001[music] Hey, hey, hey. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Hey. Hey. Hey. [music] >> [music] [music] >> All right, I guess we're going to >> Mrs. Sandow >> here. >> Mr. Sorenson >> here. >> Mr. Sturm >> here. >> Mr. Wright, >> and can we get a motion? Think we're breezing right through this thing. [snorts] Uh, we'll go ahead and open it up. >> Call for a vote. >> Oh, sorry. The >> Miss Atkins. >> Yes. >> Mr. Bach. >> Yes. >> Mrs. one will open the public hearing for the high school roof replacement. >> I do have quick email. Okay, you can zoom in on that a little bit. It's pretty tiny. There we go. Down below. If you click on that and then scroll down a little bit, you'll see it's these areas right
002here. So, it's the area right over kind of the commons area, the uh weight room and or not the weight room, the uh the small gym. Uh and then also the wrestling room kind of goes in that area as well. So, uh so that's the two areas right there. If you go back to the email, uh estimated price, I can't really see. Can you scroll in a little bit? 650. >> There you go. Yep. So, Miley Architect is the one that uh does the roofs for us. Uh he's put together a plan for 47,200 foot of roofing. Architect's estimation is uh 650,000. Uh we're actually going to bid, it's already out. Um we're going to get those bids back on 115 and then at 119 we'll have a an option for board approval. Um so
003again we're expecting very if remember our last couple bids from between the middle school and the high school we received quite a few bids uh for roofing and both times came in significantly under budget. So um I think with some pretty good numbers so >> and after this one so the high school will be 100%. >> Uh the high school the the only ones on the back side uh we will potentially look at but I think they still have a few years left. So, and then the middle school's sitting good. Titan Hill's good and crap's good as far as roofs go. So, we shouldn't have to do anything with roofs for a while. All right. Anybody else? >> All right. We'll move on to commendations and good >> uh an assessment coordinator. She is also
004our teammates coordinator and so we thought this would be a good opportunity because January is uh national or I guess teammates month. So um she has a presentation has some wonderful people here to talk with us. >> All right. Well, I've got a very short presentation and then I've got two mentees we're going to hear from and then I've got some mentors here and we'll have an opportunity to hear from them as well. So um I know you guys have heard about teammates before. We got a couple new board members, so some of this will be be fresh, but um Teammates uh was started by Tom Osborne, uh Nebraska football coach, and started years ago. Um it's school-based. The mentoring happens at school. It's one-on-one. Um and it is really focused on building relationships and
005on what's right with kids. So, it's not a deficit model. We're not trying to fix anything with a kid. We're not trying to do homework. Um but just really focus on their strengths. Um, uh, teammates mentoring kids meet weekly with just another caring adult during the school day. This is teammates mission and their core values. I won't read this to you, but you can just see what they're about, which fits nicely into the things that Lewis Central is also about. Um, this is currently what it looks like at Lewis Central. Currently, we have 52 active matches, grades 2 through 12. Uh, last year, we took the program from 35 matches to 52. So then we had some attrition, closed some matches, and so now we we've kept it at at 52. Uh we have a
00679% retention rate. So overall, it's pretty good as far as those relationships sticking and not having to close out matches. Um on average, our matches are meeting 24 times a year. And there's a lot of research out there about there's lasting impacts when you can meet with a kid 24 times during the school year. So we shoot for trying to meet with kids 24 times during the year. Um and then anytime we have had to close a match, 82% of that time has been factors that's like out of teammates's control. So a kid moves, a mentor moves, things like that. Um who participates? So our mentors um need to be safe people. They go through a background check. References have to be 18 uh background checked and trained. Uh mentees is anybody in grades two.
007They also can follow through even postsecary. Um and they need to want to be in teammates. We never put a kid in teammates who doesn't want to be in teammates. Um, kids can nominate themselves or be nominated by parents or staff. We currently have a waiting list of uh like over 60 kids. So, I've kind of like closed that out because when the school year started, we had it in our registration process that you could, you know, say, "Hey, my put my kid in teammates." And we got a ton of responses on that. So, um, we'll have people a lot of times say, "Hey, can my kid get in teammates?" They'll go on the waiting list. So, um, it is really important to try to get more mentors. One, this program is pretty incredible, which
008you're going to hear about soon, but two, we've got these kids on the waiting list that we need to get matched, and that way we can continue to match kids. So, um, if you or anybody listening is interested, please reach out because we've got kids who have been waiting to meet their person. Um, so what do they do? Um, they meet most times during lunch. Um, if there's a study hall or something like that, we'll we might look at that option. Uh they play ga games, do activities, talk. Um you know, mentors aren't necessarily therapists, but just a consistent person who shows up each week. Um here's a little bit more data. We collect I send data off to teammates national twice a year. Um and our mentors and our mentees fill out some surveys.
