001[music] Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Okay. We will go ahead and call this meeting to order. Can we take roll call, please? >> Miss Atkins. [cough] >> Mr. Bach >> here. >> Mrs. Peterson. Mrs. Sandow >> here. >> Mr. Sorenson >> here. >> Mr. Sturm >> here. >> Mr. Wright >> here. >> Approval of the February 2nd, 2026 agenda. Do we have a motion to approve, please? >> Motion to approve. Second. >> Any discussion? Vote, >> please. >> Can we a motion to approve it with amendments to >> remove? >> Oh, remove section 12 >> 12.01. >> Okay. >> And uh are we tableling? What are you >> tableing 8.0? I mean, I still we'll still talk about I'll bring action. >> So, a motion to approve with the removal of
00212.01. one [snorts] second. >> Vote, please. >> Mr. Bach, >> yes. >> Mrs. Sando, >> yes. >> Mr. Sorenson, >> yes. >> Mr. Sturm, >> yes. [clears throat] >> Mr. Wright, >> yes. At this time, I'd like to open the public hearing to talk about the high school LED lighting and the middle school parking lot. [clears throat] Uh, I did send you guys in your email. Um, you can kind of see it up there. I don't know if you can blow that up a little bit. Uh, but that we'll start with the um, this is the LED lights. So, the uh, LED lights at the high school. We're going we're going to uh, bid out or not bid out, but we're going to um, we're looking at a purchasing contract. Um, we go through a
003a partnership, a state partnership there. We did that with uh Craft and Titan Hill of with Voss Lighting. Uh they just haven't given us formalized numbers yet, but the the general area we're looking at uh for the for the high school is about $350,000. Um when you looked at uh Titan Hill is about $240,000 and the high school is significantly larger than than Titan Hill. Um and then the middle school is actually we don't need a hearing for the middle school lights. uh he just has that information up there because the middle school's materials only. So we can buy those directly from them. It's it's when it becomes a public improvement project that we have to have this hearing and so by the high school being buying the lights and installing them, it becomes a
004public improvement project. So uh so it would be for the high school uh estimated cost $350,000. That's what the uh um the architects have estimated for that. You said that's purchase and install. >> Purchase and install. >> Okay. Yep. >> Is it the same grid lighting? >> It's the same It's the same lighting as what we put in the Craft and Titan Hill. We had some issues with it at first with the programming. Once we got the programming down, it works much better. So >> So it's a whole system. It's not just >> It's a system. So every [clears throat] every light or every uh uh room is programmed to a light switch there that allows for dimmable capabilities and everything else. It's something that the teachers really have liked, you know, especially when they're
005giving presentations or you have you have some students in there with some stimuli issues, you know, being able to dim those lights is >> hugely beneficial or just in general. Some of the teachers, >> you know, having those that that light on all the time gets to be a lot. So they're able to dim it down and you can dim portions of room or the whole room or so makes it pretty pretty nice. Any other questions? Okay. And then with the uh parking lot. So if you can scroll in there. Thank you. Um so right now uh the engineers estimate for the parking lots 2.1 million. Um we have a budget of 2 million. Uh Brett Wallace from project advocate said um that that estimate uh the 2.1 million um he thinks is strong based
006upon our um our bid packages from when we did the high school. The middle school is actually less less um material than what the high school was, less square footage. But then there's um the kind of like the sewer is that what you call it a storm storm drain system that runs underneath and it's also less lights than the high school. So it's just a few lights compared to all the lights that we moved at the high school. So if you look at the high school, our bid our bid started off as we thought it was going to be a $2.5 million project ended up being 1.3 million. So not that Brett said we're going to have 1.3 million. He just thinks it'll be less than what the architect's re or recommendation is right now
007at 2.1 million. So >> So this is just for the flat work >> parking lot or is this including the >> It's including lights. It's it's all one big package. Yep. The the drain, the lights, the the flat work, the removal. So >> can they price the difference between solar and standardized lighting for the >> I think all the wires are already there. I don't think that they're looking to move the the the wiring system. I think that that's pretty much staying the same. I think they're >> So, the lights are going in the same spots. >> The lights are going in the same spots. We are switching out the what the pole cuz right now they're American poles are these big wood poles and they don't like us to mount like cameras and stuff
008on them. So, we have do have to switch out the poles to um similar to pull what we're getting right now. Um, but yeah, I think that's one of the things that we've talked about a little bit is having like a battery backup on it or something like that. So, they're not having to run fully off of that. So, I can I can make sure that they >> kind of give a get an estimate for that. So, >> okay. >> Yeah. >> And this covers the concrete also back on the backside for that path to the operation. Actually, it's it's every every bit of every bit of s of concrete clear back to the new stuff that's backed by the bus garage right now. So, anything that like is is right now asphalt or sidewalk,
009everything's getting taken out and redone. So, >> and that's less than the high school. >> It's less than the high school square footage wise. >> The high school is just that giant Oh, >> that's true. >> You know, expanse of parking lot. This is >> more sidewalks and that kind of stuff. And then if you go down, you'll you can go to that right there. That just click on that real quick. >> This will be really hard to read. >> Yeah. >> Uh can you zoom in on the picture up top? Or maybe >> If you scroll down. I was going to say I think I think there's a Keep going. These are all the specs and stuff. There you go. Scroll out a little bit so you can see one of the things. There
010you go. That's all that's getting taken out. That's so that whole everything where the lines are marked, everything along that area is getting taken out. Um, and you'll see they've they've accounted [snorts] for the uh um the building there. We did end up going away. We had a conversation, pretty detailed conversation about having an island in front of the front of the office there. We end up going away from it um just because uh for snow removal purposes and for bus turning purposes. So, we kind of get rid of that. Um we do have uh you'll see that there's two islands up at that little blue spot kind of just to the right of where the athletic building is going to be. There's two islands there we did leave in. And the reason I left
011those in is because it's nice to be able to have some delineation of uh where an actual path is there. And then you'll see that there's kind of a big right next to the green there's kind of a big island right there that is a static island as well. Um just to the left up there uh Dr. Hartman. Nope. Left. Go down. >> Plus mark on it. >> Yeah. It has a look at a plus mark on it. Kind of >> above the green. >> Up above the green >> to the right. >> Right on the curve down. >> Yeah. There you go. That's that's that's an island as well. And and we're we're filling in the islands. So it's going to be all just like the high school islands. And then there's uh two
012little ones up at the top um or to the right kind of at the end of the parking lot. We did take out those those kind of grayish blobs right there. Those are not islands anymore. They're now just kind of painted areas of kind of no parking to help delineate. And then we have kind of the two long fingers that go out to try to help separate that as well. So, um, so there is some some traffic queuing items in there to try to help kind of keep people in the right areas. Doesn't mean they're going to listen to them, but, you know, every little bit helps. Um, yeah. Um, I don't know. What would you guys think about adding to the left of the existing athletic building? So right now in that grass area,
