001Welcome everybody. To the agenda like to modify the agenda to move 3.4 HR recommendations to executive session. I'll second. We have a motion by Christie moving 3.4 HR agenda after the executive session and seconded by Angie. Any further discussion? All those in favor? 5. Recognition of USD 331 retirees. All right. Well, so we did want to take a few minutes to recognize those folks that that have have given so much of their uh time and energy to the district and who are uh retiring and get to go off and uh and enjoy um a life that is not uh run by schools and and lesson plans and and all of those things. Um this might actually be a summer where you actually do get a summer off for maybe the first time probably in your
002entire career. Um, and so, uh, first up, uh, we'll recognize Heidi Howard, uh, principal from, uh, from Norwich. Come on up, T's. I'll say a little something. You don't necess and anyone else is welcome to to to say some things, but what I'll say about Heidi is it's been a great pleasure for me to work for the past four years. She's been a wonderful leader, someone who's taken on a ton of responsibility at home. She really cares about kids, cares about teachers, and cares about that community that's done. Um, it's a huge loss, I think, in most community lives in a principal like Heidi. Um, and but she's certainly a deserving. She said she will not ride right. Sorry. So, I will I will say on Heidi real quick that uh Heidi came to Norwich
003and bunch of you've already heard this story, but Heidi's first year of teaching at Norwich. She had a she had a little boy was in first grade that happened to be my son Corey and and they didn't know much about autism or we didn't. And she was fortunate enough to have a little Corey Turner and and uh man, what a ride that was. Nice. You know, I can't I can't imagine being a first year teacher and having to deal with somebody like him. Not that he was a bad kid, but just didn't know what we didn't know. So, 38 years later, he's a grown man and so Heidi was she was 12 when she started teaching. Well, a special place for Heidi in my heart. She She took Corey and all you wanted as a
004parent was somebody to you just wanted him to be treated normal and and Heidi did as much to do that as anybody ever did. So, thank you. And then we have Jesse Edco. Uh Jesse, long time English teacher um at Kingman High School. And what I will say about Jesse, again, I'd welcome any other comments. It's, you know, it's the one classroom you could always go in and know that there was this really set of high expectations and um and there was an expectation that kids were going to rise to an occasion. Um, and and I do think that if you talk to most students um who had the opportunity to be in Mr. Akott's class, they would say that they're better because of it. Um, I I'm probably in the moment they weren't feeling
005that. Uh, but I but I but I do think it is really just something so special to an impact on so many lives to push them to uh do great and wonderful thing and he will certainly be missed at at at King High School. Um, somebody else did actually the first car in the parking lot. If you don't know, Jesse got the ducks. And to my surprise, I bless his heart, he got both of mine this last year and um dealt with my plethora of emails. And then I opened up a closet door and there's like a stove and turns got that duck and I was like why you shut about? He's like I'm like what'd you do? And he's like I don't remember. I'm like you know it's a big thing to get a
006duck Mr. He's like yeah as long as he appreciate it. and Triel Rooster. Uh Sha uh business teacher and yearbook extraordinaire from from Norwich. Um again had a have had the privilege to work with TRA for the past uh four years. Um I would say much like uh Mr. Ecotock I think you know what Tria really represents is this level of high expectations for kids. pushing them to do things that I'm not sure they think they're capable of doing making sure they rise to that. Um, and again, I think it's hard for always hard for us as young people to appreciate when someone's pushing us. We're certainly later in life. We appreciate it a ton. I'm sure students do as well. I also had the great privilege of um traveling with Miss Brster. And um
007while her classroom persona is is is very businesslike, I can also tell you she is someone who really enjoys life and I think retirement is going to be really great for her. Although she's going to be dragging out one kid still in school that I know. So thanks for your service so much. Christy is at the door. Yes, she is at the door. Welcome. She is at the door. You got here just in time. Perfect timing. And of course, Christy Milford, English teacher, middle school, high school. Um, again, had the private four years. She loves uh attention and to be the superintendent, so she'll probably want to come up and give a speech. But uh but I what I will say about about about Christie is walking into her classroom, one of the things that's
008really clear is how much she cares about kids and to to feel valued and seen and and she's really a safe space for them. Um they uh you never know what you're going to hear in Miss Wilbert's classroom and I think that's great because that that tells you something. She works with middle schoolers that are unpredictable and um has done a great job supporting me. I certainly wish you the best. Enjoy your first summer off in a long time. One more time for the retirees. Susan's Susan also um leaving us retiring as a counselor. Wonder it's pretty special to watch her sleep with kids. There's gonna save the snow days with Annie now. I am Amy's gonna have to find another sing. I said you just live across the street. We can we can keep
009up the game. And she's Annie's probably gonna have to take over singing the retirement songs for others. You know, Susan was the writer of the of the So Long songs. And so she's a big certain Susan. I wish her all the best. Thank you guys again. So, we got we got quite a few minutes we're going to approve. We're going to do each one of them individually. Uh approval of the minutes from the regular meeting held on May 12th, 2025. Motion to approve 1.4. So, I have a motion by Christie, seconded by Angie. Any further discussion on 14? All those in favor 50 1.5 approval of minutes from the special meeting held on May 13, 2025 by Christie, seconded by Angie. Any further discussion? All those in favor? 1.6 approval of the minutes from special
010meeting held on May 14th, 2025. Motion to approve. Hey Then moved by Christie, seconded by Eric. Any further discussion on 1.6? All those in favor? 50 1.7 approval of minutes from special meeting held on May 15, 2025. Motion to approve 1.7. Second move by Christy, second by any further discussion. I think we got paid overtime for all these questions. All talk any uh all those in favor? My vote 1.8 approval of the minutes from the special meeting held on May 19th, 2025. To approve 1.8 second. Moved by Christie, seconded by Lisa to approve 1.8. Any further discussion? All those in favor 50 1.9 approval of minutes from the special meeting held on May 29th, 2025. Approve 1.9. I'll second. Move by Christie, seconded by Eric. Any further discussion? All those in favor 50 public comment
011consent items. Motion to approve consent items. Moved by Christie, seconded by Eric. Any further discussion on the consent items? I' like to be here today. I' like to do that. Did you hear that? I did. Thank you. That's it. All those in favor 50 communication item focus on learning. All building principles will be present to share some brief highlights from this school year and answer any questions. Whoever wants to start like get them both out of the way. There you go. Additionally, if you have questions about handbooks, this would be a great time to ask the principles. If you have questions about handbooks, if you have handbook questions, feel free to ask them at this time. I didn't warn you about that one. Well, I we had a great year, great successful year. Um, obviously