009So 90% of our kids say they're proud to be in teammates. 80% are more hopeful about their future. And to me, that's huge to build hope with kids. uh close to 60% of our kids show academic improvement. 87% showed fewer disciplinary referrals um and 71% fewer unexcused absences. Uh mentors, 82% of our mentors felt more engaged at work or home since being in teammates. 85% felt more hopeful themselves. Um so obviously schools benefit from this program because we were building those strong student connections. We're seeing improvements in engagement, behavior, and attendance. Um, and obviously very cost-effective support for student well-being. So, what you guys do as a board is you've approved a little stipen for me and then we have building coordinators at each of our building and that's been a huge help this year
010for those building coordinators. They're building secretaries that get a little bit too to support this this program. Um, so program coordinator, that's me. Here's our building coordinators. Huge shout out to them, Lori, Elder, Wanda, and Candace. Um, they do a lot. um anytime our mentors can't come, they're reaching out to them to reschedu um they're greeting the mentors, helping them check in when they get there. So, it's huge to have them in those roles. Um and then we also have a board. Lewis Central has a board. Dr. Hazine is on is one of the people on it. Um and um uh Travis Hston is on it as well. Um and they are supporting what we do here, um at Lewis Central Teammates and meet quarterly. So, huge thank you to our mentors, to our staff,
011our students, our community. Um, that support helps sustain what we're doing. And like Dr. Hazen said, January is National Mentoring Month. So, this was a great time to be able to celebrate what's happening with teammates. So, with that, if I could have Luke and Molly come up and we'll ask you guys a couple questions. >> Okay. You want to come closer? Okay. So, what do you like most about mentoring? Um, playing games and seeing him. >> Playing games and seeing your mentor. Why don't you come over here? I'll ask you a question. >> What, Molly? What are you most looking forward to at teammates? >> Going to the zoos to do it. Um, and I know kids really look forward to it. I happened to be walking down the the high school hallways and a
012kid was sitting with the counselor and they're filling out like a scholarship essay and he was talking about like one of his favorite days and I overheard him talking about the day I got to go to the zoo with my mentor. So it's really cool that even a high school kid was like >> that was one of his favorite days. So pretty neat. Um so if we could have we have some of our mentors come up. We we have Ann, if you guys want to come up. Ann, Rod, Linda, Colin, and Morgan. And maybe if you guys could just share how long you've been mentoring and a highlight for you or favorite moment with mentoring. >> Yeah. >> Speak into the micro. >> Okay, I'll go first. Um I'm Ann Morgan and I've been a
013mentor through three. So I like relating to them best. Um I I too enjoy the zoo day that and the kids always really like doing that. That's always fun. And um my biggest thing, and I I can say this really quickly because she had just asked to post some things on Facebook as far as like uh why why am I a mentor? Why do I like to do it? And I like being a positive, caring adult in some kids' life that maybe doesn't always have a positive, caring adult in their lives. Now, not all kids are that way, but um I definitely like that. I think I bring something to the table that maybe they don't get all the time at home. And so, that's really nice. And I feel like they um can trust
014me. I I'm not a policeman. I'm not a teacher. I'm not a counselor. I'm a positive. I just use that phrase all the time. It was like drilled into me in the very beginning. And I fully believe that that is what what we're here to do is be a positive, caring adult. So I think it's a great program. So y >> I'm Linda Han and I just retired and I'm living my best life in retirement. I'm um babysitting my two small grandkids. I'm subbing which I love and I'm visiting someone at Titan Hill. My mentee there is just the highlight of my week. Um, he's so he'll dance for me. He'll ask me to put the music on. We do crafts together and games. We did a gingerbread house before Christmas. And it it's so
015simple. It's so easy. And I love that it's at school. It's just one hour a week. And it's just really the highlight of my week. So, I'm looking forward to seeing him this week after a few weeks off. kind of fun to switch the role from being her teacher to just someone that she can listen to and I can listen to her and just talk and we have a good she likes doing the games. The new games and stuff have been awesome. Um she likes just coloring and it's just it's nice I'll get an email for her almost weekly even though we meet. It's just fun being in a different role with um a former student. >> My name is Colin Fast. I also teach at Titan Hill and I've this is probably about my
016fifth year doing teammates with my second class. Um it's the highlight of my Friday. It's a half an hour and um I always enjoy it. My name is Rod Hurley. Um I'm this is my second go round with a teammates mentee and um what I what I get most for myself out of teammates is I I even at my age have learned things that I would have never learned if I'd been in in a classroom or in a boardroom older I start to understand the value of that one-on-one relationship and teammate not only promotes it they allow it. Um, so and and here's what I mean by that is um there are I wouldn't discover if we didn't get diving in. I'll be real short. Um, we're we're working on a train model right now.
