001Find me out. >> Okay. Thank you. >> All right. You guys are ready to go. I don't think >> I can tell from that agenda that was a good >> show. I mean, you know that we could just say we're going to especially I appreciate building. >> Yes. So, we'll go ahead and get started with the uh actually the December 10th uh regular school board meeting. Like to welcome everybody and if you would call the role, please. So, >> okay. Judy Goodrich, we have Jenny Jordan. >> Yes. >> Josh McLaren. >> Yes. >> Laura Mlan. >> Yes. Chely. >> Yes. >> Um >> we have an approval of the agenda and I think we have >> one addition one addition >> which is under the consent agenda. I don't know if I mine just has
002the bullet. >> Yeah. Uh the hire of the special education teacher is added. That's something that just came about yesterday or today. Um >> I move to approve the agenda as amended. >> Second. >> Okay. Jenny, >> yes. >> Josh, >> yes. >> Laura, yes. Chad, >> yes. >> Chubby, >> yes. >> I guess it's time to welcome stage real quick. We'd like to thank Snider and Associates. They provided some snacks tonight. If anybody's hungry, go ahead. Anybody in the room? >> Yeah. >> Um, and then we did have a public comment. I don't see her here. >> So, I guess we'll move on. >> Okay, we'll move on to that. Uh, so next our special presentation is Jack. Mrs. welcome here with purple students. So all yours you two students right now but if
003three of them are on the way and sorry I think I'm going to have to >> we want to flip you on and come back. >> Are you guys good? >> Yeah. >> Thanks you guys. Okay, we'll skip that for now. We can move on to uh our our reports. >> Right. Yeah, [laughter] >> we'll be quick. I promise tonight. So, um, we just wanted to put together a few like just fun celebrations of what we've seen so far this first semester. So, um, here we go. Um, so I just listed some of some of the things that were kind of fun, um, that the kids have done so far this year. And the teacher do such a great job of coming up with great ways to connect and give kids good experiences that they
004wouldn't necessarily have if they weren't going to school with us. So these are just a few of the highlights. So if you go to the pictures, you can see some of the things. Um >> try >> maybe. So like the egg day was Cass County uh puts that on the extension office. The kids, the third graders go out to the fairgrounds and they learn all about different things that you could do in agriculture. Uh it's kind of a little bit of a idea of like school to work type stuff too to give them ideas of careers that they could maybe even be thinking about. Um I love the picture of Calvin in the giant combine. and I thought that was really funny. Um, and then I've got like the homecoming. Um, the kids had such
005a great time at the homecoming pep rally that we always have down on the Trojan bowl. Uh, all of our kids are down there K through eight. It's super loud. It's super fun. It's it's such a great day. And then I have our our kindergarten does an alphabet boot camp at the very beginning of the year before they actually join an ent group. Uh, so that first 26 days of school, they do a different letter every day and then they dress up at the end as their letter and have all their things on and they do a whole parade through the building and all the other big kids tell them how great they are. So uh that's and then the next one is just our turkey trot. The day before Thanksgiving uh break we do
006our turkey trot and so these are the winners from each of the grade levels. So that's always a super fun day. It was a little It was We never have it in the morning because we usually get out of school early, so we had it in the afternoon this year, so it's a little bit warmer, but it was really windy, fun, it's always a fun time. And we always have a lot of parents that come and either run with their kids or cheer them on. So, that's always kind of a fun day, too, to have lots of people around and cheering on all the kids. >> Uh, so, Schuler, like I I also made a list just kind of show you guys, and then I was just thinking, "Oh my gosh, I know I forgot
007this. I know I forgot." Uh there's plenty of other things we do because I was just thinking uh one of our art students uh invited in a food truck and they got to help like like it was kind of a neat experience for them where the food truck set up and had staff the students and kind of got to see a food truck in action. They're doing a project on that right now. So it's kind of just an extra fun experience. Uh but I mean here's just a few of the things that we've done this year um that have been just kind of good celebrations to have. So, uh, and here's some pictures from all of our good slashgoofy slashf fun things that we do. Um, one thing that I'll point out that we added
008this year, well, a couple things I'll point out on here that we added this year, uh, the group in the middle stat middle, not bottom, I don't know, circle thing, that is our restorative practice. That was my first training group. Uh, and Miss Pay, I think. Well, yeah, first training group. I know we did it together. Uh and so it was really good experience to get that uh first one under our belt. We had a really good time. Uh they even won in a picture at the end. So it must have been at least halfway like learnable. Uh it was better than that I know but it was a good experience for everybody there. Uh and then also other thing with the ranks kids in the ranks we decided you know we enjoy crazy ideas
009at Schuler. Uh so they humored me with the crazy idea of we have a lot of people around the school that could use support um breaking the leaves, picking up the lawn. Uh luckily we did it the week before Thanksgiving and not the week after Thanksgiving. Uh and we went out and a handful of classrooms were able to get a bunch of leaves raked up for some people that couldn't do it themselves very well. So that was good experience for the kids uh and teachers and things like that. So, it's something we wanted to do to get back. So, >> like I've left the bullet. I promise we do fun things at the middle school. I my list is not as good as the elementaryaries. Um, if you come through the building, you'll you'll know
010the fun things we do. Right now, we're doing door decorating for um Christmas. So, we invite you to come in. I think uh a week from this Friday, so I think that's the 19th is the judging. So, they'll be finished by the 19th. So, invite you to come through. and they're kind of going above and beyond this year. Um, so we're trying to give a little more time. Um, but it's gotten to be a pretty fierce competition. Um, >> are the kids part of that or >> Yeah, their home bases. Yeah. So, we've had to make some every year we have to add to the rules because they find ways around. >> So, anyhow, um, so that's going on now. Um, of course, our rewards trips, um, the Monday the 22nd will be for a
011second quarter. uh and we have done that differently and I think it's a step in the right direction. Of course, the first time there's some hiccups and hopefully this second quarter will go a little more smoothly, but um did a lot of fun things with that. Um we're doing our monthly staff wellness challenge um which I think some of the staff have has really bought into it. Just it's supposed to be a non-school related wellness challenge. Um, so for December, because we're going to have some downtime, uh, anytime that you have less than an hour of screen time on your phone and you get to enter in for that day and then we draw at the end, um, for prizes and things. Um, we're having a middle school Christmas staff party right after school on
012that Monday the 22nd as well. Um, it's cool to see restorative practices like Mr. Northwick talked about. We've got some staff trained, so starting to incorporate it into our winter, our home base time. um those who are trained. I mean, the kids really seem to like it thus far and I've even been asking for it and I've sat in on a few of those. Um I know just thinking through classrooms, Coach Brummer is doing the egg drop, which is always a big hit if you want to go into the gym and see how the eggs do. Um that's always interesting. Um so there's a lot of fun things in the classroom that um and if you go to the next one, my pictures are probably even worse. Yeah, I'm not I'm not great with pictures,
