USD 331 March Board Meeting

001for e e e I need a six six we're going to call the meeting to order Dennis said we're on welcome everybody Welcome all those online adoption of the agenda what adoption of the agenda um I need to make a motion to add like a 4.2a for the mental health update from Susan Bowen otherwise adopt motion to adopt thank you move by chrisy second and by Erica any further discussion on the agenda moving 4.2 or adding 4.2 with Susan bow and mental health update all those in favor 60 approval of the minutes from the regular meeting held on February 10th 2025 I saw that Jamie Tilton wasn't added as one of the administration in attend so I don't know if we need to add her or not she was there yeah all I have to

002do legally I'm required to do board members I don't have to but I can change it if you want change I just wasn't sure so everybody else okay yeah moved by Christie seconded by Lisa to approve the minutes from the February 10th meeting any further discussion on that all those in favor 60 public comment anybody Diana no items I had one question about right thinker the pilot program I just wondered what that was bright thinker so it is um so it's a so it's a online program in the past we've used um it was a genuity went to imagine learning we were using that as um as one of the options so we have an opportunity to Pilot Bri thinker I think for two years we're going to use that for our adult education program

003it's more self-paced than what we have right now um they use that in in several alternative schools so uh Amy did a meeting with them so we're going to Pilot that I think we I think that's a twoe do we have it for two years Diana is that yes report it allows them to work more asynchronously than the one that we have right now and then the radi links transmitter was that for the radio tire that we had talked about previously no okay I didn't know if that had to yeah we're still in the process motion to approve items move by Christie seconded by Andie any further discuss discussion on the consent items all those in favor communication items focus on learning Kingman Middle High School thanks for letting us come in this evening I'm

004Andrea wood I am the teacher or the col specialist for jobs for America's graduates and wanted to come in with a few of my students to share a few things with you um every year we have competitive events that the students participate in and one of them um is prepared speaking and so they all have great speeches to share with you they gave them to me and I just really thought that other people should hear what they had to say um a couple weeks ago we did go to a regional um Jag event where we the kids competed against students from well our region is Kingman clear to Pittsburgh Emporia Hutch uh berer um kids from all those schools plus coffee bille everywhere 26 schools I believe came come together and we were Independence two

005weeks ago and they um uh performed there so I had um they couldn't be here tonight but brenley free um competed in um employability skills and so she did a resume cover letter and an interview and she actually plays third and so she will be competing on Wednesday at State Jag um in witw and then um brayy Padilla she placed fifth in the prepared speaking event and then I had Kaden and a few other kids competed in a creative decision- making so it was a they gave him a topic in 30 minutes to prep and to give a presentation about actually some things to do in your hometown or promoting your hometown basically just what makes your hometown different than every other so it was an impromptu type of event they did they did well

006didn't Place top six but they had fun and learned a lot and then so um I'll just introduce I'll have Kaden come up first and share his experience with Jag and I'll go through good afternoon everybody as you know my name is kayen f and I'd like to tell you a little bit about Jag today so um Jag for me I first got into Jag through um I was taking a weights class but then I injured I injured my spinal cord so I had to stop taking weights it was either I go into a computer coding class or Jack and I was like all right let's try Jack I am very happy I made that decision to join Jag because it has opened so many for me and I've had a instructor who's helped me

007walk through life and just she this is probably the best instructor I ever could ask for wow a lot of time together but after high school um my original plan was to join either the Marine Corps or become an infantryman in the military and as that kind of got closer I was kind of second guing my decision because my family really didn't support it I started doing more research and it's just not what I wanted to do so I really didn't want to go to college I just wanted to go home and farm and just live in my little place and not be bothered but Miss Wood pointed me towards uh what was that Junior day that I went to that I like went to it was Barton junr day and that just made me

008realize like maybe college is for me I'm G cry so I started looking around for uh what I was looking for was a diesel tech or heav iny operation and I found booy so I went and visited booy absolutely loved it so now I am a I'm fully committed to going to booy and I have hopefully my life is planned out from there and thanks to Jag that just really helped me put my foot in the door and I also met a lot of people in fact that's also how I've originally I was only in FFA but to be honest Jag's a better Club so I'm changure yeah um but basically my message is is That Jag is a wonderful club and it should be maintained within the school I it would be sad to