017Um, and it's something that he had no interest in and I really didn't have any interest in until I said, "What can we do for the entire year that we'll I don't know if we can do this?" And he says, "We're doing this." And I knew right then the entire rest [clears throat] of the school year was going to be great >> because he loves that challenge and we make mistakes and he corrects me and I correct him. But it's a it's a way to you first one exact was a great example of that is you you see these doors open up and it's amazing. They really wanted to be a part of that that life that I don't know if they'd have if they were just sitting in a classroom and being told to
018do something. So to me I talk to them because it'll change their life as much as the kids it will change their life. So anyway, thanks guys for everything and the opportunity to do this. >> Thank you. And we there's five other people in the room who are >> I mean I've been doing it I started doing it when I was in Missouri Valley as a teacher in 2010. So I've been doing it for 15 years over 15 years. I probably had I want to say and the fact that I'm here I'm able to do that. Um but I remember as a teacher um at one point I had two two mentees and I was giving up two lunches a day and running up literally running up the hill to the elementary to get to
019spend time with them and then run know third grade all the way through senior and then um I have I've had some that you know I only got to be with for a year or two until the circumstances changed and they ended up moving away or something like that. But um regardless of that the connection to see him go off to college. He's graduating college. Um I've been invited to his graduation college graduation. and we still go out to lunch about once a month or once every other month. Um I've been to his wedding very long time. Um and so it's it's it's it's pretty cool. It's pretty powerful. So >> awesome. Anybody else? >> Uh yeah, I've had a great experience with mine. It was um and then by the end of last year,
020he was excited to talk about next year continuing that program. So it's one of those things where um you know, we we have a lot of fun together. It's I think a and otherwise we just play games and have a lot of fun and um we love the the warmer weather when we can go outside and kind of get some fresh air and throw the football around. But it's been an awesome experience. I agree with >> after questions if you guys want to head over this way. We'll do a group picture and we have some certificates and gifts for you guys too. But before we do that, any questions from the board? ments on any kid can only be positive uh for them. And you know, like teaching them how to do a a train
021um it kind of gives you a a little more comfortable to maybe think outside the box of how do I learn better and uh get them to communicate. So I commend all of you >> might be, you know, matched with, you know, a student that I can't connect with. That's why we do intro surveys. you know, we make sure that you're connected with somebody that is aligned with what you're interested in. So, um, a lot of time, the other thing is is people sometimes I'll hear, well, you know, I I don't it's hard, you know, because a lot of the kids are disciplinary issues, and that's not true at all. You know, the teammates have such a wide variety and um two students who like my daughter's in there, and I'm I would think that
022we're fairly stable at my house, but you know, I would hope so. So, um, again, like there's it's just very good students, very good families. Um, so, and that's, you know, it's just a wide variety and it's just students, you know, my daughter's in it right now because quite honestly, I I I like the fact, um, just a variety of students out there. So if you're on the fence, you know, and you might have some misconcept or some cons some thoughts about what it is and what it isn't, just reach out. >> You guys aregan Is it easy? >> Yes. >> Okay. Where do you want? >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thanks everyone. >> Thank you. >> I'm a cool guy. Anyway, >> cool. >> Thanks, Lisa. >> My luck. She'd post the one that's
023like crooked and blurry. >> We ready to continue? Uh show choir opener is a week from tonight. You'll see Titan Force um the middle school show course goes out the first time, but Corp heads out. Corp and company head out a week from Saturday to Glenn Monday night. >> And is that the for the friends and family? >> That's for the whole anybody. Yep. 7 o'clock. >> 7 o'clock. Nice >> for that one. Um, so I really I haven't seen costumes. I haven't seen any as long as I've been doing Showquire Mom stuff. This is the first time. So, >> very cool. >> I'm excited. >> 01 approval of minutes >> agenda and we do have an updated personnel sheet. Um, so I have a couple of ads on there. Um, and we did receive