013but um you can kind of see the beginning of the uh um the door decorating. We've come a long way since then. Um, also we had a lot of highlights um, athletically in the fall. You know, our um, I was at girls wrestling on Monday night which is always entertaining and we've got a lot of good um, part participants in that. Um, of course all our fall sports teams did well. We had Opus honor band members. Um, so there's a lot of fun things going on, a lot of successes and a lot of things to celebrate. We got our staff for student volleyball game which is always a hit coming up too. So, >> okay. Uh, I'm not going to read all this to you. I'm happy to share this with you, but there is
014Yeah. And we don't take the time to celebrate and there is a lot of good things happening in each of our buildings in the district. Um you've seen the additional vinyl that we added to the exterior of the building and that's to help for safety and security because when we did a walkth through u a year or two ago with law enforcement and when I do like on the call and I'll be like the 200 hallway. Well yeah everybody in this building knows what that is but if you're not familiar with this building you don't know what the 200 hallway is. So making sure we have everything identified whether you're coming from the outside which was also very helpful too. Uh and that was thanks to the foundation school foundation really huge on that. Uh
015you I've talked to you about uh director snow building trades our workbased learning opportunities. Uh we are contracted with Mary McLaren for one day a week and we are meeting weekly and when I say we it's me and the school counselors and Mary and just the we're making lots of great strides there. So I'm really really excited about that. uh and making sure that things are getting put into JMC correctly because that's what then gets recorded to the state. Super awesome. Uh we have 56 students who got academic letters. Uh ELA initial curriculum implementation has I've been pretty impressed so far like and just seeing the conversations. Um that's awesome. Our it is our inaugural semester for math lab and lit lab. I mean we're learning a lot as far as like on our end
016how we think it better and so uh I have met regularly with the English department and the math department and so we're making some decisions as to even for second semester course placements uh and intervention groups. So uh we're doing the NWAS right now to help with that. Now, anybody who knows me and photos, like I take thousands of photos all the time, but I put just a lot of in like 30 seconds for you here in a quick video. Okay. So, there are going to be some things. Um, so I'm hoping that I got uh Zen Parker, who is in our refs class, which the school foundation also helped fund um that happening. So, he officiated at Monday night's wrestling tournament. He has done some seventh grade games. So, I think that's in here.
017This is not everything, not all-incclusive because literally you guys would be here with me forever. Come on. Oh, this has to work. go there. So obviously, you know, we are very excited that the community came together and passed our geo bond um to get us safe and secure entrances and the the the new building that we're going to be looking at um specifically at Washington. So, we're very excited about that. Um make staff super excited about that as as well as um just all the building projects. and uh we're grateful to the community for their support um just overall so far this year. It's it's you know it's exciting to see the support we've received at all of our different events and all of our in all the different ways from everyone in the county.
018So >> I can't believe the end of semester is here already. >> I know. I can't believe it really fast. >> Okay. And now you're gonna hear from some amazing people. I'm super excited to bring them back up. I'm logging out. Do you need my clicker? Okay. I think so. Just go. So this is not this is a master. So, hi everybody. This is the J class. A few of them, Miss Jada, Ganda. Good. Okay. Melinda, my son, and Miss Ka. And we're just going to present some information about what we have done this semester so far. So, Melinda, go ahead. So uh we're going to talk about the JAG mission facts about JAG program impact and workbased learning and community engagement's mission ensures a future Iowa where youth are resilient and well prepared with
019skills purpose and through collaborative partnerships and innovative approaches we bridge the gap between education and employment to build strong communities and unlock of every No matter what vision empowering Iowa's youth is to succeed, thrive and become teacher ready leaders culture of care. At we create a future that prioritizes the well-being growth and development of each stakeholder and the communities we serve. Um facts broken expansion June 2022 97 programs serve 4,42 students. June 2025, 1170 programs serving 10,215 students. September 2025, 204 programs serving 11,500. 82 communities and 51 counties serve, 98.4% graduation rate, 80% post unemployment, and that partnership to schools, businesses, and community organ community organizations to provide work-based learning to The advantage employee engagement employers engage with students in the classroom and workplace providing exposure to future career opportunities. Project based learning, a teaching
020method where students actively design, develop, and construct solutions to real world challenges, building critical skills, and deepening their understanding through hands-on experiences. Employer engagement framework exploration, in-class speakers, career fairs, on-site job tours, career assistance, and career pathway education. exposure, interactive business tour, job shadowing, and interviews with industry professionals. Experience, hands-on training, apprenticeships or internships, and short-term employment. Goal: Academic certification or accreditation, advanced or continued education, and concerned employment. trauma involuntar supporting nutritional work building relationship and create creating a safe environment. >> Um so this is where all the programs are in Iowa. >> All right. So welcome to our program. It's Atlantic High School. He don specialist and I have approximately 16 students right now from our student what we learn soft skills how it impact me data help us with the future why I
021matter still it helps you be careful >> curious we practice first and presence accountability and some experiences field trips volunteer. Our tech is giving me skills to associate responsibility with grades. How we engage our community. Volunteer at the food food pantry today or local business case memorial hospital. school for inter entry entry in the festival of dream. The career association studentled career associations connect students with their communities and potential employers. They help students build employability skills and master essential competencies. Participation fosters leadership, teamwork and effective communication. Association from a collaboration is a key skill for workplace success. local a career associations participate in community service initiatives um partnerships how we're making an impact CM field trip a chamber of commerce shop local ads and festival choice hold on a second so there's an ad right
022here that goes into the paper and we actually during class time are making the advertisements for them we're working with the chamber to do that so it's kind of a neat little opportunity for us to do. >> Oh, yeah. >> What did we do today? >> We've had a very busy day. We helped pick up food for the food pantry. >> Any questions? I guess I would just ask if any of you have experienced something in the class that makes you think that that's a career or profession or a job that you would want to do after high school. If that you know something that you learned through um a tour or a fair or a presentation or something like that if that's something that one of you guys have snatched onto something you think