013the fence goes down and just follows the road, but squaring the athletic building to the back road and then paving that part with the parking lot. And what that would do is allow um like visitor buses and stuff. It would allow two parking spots right there for uh visiting team, home team. it wouldn't matter. >> The only thing we're not seeing on there right now, just because this isn't the athletic that's just thrown, is there are two HVAC units that come out the >> to the to the west of that of that athletic building. So, there's two large HVAC units that come out there. >> Um, how big those are, I don't know, but we can probably get we can depending on what they look like, we can potentially get maybe one, maybe even two
014parking stalls, but that's something we can add on after the fact. That's, you know, but yeah, I can I can ask him about it and just see. >> I thought if we can do it here with if we can do it with this, you know, whether or not it's too late, I don't know. >> But if you can do it with this, then it it ties into the same grade >> as what >> it does. And it saves us parking. Those buses, I don't know why they do it, but sometimes they park lengthwise across those parking stalls and they'll get >> they'll take up eight of those parking stalls. And I'm like, what are you doing? Do that. [clears throat] >> Are you talking about where like on this side it kind of bumps out
015a little bit? >> Yeah. Where? So on the left hand side where it starts. Yeah. Right there. >> Okay. >> Would you have to put another light pole in over there though? >> Uh there's there's a light pole on the that that's back there somewhere. It's kind of or it goes right. >> I thought it was too far away though because that that gets a little dark around that corner. >> I think there's already a light on the side of the building. I >> was going to say could you >> Yeah, we could probably mount a light in the side of the building. It does get dark back in there, but you could put a light in the side of the building. >> You'd have to add a second another camera off to the side
016there because I know there isn't one. >> Yeah. >> Only because I know, but my son was over there playing football and there was a issue during football game [laughter] >> and there was no camera available. So, >> so what I can do is I can I can look at that as kind of a a standalone project once we kind of get this going here. So, the bid tonight would just the estimates just for what you see and then I can get like a change order or we can even look at it as a separate project to get a lane back in there or at least parking spots back in there for busing and then uh making sure there's a light and a camera back there as well. >> So, I like the idea though.
017>> Yeah, I do too. >> Yeah, I don't know. >> And if nothing else, they can they can hopefully move if they put the units a little farther up to the >> to the uh uh north there. There should be plenty of room to get buses in there. >> So, what does it do since we took that median out option out for safety then for the front of the building? >> So, it's just the same as it is now where we'll have bus we'll have vans kind of pull in there and it's because it because they're in there far enough far enough. Um, you know, we really don't I just don't like that they park cuz right you can see a little gray blob that's kind of right there on the on the right side
018of the Yeah, that thing. That's where they always pull up to. We just got to condition them better to come down into the into the the curvature right there and and unload right there because and maybe that's where we put the the ramp, you know, maybe we put a ramp. >> That's what I was going to say. They probably pull up there because of the access to the ramp right there. >> Yeah. So, we can probably ask them to put the ramp there more in the belly of that opening there. >> You could almost expand that ramp a little bit or make >> You could make that a big Yeah. Yeah. You could do the whole thing. Yeah, that's a good idea. >> That whole kind of little circle thing could be a nice little
019ramp there. >> And really that'd be better anyway because you have better access cuz I know >> there's handicap stalls. You can see them right there to the right and then there also be handicap stalls to the left. So >> that kind of splits the difference between the two. So, >> and it might help, but then they wouldn't feel like they have to pull so far up. >> Correct. Yeah. No, I like that. >> That's something I'll ask them to they shouldn't have any problem with that. That shouldn't be >> That's like cutting out the curb and putting in the >> Yeah. Well, they wouldn't Yeah, it's already cut out. >> They pour it in. Just make it make it make it a >> make it a ramp up there, >> right? >> Yeah, that
020makes sense. >> Are they putting cement in on the around the athletic building? >> Yain. Is that going to >> So, if you go up a little bit after the fact or >> No, it's all going to be part of this. So, you can see um there's a little kind of squiggly line um that kind of goes off the corner. that right there that all of that area gets all paved clear there cuz right now that is that's actually the elevation's lower. It's remember the the we have to raise the building like 3 ft and so the idea is we're going to raise that 3 ft and then so it'll be kind of a retaining wall off to the right there and then that'll all be level with the building and then you'll see it
021kind of goes it'll cut right through right on the edge of the track. Um, and then all of that's going to be kind of paved there. So, kind of a big landing area, plaza area type of type of deal. So, >> but yeah, all of the pavement for that is also included in this project as well. >> Any other questions? >> All right. So, since this is part of a public hearing, we'll open the floor. Do you any comments based on these two items that were discussed? LED lighting and the middle school parking lot. We have anybody here? Anybody online? >> Yes, we've got one from David Bette on Valley View. >> Okay. >> How long do we expect this to last for and what guarantees warranties does it include and what is the expectation
022of how long it will last in regards to the LED lighting at the high school and middle school? Um, as far as warranty goes, uh, there's there's really you have a one-year kind of a manufacturer warranty, not an install warranty is usually what they kind of give, but that's for like defects or uh, craftsmanship, those types of things. Um, concrete will crack. There's no way that they can guarantee that it won't, but like um, as they go and put this down, they'll do core samples throughout. So that's part of the the job of the architect and engineer is to make sure that they're doing core sampling throughout. So we just had that situation up here at Titan Hill where a a good good chunk of our drive going up failed the core sampling. It wasn't
023thick enough and so they had to go back in remember they had to go back in and cut it out and repour it. So that's kind of the guarantee is is through the core sampling and the architects and engineers making sure that it's done right. And then the LED lights are same way. They're just it's a one-year uh warranty as far as craftsmanship goes, but um you know, I don't I don't foresee us having, you know, any any major issues. So, not not systemwide individual. I mean, you put that many that many uh uh units in as far as lights. And I mean, you're probably you're I mean, if you batted a thousand, that'd be amazing, but I don't think you're going to. You're going to have some that are faulty. So, we actually have
024outside of some switches at Craft and Titan Hill, we haven't had any issues there. And they were pretty Johnny on the spot with coming to switch those out. So, so far so good. Knock on laminate. >> And time frame is just this summer. >> Yep. Time frame is the summer. They'll start May, let's see, we're out of school May 22nd with kids. So, they'll they'll get going right then next week as soon as Memorial Day is over and start hammering it out. So >> any impact then with the the building compared with the concrete and a delay there? >> No. And we'll talk about that a little bit tomorrow when they talk about the phasing. They don't think that because we we'll use the uh >> um primarily we'll use the the uh operations side
025as our as our means for bringing stuff in and out of the buildings. Okay. So >> were there any other comments? Okay. And then at this point, we'll close the public hearing and we'll move on. >> Okay. >> Commendations, good news. >> Um, so we actually have some guests with us tonight and I'm going to let them kind of take the floor here. Um and so if you guys remember last last end of October, beginning of November, we started our um a new new program for the high school which was really g it was kind of um pro it was geared towards providing students who um weren't successful or didn't really wanted a different maybe they just wanted a different environment other than what we had at the high school uh for their educational journey,
