001Okay, it's time to welcome everybody to the Jeff West Education U March 4th 26 school board meeting. Do we have any comments from patrons and guests and also you know >> this will pick you up. Let me get this out of the way. >> Okay. Jeff Anne Patton, most of you know who I am. And uh I sat in your seats for 20 years and it's a thankless job. And I wanted to come tell you thank you for what you're doing. I'm sorry the bond issue failed and we need to as a community we need to get to work on the next one. It'll be a while before it can be done, but just thank you and keep your chins up and if I can be of any assistance, call me. I know I didn't
002I thought about coming to some of the meetings. I thought, you know, things were going well, but uh if I can be of assistance to any of you or offer advice, then uh you know where I'm at. But >> I want to thank you because >> you did it for me when I was a student. So I want to thank you too. You did a great job. >> Thank you. >> Uh anybody else? >> With that we'll move >> Matt. >> Yep. >> I'd just like to say I know I thank you also for all your time you guys put into this. Um but and I know we need to move on and we need to hurry and get another bond out there. I think the majority of the people have said that they realize
003that we do need a bond. We do need to fix the repairs and we need do need to take care of the things that really need to be taken care of here at Jeff West. But those enhancements and those wants and wishes that we'd all like to have uh I think it was real clear at well anyway I heard it at the uh brainstorming meetings and then we heard it again with the vote. Um we can't afford that right now. So we'd like for you to consider that when you're thinking about the new bond and again we're here to help u because we would like to get a bond approved. You know, we felt really bad about this the way we had to do this one, but in the end there was things that we
004had said no to, but it wasn't heard. So, >> thank you. And and we're going to approach this one far different cuz it the last two times didn't work. So, we have to figure out who we need to talk to, how we need to and how it needs to be come across and present it. Um, you know, we do have some essential needs and we're going to talk about it just a little bit later on, but we do have some essential essential needs that, you know, I'm with Dr. New Swander this afternoon um about an hour and a half, 42, two hours before we got here. And, you know, we we do well. we really we actually really do well and he's going to present some finances but we are at the point in time
005where it's just we need a little a little more. So thank you and and once again we're doing it different because next time and we need to figure out how to reach out to those constituents >> and I think you have some very good information that you've gathered from the patrons in those meetings. Uh they weren't worthless. They you you gathered a lot of information that I think people wanted you to hear. Yeah. >> So, please use that. >> Yeah. And and don't I I haven't spoke to any of these guys about it, but there is regrets on our end. I mean, there's some regrets. I can tell you I got some and I'm sure they do. So, we're just going to have to step back and punt. I mean, we don't give up. You
006know, Jeff didn't give up on us. So, we're not going to give up on on the students we got now. >> Thank you, Dave. I don't have anything else to compare the question to but when you I think when they they did the study on internet to the home people in the district was around 50% >> what >> the internet >> how many of our constituents have internet you mean >> yes >> I saw was like 40 some 50% did not >> that must have been before me >> I don't I don't know I don't know but we I mean once again you Can I ask where where would you go if somebody doesn't have internet? Where should the information be for those people? >> Can't answer that question. We didn't get any mailers. >>
007Okay. So, mail is good. >> We didn't get anything. We got it from friends. >> Yeah. >> We had to go said we had to go >> had time. We would have driven to Hoy to vote. >> Yeah. >> But my point is, >> you know, and and that's a bridge we need to cross or we need to we need to build. We don't need cross at the bridge. We need building. >> Yeah. Even guys aren't my age, 70 years old. I work with a lot of guys. >> Yeah. >> And you can send it to email. You can send a text. They never look at it. >> No, I get I get it. Yes. We're going to I mean, we're going to have to do something, but we're definitely going to have to step
008back and and evaluate and and figure out how to cut it down. I mean, that's obvious. And reach out to more people and and and educate or and or give feedback. You know, I get it. I get it. So, but and we're going to talk briefly. I mean we got it in our agenda to where do we go from here u I don't have a number I do it's in it's in the board issue so or facilities I guess uh anymore moving on can we get an approval I get approval to approve the agenda >> second favor you I don't know. Uh going to get a motion for the consent agenda. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Favor. No. Academic reports. Uh Brena is not here. Just uh so we can read hers if we
009want to go wrong. Good evening. Um, have a little bit of show and tell for you tonight. Um, you you have the written report and you can see our journalism students did well. Our George got second as a team in Scholastic Regional and um placed 20 students placed in 49 events and they're going to represent us at state and I'm excited to see what they do there. Mrs. Debbie Wolf took a group of students to a conference called Empower Me. Um, a lot of them were atrisisk students and the day focused on job readiness, self- advocacy, planning for life after high school. and she came back so excited that each of those kids got chosen to lead something throughout the day of all the students she thought um that she took and just they just
010came back with such a feeling of confidence and that we can do these things and I don't know if the pictures have made it to Facebook yet but I I have some that you can kind of look at as as we're talking here. So it was it was a neat day. Very neat. Um, I'm gonna steal this one back and let you have that one. [laughter] >> Um, we've been working on our IPS conferences. Um, we have about 92% of our students that have presented those and Autumn Tennant has volunteered to kind of show you her so you can see what an electronic portfolio looks like that the students are putting together in Zello. And it kind of is an accumulation of here's my strengths, here's my weaknesses, here's my um learning styles, here's what
011I'm looking at, what I'm exploring for careers. So um if you'll join me over here, we'll kind of go through what a student's electronic portfolio looks like and let you guys see it. >> Hi, I'm bottom tenant and this is my RPS. The picture that you see is from our club actually. We went to Rocky Road last semester. Um it was a really fun time and we judge cows. My personality style is a helper or social and as it says helpers enjoy teaching and coaching, caring for people and definitely counsel. So I learn by my hands. my desired skills definitely helping people learning and listening managing a whole bunch. >> So each of these things she's sharing her there's little inventories they take within there that they answer questions and then it gives you feedback.
012>> Yeah. So like Miss Briggs was saying about my personality and learning style. It had a set of like 50 questions that you would go through and you would answer. So kind of like a survey and then it gave back as I said I'm a helper and tactile also with those it gave me some careers to look forward to and to like save. So that's why they're safe here. Most of the ones that I'm looking forward to are anesthesiologist and nurse anesthetics. Um like I just said I like helping people. My nurse or my nurse [laughter] sorry I'm nervous. Okay. >> My aunt is a nurse anesthetic in the species and I look after her very much. I'm drawn to the medical field because I want to make people feel safe and cared for during
013especially vulnerable moments in their lives. I saved majors. I can guess that you guys can guess. Um schools. I was definitely thinking about going to Arizona after school just because I have family out there who have all gone to medical school. So, they know what they're doing. that could help me. Um, another one I don't have it on here, but I was definitely thinking about Washurn after they toured it. And within Zelda, within those schools, they can click down and it will compare student toteer ratio, the size of the campus. Um, you can go on and look at what classes are needed in a career. Um, so it gives you a lot more information what the tuition is, you know, for the past year or so, not the the coming up one, but it gives
014them all kinds of information that they can compare. So, um, and there's just nationwide schools that they can go amongst the Kansas ones are there, but then everywhere else too. >> Yes. Um, it also gave us a whole bunch of scholarships that we can look at. Just easy ones, ones that cover full tuition. And I just have a couple that I've saved. I don't know if I go those past my experiences. Um, I actually interviewed myself. This wasn't like a survey obviously, but I go here. I'm a sophomore. Um, I worked as a dog trainer and property caretaker at Redefined Dog Training, but before that I was a volunteer and we walked off and we continue doing that Saturdays. Um, postsecary after high school, I'm planning on going Tech for my CNA. I've not taken
015the entrance test yet. I plan to complete at least one job shadow shadow in a medical setting by the end of the school year. I'm still reading meeting the requirements. I have not taken the SAT or ACT yet. Um I am still meeting the requirements for the entrance to my desired career path. We have vis visited washroom university and I'm planning on visiting the University of Arizona or some universities out there. I've not considered any a classes yet but I'm definitely considering them now. My goal was to reach the diamond level which was 150 plus hours of volunteer work and I have achieved it. I've gone beyond that. Um, these are my skills. Yeah. And my interests. I kind of just went through and clicked to what I was interested in and they gave them
016multiple numerous to choose from. So, I'm in food club 7 at CLF club. This was me at work with the goat there. That was my favorite goat until I had the baby goat. And that was my plan. My plan was to be an anesthesiologist. Um, my current GPA is 3.4. I am on track to graduate from my class and I am planning to graduate with the qualified admissions path minimum. I got told by my advisory teacher that I should start going towards um the Kansas honor scholar. Um >> what she said from [laughter] >> um which is the high GPA obviously or 30 plus on the ACT. Um I do a lot of studying and I use my hands a lot when I practice problems and like I take notes over and over and over.