009see it go that is all so are you a junior uh senior sir senior so you are a senior good okay thanks thank you so Mackenzie shifer she is a senior in been in for three years I would like to share how J has helped me prepared for my future the Jag program has influenced me to carry out to the best of my ability and I'd like to share how everyone has to start somewhere and how the jagk program applies to my life and has helped me become closer to living my dream career Jag helped me with Community engagement personal growth and career planning when I graduate high school I want to start my prerequisite classes at WC Tech and then start a two-year College course program as a Vette Tech and then potentially continue

010my education further afterward being a member of Jag has given me the opportunity to volunteering in the community by gaining experience in different job fields for example I went to volunteer at the Humane Society and it helped me gain important experience with animals and their behavior in addition Jack has helped me with gaining or sorry with helping me with meeting new people and working together with others on different group projects and different competition events ja has also helped me with my personal growth by helping me improve my attitude and self motivation to get things completed being a member of Jack for three years and an officer for two years has made me more Vigilant and successful as a member I have learned how to use my time efficiently the position of a Jag officer has

011helped me become a positive role model for other people and strive for the best for myself and I believe that joining Jag has drastically improved my school ethic and determination to get things completed and to have good grades becoming a member and officer in Jag has helped me with my connections in school I feel like I more involved in the community and being able to take time out of my day has helped others and to support the local community has made me feel like an overall better person with the help of Jag career planning has become more easier throughout my years of high school before joining Jag my sophomore year I had little knowledge of colleges and continuing my education After High School with the opportunity to visit and two or different colleges each year

012has better helped me learn more about college and what each one specifically offers Jack has also provided me with the opportunity to attend career Affairs which has helped shape my decision for what my major will be in college being a member of Jag I believe that planning career planning has become easier to do an example of this is volunteering at Human Society having the opportunity to walk dogs and have hands-on experience with animals has furthered my desire to become a vetch without Jag I would not have known about these opportunities the opportunities as an officer in Jag has been very beneficial to me because of my social connections I made with people inside and outside of the community an example of this is visiting the capital in TOA in the past years during the visit

013I met few local and state representatives from different districts and Jag there are a lot of opportunities to connect with new people and make new friends at the state capital Ina Kansas for Jag K day a bunch of different schools met up and got together to tour the capital overall I believe that J K is a great program to help you become more involved and confident in your life even if you're not there yet you must start somewhere and I believe that Jag is a good way to start this journey being in Jag has Help Me Grow personally and without Jag I wouldn't be the person I am today thank you thank you um competitive events the prepared speaking everybody had the same topic so um and actually through the state and nationally too so

014how his job America's graduates help me prepare for the future um just of it anyway so okay so now I have Courtney you like to come up so Courtney is Courtney shifer is a freshman in Jag so she has a little bit different perspective of the program but I thought it would be good to help her share if you are wondering whether Jag K is right for you I highly recommend giving a try I've been a part of Jag k for almost one year now and I can confidently say it has been a game changer and helping me prepare for the future whether it's building personal skills or preparing for college or planning a career Jack K offers so many resources that make all the difference Jack K also offers many opportunities for career preparation

015community service and personal growth let me know let me tell you how one of the key ways Jag can help students through career preparation for instance every year we attend a career fair when colleges like in Foria State Barton Pratt Community College and WSU set of boost these fairs often offer a chance to learn about different career paths explore education opportunities and insights for Professionals in various Fields I personally learned so much about jobs I never even knew existed and I got to speak with people who shared their real world experiences ja K is also a great way to get involved with community service we participate in projects that allow us to get back to the community while learning teamwork leadership and social responsibility skills that will help us in the future no no matter

016what career path we choose additionally Dr K provides a structured environment to think about your future this program helps students like me set goals and make plans that lead us to success After High School another major benefit to Jag K it looks fantastic on your resume being a part of the program shows that you are dedicated to your education future career and making positive impact it sets you apart from other candidates when applying for jobs or colleges in conclusion J K is more than just a program it is stepping it is a stepping stone into a brighter future whether you are looking to gain career skills get back to the community or simply plan for the future ja K is here to help you succeed don't hesitate to give it a try okay and now