026but like online school wasn't really an option for them. um somewhere where they can come, but they had a little bit of more of a flexible schedule, but they can hammer out classes and in a relatively short amount of time, so that way they could eventually work towards graduation. And so, um that's kind of a lot of schools have that around the area. And so, when brought here, it's a little bit different than CTG. CTG is at the high school is geared towards more credit recovery than it is um actually giving a totally different environment for for a student to be able to come and be successful. And so um started last November. Um we've now graduated how many students >> 8 9 10 11 12 >> 12 I've already graduated 12 students out of
027it. And now these are students that otherwise would have been highly at risk to not finish out their high school career. So um we did ask um our lovely staff here to to kind of talk about a little bit. We do have a presentation, a video that we want to play for you. So, how would you guys like to like to do this? Would you like to play the present the video first? >> Okay. >> Each program is created to help students gain credits because they've gotten behind and probably will not graduate with their class. Central had called CTG that helped me during the day on there. >> Uh oh. >> That was a very short video. [laughter] >> All right, we'll try it again. because they've gotten behind and probably will not graduate with
028their class. Central had a program called CTG that helped them during the day on their current classes, but we really didn't have a alternative program for students if they got really behind in graduation was anything out of reach besides summer school. This program um is Monday through Friday. They can attend either morning or afternoon or both uh depending on, you know, what uh courses they need to take, how many they need to [music] take to get the credits that they need to get caught up with their um grade level or to graduate. An important part of ACE is the kids know where they stand at all times because we keep track of track of their [music] credits and they need to know how many credits they've earned, how many credits they still need and we
029celebrate success at [music] the AC program. So, every time they earn their credit, they get an award, they get a sticker, of course, we do a celebration song. um most of them will dance with me. Um because we want to um celebrate every time they get credit. Um and the nice thing about seniors [music] when they earn the credits they need and met the graduation requirements, they are done. So they do not have to stay the rest of the year, rest of the semester. They've met the graduation requirements, they're done. So that encourages the students to [music] work hard get finished because they're important at finishing off life. >> All right. And at this time I would like to invite our two teachers, Mrs. Mccomomas and Miss McBay to come up to the microphone than
030the podium there. And I know that you guys brought a uh student with you. Uh so going on up. Yep. You got to just talk in the mic so people can hear you. Otherwise, nobody will hear the wonderful things you have to say. >> Um, program data as said, you can start off comparing the last year. >> Oh, okay. Uh, my name is Tracy McVey and this is my first year at ACE program. I retired three years ago uh 31 years in the district and then got called to come back and I couldn't resist coming back. I love working with these kids. Uh it's been a great experience. Uh just looking at the data uh makes me very proud to be a part of this. Uh Mrs. Makcomomas has done a wonderful job um with
031the students and you know making them feel comfortable when they come in. I know she meets with them beforehand uh talks about the program with the students and then they decide whether they want to come into the program or not. When they come in I think the kids feel um very much at ease when they come in. Uh they feel very accomplished as they see how they can finish their credits and go forward and see that they have been improving and knowing when they come in that they have this certain criteria that they have to follow. I think that um makes them feel like they know what's going to happen. they know they need to be accountable for their actions. Um the I think the data up there as you can see just speaks for
032itself. The students um 81 classes this year just the first semester. And so [laughter] um yeah, we've had nine um 12th graders um at the school now. I believe some of them probably have graduated. Three have graduated so far. Um we've also had students that have come into the program um that are underassmen as you can see the two 10th graders uh I think we have do we still have two? >> We have one sophomore freshman. >> Okay. So, the one sophomore, we had two sophomores, one went back to the high school, got their self together, did some um got some credits recovered, and he's on track, and he's doing really good. And then the other uh sophomore is is sticking in there. Um and then we have one freshman right now. Um, and sometimes
033it's due to attendance that they may, you know, get into the program and maybe they struggle with different types of um medical issues that they uh may have anxiety. They may not be able to um tolerate being into the classroom and they just feel that the program is better for them in that small environment. they have choices of where or when they can come into the program whether it be in the morning or afternoon. Um there's also option of coming all day and sometimes if they get behind they will stay the whole day and we're open for that because we're there anyway. Um any I don't know anything else >> introduce Lacy. Okay. Well, and here's one of our graduates this year is is Lacy Gaines. >> All right. Y [applause] >> Oh gosh, this
034has been a while since I've stood up in front of a group of people and started talking. But anyways, uh my name is Lacy Gains. Uh I was a senior here at Lewis Central this year. Um I started off the ACE program last year as a junior and I got some credits done last year and I came back this year and I had 12 credits to complete and my goal was to get done by my first semester. so I could go back for Iowa Western online classes. Um, Miss Bay at McVey and Mccomomas has done a great job advocating for me. Uh, I came into the ACE program originally for attendance and they made sure I was there every day and got my stuff done. Uh, they advocated me for a lot of things. Um,
035I believe that the ACE programs really well for me. I went in there and it was like kind of more like self like you just do it by your time and everything. I went in there in the mornings and I would stay late if I had like extra stuff I had to get done that day. Um it was just pretty much yeah self-paced and the ACE program if you like messed up on any test or anything you could go back into it, study it and like retake the test later when you were like more ready for the test or whatever. And yeah, I feel like I did pretty good this year. I got 12 credits done pretty fast. I was on it for hours of day. There were some days I was knocking out 8
036hour days just sitting on and it was pretty insane. Took up a lot of my day but I got it done and that's what all that matters. >> So do you think uh do you think so it was obviously beneficial for you right? Like >> yeah it was very beneficial. It worked with my schedule a lot more. I definitely did not like going to school for those eight hour time periods a day. I kind of just wanted to get out of there and go to work right afterwards. >> And if I had the time I would just sit at home and just knock it out while I could. Yeah. So, >> so what are you going to do now? No, because you're officially done, right? You graduated. >> I'm officially done uh with high school,
037but right now I'm in I western classes taking some of my stuff. I plan on going to Metro next year for American Sign Language interpretation brothers. So, I figured >> why might as well make the money if I already know it, right? >> That's right. For sure. >> Yep. >> Very good. Well, congratulations. That's awesome. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. Do you guys have any questions for either of the teachers or Miss Lacy? Um, I will say that I stopped in one day and uh because we had a facilities meeting and the book uh shelf caught my eye with all their awards and so I did I stopped in and congratulated them and I think it is a great program to have uh the alternative side. >> Yeah. >> So, yeah. >> Yes.