017So that's why I like when my teachers like post the notes on Google Classroom and I can go back and take notes that I've already been um and it helps me a lot to take notes and do that. So my goals retire by 60 with 70 million. Anyone else in here? [laughter] >> I love that. >> Yes. share with me >> school 12 plus years for anesthesiologist which will set me back two million >> but I think eventually it will be worth it >> obviously that's long term >> um one of my long-term short-term allaround term was be a good person compliment people smile and help old ladies >> thanks thanks [laughter] My goal is to become an anesthesiologist. I'm currently exploring both the physician path through med to medical school and the nursing path
018CNA to RNA to CRNA to determine what aligns best with my strengths in my long-term roles. Um, I'm interested in I demand group medical careers that provide flexibility and strong income. Well, allow me to do what I love doing. my matchmaker which was another one of those surveys and this is what I came up with plastic surgeon museum I'll put people to sleep but I'm not going to work on [laughter] my ways to get involved at Baya Pep Club we have some build teamwork and leadership skills and I was thinking about going on to be an officer in one of those employability skills I'm not going to read all that pretty sure you guys don't hear me dram. But writing skills, verbal skills, positive attit areas that I need to work on because sometimes I
019just do things instead of think about it. >> Like what? [laughter] [clears throat] >> I try my best to meet my expectations um and try to continue my best to strengthen them. My area of strengths, attendance, you know that for sure. I barely miss school, my appearance of hygiene, technology. I'm very good with computers and phones and >> I'm dependable. I complete my assignments on time. Um, and I do my assignments well. I mean, I have two B's, all the rest of A's. My action plan was take the ACT by the end of this year if possible, schedule a CNA interest test, complete one job shadow research premed versus nursing path and apply for at least three scholarships and consider one AP class text late this year. That's the end of my app. >> Great
020job. There is no doubt. There is no doubt in my mind that you will complete that. You know, >> get your millions, send a few over. [laughter] >> I just wanted you. >> Thank you. >> Wanted you to see what they're putting together and then we um on our IPS days instead of the parent teacher conference, a parent comes in and the student shared that with a parent and an advisory teacher. And if there's things, like she said, her advisory teacher said, "Hey, maybe you need to work on that next pathway over just to get some of that um feedback and have the parent input there as they look at courses and and their desired next steps. So, >> what grade level does this start at?" >> Um, they have started doing some things in
021the middle school with the IPS process. Um, and then we refine what we want our 9th through 11th graders to do. Um, we don't have our seniors do it because we have them do the mock interviews. Um, but in their second semester English class, we have the seniors do a senior project where they give a presentation about next steps. What's my plan when I leave Jeff West? And if that doesn't work, what's my backup plan? And so they do that as part of their English class. They let me know they're ready to to take those next steps. Other questions? >> Thank you. Made me realize how many blinks my son needs to fill in. >> I'm like don't go take it out on your kids >> all summer long. She can't wait for school to
022start. >> You have an interpreting gift. [laughter] And I didn't bring a kindergarten duo. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Okay. Mine's not as much fun as school. >> Glad to be here. >> Um I do have three new students coming in. So So there Yeah. Um so you see those numbers there. Uh we did we've hit 320 for the first time maybe in my 15 years. Um that's this is probably the biggest group we've had. That 320 is just elementary. We did in the preschool grow by two. We lost one, gained two. So, we we grew by one overall. Um, those three new students, two of them are key, new Keystone employees that are bringing their kids uh with them to Jeff West from where they're moving from. So, they're coming on board as
023Keystone staff and we're picking up a couple of kiddos. Um, and I think it's worth saying those are our three largest classes. There there's those those that's where we get everyone right now. though. But [clears throat] anyway, um, looking to the future, roundup numbers, early roundup numbers at the preschool. I'm going to say 35, but it changes by the moment. So, by the 39 >> 39, there you go. So, it just keeps moving a little bit. Um, those are early numbers where we sent out the link to sign up for roundup. Um, we were 20some that are committed to coming to Roundup. Um, of course, that's not July enrollment, but those are some early numbers. kindergarten. Picked another one up tonight at the book fair. Found him roaming around and said, "Hey, be a kindergartener."
024Um, so we're at 41. No, not really. We were looking for this one. We actually talked about him today. And mom walked in and says, "I need to get on that list." It's like, "Yes, you do." So, we're at 41 again. Signed up for roundup. We'll see who ends up coming and and things like that. So, we're off to a good start. Advertisements going on. Social media is going on. All all the things to attract. Pancake Feed. I'll be hanging out with a table and my computer ready to sign kids up after pancake Saturday. Um, parent teacher conferences went really well. Um, elementary. Now, our parent teacher conferences are just one day in the in the in February. So, we invite families to bring them. So, out of 20 kids, we might invite 10. Hey,
025we'd really like to see you come and talk. If someone else wants to come, we're happy to sit down with them. But if you're not invited, that's a that's a good thing. Um, and then there's Skyward and phone calls and emails, all the things you can always be in touch with. So, we have 94% at the elementary, 95 at preschool of the invited families. So, it was a good turnout, those that that were invited. Um, and we are in the middle of ReadAcross America week. Tomorrow is Dress Like Student Day. So, I encourage you to swing by, check it out. I've got plans. Um, I did hear there's a Mr. Sturgeon and Mr. Corb showing up. So, I'm excited to see how many of those because they're going to dress like teachers. So looking forward
026to that. But in the reading realm of things, the book fair was tonight. Um there's there is out on social media one of those freeze frame videos of third grade reading. So the camera moves through the room and all the kids are frozen doing. So I invite you to go find that. Having some fun around reading besides just doing reading, just having fun with the Dr. Seuss birthday cake, things like that. Um kindergarten music program was a hit or will be a hit. Sorry. We had our first grade program, kindergarten music programs coming up this month after spring break and our preschool roundup which is new to everyone will be March 30th in Ozaki. So that's when the families actually come in and we do a little screener and have cookies and meet meet the
027meet the new cubs. So want to give a shout out to you probably heard or gotten reports on our KISSA accreditation. Just want to give a shout out to Haley and the DT for everything they did to make that a successful day. It went really well. questions. >> Thank you. >> Evening guys. Some highlights as the winter sports season starts to come to an end here. Um we had four girl four girls wrestlers finished in the top eight at regionals in Tong and Oxy. Ariel Honor finished third, Paige Fetch fourth, Sophie Water sixth, and Lennox Duly eighth. Two boys finished in the top four regionals at Holton. Osiris under first scor mayor fourth high school girls basketball they ended their regular season with a 15-8 record. Um hosted Maron after that first round of playoffs
028beat them. They're currently down to Riley County right now. I just look at the score. Uh high school boys finished their regular season with record of 15 and 10 hosted Mary'sville first round up state and then lost to Perry last night ending their season after a long good season for the boys team. Uh, spring sports getting started here. We've got some numbers they were interested and these are kind of preliminary. They might change fluctuate as sports actually start. Um, track and field at 39 sign up. Baseball had 22, softball 34, and boys golf 22. And then middle school track just had their signups and 102 kids are signed up to do track. So be all hands on deck. >> Holy cow. >> A lot of kids out. >> It's a big class. >> High schools
029bowl. They finished their season competing at regional is hard and then middle school boys basketball also finished at their league tournaments. Eighth grade finished 10th and seventh grade finished third. Um upcoming highlights not so long upcoming. Uh we sent six wrestlers to state in Salena. Sophie Waters, Ariana, Paige Fetch, Linux Duly Corby Mayor and Osiris Anu. We've had Sophie Waters medal sixth place and Osiris Under is our 4A state champion. That was an awesome weekend for for both them to get medals in Osiris Green. Uh, spring sports, they started practice this Monday. Um, competitions are going to start the week we return back from spring break. Middle school starts practice next week for track. Um, high school theater has their spring play on the calendar for March 28th. It'll start at 7:00 p.m. And we
030also added additional date on March 29th at 400 p.m. Staff needs, we're still looking for a middle school assistant volleyball coach. And just a shout out to our basketball coaches. Basketball is a very long season. Put a lot of work, a lot of hours in. So, shout out to them for all the work they've done these past three months. >> Yeah. >> And you too. Yeah. >> Thank you. >> You said the they added a date for the March or for the spring play to the 20. What' you say? >> 29th. >> Yeah. It's Palm Sunday. So, we have parents fill out a form to make sure that everyone was okay with adding that date. They got all the poems back and parents are okay with it. So, >> what is the play this year?
031>> Uh clue. >> Little murder mystery action going on. score of the girls game. >> It was 30. >> Oh, sorry. I thought you just knew. >> 39 to 19. I think the last >> 29 to 13 was the last >> was half at halftime. >> At half. >> All right. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> We're going to move on to Keystone. >> What do you got? >> Actually, uh hired a JDLA administrator. >> Did I? Uh, she's from Texas, I believe. Regina Little. Okay, >> that's her name. >> And, uh, moneywise, it's a wash. They She did get a moving package, a small moving package. They didn't go with my idea since they're hiring a moving company to move from from Ozaki to Hostala. And I said, "Just go on
032a pal, wrap her up." >> Wonder why they didn't do that. I thought we could get it as part of the pack. [laughter] Uh they may be coming back asking for some more money. Not a lot >> for the building or for >> Yeah, they they they've used all their contingency funds, but uh part of it is the moving and it might I have to remember what it was for, but they're working on getting it all down, furnishings, things like that. uh they're getting other bids. So, right now, the worst case scenario, they know the worst case scenario, but they're going to look and try and get it under what they had budgeted. Then, if they can't, they may come back to us. And worst case scenario, our share, I think I was 24,000. If
033they need it, but I I I I'm assuming that they're going to get better. >> And that project came in under. Yes. Yeah. I want to say we had said not to exceed four and they were sitting around 36 37ish. >> Yeah. >> Uh but what they're doing is not included in the scope of that is my understanding. So they can't just they don't want to just use the money because they have it. >> Yeah. Makes sense. >> Yeah. part of what you know like so with our bond with those classrooms like at the elementary there's furniture fixtures and equipment that is figured into that. So that's new desk ch things like that. Well to keep this below they did not include furniture fixtures and equipment. So there's some stuff at Ozaki that might be
034or might not. So what John was referring to is okay, now we got to look at some furniture picture of equipment. And this afternoon I think they got them down to like 50,000 maybe with the types of furniture. And so for 19% of that, that's around 10,000. So they're still negotiating. >> Yeah. >> Uh the other part, the only other thing was they're actually having pretty good luck hiring people. I know they hired a special ed teacher for Jeff West for next year. >> Um I think they've had a couple they've had I know they've had at least two special ed teachers that they've hired and I don't know. I think they're both for next year, but they're actually having a lot of luck filling positions right now. So, >> of course, they are >>
035across. Yeah. I don't know what the deal is. >> They are at least >> across the board or in our district. >> Across the board, really. Yeah. >> And the one that Wes referred to that's bringing kids um she actually starts I think here at the high school the day after spring break. >> That's right. >> From Texas. >> No. Oh, she's from Oklahoma. >> Oklahoma. Yeah. >> Yeah, we're stealing from the south. >> That's fine. >> Whatever we got to do to get him here. >> That's fine. >> Um, I guess we'll move on to the board issues. Uh, 5.1 Jeff West AI project. So, >> so while they're getting ready, so we've been part of a um a grant to work with. There are some urban districts, some suburban districts, and some rural
036districts. And we were selected to be one of the rural districts. Um and we'll have Brooklyn Petri and Sean and Mary that are here. Um Brena and Rhonda are on that team. I just kind of show up to to learn as much as I can, but it's really to explore which we all know artificial intelligence is going to be huge. Their part of this grant to um explore wide open then how do we use it the best we can? So, we have a showcase next Tuesday in Lawrence. A lot of those districts coming together. So, uh Sean and Mary wanted to come and share what they're going to This is your dry run. >> This is our trial run. >> I'm just going to turn it over to these little >> All right. So, yes,
037we are Jeff West and we are all in the innovation journey. Um we have this wonderful picture that Mr. News or Dr. Newman's Wander uh AIDed of us one day and you know we're having a meeting and a picture of us and then just AIDed it into I I would love to look at that. So the three of us are the um the education team also had Mrs. Douly Mrs. Fle and Dr. Wer on the team. So there's all of us working together. Thank you. Uh so um we had come up with this quote if you don't like change you're going to be irrelevant you're like being irrelevant less and felt like that was a a good way to explain where we have to keep moving to moving forward the future things that excited us
038um is the things that like we we found out that um if you think it you can do it which thankful for this kind of always say But really, if you really work it, uh, it re-energizes, gives you an opportunity to think outside the box a little bit, think of some different ways of of teaching, and ways you can actually add to that. And AI isn't going away. Whether we like it or not, it's it's here. And so embracing it and figuring out how to make it work for us and also how to help our students to navigate without um just making it the scapegoat is better than than leaving it out there and then having them just try all these different things. Some of the things that have surprised us and I don't know
039if you can jump in anytime. Um the students seem to be ready to try new things. parents aren't pushing back and we'll talk about that in just a little bit when we get to mine and they jump to the conclusion that everything they see is AI like they all look at a picture and and I had to really try to to work with them on the fact that no that's real that one is real and uh and helping them to differentiate and really learn to be able to figure out that this is real but then this isn't and I think especially as we continue to work with students we're going They have to get better at that because whether whether we like it or not, there is a lot of things out there that are
040inaccurate and they have to be able to be they have to be able to discern that and figuring that out and um and that's going to be the future. I mean, we all have to do it and they're going to have to as well. So, we have that ability. I'll go ahead and cover Brooklyn real quick, but like I said, she's with the substate tonight, so she couldn't be here. One of the projects that she did with her students is had them pick us um some music and then develop a cover for an album using their AI skills. She does a little bit more with chat not chat bots um yeah chat bots. She does a little more with chat bots and has them talk to a chatbot to figure out where they want to
041go and and you know what can I do with this art and things like that. She would really gets into all of that. she would do a much better job of of being able to explain all the things that she does with it. These are standards that she meets with some of the AI that she has done so far. And uh then again the process and and uh we only get what 15 minutes when we actually do this presentation. So I'm sure we'll all be talking plenty quickly to get through. But uh she has done quite a few different things with her students that have an AI piece to them. Not everything that we do is AI only AI. It's, you know, it might be one piece of it or where we go with it.