017I have Madison Smith so Madison has had I need opportunity for this last year she has been a regional officer in Jag um as our regional parliamentarian so um last year at Regional um our competitive events she gave a speech and ran for the office and then she also ran again so she gave not this particular talk but a similar one in front of 200 kids something like that so very proud of her so she is a parliamentarian again this year um so but she also has her prepared speaking so before I get started I was want to say that these folks really summed up like everything I wanted to say but obviously I didn't put in the speech because they're they're amazing but take a breath close your eyes and remember freshman year remember

018how scary it was when you realized you didn't have long to decide what you wanted to do with your life how nice it would have been to have a class to help you in in making that fearful decision good evening my name is Madison Smith and I'm here to talk to you about how jobs for America's graduates support me in my future I am a regional officer in ja K this is my second year in the program and I'm proud to say that Jack is one of the most influential classes in my day-to-day life my job as an officer is to meet with different leaders in Jack K and help create effic efficiency and Legacy in this program I believe that Jack K should be added to more schools especially ones that are struggling with

019keeping students in good test scores Accord according to Forbes the graduation rate for Jag's class of 2021 was 96% compared to a national graduation rate for the same period of about 84% Jag graduates had an unemployment rate of 6.25% about 40% lower than the 10.4 rate for all 18 to 19 year olds Jag K is all about helping students not only find their careers but also helping them with their schoolwork finance and connecting with others for example when I joined Jag I I had no idea it be so beneficial I have learned so much and it helped me shape myself into the person I am today ja has taught me so much from how to count back changed to speaking in front of large audiences almost like 200 people I have learned more about how

020to become a great leader being a regional officer for Jack traveling places I have never been touring historical places meeting elected officials watching the Kansas House of Representatives and running professional business meetings I can confidently Say That Jag has supported me throughout my journey a quote that perfectly sums everything up is courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen by B Brown Jack K is such a special program that everyone should have the opportunity to try and make the most out of it without Jag I would not be doing all the things I have done now thank you guys thank you thank you for your time and great job you guys so do you guys have any questions for them pleas in that now Andrea um I have 54 on my roster this

021is my fourth school year be your full cyle fresh minut nice job good job I have to say oh [Laughter] [Music] like we already get to hear you so okay so our we've really been focusing on the last year and into this school year is our um tier one instruction as a staff at um kmhs and so I'm just going to kind of go over some things that we have incorporated into our everyday um staff meetings in Services um PLT meetings and so um the first thing just to kind of focus is through this presentation I'll explain the instructional framework of a lesson and how it intertwines with our CK um Excel model that we also learned through our capturing kids Hearts um I'll also highlight our second semester focus on learning and then share

022how we've kind of pivoted throughout this process um and and most recently our win sessions to meet our students needs so this document here is something that we started looking at last year as we were lesson planning and trying to make our way through our block scheduling and what how much of our lesson should be devoted on different pieces so this is what we focused on at the at um last year and then we got trained in capturing kids hearts and they had another model and we got to talking you know this instructional explicit um instruction that we do with our students every day really lines up perfectly with the Excel model in capturing kids hearts and so as we look over here we look at the Excel model and it talks about exceel stands

023for um engaging meeting and greeting and getting getting to know kids um explore is discover the individual's needs and interests um communicating you care and make your message relevant empowering our kids which is teaching becomes their doing and then launching meaningful ending and sending and we were like well a lot of that already aligns with an anatomy of a lesson um that first picture I showed you and so what we did as a staff is we looked at it and we're like okay we could put these two together and so that's the the top document you have in front of you and it's really just talking about um this is our academic learning time what should be happening within the course of a lesson and through this explicit instruction um it really kind of hes

024in and focuses on our three ke three key things that we're focusing as a staff start with the crown that was our ruthless Equity our book study we did over the summer with all staff so this is just a constant reminder our anatomy of lesson how do we make sure that we are impacting every student in our classroom at different times of the block period and then capturing kids Hearts how do we make sure we form that relationship so that kids are truly learning because they feel that connection to you and so you can see through here that we have different pieces and so the engage and explore piece of capturing kids Hearts is greeting kids at the door it's doing good things with them as they come into the classroom and we just really