024Belinda Jacob's um, letter retiree on there is Julie Williams who will be retiring at the end of February. >> Absolutely. >> Big shoes. >> Yeah, >> big shoes to approve consent agenda. Second. >> Yes, >> Miss Atkins. >> Yes. Now we'll move on to 701 superintendent >> legislative season. Um I will say that there have been a couple positive um is a lot of what I don't want to hear. So they were excited to be able to tell me a couple things that I revising it to make it easier for patrons to understand. Uh obviously the whole point of it is to try to at least for this this next year and at least not affect schools last year was the all of the impacts to schools were going to be negative. So push and
025and um allow schools to continue to function as we are. Uh that would be the house. Uh one of the things I thought was great was uh one of the one of the which would be honestly amazing. I don't think that they've met the statutory dead. Well, we're already past the statutory deadline. Um but they but one of the biggest things that we've told them from uh at least in our superintendent meeting do that if we don't know what the budget's going to be you know because they're requesting us to requiring us to set a budget within a certain number of daysly and and make sure that we're doing everything we can in the best interest of our patrons. And so we said the sooner you can set it the better because then it allows
026us figure out how we're going to how we're going to cut spending as well. So, um, but all of that takes time and and truly it affects people those numbers until right before it's time to to, um, decide what action it's going to take place on on our on our budget. So, uh, so if you talk to people, three, it's kind of been all over the all over the place. Three is a great number. Uh, inflation's 3.2%. So, we'd actually still be less than inflation. Um but it would still be that like that is g that would be something that would be difficult to to swallow. So um you know so if you if you talk to your legisl our uh teachers and administrators to our bus drivers custodians pared educators I mean we're trying
027to keep everybody employed and if so um we're already in trouble but it would be more trouble. So, if you can please ask people or ask the the your your legislators to set our assets in, that would be very helpful to us. And then again, just kind of advocate that if they do end up changing the tax property tax bill, um unless they can figure out a way to to do that, that'd be great. So, couple things to throw out to legislators. Uh next thing we have, uh as you saw up there, we have some early retirement. I was going to ask uh Mrs. raise. How many early retirements do we have? >> Or resignations >> or res early resignations. Yep. So, just make sure you notify us. And then, uh, facilities, just to give
028a quick update, their playgrounds, and I've asked >> I had it all ready to go. >> You did. You did. It timed out on you. And so, this was uh our official grand opening ribbon cutting. It just was it beautiful. Um, as you can see there, it's everything and more that we thought it would be. Um, the kids had we gave them like five minutes, six minutes to go play and it was like like uh but for those five minutes there was a lot of joy. So, and I know uh Director Atkins was there. Uh, she got to be the ribbon cutter. Um, I guess what were your >> extra >> um excited but they they were excited. I'm excited. I mean, we didn't have playgrounds like that when I was a kid. And had
029I um the principal went down the slide, so it was really fun to be a part of. And I'm really glad that that I was um able to make [laughter] >> um it's meant for slightly smaller like elf type people, not not Santa. So, >> but he did try out a few of the Santa did try out >> cool is we now have uh three truly accessible playgrounds. Um, and I'm not sure if you go around to a lot you'll see is is uh we have two gaga ball pits. Um, and then we up there we have a turf area. So, um, hopefully we can send kids apologize for that, but that's just what the fill is. So, um, but it's better than the mulch that they come home in the dirt. So, but and
030talking about each piece of piece of playground equipment and you know how many students need to be on it, how to play on it appropriately, how not to play. So hopefully we'll be done with tutorials by the end of the day tomorrow and then by Wednesday when it's 50° out they will have full run of the playground. Excited about that. >> I've seen some Are there still some basketball hoops up there? >> They got Yep. They got to move them. >> Okay. Yeah. So >> Mike, are we keeping those >> done? Uh the license plate readers are not They're still waiting on a few pieces loop parts. Uh but the license plate cam or the parking lot cameras of the high school are done. um uh potentially a bid package out by even as soon
031as the end of the month, beginning of February. So um as soon as they give me the word that they have some ST with and invite the uh u the community facility committee in so then they can kind of present to us kind of what their plan is for chunking it out the facility committee and then turn around and meet with the board. So, we'll probably just have a board work session towards the end of the month um potentially talk about that uh structure and the metal itself. We need to get that out and bid ASAP. So, right now they are just working with uh Lampern BCDM is to design the metal building ourselves, not through any just through a vendor. So, we'll get bids, we'll purchase the metal building and any of the other