023you might want to do. anybody? >> Um, yeah. Um, so after I graduated, I was thinking about going to the military since, uh, Miss Walton had one of the guest speakers coming and I reached out to >> um, for me, I really like when I joined Jack, I really didn't know what I wanted to do, but Miss Walton helped me figure out what I wanted to do. >> What do you want to do? >> I want to do psychiatric pressing. Good >> going to the hospital. Did that I mean the tour of the hospital or >> Good. >> Here's me. So if you guys have any questions or comments or anything, please feel free to reach out. And that's all we have right now. So thank you for listening. >> Thank you for coming. superintendent
024report. >> So, as you look at the agenda, it seems like my superintendent agenda, the appearances change, and I I try to figure out what's a better way to keep the board informed. um what we're doing as a district uh as a superintendent I try to represent the district on the daily basis in schools helping principles helping teachers everybody trying to kind of get everybody moving forward on initiatives. So um thinking about this summer as we worked on planning things for what we wanted to start or initiate you know in the fall. So first semester now second semester second semester is kind of the point where a lot of [clears throat] new learning is happening in the classroom. First seme first quarter you're doing a lot of review. second quarter. It's it's time where teachers
025are really really working hard to create lessons for kids because it's new learning and how can we support what they're doing in the classroom um and uh among other things. And so I I tried to set up any of the things uh that I want to keep track of and keep the board informed in the speaker type of format. So a lot of it is got the live links. Um you could see that we continue to talk and and work on a specific thing or academic improvement attendance and then even leadership that we do amongst just our leadership team. It it's an everyday weekly process that we we just spend a lot of time on. um even today gosh we met a couple times to work on IDA DA stuff um and what we need
026to do and how we need to plan it. It it's just things that seem to happen almost like I said on a regular basis. The service plan, any of our programs, we just want to make sure the programs are are doing a good service for our kids, providing what they should be. What can we do to provide materials, u support, training, whatever they need, um so that the kids are learning what they need to learn and we continue to kind of grow with what we want to see happen for a plan. So you can kind of see how it looks that way. Um if you open up the links, I did put up an updated um certificated enrollment. So that's what uh Janet Nicholas has has has has pulled off the u the website, the
027Department of Ed website. I think the numbers match up exactly to what it was earlier, but I I consider whatever she puts together to be the official numbers. She does spend time on that. That's part of what her routine is. Um I think that's what I I I I had on there. Um Green Hills is spending been spending some time with us working on specific things. So they're more of our advisors right now. Yesterday, uh Stacy Schmidt and I met with um a couple of the Department of Ed special ed directors and they helped us kind of work through some plans that we're going to start working on um that we need to it's part of a PA process. So again, it just feels like we're moving in the right direction. the conversations that I
028hear at our leadership team meetings from the principles who are you know right with the teachers they're talking about the right things they're talking about data they're talking about uh things that are happening in um uh the Wednesday PLC meetings and and the uh the talk that the teachers are talking and what do the students need that how do we do interventions so it just feels like everything is moving in the right direction the surgery and in the right direction, we're all moved on the same same um projector. So, I I feel really good about where where we're at this point. Uh I hope at the end of the school year when our kids are doing our staff's report and we get those reports back, we do see a lot of growth. I'm really excited
029and I'm very proud of everybody that works here. So, it's fun to watch and be a part of it. questions. Okay, we'll move on to board if anybody has anything. I would just add uh so I think you guys read my mind. I talked to Dr. Johnson say and McKay, we have a lot of things going on, building projects and stuff like that. And I really like seeing all those good things that are going on in our school because it kind of takes away from all this >> design and that's >> yes, >> it's fun, but it's not fun. You know, it's good to see that because that's why we're all here. Um, and then I would further that when I was in Mr. Pelers building. I saw some of the chaos with the doors.
030But the thing I did see is I saw Coach Duff was uh teaching basketball to the middle school kids. That must be their unit. So I thought that was pretty cool to see the wrestling coach coaching basketball. So I did hide and look in the window for a few minutes. He did all right. But it's good to see those things. and and you know, like you said, we have a lot of planning and stuff like that coming up and I want to make sure that we don't forget about those things because those will be what keeps us going while we're trying to go where we go. So, >> and I would like to add that um four of us went to the schoolboard convention on November 19th and 20th. Uh Lisa, Chat, and I were
031there for two days and Josh came second day. Um, I learned a lot while we were there because you get to go to the breakout sessions and Chad and I went to one on bullying. >> Yeah. And then I went to one on uh AI which I realized you know they said how many people in the room and the room was full have used AI today and they all raised their hands and I thought what? [laughter] So I did go around and ask teachers how do you use AI and I have a lot to learn. Um, I did also go to the delegate assembly and that is where I am the representative of the Atlantic School Board and every school board in in Iowa sends a representative and then we vote on their legislative platform
032and um most of the time it's well written and the only thing that they have to argue about is semantics and maybe the addition or the deletion of a Um I did find it interesting that one of the things that they talked about and that we voted on most of them were 99% yes of voting uh for mental health and I think we all know that mental health issues are increasing and impacting student achievement. So, they had a whole long, you know, it's a whole long thing that they're going to have to focus on and one of the things that they want to lobby on in the legislature is to increase access and resources to mental health professionals. So, I think that we should perhaps think about that along that same line. And then they
033want to expand the capacity for therapeutic classrooms. And that would be one of my things that I would lobby for when I went into state house for damn hill. So, um that's it. >> What did you think? Did you have this place? >> Yeah, I mean it was it was just really it was really informative for me. You I took a lot of the um I guess mandatory stuff. I was the only one that stayed till 4:30 that Friday or Thursday. >> Everyone else left early, but uh I got that mandatory um thing completed. But um we went to a bowling one. I thought that was you know uh you know interesting and um just some law changes I think just recent you know what they said where um it's more of a repeated case
034um and so maybe at some point you know policy needs to be checked there. Um, and then you know went to a lot of the basic like finance classes and you know just talking to everyone. Um, you know, you're saying you're from Atlantic and you know a lot of people you know I think Cedar Rapids has been trying to pass a bond for a long time. I know Fairfield has been trying to pass a bond for a long time and you know my first you know week into uh um school board you know I'm saying yeah let it pass that bond. So, you know, just want to say thanks to everyone and um the community for stepping up and, you know, um you know, getting that done. So, that's that was nice to to say.