025build that initial connection with them then we move into the actual lesson itself the ark stands for activating that relevant knowledge the objective things that what are what where are we headed today in our lesson okay then the um tip and sap that's teacher input and student active participation this is ongoing and constant throughout the whole lesson in tier one you are monitoring you're checking for understanding and you're going back and raching if you need to throughout the lesson and then finally we come to that investigating our Student Success which really the empowering is that teaching students so they feel confident enough that they understand and can do some individual practice and that goes with um the tip and sa the teacher input and student active participation the empowering and then the launching making sure

026that they feel success before they leave the classroom and we just thought that those really intertwined um pretty perfectly and so that's really been our Focus now is how can we continue what we learned in capturing kids Hearts Plus the anatomy of a lesson and put them together so that our tier one instruction truly is beneficial for all students so as we go through this as we go through the anatomy of a lesson and the academic learning time we want to make sure that we are responsible for that gradual release for kids so it starts with the teacher it moves to us doing this together it moves to collaboration and learning as peers or small groups and then it's that you now let's see what you can do this is constantly being re-evaluated throughout a

027lesson if they're not getting it here we're going back we're doing something wrong if they're not getting it at this point you know you're constantly walking around and monitoring and and looking for that Student Success this is where also is that student engagement piece is so important if students aren't engaged this process isn't going to really truly tell us what our students can and cannot do I know Jamie last week at the board she kind of talked about John hading and the effectiveness teaching strategies we focused on those as well and so as a team we came up with some high level instructional strategies to do for tier one instruction and last semester and the first semester of the school year we really focused on that anatomy of the lesson That explicit instru instruction telling

028where are we headed and how do we know if we got there and so that was kind of our first semester we're still working on it but it has improved tremendously and that was our 20-day plans we're really focused on to each little pieces of this now for second semester what does our student active participation look like in the classroom are students truly engaged are they do we have peer talks do we have group collaboration going on are they doing some of the teaching themselves and so this is kind of our Focus second semester is now how can we make the individual pieces we've got the beginning and we've got the end of the anatomy of lesson how can we make the nitty-gritty the most important part of the learning the student active participation how

029can we make that better and so that's really been a focus for us on our 20-day plan as that second one now obviously we focus on all of these areas but it's really good to just kind of okay we're going to hone in on this the other ones are awesome resources to have in your back pocket please continue to do them but this is what we're checking when we do walkthroughs and and we discuss them at plts and how's it going and what were some of the results that you got so lots of collaboration amongst the staff as well which then brought us to the point where okay so if we're truly focusing on tier one instruction and what we want the students to learn with priority standards and um you know the state for

030state assessment and our standards in our classrooms we need to look at win times because what our kids are truly needing sometimes they don't make the best choices okay their executive functioning is not there and so we can provide them all the opportunities to pick to go to the right session but however we've kind of changed that a little bit to what I need if okay so what I need if um so what we kind of did is we took staff who are mostly elective teachers and admin and counselors we've got a a piece in this too and we really decided we need to hone in on our students who are maybe not necessarily our skill kids but our will kids and those are the ones who they just they have missing assignments they just

031aren't getting things turned in they really need to have that that extra time and maybe that instruction that's guiding them them to their intervention classes and core teachers so what we did was we created intensive study halls for our students and what that is if they don't have if they have a grade Bel lowest see in any class they're coming in there and we it's small groups it's five to six kids that we are working with um you know coach beam has one Mr myice has one coach pod has one I said counselor an admin we we are taking a group and we're really working with them um helping them get organized talking to them about you know what is it because you don't understand it or is it just because you're not getting your

032work done then for our other students who do have passing grade grades and classes they're doing more kind of extension activities with um some larger groups I Exel working on math or reading um just silent reading uh they could have study hall too maybe they're involved in sports and they need just need to work on some work AC prep and all of that is happening with other groups who are passing their classes that happens Monday through Thursday and then we still have our intervention core teachers so our core teachers are still pulling kids in working on priority standards learning targets if students aren't getting them um working on things that are going on in the classroom that they even our you know physics class we're pulling them in and helping those kids H get better