042And these are some of the covers that students have done that they they came up with for their work. And then there >> uh you know, we're doing the the the teacher student side of it. So, we're trying to move forward into like um I think I want to use AI to beef up assessments. I think I want to use AI to be more interactive and be more real life and be more like a simulation of of real life rather than just a simple test. So, one of the things I'm going to share with you is a Congress assessment that I was able to beef up uh using AI. So, I'll send these around for you and we can reference those as we go. So, you can go to the next page. We'll wait for
043that to go around. So, at the end of the Congress unit, I try to do a Congress assessment. I turn that into some scenarios that students then have to react to and pretend that they are US congressmen. They're US senators and they have to have a press release from their Senate office. This is what I started with on the front page. >> I had a conversation with Google Gemini and tried to make this even uh more realistic. So if you look at the next four pages forward, please you look at the next four pages, you'll see a letter from the CEO Ludville Slugger about the tariff that is being proposed. You'll see a data sheet talking about the amount of expenditures on bats in the United States. You'll see a letter from a concerned constituent
044and you'll see a letter from uh the foreign representative from China threatening retaliatory tariffs if uh you approve these tariffs. So it becomes more real life. They read these letters. They have to decide how they're going to do that. And then I go one step further. Next slide. Which is I use Gemini gems which is like a chatbot. I gave it all the information that I'm doing here, the things I want the chatbot to be able to do and it takes the persona of a legislative aid. So it can do research for them. that can play devil's advocate for them and it will walk through the decisions that they would make as a senator and say well have you thought about this have you considered the cost have you considered you know x y and
045z you consider these ramifications and then at the end they end up having to create a press release and I've got the last four pages are examples of press releases that students have have turned in uh as a result of this process and that's one question they've got five in scenario. I just gave you the first one because I wanted to walk through it fairly quickly. It's much more real life. They really have to think about tradeoffs. They have to think about, you know, what can they accomplish with the budget that they have. True. None of you have dealt with making good policy recently. So, makes it real difficult and more real life for them. I I was really excited to do it this way. So, >> I love all the redactions. [laughter] >> Well,
046since we're going to KU since we're going to KU, I didn't want to have student name. Ah, so this is set up to be be for the presentation next to us. This is how >> how long does like and I'm gonna act real dumb here because I'm naive about this. How long does it take a person to, you know, you gave him the problem. How long does it take him to go through AI and have this produce? >> So we walk through it. I talk about the scenario. We spend time in the library and I'll go around and help kids help them with their prompts with the legislative aid. They get one day in class to work on it and then the next week the releases are due. They have about a week to deal
047with it and they can come in and visit with me uh from time to time. They visit with other teachers. I mean they'll talk with each other. I'm like if you're a senator and you're talking with another senator about ideas, you bounce those off each other. That's real life. You can do that. It's okay. >> Cool. >> Pretty cool project. You know what? I never thought we would >> come to this, but I guess so. >> For real. >> All right. So, I'll cover mine. While I'm passing this out, I will tell you that at the high school level, um my debate students, we were just looking to dig into this AI um digging into this AI as we were starting the school year. And so one of the things that I figured out was
048I could take the cases that debate students were building on and they have to go out and take the topic and then and build their cases the affirmative case that they want to build and I dropped that into Gemini and then said okay what could a negative team would say against this? What what would be some things that they would say against this case? And it helped blow holes into the case. I did not give them what him and I said. I just simply said, "Hey, what if somebody was to say this to you? How are you going to approach that?" And it made them tighten up their cases to the point that then when we went to state this year, they were much more prepared for any of the the blowback that they might
049get from other schools. So, it does make them do critical thinking and it does and if you utilize it correctly, you know, it it isn't something where it's thinking for them. It's making them think deeper. And so I really like that. This that I just handed out to you is the way I started it with my sixth graders because we all know it can go to to some crazy places if it's given an opportunity. And so I started that and I had that ready when parents came for parent teacher conferences in October and we went over it with the parents. That's why I said I was kind of impressed. I didn't have parents pushed back more than I did. But um they they had very clear expectations that these are opportunities where you can use
050it. These are opportunities where you can ask and we can check it and see if it fit. And these are opportunities where no. And if you use it, it's going to be a zero. And then that helps me to build that framework so that sixth graders are going to come back and say, "Well, I didn't know I couldn't use AI for this or whatever." So, uh that that's where we started with it. Um, the other thing I'll pass the bees out, um, what I've really used it a lot for lately is, um, we did a unit about, um, the history of chocolate. This would have been back before Christmas and it's photographed amplify series. And so then I created I went out and had help me uh, create escape rooms. I I really like doing
051escape rooms because it gives the kids the opportunity to do some problem solving and figure some things out. And so we did an escape room with chocolate and they had to learn the history of chocolate as they went through and uh and it it gives you you know you can fine-tune it as deep as you want and it it will help you to uh the kids to find you know find the different things but also you can fine-tune it to to ask it different things. I also uh from both of those but other one is the Titanic for those um that know don't know the foundation gave us the grant money to take the kids to the u Titanic uh immersive thing that we're doing. We're doing that on Friday. And so we're going to
052be going to to Union Station and seeing the Titanic museum there. And then next week they're going to do a little report about it. And then uh we're going to do an escape room. And both of these cases on the back page we can see the standards that are met in the players escape rooms. So that somebody can't say, "Oh, you're just plump. You actually have standards we have to meet." And uh and those and and by using Gemini, I was able to say, "Okay, what standards am I going to meet when I do this estate?" And then it told me what standards they would be meeting. And so um there's some some advantages to that as well. So, um, if you ask it the right questions, you can can get quite a bit of
053information about that journal. I I know that, um, Brooklyn uses Magic School more. There's a there's just a few that we utilize because we don't really want there's some that you don't really want the kids to be messing with. So that was so I think that's something that as a district we're talking about possibly building on those the ones that we want to allow to be utilized in the classroom using the ones that we have in the STEM. That is all fancy picture. We're ready to blast off into the future with AI. So ready to go. We got all our Tiger swag on there. Tiger astronaut swag. So we're ready to roll. Cool. >> So, thanks for listening. At our presentation next week, we have 15 minutes to present and there are 15 minutes for
054Q&A. >> So, that's why I said it's time for questions, but if you have anything else, feel free. >> That's awesome. >> Yeah. >> Are you guys approaching this the same way that like our generation was always have a calculator in your pocket? Is this like this generation? >> Somewhat. I I I don't allow them to just Well, for one thing, I don't allow them to just utilize it anyway. But but we all know when you Google something, the very first thing you get is a is an AI synopsis, right? >> So that that's one of the first things I've taught my students as we've done research projects is you're going to get that AI synopsis. You can't use that. But if you go below, it will tell you where those things came from and
055then you can it's it's sort of like in my opinion kind of like Wikipedia. I don't allow them to use Wikipedia, but if you go to Wikipedia, at the bottom is the sources where those things came from. You're welcome to utilize those sources. Can't use Wikipedia, but you can use the sources. And I kind of have taught them AI is very similar because of the Google the way Google does it and gives them that synopsis. Then by dropping down, you can find that same information without utilizing AI. So in that respect, I think it kind of actually maybe makes them work a little bit hard. >> Very good. Well, thank you guys. >> Yeah. [clears throat] >> Uh this next topic won't be near as fun. The update of the mental health committee. Um I
056shouldn't say near as fun. Uh Kelly Bo and I I've I went to one and Kelly Bo went to two. Um it was an eye openener, you know, when we talk to our uh staff about it. Um I'll let you guys talk. >> Yeah. Well, I want to start with we have an amazing mental health team for like absolutely >> as it is. Yeah. Um, I think the cases are increasing and correct me if I'm wrong over there at all, but I think cases are increasing compared to years past and they're a little bit overloaded and our kids are hurting and um, yeah, it's been hard to hear, but values to hear for sure. >> Yeah, my biggest takeaway is um, it doesn't take 10 minutes of speaking with those ladies and and Mr. Corba
057as well that u them just telling his stories what their case loads are that you're hoping to find overlap right like so and so is doing this and this is also a student that is taken care of by her and but what we found in my opinion is enormous gaps right and um so our biggest concern I don't want to speak for Kelly or Matt is that we don't want any students to fall through those gaps so yeah I think um mental health is important. What I want to learn from you guys being kind of a new member is uh historically didn't we have a position that was um the esser funds and the esser funds went away. We lost that position. Do we know how we got into the situation we're in? >> Um