012we're always excited for summer and seeing all still the cars in the parking lot still makes me feel good that we still have kids being active and coming up to the school and we've got staff that are working hard and volunteering a lot of time. So, that's always still a positive thing. Um, over the summer last year, we did Ruthless Equity was our book study that we did as a staff. um answered questions and we met three times over Google Meets and just talked about it and how that relates to our building and our district. Um this summer we are reading the anxious generation. Um I read it over Christmas break and um it has a lot of great information in here and um a lot of research based. I think it'll really benefit our
013staff from reading it, learning it um as a staff member in education but also as parents or grandparents. And so we're excited. We're going to do the same thing. We're going to answer questions and then um meet three times over Google Meet. Um I do have a few extra copies. If you guys would like to circulate or share, just let me know. I've got some extra in my office. Um but excited to to read this over the summertime. Um we have Hannah Pierce and um hopefully our hire gets approved tonight for ELA uh starting new with us next year. Um we are losing we're still looking for a resource room teacher. Um so you guys know of anybody in special ed and would love to come um be part of our staff, we'd appreciate it
014because uh we really like to get that position filled, but still looking. Um positive vibes on that one. Um I don't know. I think that's kind of it for what we have going on in our building or what's um getting some carpet in some classrooms this summer. Not really a whole lot of remodeling or anything like that. So, pretty lowkey. Mr. Van Y has been working hard and I'll let him kind of share with what we've got going on down in the comments area of the RC gem that we're excited about. All right. So, since you guys all voted all those five votes he said, we're going to add one more unofficial unofficial unofficial. All right. So, we've been working on putting the screens on the windows of Barc. Okay. So, it'll kind of block
015the sunlight, but also be able to see it. Okay. So, we're working on that artwork. Okay. I like this. This will be on the windows, but here's your vote. So, the other on the doors, we're either looking at vertical lettering or horizontal lettering. The the logos up on top will be in era order. Okay? Okay. So, it'll be the oldest leading up to the current logo which will in the center and then the west, excuse me, the east windows. We'll start with the oldest again and work our way in your vote meeting. Right now, it's about 5050 one way or the other. Do you like the hor and I'll pass you and I'll talk your vote here in a little bit. Do you like the horizontal horizontal letter or the vertical lift? So, I'll keep
016going a little bit. Um, we just finished up spring spring sports. Um, has seven state qualifiers for track. Um, Brandon Price finished second high jump. Um, a 4x1 real life finished fourth with Martin. Um and then Martin finished 10 behind him seven state. Also we had state golfer state golf cor 17 state golf. So they said 78 78 day one 82 day two. So it's 160. It was a tough state track meet there. 47 records broken at that track meet. Yes, it's insane. They said it's probably the best track meet ever. Most competitive next time. So, um, also quickly, our Hall of Fame um, our Hall of Fame golf tournaments August 16th. Um, if you haven't the newspaper, Bob got a newspaper coming out. Marlin Gish 1949 grad will be going to our hall of
017fame and Scott Campbell 1999 gradual. Then our Eagle Classic Hall of Fame induction will be question. Yes. is where it maybe but we couldn't find it the there's like in the discipline matrix there's like I but we couldn't find the keyword like at the very end I didn't You know what I mean? Yeah. I think it corresponds with another Yeah. needs to be copied. Yeah. Yes, there is. So if we're going to approve it, we need it subject to it is in the Norwich. It would be exactly the same as Yeah, that just did get copied over a Yeah, that's confusing. Yeah, we need to get that in there. Well, we do put it in. put it in there so I can ask questions now later. We used to charge performance driving and we haven't
018done that. They haven't been charged but it's still $12. I didn't want to take it off because previously like within the last few years when they do have uniforms they haven't been using them. So if we we're looking at getting new ones and if we do then that might have to go back on if we if they have to are they supplied any supply I mean obviously not for that I don't know well I know we might not be here for that part I just wanted to Oh, he said go ahead. The locker thing I remember there's an option to opt out of locker. So remove that option. Walk me through. Middle school will not be allowed to opt out. High school can still check one out if they want. And is that for just
019organization purposes to limit All of the above. All bags will be in there. Everything. Just limit things going into the classroom, organization, all of it. It'll be it'll be a transition for about two weeks. We'll get it. Yeah. The only other question I have is on the tardy policy. So like if if I call in one of the twins, they ever slap your car broke down or something that's not excused even if the parent calls or that's always been the policy. Always been the policy. question one because it's vertical. Who wants nice probably easier to read? That's what I'm doing. horizontally a little more vis that's what I think you're making some letters so that you can kind of like someone it is and I can see like even just like family or that this
020would be easier overall and it just reads it quietly. Yeah. And I also want to add I forgot to that um AOS is staying with the co-op. He's one of our resource teachers. He's moving to actually for the vision impaired position and so is moving to his position at the high school. She was more she kind of at the co-op not really director level but higher than she's going back. She'll be kind of she'll be our building up there. I left her off. So I apologize for that. Enjoy your summer. Okay. Um All right. So, we ended our school year um celebrating lots of student successes. Um we took academics and attendance and behavioral into consideration when we did this and we were able to give um over 200 students an award at the end
021of the school year which was really fun. Um so just a few of those we gave out um top science reading and math scores at the end of the year. um we gave out most improved. So we looked at fall and we looked at spring testing scores and we gave um those to students in every single grade level, kindergarten through sixth grade. Um we did top performing classes as a whole. So we got our specialists teachers looped into this and they were able to pick um students and classes who um kind of followed our our goals of being respectful, responsible, safe, and kind throughout the school year. Um, and then one of our our big pushes this year was looking at attendance. And so we kind of had our 95% attendance goal. And um, I