038>> Thank you, Lacy. Rockar right there. So, um, being the second year, um, I kind of wanted to go over what I think the improvements that we made coming in last year. It was a brand new program. I came in and, um, we had decisions to be made. Probably the number one improvement is adding Mrs. McVey. So, if you um, we both are part-time, so I work Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, she works Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Those Wednesdays are so valuable. We can talk about the students, what they need, who's done what. um the testing part, but it also allows me to go to the high school and meet with the students and all the intake meetings with the admin and counselors at the high school. Last year, we had to get a sub for me. Um
039it had to be after school, which sometimes isn't the best for the parents and the students. So, that has been a great improvement. Um adding um Mrs. McVey just so we can talk about students and I can go to all the meetings. Um last year, they could basically come and go when they wanted. We've added um flexibility. They can choose a morning session or the afternoon session. So, there's that flexibility, but also having the two set time um systems. It allows for structure. These students [clears throat] still need structure. The coming and going whenever they kind of wanted did not work um well. We knew it was an alternative um school and so we wanted to provide flexibility but now they still get to choose morning or afternoon but we have set time 7:30 to
04011:30 to 2:45. So I think that was a good improvement of consistency but yet with flexibility for the student um and the phones is a a no-brainer. Um the students are I I thought there might be some students that want to, you know, kind of sneak their phone or whatever. They come in, we don't even have to remind them. They come in, put the We have pouches. Um put the phones away. Um online learning with a phone right by you isn't a good combination. Um we know if the phone's there and it buzzes, we want to look. Same with the students. You know, they're going to miss out on whatever um is happening in the world. So that's been great. We constantly monitor probably we I'd look at individual but on one of the slides
041up there um you could see we also monitor as a group. So every day on the board is listed here's how many hours they put in and it was a kind of give and take. Do I want to put everybody up there? And because it's violating their privacy, it is it has been so beneficial because Lacy, you can add to this. It's like a group. If one student isn't um kind of lagging is completed, so we're working more efficiently. The kids, it's it's a what would be the word I want to use? Um just the expectations are higher this year. Um it was just kind of last year. Um it's just they know what they need to do when they come in and they get down to business. Um anything I'm missing with um the
042environment I think is the main um the kids come in there, they know what's expected. They all no one's made to be there. Um it's as um Tracy said, it's a choice with the intake. Does that program sound like something that could help you? And we had a student like, "No, I don't want to do something like that. I want to be with my friends." they would they weren't put in that program. So lots of different reasons everybody it's an individual um basis why whether it's behind in credits anxiety skipping um teen parents in there um different reasons um and I have two more meetings on Wednesday for two more intakes um so it's kind of coming and going the students graduate because they can graduate when they're done the seniors um currently we only
043have one senior um two seniors um right now um one needs four one's going to be there all year He um but realized right away he was in there. He's afternoons only. Now he comes on Tuesdays and Thursdays all day and it is really helping him and people are seeing it so they're [clears throat] like I think I'll come all day also. So again, huh. >> Yes. Yeah. So questions. >> What is the program capacity? How many? We always have said 15 bodies at one time would be a lot. 12 to 15. Um that would be a lot. >> So but again when one leaves >> or are they choosing a session like so you would say 12 to 15 like per morning or afternoon session is what your goal is. >> Yeah. So, when
044you're looking at criteria for is it individualized for each student or do you have something that you're looking at to determine if they would be a good fit for it? >> Mr. Her could probably talk more than I I mean, we don't want it to become for behavior reasons, okay, that this student's constantly getting in trouble. Um, and so they're placed in the ACE program, but again, it has been on an individual basis. The seniors, it's easy. behind in credits mathematically they cannot graduate. Here's an opportunity come to the ACE program. There's they're the easiest the seniors but um in the juniors kind of the same. We've done the math now. Now you've gotten yourself nth and tth grade didn't get what you needed. Um mathematically come in get into the ACE program to catch
045up. But the ninth and 10th that's where it becomes very individual. We have a student um not getting in trouble but not going to class. a freshman that was just added last week just I guess she skipped all the time um but not getting in trouble but so they were out of I'd say the best criteria we have done everything we can at the high school to help the student we've run out of options I've heard the admin say that we've run out of options we've tried and tried how about the ACE program is there something there that could help and so with that freshman just wouldn't go to class and ISS OSS nothing was helping she's had perfect attendance since she started um and on time and yeah so I don't just there are
046no distractions where we're at the building is perfect >> so when a student like that in ninth grade >> meaning they typically would have three more years left in the high school once they re reach the criteria where they are are meeting credit criterias um and you try to reaclimate them back into the high school environment and it's still not working. Do you bring them back or maybe you haven't had that yet where you bring them back and then they just stay in the program? >> We've had that already. >> Okay. Okay. Oh, in two years. >> Yes, we've had that already. The goal is get if they're under classroom to get back to work on not only is it um academic, we work on the social skills. We have a meeting every Wednesday to
047go over, you know, how are things going? What can we help with? So the goal is to get them back. But we had a student, she went back, same situation started happening, she came back to the program. So it it does happen that they come back. But the goal is to get them back to the high school, you know, maturity, especially with the underassmen. Um maturity. Um we already we had this sophomore because he was skipping classes. Um just hanging out, come to school every day, but they'd find him not in classes. And so, um, they had run out of options. He came in for the last three or four weeks of semester 1. Let's get you some credits because you're not passing your classes. You've gotten in such a hole with the regular classes.