058not that it's a terrible situation, but >> we only thinking of our math interventionists. >> Well, yeah. Yeah, but we did we did have a second one um through the group. What was the group? >> The guidance center. Yes. >> Okay. We had two through the guidance center and she I believe was at the middle school. >> Yep. We had a therapist at the middle school and a therapist at the high school. >> Okay. And and she [clears throat] stepped away. >> Mhm. And it they weren't replacing I think because our case load wasn't >> they felt like the case load at the high school wasn't high enough to warrant a second therapist anymore. >> But it's not only at the high school >> she's covering no she's got too >> go ahead if you're
059chiming in. Go ahead. >> To the magnet center partnership. We did have a social worker through Ezra funds and they resigned to take a job out of state. they move and then the ESR funds went away and so we had been trying to fill that and fill that and we didn't have the budget to be able to just fill that looked for what are other options and we came up with the guidance center partnership you're right [clears throat] >> gotcha yeah thank was non special ed focusing on our gened students in in all three buildings >> the social worker was okay >> and that's a good thing to point out is we we do have one in Keystone but they work with Keystone kids. >> Yep. IEPs. >> IEP kids with IEPs. >> So, there
060are um nonIP students, you know, I'm not saying they're falling through CR, right? We don't want any of them to um we got to figure out, you know, how to how to add something or how to how to get someone else. And I hate saying it, but I mean that >> and it's a rough year to add positions. I think we all realize that. >> Yeah. >> Um but I think we've >> partner with Keystone. >> I I don't know. I don't I don't know. I don't know. But this is why we're talking about it now is we got >> we got to do something >> come up with some sort of solutions. >> I think we've rolled around enough ideas. We have a couple three good avenues. Of course, the ladies and Phil of
061course um will Yeah. Yeah. Um, I think from our last conversation, they they would like to see a gym ed social worker that can cover all the buildings, right? Because like Matt said, we have some that work strictly with Keystone Kids. Um, although she does take on a little bit more, a lot more. Um, >> but um I think this we've had really good discussions on how to solve this problem, but like you said, it comes down to dollars and cents. So, we have to figure that out. So part of the last meeting I met with Doug Anderson and we have we keystone so we have a fulltime person just with the sides of our district but she's overloaded >> and for the good part she's not going to tell Jim Ed kid you Yeah,
062>> I visited with Doug. They have with a couple smaller districts where they share and they're interested if if we, you know, again, we're just looking for options, but one option would be, and we'll talk a little bit uh on the next item, one option would be to try and move into something that we can share. to help some of the overload of students with IEPs, the gened students. I also want to mention because you know we we have the guidance center that provides a different type of service. >> We have Keystone that provides a service, a social worker that can provide a service. Um >> counselors provide a service. We also talked last month about jobs for America's graduates. It it's it's a service that you're you're trying to fill gaps. >> Yeah. It
063would snag a few of those kids. That's, you know, you have overlap of kids that, you know, Jobs for America's graduates looks at those kids early on that are at risk of not graduating the traditional schedule, the whatever it is. and they work with with just helping them with life skills, helping them with um internships, um looking at, you know, maybe a different path than a 4-year baloria, which which isn't the right thing. That's probably only right for about 60% of our students that need because we have so many kids that go to a to a four-year college and then two years later they only you know so it helps that population. So now you're and some of those kids also need that mental health they you know so now you're just trying to fill
064all those gaps. So, but anyway, I did have a conversation with with Doug and he's, you know, they're just sitting there with their engine idling for >> Well, the other problem is filling that position because if you remember, it was posted for >> over a year year two years that post was posted and we couldn't fill it. So, um I mean we can say we want one all day long, but you're going to have to fill it at some point. >> Yeah. I don't I don't know where I mean I shouldn't say it's a sensive subject because it's a real subject. I don't know where we go from here. I mean, >> I'd like to see us maybe look into this the partnership, but once again, >> we are I mean, >> if I could
065wave a magic wand, we would have our own social worker working with GED students, but I also understand that our budget may not allow for that immediately. I think that would be best case scenario if there was any way to make that happen. Um, but again, may not be possible this year. Yeah. >> So, I mean that's the next year. >> Yeah, that's where we're at on that. >> Um I I am more than will I just Aaron couldn't make it to one, so I went to one. I mean, anybody that can make it to one, it's worth going to. Um these girls, they sit in there and just >> know when they >> I only messaged him cuz Aaron texted and said she wasn't going to be there and I was like, man, if
066you want, there's only going to be two of us. >> Just like let us know when they are cuz >> True. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Just three. Just if someone can't go, I'd like >> I It was It's a quick lunch hour. >> I will say that because I couldn't make it, Casey did reach out to me to meet separately. So I >> still that might be worth it honestly and go sit with her because I don't know if we're having any more of these meetings >> because even if just two of us went >> see. Yeah. >> But I would argue it's somewhat urgent. So, whatever we're going to do, I think it needs to be done quickly. >> Yeah. Um, I guess I mean that's that. Let's move on to the budget. And [laughter]
067>> well, add up to it. >> Yeah. >> Well, and I there will be another meeting. It just wasn't >> okay. >> Good. >> Yeah. There'll be this will be an ongoing >> Good. Perfect. >> And the reason I say that because it's in here, he has figured new money where it is entered in. But >> you know, here we go. >> We have a couple. So, I just didn't know if anybody we don't always >> and where are these located online for those that are interested in listening? >> Well, they always end up if anybody wants to flip through at some point. So just, you know, it's about this time of year we start looking at um next year as soon as we start um getting numbers. There's certain things that we get earlier
068than others. Um, but I wanted to start just a followup from the last meeting because about 85% of our operating budget and by operating that's our general and supplemental general goes to people uh certified, classified, administrative, you know. So when you think of our our total budget excluding capital outlay only about 15% of it is for electricity. Um um you know that the thing a lot of the things that you approve in the consent agenda uh supplies all of that stuff is only about 15% the majority of it. So when you look at um the first column is 23 24. We almost kind of have to ignore that because it's so inflated because the f the first line is instruction and it shows 69% of our expenses. But that's the year we had a rocket
069online schools and there was like $4 million laundered to a company in Oklahoma. I mean, so we got to ignore that one because um but the first line when we talk about instruction those are classroom teachers. The second line, student support services. Those are that's the the the people that are typically in that mental health group. That's your nurses, your counselors. They're they're um student support. Instructional support. Those are the people that support or teachers in instruction. And those are librarians. Um those are parish. Um then administrative and support those are our high school offices, secretaries, the district office, towns payable, um superintendent, all of that. operations and maintenance, you know, custodial maintenance director, then transportation, food service, capital improvements, um, debt services. Uh, so anyway, just to kind of So, if you look at
070actual, that's more of a true that was last year. Um there's going to be variances. Uh for example, 58% when we had a a teacher at the middle school that Brena taught a lot of the classes. We had long-term subs. Well, the long-term subs go into instructional support. So, I mean, there's every year there's going to be a fluctuation. Our goal is to always be around u 59 to 60% instruction. Um we're around four to 5% and student support services. Um you know if if at some point we were ever to do a social worker, they would go into that student support because they're there for that reason. Um >> is insurance and benefits part of that topic? >> Yes. Yes. So I mean that's they they categorize um it's by it's like the 1,000s
071in a in our budget is instruction. So that's salary benefits. Um included in that. For example, we talked about you know what percent of our budget goes to athletics? Well, about when you add up all of our coaches, all of that, you're looking high school, middle school, you're looking at around $300,000, but that goes to their salaries. >> And if they're a teacher, it's in there. M if it's um if it's a you know F or that is student support that's part of is added on to so it's all in that area >> and assistant principal that chunk of what they get goes to administration. >> Yes. Okay. >> So everything is coded based off what their time is. So um like um Allan >> did >> the percent of his time that he works
072as a assistant principal gets charged to the 2400s. So, but anyway, I just wanted to share this because it's it's just our goals of so you look at this year's budget. Um, that's where we budgeted things for this year, but you never know. Um, like last year, we didn't know that late we were going to have a teacher not here, so we had to have long-term sub. So it doesn't always end, but it it's fairly close. So I just wanted to kind of share that going into this because the biggest part about it is we are so peopleheavy in our budget. Am I reading this right? The amount per pupil and then the current expense. Is it are those is that how much when you break it down per student? >> So the >> 17.