022don't know if you remember months ago, we had a whole board up there in the hallway and track different grade levels that were hitting that 95% attendance mark. And so we looked at individual students um, at the end of the year and those students who um, were here 95% of the school year. And I think it was kind of surprising to a lot of teachers, but we gave um 149 students the certificate for being here for 95% of the school year. So that was pretty um pretty shocking and and awesome that we were able to give that many kids. Our um teachers are reading a book over the summer as well. We chose um the morning meeting. So this year um I kind of rolled out um morning meetings to start our day. those a
023way to kind of soft start in the day and then um build relationships um within our classroom. So um I created some slides to kind of guide teachers in that and then um we're going to read the book this summer and then they're able to kind of roll it out next year if um their new building leader chooses to to go that route. So um each of them was purchased a book and I was given I gave them some different opportunities um for book studies. they want to do it individually, if they want to do it in pairs, and then we even had an option for them to get some college credit if they wanted to over the summer with this book. Um, and um, what else? Let's see. Okay, all classroom positions are so
024exciting. We only have one, we have a co-op that still needs filled. We're looking for a resource room teacher as well. Um so our staff has worked really hard towards the end of the year and even beginning of the summer to um look at our our students on IEPs investigate those needs with three teachers that we do have and I think they have great plan in place but that way resource room position is still hosted for that teacher as well. Um and then I just want to tell everybody thank you. Um it was a really great year here. Uh Kingman will always hold a special place in my heart and it will be better sweet. Um, but I hope you all know that um, everyone here means a lot to me and um, I have
025to make this new for my family. So, um, I appreciate you all and to the admin team. I really appreciate the mentorship that you gave me um, through my first year as a principal because it was not easy. Um, but I've learned a lot and I look forward to taking all those lessons into my new building and have Thank you. Thank you. Congratulations. Thank you. I thought I might credit and I know I'd be crying at the beginning. Okay. Well, we too had a great end of the year at Norwich. Did um got to do all the traditional things that Norwich is known for doing. We got off we made it through graduation without any hitches. We um had our junior high awards ceremony. We had an academic achievement night for 9th through 12th graders.
026Our talent show, Lucy Shibly always hosts a talent show on the second to the last day of school. And talent is subjective. Anyone that wants to participate and we have all kinds of kids doing things from karate to singing to um poetry and gymnastics. I mean, you name it. So, the kids just really get to get up on the stage and shine however they want to and they absolutely love it. Um, so she does a fantastic job with that. Mrs. Warner hosted our um what we call our play day. It's like track and field day um where all the K5 kids participate. Middle school students help put that on. And so lot of lot of great fun, a lot of good times that day as well. Um let's see. Ross just sent me a little
027update here that I'm gonna relay that we had um we had one student Kyle Murphy who participated in the eightman all-star game this past Saturday and it was in Deote and so he says that he play he's typically our quarterback. He's been our quarterback. He played running back and safety as well as return kickoffs and he rarely came off the field. Um so that was that was pretty pretty cool as a main contributor to the West squad. Um, let's see what else I have here. Um, our building has been I mean although it's not busy five days a week, two days a week from 8 o'clock, our building is on fire still this summer. We've got kids coming in rack in the library and they have what they call kids camp every morning, Mondays and
028Wednesdays from 9 to well 9 to 11 and then the kids go straight to the school lunch program. So, we've got kids eating lunch um and busy there. Lots of good things going on, of course, all the sports activities. They're busy with all of those things. Um we do also, we didn't we don't have an organized um book study that we're doing as a staff, but we've got different different people want to do different things for their summer PD, but we do have a we do have one group of our intermediate teachers, our third, fourth, and fifth grade teachers, as well as our reading specialists that are also doing the anxious generation book. So, that'll be very interesting for them to go through. Um, pending your approvals tonight. I think we have all of our
029classified positions filled. Um, getting close to all of our supplementals and we just need some paras now. So, if anybody put the plug in for parasbody wants to come help us out and be a parah. Um, our cleaning staff has they've already been doing amazing things. Got our preschool already ready to go. got the the shop area ready to go, getting ready for carpet in four of our classrooms that we'll be putting in the summer. And so that is pretty much the gist. Did anybody have any questions about handbooks for the Norwitch handbook? And then I know did did we get the was the question resolved about the senior ballots? Are we um that was I was Yeah, I just want to Yeah. Okay. Okay. Okay. So then bottom line is I just want to
030say thanks. Um spent my first 13 years as a student at Kingdom School and the next 32 in education at Norwich School including surviving for each other who have been a blessing in my life and still is. Um I think this is a great place to be. I don't have anything I mean it's it's a great place to be. I can't wait to continue to watch on these flight lines and see the amazing things that continue to happen for our students in this district because the opportunities that they are able to get here um are unmatched and we're very lucky to have you all as a board to support you all as administrators to support our kids and I too want to thank you Mr. Hansford for being a guiding force and helping me really
031grow in everything that I have learned since you've been here. Um, thank you all advent staff for being not only colleagues but people I still will always consider friend. Um, and hope to continue to develop that relationship no matter what we're doing where we go. Thank you all for everything you guys have done for us and for me and you don't have to deal with me [Laughter] anymore. Thank you. Thank you. Did you want to hear? I didn't I had thought about you can do director and principal. I have do it all at once. I have front and back, but I talk fast and I'm old, so I have to use my glasses. um counselor updates. Kevin Hedrickk and I along with an interview team interviewed for Norwich and we are excited um about our
032candidates. So that will be a great addition. Also that will allow us to continue with kind of our college career counselor and how that position serves both communities. So um everybody's excited about that. The mental health leazison grant renewal application was due early this year. Normally we're doing it in the summer, but they added it to I think May, which was a super time for schools to try to get stuff done. But we got it in. Um it's just been a great a great blessing for our kids. I did get some updated numbers just to share with you. So 92 students were served this year, prek through 12, 36 of those at Norwich, 35 at Kingman Elementary, 21 at King Middle School. Most referrals came in the first 12 weeks of school. So that's just