048So, they came. I think he got four credits um as he was there. And now, you could report, but I'm hearing he's doing well um back at the high school. He missed his friends. That was I mean he was given the option go on back but if you start skipping again D you will be back. That was the ultimate from the parents. >> Have a lot of >> I think it's great that we're giving something other than a traditional approach. So I I think commend you guys. That's awesome. >> Thank you. >> Why don't you speak about the location? >> Okay. Location. Everybody knows where we're at. The old APR room at the middle school is perfect because of the private entrance. Um all distractions are taken away from the students. So they have their
049private entrance, they have their own bathrooms. Um there's a lobby out in the front and um having my counseling degree, a student's struggling, we can remove them from the class. Students are working in [clears throat] there. I can see through the door, but yet we can have private conversations out there. Um and there just they can't have access to the high school during the day, and so their friends aren't there. It's just it's amazing. Um, I would have never thought I'm also an LC grad and have been around here. This is my 30th year at Lewis Central. Um, no, having the removing the distractions has been great. Parking lot right there in front. So, the location's perfect, too. >> We had a program in Missouri Valley and when I came here and they showed me
050the MPR room, I'm like instantly I'm like, "Oh, this is perfect." like this would be restrooms right there, own lobby, own parking, >> can separate it from the middle school, you know, and that's the biggest thing is sometimes students just need that physical disconnect from a social gathering in order to allow them to focus, you know. >> And there are some students that come because, you know, they need a reset and once they're good, they go back. And then there's other students who come because even as much as they'd want to go back that it's just not a good environment for them. Um one of their students right now he's so focused on work that this is you know uh this is or students we've had in the past too in Missouri Valley they were
051so focused on work that they didn't they couldn't make it through a regular day at the high school because in their mind work was more important. I'm not getting paid to come to school you know. So then eventually they when they got old enough they just wouldn't come to school anymore and they just work full-time. So now you can convince them to be like hey come come for a few hours get get your work done. She's Lacy's over there nodding you get your work done and you can still go to work. We we'll let you out. You go to work but get also get your high school diploma. Like might as well get them both. Who says you got to have one and not the other, you know? So >> absolutely. >> Um I would
052like to commend you guys. I mean, you guys are getting an extra 30 classes accomplished this year with less kids. So, I mean, that's that's really huge. Um, so great job on that. >> And already semester 2, we've had three more GR I just forgot. Three more grads. Eli, Leo, and Jacobe. Three more grads. And um I don't even know how many more credits that we've gotten, but we could add three grad three more grads now already in semester two. So, >> and a question for Lacy. Was did you work when you did this? >> I was working part time. So, try to get out of class soon as possible and head straight to work right after. >> So, as a How do you feel like your employer were they receptive to this or did
053they know or >> they knew that? They knew they knew that I was coming down my hours and everything. I told them, "Hey, I need some more days off just focus on school." That was kind of my main priority. my senior year this year. I was just getting my school work done. I said I'll come to work when I need to, but I need my school work done first. >> There you go. It's good. >> That's great. >> Thank you. >> All right. Any other questions? >> No. Just awesome to hear how year two is going. We're >> looking forward to hearing more. >> Yeah. >> Thank you guys. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. Mr. Haver, >> I just >> Sorry. I just want to add one quick thing. the the success of this program
054doesn't happen with these two without these two ladies right here. Um you heard them both talk about that 60 years of of Lewis Central experience. They are probably our two biggest cheerleaders um of the district and of our kids. uh and the structures that they have put in place and the care that they give the kids that are there um both tough love and and actual real you know real caring uh has made this program as su as successful as possible and and I just want to publicly thank you two for all your hard work and dedication for our students because it wouldn't happen without you two >> and do you think we look alike kids get us confused [laughter] we don't see it but the kids get us Excuse me. Or better yet, McDouble.
055[laughter] >> Well, now Lacy is too. So, very good. >> Well, thank you guys so much for coming tonight. We really appreciate it. >> So, thank you for helping make this program a success. Thank you too, Mr. Haver, for coming. >> Absolutely. [laughter] >> All right, we'll go ahead and move on to thanks guys. Comments and suggestions. This is the first portion of our meeting where we open the floor to the public for any comments that we may proceed. >> We'll give it a couple minutes here. >> One that I think they did weren't clear in that initial comment. They're kind of curious how long they expect the parking lot to last. Are we looking at 20 years, 50 years? >> I mean, I you can probably >> whatever we can get >> better term.
056[laughter] >> I think uh I think a lot of that depends on your weather. So, concrete I said it's uh it's gray, it's going to crack. Um we are a school. We use a lot of deicing material that diminishes the uh lifespan of any concrete. There is no deicing product on the market that is safe for concrete, even though the bag may say that. Um, and as well as the concrete itself goes, um, it's only as good as the base, and our base is always tested before, uh, for compaction prior to the pour. Um, so I I would estimate at least a 10 to 15 year um lifespan. >> The current parking lot I think was poured and then once and then >> I think they did they must at some point done an asphalt
057overlay over part of it. So >> that would like the high school that was back in 2000 when they built that. So in 25 years they had one pour and one overlay. So, um, so yeah, to Director Sturm's, you know, you'd hope for 20 years. If you can get 20 years, that's great. Um, you know, unfortunately, like Director Sturm said, we are a school. So, you'll see some some parking lots last a lot longer than that, but they don't have, you know, a thousand cars and and buses and everything else driving on them on a daily basis. So, >> well, and I think it'll also help that uh hopefully we can get our drain pipe figured out and >> get it from keep it from undermining. >> So, no other additional comments. Okay, then we
058will >> Thanks for the question though. >> Yeah, >> we'll move. We have an updated personnel sheet. >> Yes. question. >> Do we do exit interviews when people leave? >> Um, they do at the building level so they they have conversations with them and >> to figure out why they're leaving. >> Yeah. We don't we we talked about getting a more formalized process but you know usually they turn in they turn in resignation which kind of you know they can explain as much or little and that's usually what we get here. >> Um to this date we don't have a formalized kind of district HR policy of of exit interviews. It's whatever the conversation is with with the principles and usually okay >> you know usually they're pretty forthcoming you know good or bad usually
059they let them know. >> Got it. Do we have a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented? >> Motion to approve the consent agenda as direct or present. >> Second. Any discussion? Vote, please. >> Mrs. Sando, >> yes. >> Mr. Sorenson, >> yes. >> Mr. Sturm, >> yes. >> Mr. Bach, >> yes. >> Mr. Wright, >> yes. Reports. superintendent report. >> Uh so we just have a couple updates here. Um Dr. Hartman with the district leadership team tells tells me they're about 95% done with the action steps for uh member I kind of tasked them with with figuring out the uh um the the instructional goal for the year for for our uh strategic plan. And so their instructional goal is based around literacy. So they're coming up with that. Um and then um
060we haven't started yet, but we'll get started on our on our facility and our finance goal. And then they also are How far along are you guys in the uh in the um student behavior goal? >> Same about set 95%. Okay. So that was two of the two of the three categories were um we wanted an instructional goal and then we wanted a culture climate goal. And so that student behavior and literacy were the two that they kind of the two main topics that came up with. We've already kind of talked about this in the past. though and then we'll come up with a uh finance to facility goal. It probably be one of each finance goal and a facility goal. So overall our strategic plan will cover four uh very specific goals um and
061then embedded within those goals. There will be opportunities for professional development um teacher performance those types of things. So, um it doesn't mean again doesn't mean that we're not focused on all areas that we're looking at, but you know, to make um really uh productive goals, you need to be pretty focused. So, we're kind of picking the areas we that we believe at this time are are highest priority. Um and we did so through you know, we did surveys and that kind of stuff too with the community and the staff to try to figure out, you know, what are their priorities as well. So, it's not something that we're just flying by the seat of our pants. Uh legislative update. So, there's been a lot of bills uh that have been proposed uh everything from
062requiring uh districts to take cash for athletic events um to um uh kind of classroom behavior bills uh that would kind of put a lot of the a lot of the power in the into the hands of the teachers. That's good and bad. Um, and uh, if you ever get a chance to kind of look through those bills, I mean, you can kind of understand like how that could be really good. And then you can see like how, you know, pitfalls, you know, a teacher doesn't get along with the student, they don't necessarily like a student. Um, they would have 100% control over whether that student stays or leaves their class at any at any point, you know, versus having an intermediary like a principal say, "Hey, here's the deal. Like, I know that you
063don't like them, but they've not done anything really bad." like, you know, they're not coming prepared. Doesn't mean they can't be in your class, you know. So, it's that that bill has its pros and cons. Um there's also bills out there still for school finance. Those are the ones that I'm looking at primarily that hopefully the SSA can get set or students up state supplemental aid will get set at a reasonable number. So, that way we can give, you know, our budget goes up at a a reasonable pace. Right now there's seven less students in the state of Iowa just in general. Not you know necessarily our district but then across the state of Iowa there's 7,000 less students which means that there's that much money that's out there that can be allocated to schools.