033if they don't understand a concept now an intervention can always pull from intensive so if a teacher really needs a student who's not passing a class and they want to have them in for intervention time then they can pull them in they get priority so um we work with them until they can get their grade up once they do have it up we exit them out and they have freedom of choice and then what we decided to do was then on Fridays we wanted to reward kids for working staying organized um getting their their work complete um and so on Fridays we have fun win sessions in the morning in the afternoon that kids can choose from now if you're intensive study hall you don't get to go to those you are still working um

034trying to get your grade up but um some teachers have traded they're like hey will you take my intensive so I can have a fun win and so we really just lots of collaboration and communication through staff and students um but we want to make sure that kids know that hey your hard work does pay off and we do want to reward you for that so that's kind of what we've been focusing on in the nutshell um you guys have any questions for me love to see the transition like if you actually see the numbers like changing and I know you said you've seen some but overall how that improves we have in fact I share you know we have a dni list that comes out that's our eligibility list and it's been it's been

035a kind of an organizing nightmare but it's okay it's been worth it but we you know we pull the kids and on Wednesdays it's exciting to see how many work their way out and I mean one time it was we had 15 high schoolers work their way out and only two that went in and so you know those are things that we celebrated we send it out to staff we're like hey this is this is working um and so the staff's been on board with it we've been doing it for probably this is this will be week three now that we've kind of changed things around and um we'll continue to see how it goes uh 4.2 Susan bow mental health update we slid you in all the low cost of $20 you hi thanks

036for working me in so I know Heidi Howard told you a little bit I think last time she spoke to you about a new opportunity that had come to norw called Arts partners and so I'm just here to share with you what we've been doing in that opportunity and to let you know what we're planning then for the last nine weeks so Arts Partners is a group that focuses on literacy and social emotional learning strategies through through the Arts and specifically music and art and so we they all they all start from a book um our third fourth and fifth graders have been doing it this nine weeks and their their book has been this book a lot of miles and the Seal Connection is empathy and the other kind of fun connection for Norwich

037is the illustrator is a Norwich grad so that was kind of a happy cool accident thing that happened so they've been reading this book and then the uh the main themes in Literacy for this well I said it's empathy for seal for literacy is um summarizing main idea and details and as you can see from the book I'll just show you kind of from the back that you can infer that's another thing we've been working on inferencing that this book has something to do with shoes in some way because there's shoes on the front their shoes on the back and so the culminating activity of this particular book is a performance so the music part is they've been learning songs about empathy and they've also been doing that an art project that actually involved designing

038their own pair of shoes so I brought one of the kids projects today so they each got a shoe box and the idea of the shoe box then is an overall summary of your life what you like your loves your passions your interests your families your pets whatever it wants to be so the outside kind of holds the summary of you okay then on the inside of the Box their main idea they each got a pair of shoes and let me tell you you did not want to walk down third fourth and fifth grade hallway we're measuring feet because that was kind of a fragrant day anyway we measured everyone's speed and then the Arts partners and this is all free of charge by the way this is all funded through Grant and so I'll

039just show you this is that little girl's sheo that she yes and so they will wear these during the performance now as you're looking what can you infer that she likes and is one of the main ideas of her life yes that's right yep here's some from the back got the Chiefs yes so and decorated shoes and so they are going to wear these in their performance performance which is going to be uh right after spring break so this going to be exciting and parents will be invited school will be invited to come hear them sing and it's been a really fun experience so then K1 and two get their chance next nine weeks and we will their's going to culminate in a couple of field trips to some really cool places and I have

040not seen their literature book yet but stay tuned any questions is this during the art class did you say that or is it just that's been scheduling interesting scheduling thing I have given up some of myal time because isal Focus too I am in there sometimes Lucy ship Shipley is in there for the last part of Music um Brandy Schroeder did an amazing job scheduling that so nothing from core was taken this was all time they already had either an art music or with me so yeah yeah good question okay thanks for sneaking me in I believe that is Miss coming on joining the meeting I believe I'll be there in a minute director's report we have facilities first that's just the way it falls way to get in and out that's true don't have