073>> So when you see total expenditures that first one um so for 2526 budget that includes capital outlay and that includes bonded interest. If you go down to the next one, the current expenditures, it excludes the So, yes, 15,772. That seems like a lot, but that includes all >> Well, but that includes all the money that comes into us that we have to then transfer to Keystone. >> It includes all food service, all transportation, everything. >> Everything. Okay, >> that >> not the number we get from the state. >> No. >> Yeah, >> that's >> would be nice, but yeah, >> that's federal food service reimbursement, everything. That's the whole thing that So, yes, it's a lot on per pupil, but a lot of it uh for example, papers that used to always stay at
074the state level. So everybody that that so capers does a match for every just like every state employee that used to go from the state treasurer right capers. Well, for school districts, several years ago, they started, we're going to wire it to the school district, so it shows up in our account, and then five minutes later, it's wired right back. That way, all those millions of papers dollars show up because they want to make that well, it goes to teachers. Well, it goes there, but so it includes tapers. could you ever figure out a way how to intercept that you got about five minutes but it comes to the bank and then it's pulled right back out we could pay somebody. So anyway, so the reason for that is just kind of where our our
075people are balanced, but that's 85% of our budget. It's people. The next page, so this is like I said, the time of year we can start plugging in thinking about next year. The So we're our audit is done. So they come and audit how many kids we have, how many of them qualify for free lunch, how many are transported over two and a half miles, career tech, anything. A lot of our numbers generate revenue because there's there's an amount per pupil and then there's waitings that we get on top of that >> and it's just based on the number that's submitted in September. >> Yes. Okay. So we submit the number on se because it's the September 20th headcount. >> They came and audited our headcounts. So we're we're going to appeal a few items
076mainly around career tech ed some of our portions that we didn't count but the funding formula says next year you can count the number you had this year or the number you have next year whichever is higher. So, we've already had and we have transitions throughout the year. Every school district does. We've had a few move out. We've had a few move in. Um we we're up about seven or eight kids than what we were on September 20th. We don't get funded for those. That's just, you know, we had four that left here and went somewhere else. Well, they don't get the funding. It's it's all based off September 20th. So if we use our September 20th number, the formula also says that the the amount per pupil will go up based off consumer price
077index. Well, they have a good idea what that's going to be. It's going to be lower because last year's consumer price index. So we have a good idea for that. So looking at next year, our new revenue when you take our general fund and our supplemental because if it goes up $100, that goes up $33. It's 33. Those two added together, we're looking at about $220 of new revenue. I mean, this is early, but at least we can start putting a marker out there. If our enrollment's up, then that number will go higher. So that's just kind of a base. So we start going down the list and start plugging things in as once we know it. In February, we always receive what our anticipated health insurance increase is going to be next year. So
078if you look at our current pool, it's going they're looking at an 8% increase. That's $118,000 that we have to anticipate we have to cover next year. This year in the fall, we had 16 join new. That changes. We're now at nine. So, it's about 188,000 above what that number that we anticipated. So, we now have to say, okay, is there a number we want to anticipate that could go up, could go down? We don't know. So, I just plugged in a four that it could be six, it could be none. We don't know. Um the other last month we added uh a a new assistant for softball. You have a request here in a little bit for golf. So that's over to the discussion. Jeff West preschool startup. You know, we've talked that that's
079going to take a few years. Last year for this year, we had a 50,000 in there. I pulled it down. That that is going to fluctuate. It depends on >> that's just over and above what it's not paying for itself. >> Yes. >> Until we get numbers high enough where it's paying for itself. >> Yes. Our the goal is >> in three years to four years. >> You know, we get to that >> we we're we're at 61 >> right now. >> Yeah. [laughter] Yeah. It it changes. Um but >> yeah and you had said it would be like three to five years probably and we're on year gold next year. This we're looking at year two. >> Yeah. >> I'm hoping we can get there faster. Um just because >> we have the kids
080in the community. Um, and it it's not right for everyone, but we're already looking at 61. >> Um, but at some point, class sizes, you're going to have to add that next teacher. So, it it just But, um, the dollar is for it to fund itself. We um, we will have to look at, okay, we're charging 700 a month. It's a lot more expensive to go to some other, you know, do we need to adjust that to maybe 750? You know, you know, we just started with to get the doors open. >> Are a lot of the new preschoolers that have come on, are they employee children or are they >> No, we have several Well, there's three year olds, but three-year-olds have been growing because of um early childhood screeners. And so they are
081also coming along with um IEPS, >> okay, >> which is what happens about every school year. Now there's an occasional move in here or hey, we've been thinking about it and we didn't do it then. Can we do it now? We've had a little bit of a mix of that this year. >> Yeah. >> But the biggest growing area has been three year olds due to identification. >> Okay. >> 61, but there's three that haven't even been screened yet. So they're not even counted in that 61. And there's different I mean if you have an IEP, you're already >> counted. >> Yeah. >> If you don't have an IEP, but you have one of the nine risk factors, you get state funding. >> If any of those qualify for free lunch, you get an additional
082at risk funding. And then if you don't have any of that, then you pay tuition. It's a combination of all those. We hope to get to the point. I mean, >> yeah. >> And so, we're going to have to adjust the tuition to where what makes sense, you know, it's >> But so looking at that, you can see how fast things add up. I would I do want to say this though and and nothing against or I'm just using as example if if you're the Perry school district that number at the top instead of 220 is negative 20 >> because they're graduating classes larger than classes that are coming in um one of our neighbors on the other side of the lake, it's like 1,500. So, I mean, we're most rural school districts across the
083state, there are negative numbers. We're just with our location, with what we have, you know, everything. We're we're just so we're not dealing with a situation where every time someone retires, we can't replace them. And you know, it's it's um so I we're we're in a better situation than um most [snorts] >> most especially most rural districts. >> Yeah. Um because I think we all know uh suburban that's where people are moving. >> At the same time, birth rates are lower. Statewide there are fewer Kansas students, whether it's public, private, whatever. There are um fewer students K12 statewide. So, >> anyway, um, >> one one second. I just and I should have looked at my somebody texted me. I was using a calculator. They can't can can't get on the Zoom. They need a password
084>> right by the link. >> I had a person asking me too. >> I I I didn't I mean, they questioned me a long time ago. >> 136192. It's question figured it out. Yes. Okay. Just that for security reason. >> Yes. Okay. Good call. Good job. >> Good call. Sorry. Um the last thing, so when you look at the discussion part, the social worker, um I just plugged in a 40 because as a ballpark because that's what if we were to share, you know, with with salary and benefits, you're looking at 80,000, you know, with someone with exper. So that's why I just >> so you have new you know that could be 30 could be but I just want to as we go forward with discussions we can put it all in context. So
085the last page is our capital outlay. The top the first line is what we started. The first column is last year. I always keep that just for reference. The second column is this year. you know, what we started the year with, what our revenue, what our eight mills will bring us. Uh, last year's V revenue, the reason it was higher, um, I'm sure everybody remembers all of my budget speeches, but the one advantage of the virtual school for one year was when they figure your state aid It's your valuation divided into or your number of students divided into your valuation. We had like a thousand virtual kids. So it appeared that we were very poor on paper. So we picked up a lot of extra state aid. So that's but it was only a one-time
086gift. Um, and actually it helped pay the preschool playground equipment. But well, that's why if you wonder, well, why was our revenue last year so much higher? Because we picked up quite a bit of state. Um, expense items. These are just kind of the categories that we have in our capital outlay. Um, and you know, bus vehicle rotation. We don't have to rotate a bus out this year, but the next two years. And you know, buses can only be used on the road so many years. So, we have to budget long term when we're going to rotate buses out. just transportation, maintenance and supplies, technology. Um the green keystone facility payoff, we will start paying uh this summer for the next 10 years the our portion of the new facility over in Oscaloosa. So that's
087the 73,000. Um we can pay it early but we don't have in the capital outlay to pay it early. So we'll uh so it's budgeted what we have to pay each year. Um we have maintenance salaries. Um we are already paying out a capital outlay. um school safety. Uh I have that in there just because um long-term as we're doing upgrading cameras, we're updating um last year, you know, getting upgrades at the preschool and getting that uh secured. the gold operations and maintenance. That's the one where we spend around 300,000 a year just, you know, talking to Tim today, one of our milk refrigerators at the middle school. We're going to have to as much as we're spending on free on and trying to keep it running. >> Well, think it's been a problem for
088him. >> Well, I know that that's why Yeah, it's so anyway, but um we're at as of the end of February, we're at 200 about $238,000 in that line or in that area. And we have four more months to go and we're coming up on summer projects. cells. Um, the QSCB tech bond actually in this one I was looking uh but I'd already made print out so I didn't want to tear the page off and redo them all again. But there's about 60,000. This is the last year to pay off that uh 20 year 15 to 20 year where we borrowed against our capital outlay and we did some technology and we did some but we we get to pay that off. Um so that's why that's not out in the future. >> How much
089has that been every year? >> About 82,000. >> Okay. So that will be >> this year to I think it's the last year and I think it's about 56,000. >> Um um when I was looking at that I looked at the budget and I thought no there's about 56,000 since our last year but I didn't want to >> Yes. >> That was about at 5:00. >> Yeah. Yeah, this is fine. >> Anyway, parking lots, we spend about 25,000 a year. Uh just districtwide equipment. Um we spend about 50,000 a year just replacing old equipment, whether it's furniture, whether it's in kitchens, whether it's freezers, you know, that kind of whenever we purchase equipment. >> No technology in that room though, right? No, that's all up during the check line. And then preschool construction, you know,
090we just put in, we know like this year we were trying to hold off um but we finally had to order some um lunchroom tables that can fold up because that gym's used. So, we held off until um basketball season when people used that and we were just using tables and chairs and and so anyway, so we ordered enough to cover this year's, but so there's just equipment down the road we will have to as as the program grows and and furniture and stuff, but that's just um construction construction and equipment. >> And this is in addition to the startup the 20 startup >> that we had on the first page. >> The over overage. >> Yeah. >> That that's the 20 is just for like people that that's paid out of general operating. This
091is just for a capital outlay type things for the preschoolers. it continues to grow cuz it wasn't designed for three and four year olds. So everything in there is tall. It's needs to be so as the program grows grows that building will need some upgrades. So the the yellow is around $300,000 then for doing things that aren't on a list. Um, for example, we know that those original classrooms at some point the tiles going to need to be replaced. So things like that. Um, those windows are going to need those original single pane windows are going to So that's things moving forward that aren't repairing things that we currently have. Those are projects that we want to start knocking off the lace. um looking where we're at um with this year in June, it's really
092going to come down to with the addition of health insurance costs, how much of our custodial salaries we're going to have to move over to Capital LA to balance And so >> because the general is stressed, >> but even though we had new revenue this year, it didn't because when you look at this and and I know it's too early um because I know even in the Keystone report, we don't know what our special ed increase is going to be for next here, >> you know. So when you looked at this year with same thing, that's why we start plugging in. We don't know property insurance. We don't know those things. Um >> they're not going down. We do know that whatever we get. >> So we will know our property insurance around middle of
093May. They bring everybody to Witchah and then they share with everybody in our property insurance pools. >> I bet that's a fun day. >> Last year really wasn't bad because it only went up like $1,400 when it had been going up around 60,000. >> They had more districts join. they had better results on their investments. It was a combination. So they were able to according to that they said don't we don't know. So anyway, I just wanted to, you know, this is the month where we start filling in blanks as we're looking for the next year to be able to see, okay, what's family and can't we? >> Very good. Any questions? Yep. West High School 2627 course book update. >> We already talked about [laughter] you approved the course book and we had a
094couple additions that came around and I spoke that we were still going to bring something for math. Um and we got together and talked with the math curriculum team and um we're looking at what the issue we're running into is a math class for our students who started in geometry, took algebra 2, but decided they really weren't collegebound and we didn't really have a non-olbound class. Um, in the past we've been able to have them go ahead and take the college level class, but as a just a math or just a high school credit, Highland has moved more towards the um electronic version of their textbooks in Canvas as their um student information source. And if they don't enroll with them, then they aren't able to access Canvas or the uh online textbook. And we
095didn't want to force students to pay for a college class if they really weren't taking a college class. >> We also had some students who were finding that they'd completed algebra 2, but were not ready for that college algebra or the contemporary math that is now an option. And so we um talked about how do we fill that gap and we looked at um what the course might look like basically kind of some end of some algebra 2 and build into what a contemporary or college math might be to fill that gap along with some um real life relevant math that they may need whether they're going to college or going to the workforce or whatever their next step is. Um, we played with a lot of different names of what that might look like.