035Um, I was just going to say I had a conversation with someone this week who was talking about her son who's in college now. And um, she was telling me that when he was in seventh grade, um, there was just a passing conversation about what someone else that she had heard of was going into for a future career. And out of that conversation, which this young man was just sort of overhearing, um, he absolutely came up with like sort of his vision for his future. and he's in college now and he's like pursuing this and is probably gonna have to go get a doctorate for what he eventually wants to do. And um it just it reminded me of it when you guys were talking about the different kind of activities and hijack too and
036um some of the activities you're doing with students. you never know. Like I I really feel like that's one of the um uh one of the things I've become more concerned about is that just don't have as much exposure to how many kinds of pathways there are out there for their future career. You know, and part of it is it's just changing so fast. you know, those of us like we can't really rely on me meaning everybody like over 30 can't really rely on our own experience as far as these are the jobs and these are the job paths and this is the kind of careers and kind of work because it's changing so fast and um I think that you know helping our students like have that kind of exposure and so I love
037it that you know you're kind of taking them to a hospital and saying you know wow look at all the different kind of jobs there are here think about who might fit and um bring them to these different places and and you know we can engage kids through literature and there's so many opportunities to sort of try to spark you know spark I'm going to I'm going to go on a soap box there so I'm control myself but you know part of students now with um just the increase of anxiety and I think a lot of it is just it's it's an overload of information and of um you know just sort of getting lost in the moment and giving them that vision for their future and that perspective about the person that they're becoming
038Those [sighs and gasps] pictures were getting you guys. It wasn't fair. And being able to give our students a vision for who they can become and how they can contribute to the world is a huge gift that we're able to give them. So, go you. [laughter] [laughter] Good. Move on the financial report. So I provided you um November's financial reports and so you can kind of overlook look over those. We really we're really in a good position. We you know July, August and September is our first quarter through a financial lens. You know that's third quarter in most calendar years and that's first quarter of school year but um it's first quarter for our fiscal year. And so we've submitted all of our um requests for funds and recommendations and things like that. And so
039of course money doesn't come in quite as quickly as we do our recommendations, but we're really in a good position. Um we're right where we should be. We we did spend a lot of money at the beginning of the year, but that's pretty common because we buy our yearly supplies and we buy our yearly paper or our whole semester worth of things and all the curriculum. So, it looks heavy on on the front end when you look at that supply line, but uh just know it kind of evens its way out because we don't do as much purchasing at the at the second semester, but um I feel good with the numbers. I didn't see anything that jumped out at me that I felt like I needed. Um but it's always there. You can always
040call at any time. Also, if you have any questions about something that you that I put together or if you see bills or something that you have questions on, please please give us a call. >> I have a question. >> Okay. everybody except Jenny. [laughter] >> Later on, we're doing the gifts, grants, and donations. Where does that show up on a financial report? >> Uh miscellaneous. It's in miscellaneous income. Okay. >> You might not see it all broken out, which is why we we separate it out because we want to honor those people that have given gifts to the district. Okay? And so we put a separate report out that's just those gifts donations, but in the scheme of things, I mean, they go into a miscellaneous revenue fund that it's there, but you're not
041you're not seeing that broke out, which is why we break that out. >> Okay. So grants show up on this. You you didn't have >> we say gifts grants. Uh yeah, more think more local grants um than like a a title or a a federal grant. So, anything that we would receive maybe locally through a business or an organization that might support the school, that's what goes on that report. >> I just curious a motion to approve to November financial second. Yep. >> Okay. Josh, >> yes. >> Laura, >> yes. Chad, >> yes. >> Jody, yes. Jay, >> yes. >> Move on to the consent agenda. Obviously, as always, uh we can take a motion as a to approve it all as a whole piece or we can remove an item if somebody chooses that
042they would like to do that. >> I'll move to approve the consented item. Yes, sir. >> Laura, >> yes. >> Chat, >> yes. >> Jody, >> yes. >> Jenny, >> yes. >> Josh, >> yes. >> Okay. So, move on to the first discussion item, which is a review of the facility project updates and timelines for earlier works from our earlier work session discussion. So, I think what we need to do is kind of give and or Dr. Johnson a green light as to one which one of those uh you want to proceed with. >> I did share with you I just you were talking about AI. Um I did throw together just a sheet that I shared with all of you in an email that just AI gave a description of the differences between then
043pros cons that kind of thing. So you all do have that in the email. Um, not that you need that to make a decision, but it it it emphasized exactly what Bidas had said. So, it was interesting it wrote it that it was a lot of verbatim for what Bidus. So, he definitely is talking the lingo of the CMA and CMR. >> So, we're are are we committed yet to working with Vitus and Aspa? Like, is that are they our architects or is that a decision like this? Well, you know, two more meetings ago >> that you guys did talk about that and I think the talk was you went through that whole interview process of architects then you did the >> I was thinking that kind of approved >> it said okay we got
044our architect. >> Yeah. So if if he feels like, you know, he is used to working with CFAs and, you know, sort of likes that idea about getting started on it already and has concerns about us getting slowed down. Um, that would sort of head me a little bit more in that direction. And that's what he talked about when we stopped to talk to him at the schoolboard convention was I think he recommended going with CMA. So, >> but I think the other thing too is he kind of that person or that company could probably both build those same roles. So, to me it's like we're not looking at here's the CMAs and here's the CMRs. Like they're kind of really in the in the grand scheme of things. It's they're they're the exact same
045thing. Now, maybe obviously it's a little bit different with the the attorney type stuff. Um, you know, but I don't So, I mean, and he I'll just use Estus because we keep using an example. You know, they can provide both of those services. So, it's not like we're looking at two completely different types of entities trying to figure out which one's the best, you know. So I think >> can I ask so when we did the last big project we did which I only came in the tail end of it when we were dealing with sort of project cleanup like I remember there was a lot of problem with drainage that we kept on having people come back and they were trying to handle it and we had one company that like wasn't doing its
046job and someone had to deal like so did we have a construction manager on that project >> that's worst thing about Chris So what we did is but what was Bob's role like >> he was just the laz between the the general contractor >> and school general contract >> the general contractor was Roshan and then switched to names to were charged some >> we didn't have the CMR >> that didn't happen that was not an option exist >> right so we had the general and then we hired Mr. Sweeney with because he had the whatever the and I think that gave us you know that so he was the >> yeah he was lean was probably >> we had the issue as a general contractor and went after the subcontractor >> he was the one
047that stood around measured everything >> so that's um but that's like more like what a construction manager would be like that's going to be our main like go-to in between person. Yeah, >> probably a different level. Probably the general construction would be higher than >> Okay. Yes. I think my only concern and I had leaned towards CMA after we had talked about this, but my only concern again, how do you know until you've been through it is the work that Beth will have to do for a CMA because it she almost becomes your internal contractor. And so the CMR it does release us from again I've not been it's been a while since I've been through a building project so I I might not have but I didn't get a clear view on the difference
048so of how that would not be involved as much with the other >> with the CMA the district holds the contracts. So I would be supervising the contracts or of a CF supervising the contracts bid packages >> but I think our CMA would still do that like >> isn't that >> uh they they were kind of an advisory role so they could give her advice and they would help her >> but she really is the >> but it's but that's why we have more say >> yes. >> Yeah. >> Us as a board has to say with the CMA role on who we're going to use whereas the CM are >> it's just whoever's lowest. >> Yeah, I think this CMA CMA is lowest. >> We're taking the lowest they pre-qualify them first and then
049>> take the lowest tomorrow. There's this matrix that you score all the subcontract >> and so that matrix thing that's like a required requirement from state like process. >> Yeah, but like the do we have to make up the matrix? >> No, I think we use the GPT >> matrix. We're going to have Jenny [laughter] the matrix. It's not a harmony. Yeah, he kept making it sound like he had to make up our own. We did. >> No, and I I put matrixes together. I've used construction companies, matrixes, architects. It's It's not a big >> I mean, I felt like he was very one-sided on CMA, you know? I mean, it'd be nice to have someone, and he said he's worked with CMR. It'd be nice to have someone to talk about that maybe, you
050know, preferred CMR a little bit more because I'm leaning more towards CNR or CMR. I just think, you know, it's it's going to be more quality and, you know, timelines, I mean, matters, but I mean, >> well, the same companies though, >> so the quality might not necessarily. >> So, the same company. So, really the main difference is how our contractor is structured, right? how our relationship with them works. >> So, but let's just say when some contractor got way behind and because they couldn't get workers to show up, CM would come and tell us like, hey, the you know, they didn't show up. So, we're we're two weeks a month behind and that's what we just have to deal with. If it's a CMR, I would say you guys have to figure it out.