033a little tidbit. we were able to follow up, make sure the intakes were scheduled even after school was over. And so we also have some kids that will start. So we're excited about that. We utilize four therapists and two case managers to serve all of those kids. And as far as we know at this point, all six of those individuals will be back. Um Lydia also helped 18 people complete care applications. So that's just another thing that she has some experience with which she's able to help people navigate that application and the benefits that so great food service summer lunch started last week. It's in full swing. Participation is great. Um our staff did an exceptional job this year collecting lunch fees. So you go back historically in the summer we have to write some
034fees off and and you'll see on Facebook a lot or I do schools where somebody comes in and pays off this massive lunch debt. We just don't have um our families pay our cashiers do a fabulous job getting money collected. Um we have had some donors occasionally that will will give a little bit of money but we are not sitting on a huge in case you ever wondered that. So record low bad debt. Um, we have great crews in all of our kitchens. So, numbers from last week. So, that would just be Monday through Thursday and Thursday they take Friday's lunch and breakfast too. We served 1,078 breakfast and 1,074 lunches at Kingman and we served 349 lunches and 301 breakfast. It's a busy place. Um, also along the food service line, um, we're doing
035a procurement audit, which we worked on today. Um, it's actually very basic. We only have to do a couple of things. So, um, that's always good when you get good news like that. Uh, virtual school this year, we had nine graduates. Seven were high school age, graduated early or on time, and two were adults. Adult credits are budgeted a little bit different. I know we've talked about high school before. So adult credits we get the year after. So once they earn the course, then in the following year we get reimbursed for them earning their credit. As of right now, we're going to claim about 21 and a half credits for we turn that in in Is that pretty typical? You know, it's pretty typical. I mean, I went back about a sixyear average. There's, you
036know, we've had some 15s, we've had some 32s, but it's very very we applied to our win announcements saying that it's renewed. Which one? We got We got an email today about literally before I just Yeah, it was approved. Yeah. Okay. They did. At first I was panicking because they started the email with we had all this these cuts and it didn't get you know I but you keep reading and it was basically new programs were not funded. So luckily we're already in there we're established and so we'll sign those forms of them tomorrow so we can get all the anything else. Thank you. uh got started on summer projects. Had a Oh, it went pretty good. Took a wall out down a classroom downstairs. It was pretty easy, wasn't it, Mike? Did most of
037it. Yeah. Also been doing a remodel for the new board office which is going on pretty good. So far I haven't had any AC problems on good. Other than that that's about it. You have this? Yeah. We got call. [Laughter] Thank you. Well, hopefully, as you notice, the custodian crews have got this done up here. The floors look really moved downstairs. I think they've got another week and they'll be headed up to the high school. I know Maria's been gone. I don't know how much progress they've made. We haven't spent a lot of time at Tips this summer yet, but I think they they're keeping up down there. Um, she's back, so they got a full crew. Um, I've been helping Doug mainly just a bunch of work down here. I don't know if you
038guys look see down here. He's out of the way. We'll start painting here pretty soon. Start moving stuff again, moving furniture point to point. So, um, from the safety perspective, um, you guys have, I think, in your agenda the the plan for the party emergency response. Um, spent some time working on that this fall. It's there for you guys to approve. If you read through it or not, I don't know. But what's going to happen is that that was it a Senate bill? I think a Senate bill um is making school districts have a cardiac emergency response plan and now we have to develop teams in each building. So administrators will get that plan and put those people in place and then train on that. Um and I think it all came about just to
039help survivability rates for cardiac emergencies outside the hospital. I think that's kind of what developed. So that's for you guys to adopt because we have to submit that to K85 in July. So we there's I've read through it. I have some questions like is this part of a policy or is this more intric depending on what lake it's supposed to be in that potential? I think we so we submitted it to who did you give it to at the hospital? Molly. She's who respond. Yeah. Karen looked at it. I'm not they said they were fine with it. So if you have some direction our TR crisis team is kind of we've lost a lot of people over the last year. We don't really have a structure. So I did most of this. We really plagiarized
040this from American Heart Association. It it is the American Heart Association. be filled in. So, something needs to happen. Now's the time to say it would be I will give you some feedback just I think there's some places where we can make it a little bit more detailed. Um and then I think there's some other stuff in there that doesn't necessarily need to be but I'm not going to tell you what to take out. Um but again just really defining not by name who that team is but who those people are um what their training is supposed to be. Um so that way in that eg situation we know everybody responding is up to date or has all the training that I'm assuming is going to be required but that CPR and the um kind
041of what that process looks like. Um I think just might make it a little bit more clear. that agree to do that. There is a 10page implementation guide to this plan. If not, that is the the preamble to the that actual this is what we have to submit to ADHD is the art, but there's a 10-page implementation guide association provides. It has a lot of training protocols and all those things, right? So, but that's why I'm asking policy or is it constructed of the policy? some of that probably some of that language will lead to this. But if it's more as like a work instruction like an internal document that we're using that's different. So that's why like here is the it is an income document. That's like I said this is the one when
042when you look on state websites this is what the state is recommending to schools to meet the the requirements of the cardiac emergency response legislation which is passed in. So when when does it have to be submitted by KDH? July 31st. July 31st. Are you sure it's not July 1st? That's what I was worried about. I think you put it on here because it's July about like how often is this reviewed with the team and like how often it's got it's got to be it's got to be practiced annually is the requirement. It has to have to be if it's a policy that should probably be that's required to be done but if it's not then maybe it's not required. So this says um so what the actual um it says the legislation says that
043the board of education beats King School District shall adopt a comprehensive cardiac emergency response plan including policies and procedures for cardiac emergency responses for each 10 center operated by the school district and that it will be submitted to Kh through email by July 31st and this is the plan that makes it work. So is that something that you can provide to Erica that can give some feedback? This is KDH's website. Yeah, I'm just talking about the guidelines. They said they have to meet the guidelines for the criteria. Yeah. just like some process and stuff. I think we are a step ahead. No, I think that's wonderful and everybody needs to have also making sure whoever's on this team is trained and comfortable enough to actually use them in that type of situation like that is