096You know, we could have maybe called it an intermediate algebra, but because we've already had an intermediate alge algebra, we were afraid people would just go, "Oh, that's what it is what it used to be and that's not what I want to take." So, we landed on algebra 3 um as our course name. And then we're looking at resources probably most likely going to be an algebra 2 book and then look at some life life skills. Um there's resources out there that we don't think we'll need to purchase a new textbook for, but we'd like to add that class to our math sequence to fill that gap. >> How many total math classes does that make that we offer? >> Oh gosh, I don't know. [laughter] >> Um quite a few. I mean, we have
097a great variety to meet all ends of the >> No, I appreciate you guys the scoping there. >> Yeah. Yep. >> Yeah. >> The other um hiccup we ran into is we submitted our um teaching and training pathway and um within that there was a class that we had to have on there that we misread. It was this one or this one. So, we had to lift them both. So, we would like to also put the lifespan development course in our course book. Um, it'll be probably a couple years before we have kids that are that far along the pathway to teach it, but we to for us to get pathway approval, we have to have that as a course offering. >> Do we have teachers that can teach that? >> Yeah. And that one's
098actually within our fax pathway. >> Okay. Um and then our third um change that we'd like, we found that within our course book, our anatomy and physiology, there's two different number zip codes for it and one ends with an F and one ends with an N maybe and we had the wrong letter at the end. So when the auditor looked at it, he's like, "Well, that's not funded." And so he didn't count it for us where we were counting it. So, we want to make that change and get that accurate so that we we don't get um dinged for that and we can count those kids that should be counted in CTE waitings. So, those are the three changes we're looking at. Um and would ask for your approval on tonight to add to the
099book. >> So, there uh have any questions? No. Get a motion to >> motion to accept >> recommended. There you go. The uh recommended algebra 3 lifespan development in the change of the course numbers for anatomy and physiology um in this in the 2026 2027 course book update for Jun West High School. >> Second favor. >> Thank you. >> Uh boys golf coach proposal. We have a and out here. >> Oh, you guys have you guys have all these. >> So, boys golf um talked with coach Law Horn and this is one of his biggest teams that he's had. Um right now is current has 22 athletes out and all those are junior or lower. So, that means next year all assuming all 22 return to be a potential for eight more freshman to join
100next be 30 total kids out for golf. Um, so he's asking for a third golf coach. Um, for one, practice ratio. Him and Larry do a really good job off the golf program. I think some of the more competitive ones in the state that we have. Um, it helps them really get technical in golf. It's a technical sport. Um, probably one of the most technical compared to track. Um, so it allows them to kind of have a better coaching ratio. So you kind of see put in there with 22 players and two coaches, it's 11 to1. 22 with three coaches, it's 7 to1. So it gives them time for more one-on-one swing analysis, immediate corrections during practice. more individ more individualized improvement plans, but also it just helps with supervision. Um, they kind of break
101their practice into three different sections. They utilize the driving range, the tripping and putting greens, and also different golf holes on the course itself. They're working on par threes, par fours, or drivings. Um, with only two coaches, it's a lot easier for some players to be out of sight. They can't all be at the driving range or the chipping putting green because it's just not big enough to facilitate 22 players. Um so his worry is that it's going to slow the response time in case there was an emergency. Um it's also going to provide less supervision for those who are new or inexperienced players um pull that up program. Um 22 players he's going to he kind of broke it down. He's probably going to have three different levels of playing varsity competitions, JB players,
102and then his developmental players. So we've got quite a few upper classmen who are brand new to golf who are trying out for the first time this year. Um, and he wants to devote time that those kids deserve to to be good at golf and learn a life skill. Um, so he's kind of broken it down to ways a third coach would help. He could have himself dedicated to his varsity. U, Larry be dedicated to the JV competition prep and then that third coach would be useful to help with those de developmental players. Um, that way that those players aren't falling behind. Um, it's going to lead to less players hopefully quitting and going to get more out for the sport and just more community support uh for his program. And then kind of the
103last point he made, um cost this year, if you kind of look at it this way, it's a wash. Um state tournament this year is in Topeka. Usually when they go to state, it involves about $1,500 to $3,000 in hotel stays. So with that, they're saving that kind of money they would have spent anyway. And that's kind of coaching salary is going to lie depending on experience. So for this year, if you look at it that way, it's kind of a wash in terms of the amount we're going to spend for hotels compared to um saving or spending on the golf pitch. How many um kids do they get to take as part of birth to like the different >> take six and the same? >> If you only take six players stage competition >>
104and how many did we do a season? >> How many meets do we uh think it's seven or eight? Not including state regionals and all that. So nine 10 if you include that >> seven or eight four and then probably >> Yeah, we're looking for more JB right now. Yeah, I think we've got four on our schedule. So we're trying to find three or four to get those kids to. >> So when you said eight will be joining next year is that they just >> No, I'm like if if we had a potential for eight to join because there's zero junior >> about 70 kids that are boys in that class. >> [laughter] >> Yeah, >> that could go for 60, [laughter] >> right? So that's his kind of worry is with zero seniors. It's
105just going to get bigger in this next year. >> And and so he's figuring a wash because in Topeka, >> yeah, state tournament, we're hosting regionals. So yeah, there's no travel for regionals this year. So >> Oh, nice. So it's not extra. It's >> Yeah. >> Instead of saving stuff. Oh, just write down my objections from last week. >> Noted. >> And they are committed to the support. I They wouldn't have asked if they really didn't believe this was needed for their program. >> Sure. And he's an educator. He's a teacher. >> Yeah. >> Anderson, I really appreciate the the last couple you presented. >> This is all there's work. He broke it down the everything we needed. So, >> well, very good. Um, would anybody like to make a motion on this? >> I'll
106make a motion to add or approve an additional coach for golf. >> Boys golf or boys golf. >> There' be an additional assistant. >> There' be additional uh assistant coach of lead, right? [clears throat] >> Assistant. Yes. Second assistant coach. >> There you go. >> That's what it is. >> A motion to approve a second assistant boys golf coach. >> Second favor. >> Five or five. [laughter] When you do when you throw >> hard. Okay. Math is hard. We know the number. student issues we have this year again. >> Yes. So we have a request um from Leslie add toend the approve and Leslie to attend the the national competition in Washington DC. I don't know if Leslie has anything she wants to add or if you have any questions but you you have her
107letter. So, >> so, um, Braxton actually ran her district president this year and he's been a district officer. And we have 12 schools that are a part of our district region. And so, he won the competition. He actually had the highest score out of everybody that competed. And, uh, so he's really excited. Um because of that the state requires all district presidents to attend nationals where they get special training that then the state advisor will use him to facilitate things like state leadership conference, district conferences, but also learning extra tools to come back and help lead that district team next year. So >> it'll be in Washington DC um July 5th through the 12th depending on what day and time he's required to be there to meet those recommendations by the state and then he
108will also help to lead the Kansas delegate um into a lot of their activities. We have state meetings there and so he actually is a part of that. He also gets to help be one of the people that carries the Kansas flag in during open ceremony and ending ceremony. So kind of an exciting thing for him. Very well preserved. So >> awesome. >> My only concern is that it would just be him and I. So what I'm asking also is what is your recommendation? Would you like me to take another student to house with him? Would he or would you prefer he tried to find another student from another school in our district that qualifies? Um would you like me to bring my spouse? I mean, this is a gray area we've never been in
109because we've always >> or we've had enough kids that it was not in question. So, I didn't know if there were concerns by the board. That's kind of why I'm here today. So, I'm glad you brought that because >> what is your preference? >> Yeah. Um, >> we'll get a reason for it. >> I talked with his mother for a while and I said, you know, what's your comfort zone? Because in the past, I've always tried to take one student with me when we went to district meetings if I had a male officer. >> Um, just for their reputation as well as my own, you know, um, and she said she was comfortable with it. I asked Braxton if she would want to go or if he would like to invite his dad to go.