064So they could do a two or two and a half% increase and it wouldn't even be much of an increase at all in the state budget because it's from students that are have left the dis left the state. So you know hopefully they kind of see it that way. Um the there is property tax bill. We've talked about that in pretty uh lengthy detail in the last um the last meeting. And then there's then there's like um bills for everything from civics tests to um um I want to say like civil liberties like what you're allowed and allowed not to talk about within a classroom. Um, it just, you know, a lot of the bills that you'll see really are things that in my my belief, I'm always a local control guy, should probably be
065controlled at the local level, not necessarily need, you know, state legislators telling us in in council bluffs what we should do because somebody in De Moine or Ames or Iowa City is doing things that they don't believe is are appropriate. In those cases, I think that they should go to those communities and say, "If you guys don't like this, elect new board members." and you know change it. Don't necessarily stick all of us with the same restrictions that you're trying to [cough] impart on [clears throat] a very particular district or or uh um group of districts. So, and I'll be honest, usually it's the it's the urban districts that that typically um legislators are trying to control and they try to control them through legislative action instead of, you know, local their local local ways.
066So, uh we are there is um um Mrs. Smith, Miss Best Smith and Miss Leer's class has classes. Uh Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Letter were chosen to lead a STEM day on the hill um presentation. And so there will be a handful of students from their class that will go with them to present the hill with their parents. So we'll be sending kindergarteners to a group of them to uh uh the cap on February 18th. Um, I'll be driving them and we'll be going up and um, spending the day and then coming back. So, they'll get to talk to legislators and see the capitol and um, and then they'll get to eat lunch and then they'll come home. So, it'll be a very quick trip, but hopefully very uh, impactful. You know, hopefully they they
067earn at a early age how how rules are made. So, um, HR, as you guys saw, we do have a few openings up there. Um, we are going to be posting those. Surprisingly, at this point, we have out of like last year at this point, we had, uh, um, like 13 of 15, uh, of our early return or early notification incentives were kind of gobbled up at this point. This year, we finished with, you know, because it closed on January 30th, so we only have five. So, I mean, whatever reason, people are deciding to stick around, which is awesome. Like, I love that. So, that's just very for having 200 teachers and having five students that have or five teachers that have decided to move on is is that's not necessarily normal. I don't even
068know what to say about that, but that's really good. I mean, yeah, I'll absolutely take it. So, >> out of five, how many are retiring? >> Three. >> So, yeah. So really, so it's and it's everybody has their own reasons for why they go and that's one of the things that it's a small district, small small uh small buildings. And so even if somebody didn't want to be forthcoming with us about why they're leaving, I I guarantee we know why they're leaving. So um and they always have an opportunity, you know, when they leave to to tell their they can talk to me, they can talk to anybody, but but we do we did talk about just about a month ago having more of a formalized process. will leave to kind of talk about just
069some clear-cut questions we can ask about, you know, why why now? So, >> it might be as simple as, you know, pursuing a different opportunity. Um, we had somebody last year left us to do full-time photography, you know, nothing. Love the district. Uh, still coaches for us, but decided she just wanted to do photography full-time. So, and then we have other people that, you know, for what different reasons have decided it's they needed [snorts] to move on to a different school or or try something new. So, everybody has their reasons for why they leave. Um, one of the things that we are and I just kind of wanted to be open about this and and we're talking about is we remember we added welding two years ago and we did it because the when we
070needed welding program, somebody in the community stepped up and said they're going to purchase um uh welding equipment for us and then they also were going to pay for the salary for for that person for a year. And so, they did that. Uh the next year we just retained them and then uh we actually had a retirement last year which we did replace because it was woods was a very like popular. We do have another retirement taking place in industrial tech. Uh we will be looking to go debt back down from we had we've always had three industrial tech teachers and we went to four for two years and now we're going to look to go back down to three. Um and it's just because we're not going to lose any of our programming. we
071just have less kids that are doing things like um uh project lead the way and so we can combine some of those classes and then and then have the teachers um help out with uh like the home and car care and so it's it's not that the program is going away. We're just going to do some reshuffleling. So we're going to do all the same programs with the same teacher same number of teachers we've had for years. Um and this was kind of always kind of the end goal. Uh, one of the things that we also we are also on um a targeted list for special education at the high school and a lot of it has to do with post-secary uh opportunities and and making sure that we're um providing um some avenues for
072students with disabilities to be able to to kind of take that next step after high school. And so with that, it takes a lot of manhour. So we are going to be advertising for another special education teacher at the high school. um so we can uh meet those needs uh better. You know, we kind of did a lot of deep diving. When you're on a targeted list, the state comes in and they make you sit through dayong sessions and brainstorming sessions about how to um improve in those areas and what targeted areas that specifically we're looking at. And so they had already revamped um this is kind of year one of of or is this year two of them re how they revamped year two? >> Second year. >> Yeah. second year for how they
073revamped a lot of the instructional uh strategies that they were utilizing with for students on on IEPs. Um and so we felt like we've made a lot of headway there, but now we're going to loop in and now we have to continue to to provide those other opportunities as well and into further we've also identified some gaps because when you start doing things differently, you're like, "Oh man, if we had an extra person, we had an extra." So we are going to look to do that. So if you guys see a special education um opening, it's not nobody has left us. We're just adding one. So if that makes sense. >> So are we partnering with any other local businesses, companies that do things like that? >> So we are. Yep. So we have a
074partnership with VODC um right now. Uh Lori Tease, who's our special education coordinator, she's uh she's worked with VODC very closely for many years. And so this year's kind of year one for I want to say it's a pilot program because we are doing it with them. So it's a collabor it's a collaboration between Green Hills Aea uh VODc and then those two kind of run the program and then we're kind of their uh first um line like we were the first school invited to to send students um to participate in those programs. So um I can have her come and talk with you guys um about that at some point. So >> yeah. So it's just exciting. I know when she came to me, she was really excited about it. Just gives kids more