051You got to get us back on track. for getting the project done. Otherwise, it falls on possibly superintendent or attorneys to go after subcontractors that are the work done. I don't know if they will or not, but CMA is not holding risks. They're just advising us. CMR CM is at risk. They're holding the contracts. That's so hard. I'm trying to keep it understandable. So, do you feel real strongly about that? I mean, CMA versus CMR, >> the CMR, I feel like the construction manager will attend a task. They will make sure that they get quality workers, things are on time. They're they're they're scheduling people to show up on certain days, hold them accountable. With the CMA, they're advising they're advising the district. Even though they are on site, they're making sure people are getting
052the work done. They're advising us. Three, two and a half, three years of work. And it makes me nervous because it's just not in, you know, a year's time of building a project, which most of projects are just a year. Now it's it's it looks like it's going to get stretched to the to two and a half years. I can work with either one. It just it's going to take a lot of my time, I think, with the C lang, which is fine. I I kind of like that kind of stuff. It's not that I >> I'm shy away. It's just, you know, I think I'm going to be more involved with CMA than with CMR. >> Yeah. It's hard for us to tell. I mean, my my memory of it was, you know, that
053Mr. Barber was pretty involved in a lot of that stuff, but also to the degree I would expect, you know, any superintendent, you know, to be involved as far as like knowing knowing what was going on because you're the one we'll look to to report on, you know, this is what I'm hearing is happening regardless of which model we use. Um, so >> but I think either one of those two, whichever you choose is probably going to have fairly regular meetings with the board, you know, as far as what's going on or what's not going on. So the the big issues and you know we're still going to have if we have overages or we have change orders or something that's going to be essentially the same with the one >> and I think that
054even though you know we can sort of say to someone well you you've got to keep us on track or you've got to deal with this problem like that was happening with the general contractor like anyone who's like the you know the head of the project is going to have to deal with the subcontractors and issues that come up with them and and report back to us and we'll be the decision maker. To me, that also seems like it's kind of a wash. So the the differences would be like the the timeline in terms of like how quickly we can get going on this and just how cumbersome it is to get going on it, you know, having a few that we just sort of invite, you know, to come in here for interviews in
055January if we want to and and decide or you know, going through the bigger like throwing the doors open to anybody. And then there's the the risk idea. Um, and you know, comfort level for Dr. Johnson with that. Is there any other like major does anybody see other major distinction? Like I want our architect to be comfortable with it also. But I think that probably since this is a new process like his firm is going to basically work with DNRs anyway. Like you know that's just going to happen. So, >> and I would think the fact that it's new to him also would make him not as comfortable with it, >> right? Yeah. Kind of talk about that. Yeah. >> And he he told you all the stuff up front that is different. You know,
056that that process of you got to do an RFP and then an NOI and then a RFQ. It's all these legal document postings that they already have created. You're just changing them a bit, but they post them out. >> Yeah. But we do have to wait and our board only meets twice a month. So I mean I do think that it's true it will slow us down. Um you guys can at first I also I was going to take April, you know, but you know when you actually think about the amount of time that you have to allow for things to come back to us and then we have to process it then have meetings. So I I hate to lose the time. I have felt like on this whole project this last year, we've
057been like, "Ah, we're so behind. We got to get going." Like, you know, we have to be communicating better. We have to get And so, I think that's where I'm feeling a little bit of a sense of urgency. Um, and I just I'm not sure whether I'm right or not. I don't know if that's just a feeling or like a true >> I have that same feeling. >> Yeah. to not start till April seems like you've done so much light work already, but to just really get all these purposes to not have to wait till April seems crazy, >> right? But is it really? I mean, you know, Dr. Johnson has the fact that, you know, it's time. >> I'd say that it's I think we're discussing the color of the color red of the
058fire truck. You know, is it apple red or is it candy cane red? You know, at the end of the day, it's red. Yeah. Um, >> look, we do it. We >> I know, but we still >> I like that. >> So, like how how do the work orders come about? So, like we have to approve the work orders as a as a board, right? So, we can only approve them twice a month or once a month or can you approve them? >> I can approve them. So the the uh if we're holding the contracts, >> you know, they'll they'll uh they'll take the lowest bid off any of the like drywall. They'll they'll pull in and take the lowest bid. >> They'll manage the whole project of making sure that you know they show
059up on time. >> Those companies will build a district and then Lisa will manage the payoffs schedule on it. Um then we have to make sure caught talking to the construction managers. How much work have they done? Do we pay them? You know, they're are they did they get the work done or are they asking for money too early? You know what I mean? You're just all this checks and balances where you know if they are holding the contract, they're not paying house unless they know they got >> in a board. um the construction company will build us once a month. You guys will approve that. Otherwise, you're approving a lot of subcontracts and most often we have to do we just have to make consensus decisions. that way. >> I think any of us
060people pretty much can get away those problems. >> Oh, we're so human handed, >> but we're already into January. >> Yeah, it doesn't really help that. >> I mean, >> as far as timelines go. >> Yeah, >> I just feel like anybody has better clarification for this. I thought that our timeline like we were going to be doing stuff this summer. This doesn't look like we are. Does anyone understand Did that change or was that wrong? >> Okay. Our timeline is already too short for us to do work. That's not right. >> Yeah. I don't And the work that they're proposing to do looks like it's going to be at the high school. Yeah. I could see this possibly breaking ground in November or December at Washington >> to work on the new park original.