110He said, "I prefer my dad, but we can't afford it." >> You know, the trip's going to be around $2,000 to go to ask one of the parents to also come up with that. That's a that's a lot of money. He did receive $100 from the state to attend and 500 from our district. So, he has 600 there. And he also has 600 that he himself has raised already. >> Yeah. >> I don't know how you I don't >> I honestly would defer to you and whatever you >> you're a pretty wellrespected member of our staff. I feel very comfortable. So >> I would say whatever your comfort level is unless you've got >> Yeah. Mr. Bartle and I had also visited because he's got a lot of girls on his team >> and that
111this might be something that he has to also consider >> in the future. >> Yeah. >> Um especially on his officer team. So >> I feel comfortable going with him. Um my hope is that the other district officer from one of our district teams will qualify as a star event competitor and they'll be looking for a roommate. and we can also split that hotel cost. So that's my goal. >> And if not someone at least from the district and we always get a double bedroom so that they both feel comfortable being in their own space. So >> yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. That's a good idea. >> Good. >> We support what you feel comfortable with. Absolutely. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Thank you. You're right. We need a motion on that. I [clears throat] motion
112to uh approve Leslie Abbott and Braxton Penry to attend the FCCLA National Leadership Conference in Washington DC this July. All in favor facilities, equipment and planning uh update on bond edition. >> Yeah, it's it's really kind of early to be okay. Here's >> I was gonna say I wish this meeting wasn't the next day, >> but we had to have it on the agenda in the event if it were to pass, there would have been things that did not pass. Um yeah, we we need to figure out once again different avenues on how to obtain data and and I mean it's going to have to be less this time. >> I think we good data. I think we need to go through and really start crossulous because I think we have a really good base,
113you know. Um there's a lot of things I know a few of us spoke previously on we could probably live with that or maybe do a grant or a fundraiser or something. Um maybe a match like what we talked about with with the track, you know, find maybe Chamber and Booster Puff can match on something to help, you know, anything. But I think that our our primary goal right now should be to go through and and see where we're at each of us collectively and then come together and see where we are. We know we're the community. I think we need the community to help us with that process. >> I agree. >> Oh, absolutely. But like for us individually, mindset wise. So when we start that community efforts again, we say this is where
114we feel we could correct this. Never. >> I do think we should look for it lower than ever. >> I do think we should look into doing a part. and reading and listening. I truly I think everyone up here listens to what people are saying. Although we don't respond, myself included to certain things being said, etc. I am 100% listening and I from what I gathered I feel like a lot of people would prefer a two-part bond that has one side focusing on those absolute needs and then post the second portion if those other wants or and it could be multiple part bonds but I do feel like we do need to figure out a better format Were there any versions to that this goound? I wasn't on the board yet, but I think I
115attended the meeting where HDK gal even mentioned it. >> But was there any decision on why we didn't go with like a two-parter? >> Not that we ever really said this is why we're not doing that. We just didn't. >> I don't ever remember us saying >> I do remember we talked about >> we talked about it, but I don't remember us saying let's not do that. I don't know where that fell out. >> Yeah. I don't know. I Yeah, I don't >> I think we can discuss it more. It wasn't discussed really as much previously. I think it's something that we >> have a lot of success. I think >> the the first time around on the bond issue 2020 whatever 2025 is I was following the election results. I think like Cloud County
116had three different bonds and and like Aaron said, they were like two million for this project and five million for this project and 8 million for this project and then you I mean you got all three of them out there. Maybe you get a couple, maybe you get one. >> Yeah. >> You know, right? >> Is it that way or is it progressive? Like this to get you this has to pass to get to the second one, then it has to pass to get to the third one. Um there it it's typically that you vote on question one. Question two doesn't count unless question one passes passes. >> Okay, that makes >> that that way it's prioritized. Now, you could throw it at you could you can write the language however you want, but if
117it's if it's the goal of the community to say, "Well, okay, but wait a minute, we didn't get infrastructure HVAC, but the but the track pass." It's like you typically write them to where number two is only good in the event number one. And then number three is all, you know, or >> you could say two or three doesn't matter. And maybe three passes and two doesn't, but number one has to pass before the others. >> So it's just however it's however you want. Or you can put all three of them. Just see if they're all equal of importance. You just let people decide which one was So you could write it however you want, but typically the second or third is contingent upon the first one. That way the highest prioritized ones that have
118to be done are in the first. You can write it however you want. But there have been, you're right, there have been some that put some choices out there. But you just want to make sure that if you have a high needs one, you want to put the other ones contingent that they only work if the high needs ones passes because if that doesn't pass, none of the other ones matter. Even though if they pass, but you can write it however you want. Do we since we just went through this process and we have all this um information and content readily available now that has been Yeah. >> Do we need to uh partner with like a group like HTK again or can we do it without them? statement. >> so HTK, they they make
119their money when the bond passes, >> correct? >> Um, >> so we've made it. Well, so we have we'll have like uh I can't remember how like $10,000, but to your thing is we wouldn't have to use them again for the stuff leading up to the vote because we I agree you have pretty much what you need. >> Yeah. But you might not have to go through interviewing for architects again. You might have, you know, you might just say, "Hey, you know, we still want to work with you in the event that we have questions, whatever, but they wouldn't have to do a lot of the pre >> vote stuff that that they've already done, >> right? still have access to that spreadsheet that they had pulled out when we voted on the scope like
120they were able to kind of pull off and put back on or is that something? >> Oh yeah, we >> we have those sheets too. >> Yeah. But it might be. So let's say you had a couple special meetings or you had a couple where people just came in and said, "Let's just really and now we need something for visuals. We need something you there there are things you might need an architect to be able to provide because we need a graphic designer. We need someone that can do scale drawings depending on what it is. So, it's not necessarily you'd have to um but if something came up, you know, you have someone in your hip pocket and I'm sure that they are going to be willing to do whatever you might need. It's just
121there are certain things. Um, for example, the bond advisor, um, um, Piper Jaffrey, they provide all of the, okay, they then get back with the county, what are the new numbers, what are the what are the assessed valuations, what are the home, they provide all of that at no charge because they then are part of the fee that they they get paid with bond proceeds. needs. >> If the bond were to pass, that's for our architects, construction managers, the bond advisors. >> I want to see a good breakdown too of 25 years versus 20 versus 15 versus 10. And I want to see what they have. >> And they will have to do that just like >> everybody to see that. Yeah. Everybody >> because I think there's a lot of misconceptions out there about
122a shorter bond. it it would be less kind of >> but it's confusing. I don't know that I have a great understanding of it and I >> well and here's and so like a bond advisor they would you know if the board were to say hey let let's get a committee community let's get a group let's come in they will always come in and sit down and go through >> the brass tax but they're the ones that can run the numbers like that I mean that's their world >> and they're gonna have to do it all over again because we just got to assess it. >> Yeah. >> Monday, >> every year they have to redo it. >> I think it'd be good to um the community meetings we had were were great and they
123were beneficial, but we couldn't share a lot of them online. And I don't know that I mean I know why we couldn't because of the difficult and the individual groups. But I think we had people fill out those big sheets of paper and things like that with their, you know, these are the things we think would be great. These are, you know, cause and concern, etc. I think taking pictures of those and posting those online um would on the website for again more transparency. I keep hearing um a mixture and it's only been a day. we're going to hear more but hearing well um my group or my table or I expressed that this is uh something that I feel is not important however a table across the room felt otherwise. So we need to
124give credence to everyone who gave input. So, I would like to share all that information as well since we I'm just trying to figure out ways we can share those smaller tables and the information they're providing so that everybody's fully aware of what we're basing our sharing on. I think we we rely too much on just social media and saying, "Hey, go to our website. All the information's out there." Well, like they pointed out, what did he say? About 50% he thought >> doesn't have access. So we're not reaching those people. >> Do we go and knock on doors? Like >> Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you know, we figure out that there's so many David if you do, David, if you don't scenarios. >> Well, this is where we need to get creative. >> Yeah.
125We have to get creative. >> If it's posters and hanging them along Main Street in a building, whatever we need to do, I don't want people to feel like they weren't heard. And I don't want people to feel like they're they're [clears throat] not valued. >> Yeah. Just finding that question. >> Well, we had one of our community meetings was about communication with the community and we asked those exact questions and I believe we were told newspaper, right? Help me if I'm wrong. >> handouts, mailers. >> Um, so we asked >> those questions a year ago. We got those answers a year ago. We thought we did it. Um, it's hard to hear that we are still hearing it wasn't enough. So, >> well, and it's hard too cuz we can't spend our money, right,
126>> on on the mailers, etc. the school funds. We can't. >> You can on mailers if it's just providing information. They're expensive. We can't on anything that says vote yes. >> You're right. Okay. >> It encourages them how to vote. Um so it's Yeah, it's one of those do you do? >> But it was on the news so many times. I think that's where I struggle the most is people have >> it comes down to everybody found out about it and they found out how high it was. >> Yes. >> Okay. So we need to start with it not being high, >> right? >> Yeah. >> That's where we need to start. >> And not just that, like Aaron said, let's make our own lesson for >> but prioritizing it as well, right? >> Because
127I think it's more helpful because they are us for guidance too and just say this is what we each came up with. We came together where do you think we could better it? You know, >> I think we need to come and I'm not saying a number, but a far smaller number. I'm just throwing it out 10 and go this is what we have to this is what we have to work. >> But how do we get to that number? >> I don't know. But we need >> this is honestly like we went from 20 to 17 and I get people's concerns especially or Yeah. And it went so >> how what is that number? I think that's what we need to learn too from the >> you have to realize too it's 10 million
128and I'm just using that >> but you have to take into consideration the amount of cost soft cost and fixed cost outside it's not $10 million going into our building >> you know outside of materials and labor you have all these other fees that we're paying HTK and then you hire a construction management at risk that's another potential 6% out of that So I mean the fees and stuff I think that's what you have to look at as well is how do you one what is the actual cost which HTK can probably help us get there a little bit but what are the fees included and I don't think we really talked about what that actually look like of the 17.5 million how much of that is going towards construction management at risk all the
129soft costs all the fixed cost regardless of of the the number it's not all based on just percentages there are fixed cost whether it's 10 million, 17 million, or 5 million. There's still those fixed costs that we have to pay in fees. So, I think we should better understand what does that actually look like so we can be transparent to the community of this is how much is going into the buildings. This is what our fees are going to cost us because I think that helps you realize like, okay, well, maybe we actually need 12 just based on the fees. What what is going to be the number that actually fixes all the things that we need to fix? And then what's the other additional cost that we're paying to architects, engineers, the construction management