075opportunities. Um, I felt good knowing that Green Hills Aea was kind of the kind of the brainchild behind it and in making it run. So, but I think it's been really positive so far. >> Good. So, >> so will they come back in like a year later and re-evaluate to see if we made progress? >> Yep. We have to Yep. We're continuously evaluated. So, Yep. So when we hire for next year um part of our uh professional development process we we do like a professional learning communities um in our special ed team that's what they focus on is making sure that we're we're meeting kids where they are at filling gaps uh providing appropriate instruction and support. So um so yeah it'll be it'll be good. I just didn't we're gonna be posting that tomorrow
076so I didn't want you know it wasn't up there. So I'm like if you guys saw that be like whoa I didn't see that one. No, it's it's a we're doing a little bit of a shuffle. So, >> I know similar to the to the ACE program how they have their own and we've talked about this a little bit in the past. Um >> kind of the the the entrance factor for for students >> um with disabilities or on IEPs can factor in a lot >> on how it starts their day. Um, so if any way possible as we're doing renovations to buildings, concepts, if we could look at ways to maybe revamp where we place those classrooms um to give them individualized access rather than going through the main doors, >> right, that makes
077sense. >> It it goes a long ways. Um, I I been pondering this since we've started talking about the middle school a lot and I know that there are a lot of already plans in place for the middle school, but that's just something I'm, you know, kind of pondering in my head as if there's a way that we could find a a secondary route for those individuals to to be able to get through the building. >> Yeah. Yeah, I think that's a good idea. >> Yeah. So, yeah, I mean, that's that's kind of what it comes to HR. So there will be a few of those. There's also, you know, other things that we're pondering in our head as far as like what teachers would be good foot in what positions and, you know, trying
078to make sure that we have the ability to um find areas for for that meet the most number of our the most amount of our needs um with people who are are best suited to do it. So um last thing are facilities. So uh obviously we you guys will see and I'll talk about here in a little bit. We have the athletic building edition. Right now, we are targeting um having uh a bid package out by the end of this month to re renovate uh the the athletic building and then put uh um an addition onto it. And we'll talk about kind of our our we had originally meant to purchase the middle building tonight, but that's not going to happen now. And and I'll get into detail in a little bit. Um high school
079roofing, uh that that that's already been gone out. Um uh craft window sills. So, if you look on the north side, clear along the building, there are excuse me, sorry about that. There are uh um a lot of areas where I don't know if it was condensation or somehow the sills the the the seals were were bad and so water's gotten in and just kind of taken out like the window sill itself rotted out. So, we're going to be looking to do a bid package on that. Middle school parking lot. Uh we did talk about that tonight. High school LED, we talked about that. a Titan Hill Exterior uh that'll be going getting going. As soon as it gets nice out, they'll start already doing some of the the work around the school there. Um
080we are looking to buy a band and choir trailer. Just kind of giving you guys a heads up. The one that we have now is kind of rusted out and I know Director Sturm with his knowledge of uh everything everything uh trailer is uh helping me um kind of reach out to some organizations that he's he knows about that um can give us some decent bids on that. So, I would anticipate within the next month or so having something brought to the board to purchase a trailer and then we would look to wrap it and make it really cool. We're probably not going to go the the uh the Westside uh semi semi-truck uh trailer route. Like that might be a little excessive and I don't know who we'd have to drive it. So, unless
081Director Sturm's planning on going to all the show choir stuff moving forward. So, uh we'll probably just get um some something we can tow with the pickup. Uh and then finally, Titan Hill HBAC. So, the boilers are officially running. Uh they have seen a pretty pretty significant impact um on classrooms. So, that's that's really nice. We don't have we don't have freezing kids right now. So, that's great. Um and then uh the chillers they don't know about yet because they were just they were installed after the winter. So, they don't know how those going to be up and going, but it's already positive returns on what we've gotten so far. So, any other questions? All right. >> Thank you, Dr. Hazing. All right. We'll move into discussion items. So, 8.01 pre-levy resolution. Okay. I'm going
082to go in here. Okay. So, uh this resolution allows us to go out and sell the bonds. So, the bonds will be paid off by 2031 according to this uh spreadsheet here. uh the new taxable valuation which for the district was actually an increase of [clears throat] 16.4%. They were anticipating an increase of 5.8%. That's valuation. So that means that u everybody's going to pay a little bit less out of their own their own pockets because the valuation of the district has gone up. So, uh, one of the things we're able to do is we're able to, uh, keep the levy, uh, completely flat and and pay these bu these bonds off a little bit earlier because we're able to put, um, more money towards the bonds and not not increase the levy at all.
083So, uh, so that's really positive. Uh, so yeah, that's really not really not much. I think the if you can scroll in a little bit for me, I can't see that far away. Can you scroll in for me? Okay, now go up a little bit. There we go. So, one of the cool things about this, if you see that $270,000. So, by paying our bonds off a little bit early because of the valuation going up, we're going to be able to save, you know, close to 200,000 $270,000 off the payback of this. So, so it's really, really positive. Keep bringing those businesses and and uh homes into our district so we can get that done quicker. So, so yep. So then all you guys would have to do is make sure that we read um
084the the statements. If you scroll down for me, I need to get my own mouse up here. So [clears throat] um so then recommendation just has to uh be that right there. [cough] And this [clears throat] is issuing that the the rest of that $9.5 million. Um so remember we did um 20.5 million last year. So, >> all right, we'll go into 8.02. And this one we're changing up a little bit, so there won't be an action item tonight. >> There will not be. So, just, you know, so the so the public is aware. So, we did um look at doing um a state purchasing. Uh we're trying to we're trying to get time and so the state already had a state contract with a company called Blue Scope out of Kansas City um to
085be able to do like mill building construction and so if you go with the state contract you don't you can bypass the general bid process. The problem was is the the the the estimate that came back from them through the state contract was actually almost double what we had gotten for a preliminary estimate from a local company on what for the same building. And not only was it was it almost double, but it was uh the insulation was less than we what we had scoped out. The roof was less than we had scoped out as far as like material quality. And so it was kind of like, well, we're getting less less of a building for almost double the cost. And so, um, and the timeline was going to be like 22 to 26 weeks.