041much we've been working on cleaning out buildings to move this board office and we thrown a bunch of stuff away and we restocked a bunch of stuff uh Mike and Lynn been putting up lights my tractor building for me we're going to kind of turn it into kind of a little workshop going to put a table saw in there or a chop saw got a bunch of lumber we didn't know we had which is good cool which is good also got started on today is working on the track at Kingman High School kind of got the low spot hopefully fixed it's better than it was but we'll see other than that about all I got [Music] cool thank you birth y Safety and Security we're safe and secure basically the last month I've been helping

042Doug I don't have a whole lot to add I think the only thing that I'm working on different than helping Doug with the cleaning buildings out is the fire panel at KES we're getting bids on that um we need to get the fire Marsh or the Fire Marshall or I guess the fire chief I was told need to get our fire fire chief involved to see if we get have to get a maintenance upgrade or a full replacement so that's kind of where we're at with that which is basically dollars and cents depend on what we have to do what's going on up there is we have a we have an old panel that's been dis was discontinued in 2014 that's tied to the original panel maybe yeah of the school so we're on borrow

043time with those panels if if the problem is if the panel goes down it's been discontinued can't fix it there's no parts to fix it so at that point if we're if we're occupied we're on firewatch which means someone has to basically spend their whole day walking the building checking every door we don't want that so we're at the point where we need to replace fire panel the grade school which is going to cost some money but in the process of getting bids for that with a couple companies um pric team we haven't done anything lately and safety wise have and that that's all that's been really going on so doing a lot of Maintenance though really look at that fire you could look where we're going to move the board office also like is

044that going to be we're gonna we'll include that okay we're definitely talk about that when we get our the companies up there to take a look at what we have to do to replace that's about all all right any questions for him anybody thank you thank you well Transportation KN on wood but I think we made it through winter just a little bit on top of that I know director and whoever else was involved is Pretty Tough winter really for everybody uh been working on getting vehicles cleaned after all that mess and I want a shout out to our heuel supplier which is Farmers Co-op now canza Jeff conard and David Dy they delivered and we had no buses yell up through all that well not to mention our cowboy hat going up to the

045South you know that morning which I felt for him I don't even know how he got his routes run but he had six buses go down on him wow there ain't much you can do until it warms up get them inside something uh service and mowers this well just today actually and just been sub driving got a one driver some medical leave so I keep thinking I get a driver and then something happens to the other one so I just keep driving I guess that's what I was going to ask you because I've noticed on your reports you've done a lot of sub driving like are you short are you having a hard time find it but that's get one off and one goes on I mean I'm thankful I got one to replace so

046I'm able to drive I'm kind of hitting a really busy time with like track and softball and all that happening at the same time are you gonna be able to facilitate all that well they got four coaches so we got bands we can we can take one bus I think no should be able to cover in one bus I seen 60 track and four coaches bu they full with pal was gone all day today and gone all day tomorrow activities any other got any questions for jome I do want to say thank all of you guys I know that's that's miserable you know to to to keep the buses running to keep the sidewalks I can't even oh it's that's going to school this year you can't do it but it's just a lot more

047well just just being outside that stuffff was miserable you know I think my phone said that morning how much below when we had a late start we've got C we' got Cavs and heaters on all our yeah the heater wor though no I I you got you guys were out there know I know that I visited with Christie she'd see Mike up here in the parking lot on one of them mornings when it's four degrees or something it's just thank you guys that's that's huge because I don't want to do it right we don't need all right talk to the superintendent about that super you all right thank you guys again thank you financial report uh I invited uh Mike Floyd it's G to have him talk about the sale of the board office and

048then just give you an update on how that's going good evening all good evening how are we what' you say million no not quite yet quite yet you know I got several different angles I want to talk about I mean I've had a lot of I mean we've had a lot of interest it's been amazing local interest has been good from some investors but the investors all want the same thing they want you to stay for a year to give them time to cash flow and look for another tenant to go in and when I tell them no on that it shoots your local money out I mean I've had a couple of them that have even said hey I don't think the price is that bad they just don't have it immediate tenant and

049they're looking at that cash flow angle so that's kept those guys out um the other thing that comes into play is when this building comes back on the tax rolls it's going to be kind of a shock and we've got a rough figure at our current price is around 65 to 6,700 a year and that's enough that scared some people too it really has I mean I had a guy from out of state who I sent Lord hundreds of pictures and he owns a building and Cottonwood Falls he also is I think on the East Coast somewhere and he's ready to get back out of the east coast and be here but he said the tax deal just blew him out he said same thing you give me a tenant I'll think about it but