130at risk? I don't think we really got into that a whole lot either. >> I realize we want to touch everybody and help every building, but what building really needs it the most that we need really dive into? I think it's, you know, hands down the middle school. We really need to focus on the middle school. Of course, it's at the point of it being condemned. Then where did we go? You know, so I know my reflection today was primarily like I went through it and I went through it and I read the comments and I went through it and I was like where where do we really need to hone in on and where can we I reach I mean we've got to get kids out of that ad building. There should you should
131not have kids walking. You know what I'm saying? Like things like that. I was just wrapping my head around that. not just as a parent, but just as a teacher being completely segregated and our bag building is horrible. You know, there's like little things like that. I mean, I'd love to touch every one of these schools. >> Um, I say we take the month and talk to constituents and listen and then next month >> we start making plans for community meetings and starting back up >> instead of just waiting until just listen and then next month we get to work. >> That's good. >> Yeah, I like that. And I welcome anybody. You are always welcome to call, text, find me down there for a reason, you know. It's like >> I'll be at a
132lot of baseball this fall or this spring person. [laughter] >> Well, and we have people out here that are willing to >> Yeah. >> I come I've already got some names in mind that I want to call. >> Okay. Um, I guess we'll just pick up where we left off. The the only thing is once again, we didn't want to rush this last one and we blended it to work. Had to work diary, but we're back here again. >> So, when I say I don't think we need to rush this, I mean, I don't I don't know where to rush this. >> Considered a rush. We've been working on it for two years. It's the number that we're not all coming together on. You know what I'm saying? Like all of this, it's only getting
133worse. That's my fear. But it is >> the middle school, >> honest to God, >> lose sleep over it. >> But I'm not I'm not losing I don't we can't lose three times. >> No, I totally agree. But we can't wait to >> Some of it's going to change because we have a HVAC unit on top of preschool. >> Exactly. >> That we've been holding off on. >> It's probably going to have to be replaced this summer. We're holding off because we could have used >> the bond >> because that was part of >> the bond. >> So some of that stuff is going to change a little bit. >> Sure. >> Cuz we had to replace the gates back unit last summer at the Boag building as it finally went out. So that you
134know some of it but I mean it's not a um >> the list is slowly getting smaller >> and then something else >> you know >> when you put that freezer >> looks just no cheap fixes where we are there just isn't everything is a lot of money especially when it's >> all right so let's take a moment everybody think about how we want to approach approach it. >> Yeah. >> I've got some ideas. >> Okay. Uh the next one in facilities is Ozaki facility space discussion. >> So with um Keystone building their new facility, their timeline is that they will move out in July. and they think they're still on that timeline, but whether it's July, August, September, um when they moved out, we now pick up a lot of extra square footage in
135that order. Um, so we're four or five months away from deciding or if it I think it's good to start having discussions then what is our plan for it. >> And when you say space, this is their office space. >> Yeah. All the office space. So when you walk in the front um you know when you turn the corner and go down the hallway, that's all preschool stuff. Um there from there. So they still use the um boardroom, you know, we can use it whenever we need, but they have offices in there. They have offices down the hall, the old band, all their administrative offices, that front room is their IT. So there is a lot of space that is going to be wide open. So, um I think it'd be good for the board
136to start thinking about what they would do. What's what's our plan for it? >> Especially if there's an office. >> Do we have a lease agreement with the bank right now for the district office? >> Um it Yeah, but the the bank is so nice. They're just like >> is it like a month a month thing at this point? You've done it for >> I think it's almost like a six month. they, you know, they've heard enough that they're just like, you know, we just love having you here while you're here. >> Mhm. Um, but I think it's about um and they don't charge us a lot. I mean, it's like uh what it adds up. It's like 12,000 like,00 a month somewhere somewhere in that. It's 11,200 a month. Oh, >> and and you
137show we're thinking or what we're thinking about discussing is um Amy Carlo, you pay the whole moving up there. >> Well, one option is we can save 12,000 a year. um when I'm at the bank and and it's not the most logistical good setup because we're all kind of around, but that's okay. Um you know, we make it work. The boardroom's not, you know, but we use it. Um, but I've got to get in a vehicle to go to every building. Not that people like having me walking around the building, but it's still logistically I got to get up, get in the vehicle, and to drive to four different facilities. If we moved board offices over there, now I only have to get in the vehicle to drive to the group. Uh, and it doesn't
138matter whether I drive one mile to three or I drive seven miles to three, I still got to get in a vehicle. >> Yeah. with the preschool there. You know, it's like today I'm on the phone and I come down the hall. I hear a kid having a crisis situation and I come around the corner and Doug Anderson's there, you know. So, having extra adults, especially one that's an administrator, adds value. >> Sure. >> Absolutely. And with them gone, putting four more adults back into there, one of them being then an administrator that adds administrative value. >> Um, and so there's just logistical benefits to having adults, >> especially in preschool. um to where if I'm at the bank, I'm not adding that value. >> So, there's that that's just one value to having adults
139there, especially >> uh an administrator. Um because if that's where I'm at the whole time, now I only need to go to three different places, >> right? Um, it also helps >> when the board I was going to say is there >> is seven miles away and we're trying and now >> walk over and talk to her. She might not like that very much. [laughter] >> It also can push off the point in time where at some point the preschool grows enough you're going to need a building. that can delay that because I can take on a lot of those roles that I don't add any of that value when I'm setting up the bank. >> Sure. >> So, yeah. >> I mean, there's advantages, disadvantages, >> and they're moving out this summer. >> They
140got to hang out with me more often. >> But we also have a nicer board office there than we do at the B. >> We could have board meetings there. We could have we could have board meetings in Meridan. get board meeting. Yeah, it just >> so there's you know if that that will be open space >> when do you own >> what's that >> when do we need to decide that when >> well it's just at some point if the question was ever posed well what is your plan for all that space when they move out what would be our answer so it's early enough to start a conversation about well what What do we want to do with that space? You know, >> those offices already set up four offices. So, it's not
141like we have to rent. >> What date do they leave? When is their >> their timeline if construction and everything to move out? >> Um, mid late July. They would like to be moved over there by the time the school start. Now, that all depends on construction. >> Yeah. So, if we were to, and just I'm just throwing this out there. I mean, we were to start the new school year over there, how long how long and how much renovation type stuff would it take to transition? >> Oh, you know, you know, they may they may still be there in August. >> Okay. It's it's like once they move everything out, you know, I was talking to Doug today. He's like, "Do you want that? Do you want that?" You just when you leave, we'll
142get a we'll get a roll off dumpster here and we'll pick through the things you like. and >> but >> you know it'll be a different setup because we have a different staff but you know it's a good time to scrub the carpet um put a new fresh paint you know just before you start hanging stuff up but I don't think it would take us much time >> um all of our furniture, the bathrooms. >> Maybe they'll make us a good deal or most of it. >> Yeah, we don't even need to have a time frame. We just have to have the plan. >> Yeah, we >> Well, let's Well, here's what I was thinking. Let's keep this on the agenda. every time to discuss >> just it's time to start thinking about when they
143move out what would the board like to do with all that vacant space and there's a lot I mean all those offices office space um but like John said you know if we're in no rush >> sure >> it's just to start the conversation about well what would we want to use all that space for um you know uh Amber Spice, our food service director because it's just the preschool and start up she spends most of her time there. Well, she's in that that well she could actually have a decent food service office. >> Yeah. So, but anyway, just we're five months away from them moving out. Wanted to start the conversation. Walk the board just start thinking about well, we own it. What would we want to do with it? That's just >> Yeah,
144I think I don't know what else you would do with this. >> No, I I I like it and it would help with West. I mean, West is back and forth quite there. >> Yeah, it would that be this important. >> It's the happiest building in the district. >> It is [laughter] the messiest >> that. But it would also help freeze it would free Wessa from having to be over there as much. >> Yeah. >> Which would be good. >> Thanks. Moving along. Uh we're in executive session. How long do you think you need? Um, which one do we want? >> We have we have we have first on the agenda. >> Um, okay. >> Probably Probably 30 minutes >> actually. >> Yeah, >> I know. 30 minutes. >> Mr. President, >> I move to
145enter exactly session. >> Yeah, I'm going to break for KS75-4319 for a period of 30 minutes at 850 p.m. to discuss personnel issues and non-elective personnel under coma exception, including Dr. new and squander and admin >> As needed. Yeah, >> we're picking them out in a minute. uh with the open meeting to resume in the boardroom at 9:20 p.m. >> Second. I >> mean, when you're gonna fire a board clerk, it takes time. I mean, the other thing we talked about, >> I think it was you, not me. >> This isn't like a snack one. It should be short. >> Okay. [clears throat] Well, this is a personel set up. >> Take the basket. >> This is personnel still. >> 10 minutes. >> 10. >> Yep. >> Mr. President, I move to enter executive session
146per KSA 754319 for a period of 10 minutes starting at 9:20 p.m. to discuss personnel issues and non-elected personnel under exception including Dr. new inspection. >> Thank you guys. >> Yes, >> Mr. President. and I move tanner executive session per KSA75-4319 for a period of 10 minutes at 9:30 p.m. to discuss personnel issues and non-elected personnel under coma exception with a with the open meeting to resume in the boardroom at 9:40 p.m. Second favor. >> You too have the Peppa blast back there too. Let's start with lunch. We'll have to go through each individual one, right? >> Okay. >> And say the name. >> I good. >> Yep. I motion to approve the assistant softball coach uh Jen Wellman for this current season. >> Second in >> favor. I'm on the no. >> Uh I
147motion to >> Hold on. Hold on. Were you a Okay. 61. >> Okay. I motion to approve the food service substitute L. foster uh for the middle school for the current school and forward. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> So, >> um and then do we need to do each individual one or >> for the extension? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> And if there's three names then one and we're probably going to have to do it individual. >> Do it individual. >> Okay. I motion to approve uh Brena Douly as the middle school principal or extend the contract for Brena Douly as middle school principal for >> it's what it is >> okay I don't >> we have a second >> favor seven >> I motion to approve Ronda Franks as a high school
148principal extending the contract for Rhonda Franks as a High school principal. >> Second. >> Two years. >> For two years. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> 61. >> I motion to approve West Sturgeon's contract as the elementary school and preschool principal or elementary school principal. Is it tied together? >> Yeah. Uh for two years. Yes. Second. All in favor 70. >> A motion to extend Superintendent Brad Newan Swanders for three years. [clears throat] >> All in favor? >> Okay. >> Oh, cold. Oh. Uh, a motion to apply. >> Wait, >> bottom. >> Thank you. >> That's a bottom motion. [laughter] >> I motion to extend the contract with Cole Bottom as the athletic director for two years. >> Second. All >> in favor? 70. >> Okay. So, now we got uh >> Oh gosh,
149we got another one. >> Yeah, we got negotiations executive session. How long do we need for that? [laughter] >> 15. >> 20. >> Half hour. >> Okay. >> Mr. President, I executive session per KSA75-4319 for a period of 30 minutes at 9:45 p.m. to discuss employer employee negotiations under the KOMA exception, including Dr. New ones wander with the open meeting to resume in the boardroom at 10:15. >> Yeah. >> Second. >> I know. I was going to say Yeah, >> I didn't sleep >> today. Sucks. For three days. >> I hate to stand. >> Sorry. I >> bet. >> Oh, yeah. >> I guess that's an important vote. >> I guess we don't need some council. >> We save that. >> Oh, yeah. 11:30. >> It's in my Oh, I got it right here. >>
150Yeah, Kelly, please. I'm on it. >> I've had it all on. >> I move the board ratify the 2025 2026 negotiated agreement. >> Second. in favor. >> There we go. >> I believe what we are left with is superintendent report. It's >> been in my Friday report. So, I didn't have anything else to add. >> My favorite. >> Okay, that's you big guy. Social media journey. Nothing. >> I turned it off. It was Friday. No.