086We, um, we decided that, you know, the the it's going to take us cuz go through a bid process. We're going through a state purchasing process. We could we you guys could approve it tonight. Then the building goes on the then our name gets locked in tomorrow and our and our timetable starts, you know, and then in 22 weeks we're done. Well, now we have to go back, we have to do a bid process. Well, they need another two weeks to finalize the paperwork so we can get it out to bid and then they'll need at least 3 weeks to to allow companies to bid on it so we can get accurate pricing because it's such a a complicated pro detailed project. And so that's five weeks and so but then they're estimating that it
087could be 16 to 20 weeks before we get that back. So, you're talking a difference if it's on the high end of 20 weeks um to go through a regular company and it's the low end of 22 weeks and we're going to spend five weeks, there's potentially three weeks that we're going to lose out on by going this route, but we're potentially going to save several hundreds of thousands of dollars. So, in that case, I think that we'll we'll figure out a way. Unfortunately, that puts a building, if we approve the if we get a bid that we like and we approve it, um the board approves it in March, we're probably looking at a mid Janu mid July install, which means that we're not done for the beginning of this of the year. We
088will be done with the locker rooms. We will the original building will be done being renovated. the new building will not be occupiable at that time when we start the football season, which just means that we'll probably for one more year we might have to maintain what we're currently doing with visiting teams, which is having visiting teams use the the the the boys side of the locker room and then the the gym at the middle school, which is fine because if you look at this, we'll talk all about um timelines and and staging tomorrow as far as how they're going to be phasing in the the projects in the middle school, but the locker rooms aren't going to be done in year one anyway. So, it's not going to it's not going to mess up
089our current locker rooms or anything like that. It's just going to ma almost maintain status quo for one more year. Um, just but it is it is what it is. You can't you can't force materials to get here quicker and and that kind of work to get done faster. So, I don't it is stuck between a rock and a hard place, I guess, a little bit. I mean, you can always hope and we'll hope it's going to be done, but >> there's still potential though before the end of the season that >> Yes. Correct. Yes, it'll be 100% done um for sure by the end of the season. >> Um which means it's probably occupiable well into the se, you know, into the season. So So there's as long as it's occupies, as long as
090the the building itself is is secure, we can we can snap the fingers maybe game two or game three and all of a sudden we go back to the plan that what we're doing where the visiting team and the home team are both in the same building. So >> it could only be one or two games. So, it's it's not it's not a horrible scenario. It's not like we have to bring in out houses or anything like that. We just would do >> what we're currently doing for a few more games. So, but not horrible. >> Have we already communicated this to our community partners then, too? >> Um, yeah. More I told them there's a good chance that if this wasn't going to fall through that or if this fell through that we're not
091it's not we're not going to hit deadlines, but >> Okay. Yeah, but only so much we can do. >> Are we going to have a tough time getting the tin for the the current athletic building to redo? >> All of that all of that's included in the same scope. >> Okay. So, we'll we'll we'll demo the inside and get that all ready. We'll still see the yellow exterior and then >> Yes. Yeah. Somewhat. Yeah. I think I think what they'll probably end up doing is all of the They think all the siding will be here. Um, that's not what's going to take 20 weeks. It's like the big steel structure. >> The beams got >> So, the siding, everything should be here earlier. So, once that's all here, then they can start on the on
092the on the actual, >> but I would I would anticipate seeing um some some demo of the current athletic building sometime in probably April. So >> probably first see [clears throat] >> excuse me >> utilities changing and then uh since the elevation has to change. So you'll see a like a short stub wall go around and then they'll have to back fill that. That'll have to sit for so many days. >> Yeah. So it's not all bad that the that the steel is not going to get here for a while because it's going to have to sit there anyway. And >> Right. Yeah. You can start on the outside on the nice days and do the inside on the >> on the rainy days. >> And do we anticipate any more challenges from the city?
093>> No, I don't I don't I think we're going to we'll be okay. So, we're complying with their 3-foot elevation recommendation change. So, I think that was the main thing. >> Okay. All right. >> All right. Then we will move to comments and suggestions. This is the second portion of our meeting where we open the floor to our viewing public in this case uh to see if they have any general comments for the board. We'll give it a couple minutes here. Good. >> Okay. All right. Then we will move into our only action item uh which is the pre- levy resolution. >> Mr. President, >> yes. I would like to recommend to approve the resolution authorizing the issuance of approximately $9.5 million general obligation school bonds series 2026 and levying a tax for the payment
094thereof. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Vote please. >> Mr. Sorenson, >> yes. >> Mr. Storm, >> yes. >> Mr. Bach, >> yes. >> Mrs. Sando, >> yes. >> Mr. Wright, >> yes. The resolution has been approved. And then do I need to say that we're tableabling? >> Yeah. >> 10.02. >> Somebody needs to make a motion to table. >> Oh, we have to. >> Motion to table. I can't just say 10.02. >> The athletic building. >> Motion to table the approval of the metal building materials for the athletic building. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Vote, please. >> Mr. Sturm, >> yes. >> Mr. Bach, >> yes. >> Mrs. Sando, >> yes. >> Mr. Sorenson, >> yes. >> Mr. Wright, >> yes. >> Items of interest, future board meetings. >> Uh, two things. Tomorrow night, we
095have our uh facilities meeting. So, if you guys uh plan to be there, that'd be wonderful. >> And that is at 5:30. >> And it's at 5:30, not 6:30. >> And it is at the operations building, not here. >> Okay. 5:30 [snorts] operations building and then we'll be back here uh at 6:30 on February 17th. So you guys can all thank uh Dr. Hartman for >> we get kicked out of here for being in the operations building >> a second time. >> Second time. [laughter] Yeah. >> Yeah. >> She technically booked it first. So >> all right that went >> I'm already booking stuff for next year so you know. >> Oh no. All right. With nothing further on the agenda, do we have a motion to adjurnn? >> Motion to adjurnn. >> Second. >>
096All those in favor say I. >> I.