044really important. It does stated the administrators are part of that part of that process in terms of building the team the coaches anyone else that yeah that's what I was saying I would like to say I just make sure that that's included that's like part of the being honest and so we do have so passport policies last updated KS but it wasn't this is the that is the KSB policy related to the legislation so all this is a response to this is not us created this is the legislation requirement so KSB makes the recommendations to us their policy recommendation last July yeah so last July That was that's the KSD policy. There are no updates to that policy in this in this bill. So that's the policy that this is absolutely necessary. So we have
045time to table it and Erica provide some feedback and then bring it back to us next. Okay. You want to do that? make sure that yeah makes sense. Yeah. It has it has good structure. I just like I don't want to mess it right. No, you're good. Okay. Thank you. Y Thank you. started working on our buses. I got call I gave him a week vacation so anyway it's been going good things done pretty well. I know we're always talking about drivers here. Sounds like bus welding. A bus or a van? There like 12 kids. So it's can we only got 10 van? We could buy a small bus with 14 passengers, 15 with the driver, and you do not have to have seat. You're only 110,000. price just got pretty good. We don't have
046any immediate needs for new buses or anything coming up. Well, yeah, we could, but keep looking at or go back and build their 10 master for 70 $80,000 65 to $8,000. But we've been getting there and a few embarrass did have one complaint in Norwich. Uh I have a feral grandson that's five years old and he got on the bus. He goes, "What? No food thermos?" I don't know what he thought a bus was going to have, but that was his first time on a bus in the seat. We need food thermos. He told me that he didn't have any food thermos. So, thank you for everything. Thank you. Hello. It's been a good year. between Richard and I have been very responsive for tech needs. I felt like the school year went really well
047with student devices until we got to the last month and a half and and middle schoolers are very hard on laptops, but that goes without saying. I still think we can get two years out of the devices that they're using. We'll probably have to put some money into broken keyboards and things like that. Um, we did migrate at the beginning of the school year, migrated all the students over to the Canadian News team 331.com domain. Um, which student email is reflected in a lot of different curriculum systems that students access. So there's a lot of that. I felt like it went very well. I think just things quite an undertaking this way. And then we installed the Wi-Fi in this building. Um we're also this is a after dealing with this for the last couple
048years. I feel like our Wi-Fi security a few Mr. one mission at the school, but I feel like we have a good system now that allows us to we compartmentalized a lot of our Wi-Fi credentials. So, if we see something that's been breached, it's easy to shut it off and get new credentials out there. So, feel good about that. um smart displays were we've implemented some some new systems on smart displays that I feel like will get more mileage out of those that I'm happy with. Um also been working on the district office relocation moving internet uh delivery from downtown this building. Um I've already talked to IDEAT Tech. We're looking to do that sometime at the beginning of July. Um, and then we're also going to have some network infrastructure to move move some
049of that into this building and some other equipment at the King High School. And I don't anticipate a lot of downtime transition. Um, I also have uh been working this past week on getting network um all ready to go. Everything's good to go. Once we get the balls done, I can drop them down service map. Um, and then uh cumulative transition going to be happening here in a few weeks and I'm going to be helping to get all that stuff ready to go, but everything else needs to go. Angie's been a huge part of that. I'm hoping to plan to help her out as much as possible. Any questions? Thank you. Financial report Andy, I got several things to share tonight. Um, we did get our cyber insurance renewal from Strongs. U you know, I
050love talking insurance. So yeah, the our renewal didn't increase uh staying with million dollar premium and with our with the revenue quote unquote revenue that we get from state for the district that million falls in line with what the research says with the coverage should be. Uh so we're going to go ahead that policy to save us that money. Uh as Dennis said cumulative uh we're getting ready starting next Wednesday. They will take our Skyward student side down. We won't have access to anything on the student side Skyward for a week as they are building that new product and product for us. Then that following week we'll be able to get in as much things we got make sure they transfer over. to make sure everything that's been processed. We'll be glad to have that
051done so it won't be over. There's a lot that goes into getting that new product in place. Uh the fire marshal approved the board office renovations. That's been process started months ago. They had some change. So that officially came through putting in our secure doors and following fire which is a good thing. Davis fire systems uh they started work this week or last week today. So saw today so the estimate is that they will be able to finish by the time school starts they had all they were going to need. um the Kingman shop tool re-roofing project, the rain kind of pushed that back, but they were starting today uh from what I heard from CS. So, uh they they had some previous work they kind of did stages that building up uh of the
052the uh curbs. So, they got that done and then so should be getting that finished here this week. We will be attending the budget workshop next week in Hutchinson. There's going to be some updates. They're going to come through from a lot of things. I didn't say a lot of things. There's going to be some changes. We'll get that information ready to build a budget for next fiscal year. Um we're working on the spend down final order in hopefully we got it. We're still in the building. given they're okay on the last where we're at in terms of what we have left in our funds to spend down to the the general fund and supplemental zero. So we'll be working hopefully have that wrapped up here early again this year. We're going to be turning
053down orders say they're stop at some point so that we can get stuff finaliz in all in all seriousness we have we have to stop cross over fiscal year. So we have to put a date for single purchases that this day and That's all I have. Anybody have any questions? I think so. Thank you. Superintendent report. So, I will keep it short and sweet. First of all, I want to say um you know, if you take a look over there at at those guys along that wall, um this district, we would they get so much done here, you cannot possibly imagine the good fortune that we have to have those those guys. Um you know, Dennis is I've said it before, one of the best tech guys I've ever worked with in my entire career.