061>> Yeah. >> So, they get some of the dirt work done then. I mean, they used to say, well, the ground's frozen, you're not going to be able to do anything. That's not really true. They can they can unground some >> and the ground's not frozen yet. So, I mean, that's December. Yeah, they get a dog and four footings at home. So we did in November, December. >> And so if we went within CMR, that'd be we're looking at that not starting till the beginning of 27. >> I don't think so. I think it's just the the turnaround time. Is that getting your CM higher and then all of a sudden the CM is on board? Architects like to know project cost. Um so then they can relay it on to the board, the owners
062of what it's going to potentially cost. Um they just like to have that information going back and forth and they kind of do that on their own. They got resources to go ask square footage on whatever whatever that thing is. it might make more work for them in the beginning because for like two two three months for the that >> like I said either model I think we can do you know Lisa's office is just it's going to be work on their office two of them just pay payouts our attorneys everything once we get it going it won't be so bad but once it's just that beginning initial start of a building project. There's so many things you got to get in the water. >> Is any of that administrative stuff easier if we do
063one or the other? >> It's about the same. It's about the same. Um, our attorneys get involved early. Um, well, you know, the architect company helps us with any of that preliminary information going out like the NOI and RFQ and the RFP and they're helping us with that. >> That's what we have. If you have a CMR, would you just have would we be doing one payout to them and then they pay their subcontractor? We'd have one vendor >> and then if you had a CMA you could have 25 or 30 vendors, right? Because each of them each of them could have their own invoices. >> Okay. So that does simplify office administration. >> Okay. >> I think just the CMR is so new to Iowa there's not even though you did say the board
064projects is CMR. >> Okay. I just I need to slow things down. That's really my big that's my big thing that I'm stuck on right now. But I'll um since it's something that Dr. Johnson's comfortable with and we seem to be in the middle and chat seems to fail. Do you still build like CNR in the back? >> I do. I think it'll be >> Yeah, I'd be I'd be okay with going that way. >> The board interview my wife. >> Um the CMR wait not architects you mean contractor. >> Contractor. Yeah, cuz I'm sorry. You're still going to interview construction managers, those companies to pick the one you want. You're still going to do that. Um, it's just that you're going to get a lot of information beforehand like little booklets that gives you
065a good feel about those companies and then you'll, you know, swarm out on matrix narrow down to your board interview and then you're back on track on the same place. Jenny, are you >> I'm good at that. But >> it is going to slow it down. >> You know, as long as people know, public knows, >> it's going to take a little time. >> Yeah. Yeah, >> I think we have our >> We'll move on to the partnership with the city of Atlantic for an expansion and enhancement of the B Creek Basin. Oh, Garrett's >> Are you talking or you may address us or go ahead? >> Um, I don't mind at all. I'll be glad and yeah, come on up. Yeah, >> um >> as most of you are aware, and I won't take
066up a lot of time, but as most of you are aware, Atlantic was chosen by ISU back in the spring of 2004 to be part of six communities for a pilot program for the mayor's design workshop. Atlantic was chosen and we were chosen to um help with any type of water issue the city might have. And all of the work from ISU came at an advantage to Atlantic because it was all proono because it was a pilot program. So they worked with us for a year and a half and came up with some solutions for us for Bull Creek. That was the project that was chosen. So after the discussion with ISU with Sners who's our engineer and working with the students and um seeing what reme remediation might be able to be accomplished came
067up with it basically as a watershed project but we needed detention pond um to help slow down the flow downtown to um you probably remember the flooding that occurred in May of 24 down at Desperados because everything flows from 22nd Street down to behind Desperados into about this large. So that's where our flooding happens. So um when ISU was here, they did a complete design for us and our first step in helping with remediation is going to be a detention pond. So after meeting with Dr. Johnson, um, Sners, a couple of our council members, um, public works, wastewater, all of those guys. Our first decision that the city must make is where the location of the detention pond will be. So our ask is basically would the school board be willing to have two of
068your c of your um board members be part of a committee that we would like to put together along with Dr. Johnson to have a discussion of using school property for the detention. So, our ask basically is would two of the board members, and you don't have to answer me tonight, um, but two of the board members come to and be part of a committee with the city along with Dr. Johnson and our council members um to discuss the location of the detention pond being on school property. That's what our ask is. That's where we must start is with a detention pond. Once the decision is made, if you give us a yes or a no, then we can move forward in finding a different location if it is not suitable for the schoolboard to
069decide on this um with where that might be located. So basically our ask is would you be willing to come to the table and help form a committee to talk to the city and the school collectively to decide on a location. So that's our ask this evening and I think all of you received um the final report from ISU um and Dr. Johnson has a copy as well and I think you all have received it but um if you have questions certainly reach out. The committee will start up after the first of the year of course but it would be great to have two of you at the table with Dr. Johnson um and the and the city. Now, as most of you know, um I did not run for office, so I am handing
070the to mayor elect Clawson, but those that have been alongside me the entire time since um I went to ISU and it will be Elaine, AI, Emily Kennedy, and then public works and then the school board would be working collectively together on an so that's our ask. So, Dr. Johnson, feel free to add to that. >> And we met the other day and it was, you know, the city wanted some kind of uh reassurance or a partnership to review that pre um base and detention base. >> So, our decision tonight is not to say >> it's more of a partnership. >> Yeah. Just agreeing to a partnership. >> Okay. And then again having two board members be part of that committee to review what plans are. The city still has to work on trying to
071get brand funding for it. >> Yes. >> We would we would have to work on the grant piece but we can't work on the grant piece until we know the size. >> Once we know the size and we can start our engineering process then we can go for funding. Um, we did apply for 4 million. We didn't get it. Um, but there I have connections and have continued to stay connected with our representatives state level and federal level for grant money, but we have to know our size and things of that natur. >> Where's the alternative locations that are already? The alternative location would have to be on a piece of property that the city owns close to area that flows down through the town, which we do not have a large piece of property.