032metal, like all the siding, we'll purchase all of that together. And then once we purchase all of the metal, um, then we'll go and we'll find a contract SP and then whoever we get as a contractor will then be responsible for erecting the metal building and and putting everything together. So, so we will kind of that's how we're going to chunk it out to make sure we can get it done on time. >> What the goal is, can you reshape the So, Uh, and the number one thing is just getting that metal building ordered. Once we get that ordered, uh, then the rest of it should kind of fall into place. So, >> but that's also in conjunction with the parking lot. >> Parking lot. Correct. Yeah. So, there's a lot of moving pieces. So,
033>> is if you drive by the high school, that old tennis court parking lot is full all the time. So, every night game, every uh day at school, that's been, you know, I've had a couple kids to see, you know, how well that's being used. And on the flip side, we are going to um it's allowing us because we have that extra parking that the the Pawatami County, they try to bring it in yearly, but they take it out to um Westfair and Westfair is doing a big renovation this year, so they're not able to host it. And so they contacted me and so they came out a few times and Wednesday before Memorial Day and our last day of school is that Friday. So it comes in comes in that Wednesday. So we've had
034to try to finagle like some arrival times some uh because we don't we don't want same time that we have uh middle school and high school pickup at the end of the day because that would be an absolute nightmare for everybody. So trying to finagle some of that but then allow the kids to park in the other area. So then that way uh seniors last day that Wednesday too. Um so then that way they can have that area and that'll be open you know as um again it's just one of those things that you know we are community we want people to view us as a community asset and in return we need to volunteer our Titan LHBC they are working on that as well. So you'll they've been seeing people come and go uh
035quite frequently. Um we are I'll get more work over break than they did. They've just kind of pulled some wires a little bit trying to get some of that ready. So, that's coming. Um, we did have to have some things repainted uh over break, a little over break. We're going to have to very soon, probably this week, I'll probably start reaching out and getting in touch with some different painters, but the the idea as well, so that way we can get all the stuff off the floor and then we're going to redo the high school gym floor. there's some because of the the condensation and the the bare wood and then we need to repaint it re and resurface it and everything. So that work set to be done this summer and we just have
036to start finding vendors to be able to do that. So >> how many more >> finished about 2014 or 2013 2013 and then another one now. So it's about every 10 to 12 years redo it and then once you're done then after that it's it's too thin. So, >> so since what 99 2000 >> So it lasted about 13. >> Got it done in 20 2012 or 2013. Do you remember exactly when that was? No, you weren't here yet. I was here. >> So So again, 2025. And if you go on there, you'll see it as well. So it's just been and it'll be another very exciting summer. So >> And is that anything with the small gym that we need to touch and do? >> Uh potentially they do both gyms and so sometimes
037they'll discount it to the point where it's it's silly not to do the other gym. So, we're just spending so much money right now and I just want to make sure we understand kind of where we're at with >> with expenditures. However, if they come in and it's a 50% reduction than what it would be if we bring them into >> be the second refinish then for the small gym >> for the small gym too. Correct. Yep. >> So, it's it's been 20 >> has just held up a lot better because of the they didn't have quite the condensation and the and the HVAC issues that the other gym had. So there's a good size area maybe maybe the air that's that's damaged in that area so that you can see when the bleachers are
038in and make it good again. So they'll potentially take up some boards and have to replace some of them and but new HBAC. So so if we did the little gym we would do the big one first while they're doing all of their stuff and they set up and it's it's a process so >> makes sense. >> Yeah. >> And I'm sorry are we looking to do the injury prevention? is that not this summer but the net will be a summer delayed. >> Nope. That's going to be at the end of the summer. So the idea is that using it so it's not like we have to use it. So it's so if we needed to do some of the work over the first month or two do what we need to do in there.