050without a tenant in hand that's made it tough at our current price point now am I blaming it on our price point absolutely not because if it was priced to me I wouldn't had any people at all you know I really wouldn't I mean that doesn't mean I'm not going to recommend that we talk pricing here in a little bit simply because of the time frame where we're at but you know talking about the wall I really don't think I've had that much trouble with it I haven't had an issue I mean I've shown it you know I've disclosed it to everybody I've shown it to you know the guy from out of state that does some of this architectural stuff had me measure stud pockets on the second floor you know to see how

051how deep they were and how much wood was still in for the floor joist he said oh he said it's a problem but he said it didn't it didn't freak him out he said that it'll either fall tomorrow or he said it'll be there a lot longer than any of us will be here so so from an Investor's perspective do they have a proforma of what they feel the cash their cash flow be needed in the first year that could be a negotiating tool on the price I haven't necessarily seen a number but I mean I know one of them talked it would take 15 to 1,700 for him to for the entire facility per month to really make it work for him you know so you're 15 to 20,000 a year I'd say ballpark

052um to to add to that concern a little bit I think some of it has been parking also with those guys concerned about employees and a place to park because we're very limited and if you guys do retain the back lot without either some sort of an agreement or something of that nature it cuts down on that part as well if they do bring in employees in I asked Mike I had him I had him kind of shown me the outline of this I don't know why we're keeping that I mean we keep saying storage but that's a lot that's I mean there's two buildings back there right Mike m and it goes clear to the street all your parking and everything I I don't know why we want to retain that you know that's

053just my opinion if if that would entice somebody rather than come down on price to put that in there you know or do something maybe I I don't know would you add more for that or would you leave the same price well I think it it all depend I mean I don't know whether the Mike wants where he thinks it's going to change your tax value a little bit I think I can't answer you exactly what it would be on that lot I don't know but I know AR that much I know I've had the figures done Amber and I worked on the figures from the fures and we're at 65 to 6700 at our current price just for the building is what it'll go on at now we do have one who is an

054alumni who's works with a company out of state has shown some pretty strong interest we've had him here twice now we've measured we've measured floor he's got all kinds of ideas along the lines of a manufacturing business he's got something else cooking where he's thinking that he can have a manufacturing business but also educate some employees on or future employees as an educational part of the thing too Manufacturing in the back and some classroom space and maybe some offices up front but he's got to work with some out of state money that you know it's taking time you know he says he do think our numbers are bad at all I do believe that if we show him a price decrease or an improvement of some sort I think it might help entice him a

055little bit but I also know that if we want to talk about anything out back that could help as well so I mean even if if even if the if our our storage was for some reason at a premium you had to keep that building lease it back to you could could leased the parking space back for a dollar there's no really I mean what are we I mean I'm trying to I'm trying to understand like tab what the benefit is of well I actually think probably and Andy could great me I think as we've started to clean spaces to look at things that we no longer need I I think that storage space becomes less yeah we're necessary I think we've cleared up enough space in other places um hard to say because it's

056not all out yet but um I don't know I and we're continuing to to pull items and discard things I think the urgency of having that space to storage I think is becoming a lot less feeling a lot less UR now because we are finding more space as we've gotten rid of some things so do you have an idea in mind of what you'd like to if you as our sellers agent to say what I think you should do X Y and Z that adds a little bit of a variable I really hadn't calculated to talk dollars about you know I mean I wanted to talk about it but I haven't played with the numbers is what I'm trying to say you know I was going to recommend here a minimum of a $155,000 decrease

057you know knock us down into the 120s from 139 with the listing as is like it with us that as an option you know what I mean like you could buy just this or like this is option A and this is option b the biggest problem are you talking about if you retain part of it or if we no it hates for a parking lot because of storage building to be a deal breaker when you can rent a conx for 200 bucks a month for temporary storage if it's needed and you call them in as you need them and you take them out as you do and there's no it's temporary right so you know I don't I don't know that if I can get anything done with the manufacturing guy parking is important to