054Um and I've been in some big districts and that guy does things that those other people just could not. It'll be so responsive, so and it's been a real pleasure for me. Mike, I can give him almost anything. I also love that he does not let the ladies in the office push him around. He hold there and it's really great. Um, you know, Jerome, um, you never have to worry about transportation getting done. Um and uh it it's just it puts you at ease as a person at superintendent spot to know that buses are going to be running on time and they're going to get there. He's safe. Um just can't say enough about it. And then he does a million other things on top of that to help out just fantastic. And of course
055Doug, I don't know that you can find somebody with the skills that Doug has. I mean literally he can fix almost anything. Um it is incredible. The problem is there's only one for but I got to tell you guys I would appreciate more of his gra and I appreciate you. You always make make us look good. I do appreciate that. And of course the principles of my great pleasure but the ones that are here tonight of course Bill Kelly and Sammy Clark who aren't here but just wonderful people I've had the great pleasure to work with Amy and Andy. Um really I don't know how we get anything literally you can give them anything in no time. When I asked Andy to consider taking over for finance and facilities, he was not excited. Um but
056uh but he did it and he's taken that on um and and uh and and really does such a great job and has learned to really love insurance and I appreciate I I really appreciate that. Um and um the ladies in the office and of course D and I I talked to them today you know Diana is one of the most detail oriented people I've ever met in my whole life and we joke a lot but but uh she um you never have to worry about things being done and done right and I certainly appreciate her so much and the rest of those ladies down there you just you can't imagine the quality and skill and just wonderful people that I had the opportunity to work with past years. So teachers and everybody else it's
057been a great pleasure. This is my last board meeting last superintendent. you know, there are several here at the table that that hired me and you know, it's a good chance that we have a lot of experience and you know, I certainly hope that some good things here, but I'll certainly take some good things with a great pleasure certainly. Thank you. I don't I did want to take a minute and thank Kevin for the last four years. He came into a board that had five freshly new people coming off a really rough first year of our term in the board. Um some big staffing changes. We went from u a K6 and a 712 principal in Norwich to a K12. Um, bless's heart, that's a really hard position to uh to fill. Um, moving Andy
058up was we I think as a board we have truly appreciated all the the work Andy's done from the finance perspective of educating us and making things a lot more transparent than maybe they were. Not that they weren't, but even more transparency is always better. That was led by you. um hiring Jenny at the high school has been it's been a huge blessing to community, all the students, the staff, us um and some other things I wanted to highlight for the public and and unfortunately I Eric and I spoke about this. We think we've done the district a disservice and maybe k going forward maybe some more cadence of a quarterly something that's given to the public so they see that there's there's more to it than just us winning football games and basketball games
059and volleyball games that there's really some good stuff happening like our staff most of our staff I believe almost all that are that have been here at least maybe not this current year they've all had RTI PLC literacy training they have made um what do they call that uh priority standards have been establish established and that's what they teach to that they've really focused on instructional practices and new resources and we've added the mental health leaison and all these things have been transformative this district and that's a huge part thanks to you so and he's put up with my crap for years and sometimes I know that is not I hope I'm sure when my phone rings he's phone like oh my god what is she want it's not always been easy I know that
060I I know for Diana's. They'll go on the finance stuff with me and some other things. But I I truly appreciate it was hiring a new superintendent was that's scary to do it. A fantastic job. Thank you. Think you've set us up for future success. Visiting with you. I think I think K's going to step into something, you know, he's gonna he's going to get the fruit labor. I think not that he doesn't have his own things he has to take care of. You know, you took us in that direction I think wanted us to go. So, thank you. Uh I don't know that I call you for recommendations on barbecue. I text him. I text him and go, "Hey, where's a good barbecue place?" He sent me a picture of some place called LC.