039>> That was my only thoughts. If if the weight room's disturbed and they have to move the weights out into the small gym, which >> that that is a loadbearing wall between the weight room and the wrestling room, we would like to and you might have some circuits going on where you have some kids lifting and some kids doing cal. If that wall doesn't allow us to do that or if it's too expensive to put in headed room is basically the mats coming out and then we're going to put a um some some tall it's all comes down to price. So, kind of figure out what what it's going to be, but so but we'll see. We're trying to get some trying to get some ideas on it now. So, but that this to the
040to the existing structure and that's got to be done. So, then um it's super tight. So, it's kind of exciting a little bit. I like puzzles. So it's a little bit like >> sorry one last one is are we having uh project advocates help lead that whole >> reps the what what project advocates is really good with is they are good with the court help us review bills help us review you know make recommendations make sure project advocates will do for us they'll walk through with Miko Henny and that smaller projects they take almost more of a construction manager role so like that they've they've kind of taken almost that that GM role so that way they we're going to do some window sill work and craft left this summer. Uh we're going to do
041all that exterior work at Ty um work at the athletic building. Um the work at the weight room, not the middle school. The middle school, that's what we hired Miko Henny to do. So >> we did talk about visiting locker rooms being pink, but it's funny cuz the girls don't really want pink locker rooms. Haven't matched more of the uh operations building and the uh um >> something neutral. >> Something very neutral. Yes. Yep. Any other questions? >> All right, that's all I got. >> So, we'll move on to >> yearly. Um, you have them approve an annual at risk dropout prevention plan and then we can submit our our request for funding for our ATRI. That's been a very successful program. I actually have those ladies uh they'll come and have talk with you
042guys in February. Um, uh, CT also covers the majority of our counselors, uh, schoolbased interventionist, social workers across the district. So, we do a lot with, uh, assume you guys going to, I mean, I would hope you guys want to stay status quo. I feel like we're doing a lot of really good things. So, >> the full >> Keep going. Okay, >> there we go. There's the plan. What we're requesting from for our supplemental amount will be just shy of 700,000. We have to provide a 230. Right now, we're anticipating expenditures of $933,000 uh be4%. So, that's another inequity that if the state wanted to do something about um quick backstory, request up to 5% of your budget uh for at risk dropout prevention. And then in 2009, the state stepped in and said with
043no war, okay, so some boards would levy the full 5% every year for their at risk uh drop off preventions. That's usually for the smaller districts. Larger districts might say this year, so they would levy less. Missouri Valley was in the exact same situation. They'd levy 5%, they'd build up a positive. States said, "Hey, you guys got to lovey less." So then that's where you're frozen at. You can't no more you can't make any more decisions at a minimum of 2.5%. They because there were some some districts that were 5% when that when that hammer dropped. You have some schools that were below 2.5%, they can levy 2.5%. And then you have schools like the same percentage. You have some schools that are able to levy 5%, some schools are able to levy 2.5%. And
044really what it is is is it's it's not even that decision. That's not a state decision saying, "No, no, your district can only request up to 3.2%." You know, of a of of easily resolved if they were to say, "Okay, every district can levy up to 4%, up to 5%, whatever it is." And then it would still be the board's decision whether or not control versus state directed. this is what you can levy within your own district. So that's just little history lesson for you guys. >> This program is in house. Do we have students that we like Canesville? >> Uh no because if we have an outside placement they're they're they qualify for special education usually like Kainesville would be for a behavior goal, right? Right. >> Again, not enough because Kane bills will
045charge us $65,000 and and >> and you only get two and a half times >> pays this money is almost is is 100% paying our own staff counseling, that kind of stuff. >> Got it. >> So, >> I will say I stopped in. Yeah, it's definitely a good program. If you ever get down there, look at their uh they got a cabinet with some >> very very very likely would have dropped out. And so this is for students who if you just need some credit recovery you go problem with the online programs is you don't actually go in to see anybody you know you just are at home and if you don't connect they don't you know I'm not we have um so kids are still required to come to school but the the best
