious plan to reimagine what education looks like here in the mo Public Schools um this 10-year plan really is the framework in the Northstar that encourages and inspires us to think differently about how we're going to provide a world- class education to every single student who knock on our doors and just to make sure that we become the District of destination for all of our families there is a group of individuals who have given up their time some who work for
054the mon public schools and others who were just Volunteers in the community over the last 16 months or so for us to land at the place where we are today with a really uh uh thoughtful and research strategic plan um that looks primarily at our facilities but the remag education plan is so much more than just a facilities plan it's a plan around how we reimagine education for all of our students to reinvigorate all of our schools we continue to receive feedback and we've even heard some of that tonight about the plan and its impact on thousands and thousands of students and their families the mon public schools has a rich history of providing a quality education to students for about 117 years but we are also acknowledging that we are at a place whereby
055in the last several years we have not met the needs of every single student who've knocked on our doors and while we have a rich history as a public school system there's also repetition that many do not want to speak of often and that is we have not necessarily been the most Equitable organization in K12 education and so even as we go into the implementation phase of this plan we will continue to make sure that you understand that we are opening up the doors to receive feedback often and always that will really allow us to tweak some of what we've already laid out in the plan rest assured that it's coming from me that the plan isn't baked certainly we have so much in there um that is really anchored in data and credible research
056but we want to make sure that the decisions that we making to someone's earlier sentiment when we look back 10 or 20 years from now we would have said as a community a board and superintendent executive cabinet that we've truly erected a plan that makes a difference in the lives of all of our students for generations to come and so thank you for your continued feedback as we work diligently on refining and revising the plan to get to a place where we have sophisticated buildings for all of our students but more importantly we want to make sure that your voice your beliefs your dreams and your values are anchored in the final roll out of this plan so thank you for your continued support and we will create some additional opportunities um for us to
057sort of socialize the plan to others and those opportunities that are on our radar includes getting into some of our um the spaces of our business leaders and our faith-based communities we want to make sure that we are targeting um the spaces to make sure that every single person who is associated with your organizations just receives updates and has an opportunity to offer the inputs and insights as well that concludes my report Madam shair and Dr Roberts I think just to to wrap up on that on April 15th which is two weeks from now two weeks from now is when we plan on providing another update to the community and to the board that's correct Madam shair okay thank you uh okay uh uh just so everybody knows we are going to move into exempt
058session uh we'll have a brief exempt session then we'll come back together and do the work session which all are welcome to come back and view I'd like to entertain a motion to recess from our Open Session to go into a private exempt session pursuant Iowa Code section 2073 I move that the board recess from the Open session for a private exempt hearing pursuant to Iowa Code section 20.7 subsection 3 we have a motion may I have a second Al so second we have a motion by Miss Murano and a second by Miss Alonzo any discussion or questions board members please cast your votes Miss Campos yes yes the vote is approved 6 to0 the board will now move into our exempt session I'd like to ask the public to clear the room afterwards we
059will reconvene uh to adjourn and go into our work session