061It looked like it was a laundromat. I'm like, "No." So, just drive there. Don't look around. Don't look around. That's what he said. Get there and get out. Yeah. He's feel he's fielded a lot. You know, he's he's had to deal with a lot of things, emotional things. There's been some tragedies in our schools and and and his life right when he came here and it's been hard for him. Uh but I've appreciated working with him. Sorry, some of my texts are the way they are. It's just the way it is. So buckle up about cleaning about the forecast works in the text. So anyway, thank you for all you've done. Done done a great job. We're truly going to miss you, but thank you for setting us up. Success. Good luck. Good luck. I
062appreciate it. Yeah, Terry's done a great job. I know she she's going to be best, but I know all the all the girls just like her. She just they think she's just about it. She's she's serving a huge change. I know Shann will be happy they never have to clean again. Really? Yeah. For the last time got out. All right. Discussion items. Discussion on school fees for 2025 26 school years. some of the athletic fees. Thank you guys. Thank you. Is that I mean that to help counter I just I think a families with multiple kids mine included that when it caps out at 50 that's kind of nice because it's that was my question what's what's driving what's driving. No, but it says here it says they're suggesting change for every sport. So like
063just a couple years ago, we actually just sent the C. Correct. I mean, we were the so now we're too. So I'm just curious what's behind. Well, to be honest and and probably they may speak to it as well, but rising costs and lower funding, right? So with as you have as you lose as your enrollment compliance you you lose that you lose that money and so and it is becoming more and more expensive to maintain those those athletic programs those activities and so it and it really doesn't even begin to scrush the surface of what the actual cost is. Um but I think that was something to think about did you want to say anything did you want to say anything about that? settings. I feel like that was the conversation, right? conversation had
064and also I mean three sports there are three fees I mean to the cost of all three sports are just because you play two sports third we have coaches we have equipment we have necessary that's the reason that I think make it like said we're not only making up all this possibility, you know, so taking general, you know, to take care of the rest. So it's it is a it is to kind of help because helmets are going up, you know, officials are going up, kids, tour turns, all those things. just the overall price everything just like everything else I think when we also looked at reducing the how much it cost to pay a place making it a cap of 50 I mean it was that that's a huge dip into large involvement I
065mean really to the activities of getting it to be $54 you know and now it's high. Plus, you can play three. You know, people only have to pay for two. It's just it's just a lot. Do we have an estimate of how much we don't over00 What's more in the spring that's being split between the two? So it wouldn't be split in that situation for our overall intent is just to reduce the burden because they are paying for the sport. They're also paying for the shirt. They're paying for this. Like it isn't just the sport fees the parent is paying for. all the additional fees in addition to the support fee. I think that we were trying to be more chances of that. Just incarcerating popular issue of that cost notes. So like forensics and
066then things like that are not on their and I know that they reap some of the benefits from the income that the athletics get. Um we share the cost or is that part of the student activity via $24? So, so I think it's important to clarify there is no athletic income. Okay. So, it it athletics bring in money but they cost they they don't cover even a small portion of what it costs to to host that activity, right? So, while yes, so a lot of times we talk about we that money well that money all goes into a pool and then we spend it right out of the gates. So, uh, there really is no income. Again, any little amount of money we add in is just reducing the amount we really saving us. It's
067just allowing us to keep some of that general fun money back in the building. That's all this is just so there's no there rel to any activity they all cost. So student activities what does that all student activity covers? Yeah it goes um there's divided. It goes to LYM which is a student activities account where we use money to pay for you know activities we do in the building or fun things that we do or bring somebody in to speak. Yeah. Some of it does activities. Okay. So that's not something that's specific something. Okay. I totally get it. Everything's going up. And so then do you I'm trying to find I mean is it even worth 36 so high so out But I guess I felt like we went from one extreme. I'm not asking
068for that to be just that would be for someone Right. Only if I was just gonna say that. So the majority of people would be I mean and the flip side is it's not like if Trent plays football and says he's going to play basketball, I don't have to pay basketball until right before it starts, right? Because if he decides I'm not playing then. So I mean at least you could spread out the fee but you know I mean there's you got tape but it's charged across the board to home school take pass everybody all that all that's all the way right and we do have a fund um that some donors contribute to that's used for if we have kids that want to do activities we can use them or they need crack spikes
069or they need a physical that ceil and they continue to raise money every year. We'd want to make sure we get that I'm just wondering I'm guessing they're hiding a little different. It's not the athletic s income is like you're saying doesn't keep up the cost but a home football game generates about eight or 9,000. So it's a little bit different churches action discussion then 6.6 seeking approval for the proposed school fee changes. So these are discussion items and that okay and then that and what you're professing down what's industrial intro to industrial tech. I'm just curious intro to industrial tech is the class that students take that um they have a project that we are always trying to cut them down to pay for before they can take it home. So that is why
070that's just $35 we pay up front and then we don't have to try to and we're not charging for auto anymore out there was never a fee that auto on that one. Yeah. 5.2 discussion on discontinuing YouTube streaming video uh of board meetings. So I asked for that to be on there. I this was it served I believe it served its purpose during COVID and it it is a nice feature to have just in case something were to happen and we need to do a quick special meeting that we can't all gather to do. But I'm a a very strong opinion that if you want to know what's going on in this district and you want to hear a board meeting and you want to and if you you need to come you need to
071come to the meeting like we used to and I show up in person hear what's going on firsthand. Just my opinion. I think there's a bill that's possibly going to go through legislation that could muddy the waters if we don't stop streaming. Um Kevin I think that the appropriate way to state that mean that if you stream board meetings you should also stream any subcommittee meeting or any sub meeting of the board. So if you have a facilities being sensation like um I would say that the larger discussion about that folks are still streaming in stop for that doesn't mean you won't be able to view the the archived video archive video of this watch. So you wouldn't have to attend in person. We just would not live streamed. You could look at it once