072The the next largest or even um a possibility would be at 9inth Street where there was once paid house. The city owns a piece of property there that has burned that has now been cleared off that the creek actually filters into that property that's now a green space. That would be the onlyation. That's too late because I've lost that flood early in the morning and it already gets about four blocks the house before it gets the night to know. So >> that's a good way to put it. >> I I don't I don't I necessarily have to be the person, but I think we could at least come to the table for that conversation conversation and figure out something. >> I would think we could have >> plans, you know, kind of contributing >> the
073ground down there. So it creator holding basin for water. And there was that suggestion that something's developing like education curriculum around it. So I mean that's way down the road but you know we have the uh >> yeah on our property >> we'll move on to the discussion item for uh about an early retirement offering. I don't you want to start or I don't know. >> It's kind of been >> I bring it to the board yearly to see if they want to look at our early retirement policy. Um two years ago the board approved policy. It's not a normal thing for this district to approve a a policy every year. So we presented to the board if they're interested in looking at a retirement policy. It you can choose to go the same route
074as you did two years ago. You could change the warnings. So right now the current policy that you approved two years ago uh employees have to be at least 55 years of age and have 20 um years of service to the district. Uh certified staff um even though I think the board also opened it up to class. So um I've got a of both policies from the past for the board to look at. You can also see um the eligible staff that would qualify for uh for the policy or the plan if you went to 55 and 20 years of experience. And then um that money it gets gets used over a three-year period of time gets applied to their health plan. So um the board takes or pays for the health plans of that
075retiring employee three years uh we take the money out of the management fund and our management fund is kind of a tight fund. Um we use it to pay insurance any kind of premiums. Uh I'm trying to think >> it looked like the management fund would actually be would be strain would be over. >> It would be so for the first year at least >> we're on year two of three. >> Yeah. >> So in for a year you'd be paying for previous one plus this we offer. >> Yeah. Just ask for clarification. So, it's part of the benefit that they're getting a $25,000 into an uh HA account and also we're paying for the health insurance for three years. >> No, it's just the insurance they still pay. >> Okay. >> But it works
076out. >> Okay. >> What else do you anything else to add on information for the mil stuff? their Medicare to still defend for their usually usually it's for anyone that's under 65 usually 65. >> Can you guys hear it again? >> You can't be for those. So yeah, um it's usually for those people that aren't quite 65 yet, but they want to do kind of an early retirement because you think of retirement being >> 65, right? Early retirement is >> so often people though. >> Um so it really, you know, sometimes if they are on a family policy and maybe they have a spouse that, you know, like we can anybody qualify, you know, on that probably not explaining that well. Um well I'm just looking half the people here >> um >> our management
077fund is supported completely by property taxes. So, it is important to note that, you know, we we want to be good stewards and we know that we are looking at a geo bond that will already increase property taxes by a$110 um from what we've promoted. And so, we want to make sure that we are in a position where our management fund, we have to, you know, bump it up. We we um typically see about a 20% increase each year in property insurance, auto insurance, that kind of thing. And so you have to kind of plan for 20% on top of that. Um and then that's also unemployment uh compensation. Workman's comp comes out of there. Um lots of liabilities and things like that. So it's one of those it's a great opportunity. Um, we just
078have to kind of play around with it and go, is this the year or is is next year a better year or you know, you always want to do >> financially speaking for at least for if we offered it this year for current employees to retire in 26 that following year, our management fund would be overextended. It looked to me >> it would it would we would use all of it up. >> We would use all of it. So, >> I don't know. if there were an emergency or if the insurance went out more than we planned for or something like that. >> That is where your deduction also come out of which is why we signed up for the um catastrophic insurance because then that limits how much we have to pay towards the
079also just food for thought for the discussion. You also I mean in the past it's been a budgetary item that the board has used. So you also look at those five or six people are are higher paid salaries that we could potentially replace with a lower salary. So that's difference in the general fund. So it is kind of >> although the last time we did it, it didn't end up working right. We didn't really increase it a little bit, >> right? >> It's just for different funds. You know, if we could pull some money out of the general fund and just >> kind of take care of that. >> Would we be able to find replacements? >> Yeah, but you never know. >> How is hiring them this year? You guys about the same as
080the last several years? Any any better? It's hard when we started the year off what five down. >> So about the That seems like it's been that way like practically the whole time. >> It's this year this this year is a struggle year. We didn't hire our vocal music until recently our industrial arts and finally got those hired. >> Yeah. The only thing that I can say about that is I feel like it was I think it was exceptionally bleak resception. Industrial Tech was vocal music >> was a whole other thing. >> Uh high school sped was not late. >> Well, one of them was >> one of our one of the other Yeah. I'm talking about the 912 line was not late. >> If we could hire right away, we'd have that guarantee that
081we're going to be able to hire some co fast, >> right? Our contracts are going to be like ready to go. >> Yeah. if we get negotiations to go and and settle early so we can offer contracts early and then folks can decide and get them back for that job. >> I certainly do like us having incentive plans for people who are going to retire or resign to do it sooner. >> I agree with it and all that I it'll be really hard for me to support it on this because we're already management funds already strained. We're going to and then we add another group in it just I know it's just for one year but our insurance went up 20ome% this year. you have to expect us going to do it again next year.
082So that's going to and there we're going to take a left and a right to our management fund um you know by doing that. So I mean and and to say my time on the board I think you can say with previous superintendents it's always I know there's that thought where kind of it's like a a thank you for your service but we've tried to stay away from that and and be not that we're not thankful for it but we've used it in the past where we've had to use it as a budgetary tool and and I just it's it'll be really hard for me just because that with that that it would be hard for me to say we're going to offer that and then have to go the taxpayers say that now we
083got to bump up the management fund even if it's I don't know 12 cents a quarter I don't know what it would end up being but that would that would be hard for me to support and that's this has nothing to do with the time I'm very there's some numbers in there that you know some years of service and obviously we're thankful for that but that's and I will feel a lot more comfortable next year trying to do that because then we're maybe just replacing what we have now and that's kind of >> not that you can't break a trend but that's kind of been the trend that we've had over the years is you're really going to streng that management. I don't have to. I just want you. >> But you're okay with her
084uh early retirement in incentive payment. >> So we have a board policy. We still have that policy. >> Yeah. So, you're you're saying we should wait. >> Oh, yeah. I'm saying it's offered again this year. I'm sorry to make myself clear. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. >> But you're talking about if they get their letter in by January, they have $1,500, >> right? No. Yeah. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Just just clarify. >> Yes. >> Good with that. >> Um that's it. >> Move on to the action item. The first action item is an out of state travel for baseball coming into this summer. Do you want to? >> So back couple months ago I was sent to survey from the St. Louis Cardinals actually throughout the state of Iowa, Missouri, Illinois [clears throat] if there'd be
085any interest in your baseball team playing a game at Bush Stadium St. Louis St. Louis. Coach Black and I have been talking about this opportunity for a couple years. Uh, I talked to Brian Wagner at that time with the booster club said it was going to what he thought because I knew there was going to be some cost involved and he said we thought we could handle it. Filled out the survey. They came back said you were one of the teams chosen. So we we got to give what dates we thought we'd like to play on. And of course ones against the Cubs we didn't get. So what I was hope for. Uh plus they were late May. Uh, so the date they gave us would be Sunday, June 28th, which we we do allow
086Sunday events with permission. It's a rarity rarity that we do it. So it' be on Sunday, June 28th, and there would be a Cardinals versus Miami Marlins game at 110, 11:15, followed by Atlantic versus Clarenda. Clar agreed to be involved. We'd have full access to the field for a regular seven inning game. We get the use of both dugouts. The video board, the jumbotron get to use. I believe we get to send pictures and stuff for the kids bigs to go up. The public address announcer for the Cardinals would actually stay and do the game for the for the high school game as well. There are some caveats to that. If rain happens and pushes the the uh pro game back, our game could push back as well. If the pro game and all that
087gets completely cancelled, we don't get played. That's the chance you take. It is a once- ina-lifetime opportunity uh for for these young men. Uh we would be responsible just like when we played at Wells Fargo a couple times recently for basketball, we'd be responsible for selling so many tickets. The tickets are $27, which for a major league baseball game is about as cheap as you can get right now, especially the St. Louis game. That would include ticket to the major league game, a hot dog, a drink, ticket to the high school game. We would be responsible for selling 700 of them. Clear would be responsible for selling 700 of them. Anything we don't sell, we're responsible. I talked once we got a date, I talked to Brian Wagner again. I I talked to a I
088won't say the name yet, a parent who has was very good at coming up with ideas and connections. Her and I talked and she thought this is something we could handle with business sponsorships. You know, may you for example, maybe we get a local business to buy 50 tickets. Whether they actually use them or not, it's up to them. You know, to buy, you know, we can get many businesses to do that. we're covered. You know, we said, I know, heck, my family alone, it's minimum of four, probably up to 10, you know, and you're going to have lots and lots of people. It's six and a half hours away. I get it. But the Royals don't offer this according to. And it's just an opportunity that the we told the boys, we're still pending
089board approval. Oh, they're they're pretty excited, you know, for the opportunity. We did a we did a reveal one morning. I made a big deal out of it. It was it we had a lot of fun and they're excited. We would have some other cost involved because either we probably you know either rent the charter bus which probably not going to happen and at over $6,000 to go down back in a day who can sleep on the bus or we rent know two nights of hotel rooms. Uh there's just no way and that's a little over $2,000. Baseball has that in their account right now. That's not an issue. The issue would be selling the tickets. And I think I I've talked to Jim Fields because the KJN carries the Cardinal games on their radio
090stations. So Jim is going to reach out to the Cardinals in January to his contact person down there and see what you know what I get learn more about this and he's going to work on some ideas and I I I told the Chamber of Commerce about it the other night and they were all pretty excited. So I I just think it's a great opportunity. for these kids to get sick of them. >> Sounds amazing. I'm so excited. >> Yes. Awesome. >> Imagine being a kid and go play on that. I mean, >> give me retails. >> Doesn't happen. >> I move to approve. I will definitely make that motion. >> Absolutely. [laughter] >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Afraid I was the only baseball man around this table. Okay, Chad, >> yes.