046thing about it I know that there were some concerns about kids these are students that the high school environment was not conducive to their learning and so we're not even putting them near the high school environment they're over in the middle school and that came in, they tried it, that they wouldn't show up, they wouldn't work when they were there. And we do, we do have expectations for students. This isn't this isn't like, you know, we're not making you do. We do have some kids that because of their behavior, they have um worked themselves out of the high school environment because it's not conducive to them and they're distracting for others within the high school environment when they're there that come any kind of a of of an environment for a kid. my my own
047kids, you know, if I'm like, "Hey, you can no longer go in the basement and watch TV because I don't trust you. Got to watch it upstairs." They might view that as, you know, punitive. When reality, I look at it as, you know, I'm just providing you a a a good successful environment in high school, but they have to show us that they can, you know, that they can handle it, that they can get all their work done, that they can mature, that they can when we do work them back into the high school environment that they are successful. So when I'm looking at some of these individual targeted goals that they have on here like u each one of these sections has students like >> served. >> Yeah. >> Are those in conjunction or
048connected or are these all separate like 200 different students from the other 150 that are or couldn't they be the same student? >> Uh they can be the same. >> They can be the same. Yep. There's some overlap. Obviously teammates is on here as one of them for the students. So they could be one uh ones that are also then served up above for >> in one of the other areas. >> Yep. In one of the other ones. So >> okay. >> Well, the thing is is is at risk covers so many different student needs some emot social emotional support and you could still be considered at risk. You know, not every student that falls out is is or that drops out can't handle the academic portion. They might not be able to handle the
049social portion, you know. So or we as a priority they need to work to for their family and for themselves for their livelihood more than going to school. And so when they turn 16 or 17 and they can get a job and they start making money which might be the only income that their family has they they they make a self-determined ever is more important than going to school because I'm not making any money in school. You know so this is a way for us to win and say wait a minute you can do both. you know, we'll create a schedule where you can come in until you have to go to work and then you go to work and and you get your credits done and you can still graduate school. And in the
050meantime, we're still going to bring you about what that high school degree can do for you outside of school. So that way your site isn't just isn't just on this job that I'm having at 16 years old is the one I'm going to have for forever. That we can show you that once you graduate school, you know, there there are other opportunities out there waiting for you. You know, the thing is too is if you're you can do that. You know, there's it's just another learning environment. Now, it's not for all students because we do have a cap on that room. We have about a 12 person cap. So, >> I was just going to ask. >> Yeah. So, we have 12 people is what we've determined is probably is probably the the max would
051be the absolute max that that we would recommend. So, so why that's why where anybody can apply to be in it, we do hold out for students that we believe are in most need of that programming. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Um let's see. Did you went ahead and talked about 802, right? >> You know, we need to make the recommendation to uh um for that 694,000 $596 and then we will have to match $231,523. You else have anything on this one? No. All right, we'll go ahead and open it up to any more comments. And >> so I think Mike can't hear me, but if you rewatch the stream, it will be smooth. I don't know if you want to tell that to people. Oh. So, but if you rewatch the if you
052rewatch it, it should be smooth. So, we might as I'm saying this, I might be, you know, you make and we didn't answer. It's because we were already past that. So, I apologize. So, reach out directly to me. >> We'll move on to action items. Uh 10.01 at risk dropout prevention. Roll call. Right. >> Mrs. Sandow. >> Yes. >> Mr. Senson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sturm. Yes, >> Miss >> for the at risk dropout prevention. >> Mr. President, like to make the motion to approve the application for the modified supplemental amount. >> Oh, sorry. >> Now, roll call. >> Mr. Sorenson, >> yes. >> Mr. Sturm, >> yes. >> Miss Atkins, >> yes. >> Mr. Bach, >> yes. Um, nope. Just have the regular board meeting on January 19th. Again, I, as I talked about
053earlier, we might have to have a board work session to talk about planning for the middle school. um a metal building bid in and a week can make all the difference. I might schedule a special meeting to review um that >> you had 700 p.m. on Monday. >> Monday for >> for the show choir >> for the swing or the opener. >> Mhm. And they're looking for something fun for your kids to do. Uh there's no school Friday, but the kids will put on a show and um >> I got two kids that are excited for it. up >> on the lookout for Molly. >> He's He is He is ready. >> Molly going. >> Yeah. >> All right. Sweet. Someone watches back. [laughter] Yeah.