072the video was archived. Okay. So they can still go see it. You would still be able to look at it in an archive. It would not be live stream. It only applies to live streaming. Live you have to live. Does that change our ability to join as well? No, you can still participate. It would not be open for the public. That's not allowed. It would just be a virtual. Yes. And so there would still be the archive of the meeting. It just wouldn't be. So that's the problem is live streaming, not the video. It's the live streaming. So sub committees don't have So that'll be on an action item on 6.4. Then go over next discussion items. KB policy updates 2025 June word red line all one. This is ser first reading of proposed policy
073changes. Final acts will be taken at the July meeting. Just right into consideration. Again the red light copy shows what originally what you like that. That was I think I did too. It's easy to follow and the new and so um so that's what you have there. So, so ask questions from now until then basically riveting reading something in July and not directly from KS taking legislation as it session. Now that first one is still action item 6.1 seeking approval for the cardiac emergency response plan table it correct agree that yes table seeking approval for DCS services to manage a USD 331 district office remodel services that's part of that's what I'm wondering it is yes That's the address. Okay. Um the things that are not the dumpsters building demolition plane I know that they're
074working on it doing that in house. What is the additional cost that Diana could pull out the specific expenses with model but it will I don't know what it is at this point. Well, it's in process. It would just be that only the new air conditioning is part of the existing air conditioning. was not that was on. Um so we're moving I think two units moving two of the units around that are operational at least two and then there is one new unit that has to be added to air conditioning otherwise the doors be closed there be no air circulation. So we're essentially using that as the general contract. Is that what the deal is? Okay. Yes. Yes. That's what they sort of I mean your purchases that you're looking at that Doug and Mike
075are going down versus she the electrical outlets. Uh Dennis will be doing table drops demolition which you saw was taken out that was taken out of there. We'll be doing the painting purchase the paint. Well, everything everything else has been reduced down to BCS be putting up the secure entrances that we put up walls two offices that we finish in the uh that that wall coming down to that and shuts it off back behind the front doors. Redeck repurposing the front entrance so that it's an office. office. So everything else Doug and Mike and that's kind of what we talked about. We we took cost out BCS that original was the original bid a lot of work they picked up a lot of the slack on the field. Yeah. So question is like hardware ex
076Yeah. There'll be a there'll be a badge interest bad basically just like you have correct yeah we we have the safe and secure grant well you know that will be used majority of the funds for the doors that's we haven't spent this year kind of anticipating we would have some expenses that we could use that security for so there'll additional 12,000 we pay for we have to match those funds to be additional. You said it'll be under. I know we've already agreed on that, but like are we talking like right at 50? Are we talking like probably that's going to crowd it probably and I haven't seen a lot of this project. Yeah. Right. So you can do it in house. Credit,000 paint or it's gonna cost. No way. Yeah. Yeah. From the original bid,000.
077Go ahead. I I believe we're managing it as we can sometime. Yeah, it's been it's been a while. It's been it's been back way back. Yeah. Have they given us an estimated completion date for their I don't think they Well, it's because it'll vary, you know, vary when they do. Uh like the control the the hallways we can depending on who they can get in. That may happen right at the end of July, beginning of August. Um you know, but then we don't we don't have any kids in the building at that point yet. So, we have some flexibility on that side. So well by the time school fun it's just attached to it doesn't have finished start moved by Christie. Seconded by Angie to approve DCS services to manage USD 331 district office remodel.
078Further discussion. All in favor? 60 seeking approval for the radio tower lease agreement between Keenan County and USD 331 for district communication Christie moved by Christie seconded by Erica. Any further discussion on the radio lease agreement? All those in favor? 60 consideration to approve discontinuing live streaming USD 331 BOE meetings. Motion to discontinue live stream meeting board of education. Second. Moved by Christie, seconded by Erica. Any further discussion? All those in favor? 60. Consideration to approve the resolution for end ofear spending. Do this every year. resolution as presented. Moved by Christie, seconded by Angie. Any further discussion? All those in favor? 60. Seeking approval for proposed school fee changes for the 202526 school year. To approve fee changes for 2526. Second. Moved by Christie, seconded by Edge. Any further discussion on the fees? All those
079in favor? 60 consideration to approve proposed Norwich handbook changes for school year 2526. Second and moved by Christy, seconded by Lisa Chain to approve Norwich. Any further discussion? All those right in there. Well, once we approve it, it's just formatting if it changes the actual content of it. But if it's just like there should be a space, we can always make those changes. Yes, that communication all same thing with the kingdom. as long that was just Yep. And also I noticed on the Kingman they didn't just left the king that's because school kids go to class overight. Um I can see took office. Any further discussion? All those in favor? 60. Consideration to approve proposed KMHS handbook changes for school year 2526 handbook changes and with subjects of the addition of what we call it
080what action discipline matrix violation is what it It's like been moved by Christie, seconded by Lisa. Good on that. All those in favor 60 consideration to approve proposed KES handbook changes for school year 256. I do have a note on this one. It does talk about school nurse. We need to change that or whatever. It should be. Yes. I I thought it did too. Oh, maybe I have policy. Yes. So anywhere references nurse will change it to approve changes subject to changes of school nurse to health. I'll second been moved by Chris be seconded by Angie. Uh subject change nurse to nurse aid. That all we got to do what? That's okay. I appreciate appreciate Any further discussion on KS? All those in favor? 6. Consideration to approve proposed virtual eagle handbook changes for school
081year 2526. Motion to approve virtual eagle handbook 256. Moved by Christy, seconded by Eric. Any further discussion? All those in favor? 60 gifts and grants. None. Second session. Well, I got to go back to Oh, I got it. You got it. Yep. I move this board meet in executive session to discuss personal issues pursuant to the non-elected personnel exception under coma. I propose we invite the superintendent and the incoming superintendent returning to regular session in five minutes without a break. I got this like five minutes. What are you going to do in five minutes? Nothing. Not what we have to extend 10. Be prepared. No matter what you Erica will shame you. Seconded by Angie. Yes. Five minutes. So it's going to come back to regular session without a break at keep talking. 637. 6:37.
082We're in executive session. I'm going to be back out of executive session back into regular session going to uh other items 3.4 Four HR agenda or recommendations. Motion to approve HR. Second. Been moved by Christy, seconded by Angie to approve the HR agenda. Any further discussion? All those in favor? 60. Nothing else come before the board. The next regular meeting will be July 14th at the district office at 5:00. getting next. You're not gonna be