091>> Jody, >> yes. >> Jenny, >> yes. >> Josh, >> yes. >> Laura, >> yes. >> Side note, Clarend is approving their board meeting as well >> uh tonight. So, we will at this point now, we'll probably the next day or two, we'll contact Cardinals to get information on how we go about selling tickets. I'm assuming they'll be digital uh with the coaches for us and then we'll meet with baseball parents. It it'll be just a varsity game, but we'll probably dress the JB and varsity body. >> All right. So, >> next item is import changes. >> Yeah. As presented to approve. >> Yeah. >> She moved to approve. Okay. >> Oh, sorry. Definitely. I'm getting old. [clears throat] >> No. >> Do you want a second, Jenny? >> I'll second. >> Okay. Jody, >>
092yes. Jenny, >> yes. >> Josh, >> yes. >> Laura, >> yes. >> Chat, >> yes. >> The next item is a proposed student handbook change to the tardy tardy policy. I think that's >> just a high school. >> Yeah. And that um the voting leadership team, we've tardies have really become unacceptable. And so, uh, after trying to do a lot of different plans, etc., this was, uh, what we agreed to as a building leadership team to bring to the board, uh, for approval. >> Do you know why that is that the tardies have gotten worse? >> Uh, no. >> Yes, it's throughout the day. No, it's all day. >> All day. >> Yep. Yeah. >> So, >> and there are because we have on specific plans, but >> right ways around that. >> Correct. And
093I think with what we have proposed, uh, you know, impacting the when you get the 11th tardy, total tardy, uh, then you lose privileges, which cell phone, and that matters to kids. So, it's not going to matter to the ones who aren't party. They're doing fine. >> Yeah. >> So, >> does that maybe have something to do with it? >> No. I wish. But seven minutes. >> No, there's other different plans and stuff that we're trying to work with certain kids on. and Dan Nevilles. Uh so second semester she and the counselors uh and the instructional coach Ambermore have been working on some intervention and some created some groups and so tardies in attendance are some of those small groups that they're going to be working with to kind of get to the root of
094because if you're constantly late to your job you don't usually have job and again if that's what our as the final building and entity in the district. They're going out into the real world, so to speak. I want to make sure that they're learning some of these valuable lessons as well. >> Will this change become effective immediately? >> Second semester. >> Yeah. Because then that gives us time to get it communicated to all the kids and the parents. >> Yeah. I move to approve. >> I'll second. >> Okay. Jenny, >> yes. >> Josh, >> yes. >> Laura, >> yes. Chad, >> yes. >> Jody, yes. >> Uh, the next is a Pawatami County Conference Board letter from assessor. >> It's a letter that comes every year. If one of you lives in I don't think
095I've ever even seen it before, then be on it. But I don't think any of you live in report, but we put it on the agenda. or just say >> I don't know. >> Yeah. What's the motion? >> Yeah. >> Acknowledge it. >> The motion is we refuse to send anyone. [laughter] >> Just lack of motion. >> I'll just say Yeah. I'll just say t it was tangled. >> Yeah. >> It dies from a lack of motion. >> Okay. So, that was Yeah. Okay. So, we'll move on to the SPRC application. modified supplemental amount for three different funds from risk open enrollment and DLB beyond five. >> So I listed these all separately. They can be um you want to make one motion to approve them. Modified supplement amount as we know is not cash.
096It is spending authority. Um but these are done every year at this time of year. the um first one the atrisisk dropout prevention application um I I kind of shared with you some information about that and then how much is we are we receive there also has to be a part that the school district commits as a local match and I've also listed that on there as well and then this um is for fiscal year 27 so it gives us spending authority for asked you. They have you do it as due January 1. I've already went in and approved it to the state level, but I just have to upload minutes that says the board reviewed this and approved this. Now, that was for fiscal year 27. The next one is the open enrollment out.
097So um there's a funding mechanism again spending authority um that allows the STEP spending authority if our open enrolled out is different from one year to the next and so when that happens then the state opens up an application that I'm able to go in and fill out and put in an amount and again it just requires board I've already actually certified it with the state but it just takes uh approving and then I upload the board minutes to match that. Then the third one is um English learners beyond the five years. Um and again these numbers all um are stimulated from our certified enrollment. So when we do certified enrollment then that's what generates that we potentially have money. So it's so vital that we do enrollment numbers correctly because that could affect so
098many other pieces and and this is one of them. So there is some funding spending authority uh available that also is a current year because it's actually due December. So I went ahead and approved it because it was due, but I just have to upload the board minutes. >> Anybody have a motion? I move that we approve the SPRC application for modified supplement amount for at risk dropout open enrollment and PL instruction. >> I'll second. >> Okay. Laura, >> yes. >> Chad, >> yes. >> Jody, >> yes. >> Jenny, >> yes. >> Josh, >> yes. >> Next is just two upcoming date. Well, one upcoming date. We have November session at the end of the month. So our next regular board meeting will be on 14. >> There are work session. >> Is there a
099motion to >> all in favor? >> Sorry. What's the next step? So, I'll show you a notice of intent. I respond immediately.