058him because he's going to need a place with what he has in mind to be able to load in load out things of that nature whether it be a lease agreement or a sale one of the two I think it's a benefit one way or the other yes absolutely there's no need for us to retain the parking spot spots right I mean that I can I'm saying if if it's absolutely necessary to have the building like a a lease option of a diminus amount would be beneficial to move a sale along and then if that Mak and I don't think that's the worst idea at all like you know but we retain a least you know till till you're done with it for a dollar a year yeah like something like that just on just

059the building what's in the back building Projectors no the desks desks the the far Corner yell building this what I can see from Looking Through the Windows salad bar stuff there's some interesting service things there's some desks there's Old Wagon parts or something Wagon Wheel how big is you know how big that building is found building at one point so it could still be there 30 by 60 something probably the biggest not much bigger my shop at home it has some value I mean if the investor whoever it is if they I don't know if you if you put some value to all of that back there let it all go if they want to spend off that other building and let them I mean there's obviously you'd make it more appealing to an investor

060to have that you I guess where I'm just as I'm thinking and I have not based any numbers on this I'm just completely just that goes where we're at and if they don't want that we drop our price we put our reduction in it's you know we're 139 to include that or if you don't want it here's our list price $1 1249 whatever it might be I don't think that's that far out of I mean I think if you're I assum do that is because there again now we're going to put it back on the tax roll whatever's back there let's get it on there but but do you think is it going to be feasible to get stuff I mean it can stay for now anyway but like said we've cleared we've cleared a

061lot I mean I've seen what you've done on on the other stuff we've worked on so I agree yeah I mean so that yeah would we'd be able to clear things so and if we needed to doer used to say let's have an auction right down more than once yes you have have auction I live by the word of like if you have it you'll fill it and if you don't have it then you won't so like not have ITP do we need that you guys handy Kevin I I actually think we that building we won't need it said with the amount that we've cleared out the amount we still plan to get to clear out there's going to be a lot of space but like we said even if we got to tie it

062up another year till you're done tie it up another year that's one of the conditions of the deal yeah but are we going to get the money that we're talking about out of that if it's selling by itself I I just don't know that you would at that point in time so why not just add it I actually like the idea of tying it in was the original price and then growing it if you don't want that I think we can do that yeah I think that'll work I'm open to that I think idea part needs a premium whatever you put in here so we have no reason to keep it it's just going to continue to hold unnecessary item so what happens is they don't want it and then they say okay we'll take

063it with the price reduction no well I see that but before I commit to this holy I would want to go find out let me play with the number see what the taxes would be on that too just to see how that changes if I don't have that in front of me let me play with those numbers before we because I mean that's been probably my number one complaint has been well what it's going to cost once everybody's I know once it comes back on what's it going to cost and you tell them 65 6700 and they go oh okay which I agree with you but if you're selling it to the same price that this is listed at it shouldn't really affect it too much no but I think I mean you've still got

064improvements going on that are going to add to that tax base so yeah I really think you could I think there's ways around it I'm not a real estate until they get their tax bill the next year and they come after me Yeahs I'm thinking if you price the building at one price and you throw that in that you sell it back at a dominous amount well I know but it still comes back on one time or another praise it and bring it up you'll get by with it Year let me let me find out some more info on taxes on that Backlot tomorrow and well get with you guys and make a kind of a final decision and go from there how's that sound everybody still good leton Kevin and and those guys what

065do update the Friday the week okay no we don't need to vote it's just all discussion we only have to vote when we actually have a contract and actually execute something if Kevin gets to the superintendent has the room to look for real estate Andor look at the exploration of selling it without us having to take any action on it we just have to take the action on the actual transaction if anybody does find a really really really big investor if you probably saw it but there's a lady out there with a hell of a concept for a really cool we just need to you know somebody throw a little money in the not just the building so questions any more questions for Mr Floyd thank you for the problemy r hey I got it

066everybody have this yes so you were given a uh a budget expenditure snapshot end February want to kind of explain kind of what we're looking at there we looked at uh four four of our our major funds with General supplemental capital outlay and Food Service um and as we went through what we budgeted you know for the year as you can see what we spent and encumbered so we're we're in the process sus spending that it's already spoken for and then the remaining budget that we have left in that particular Fund in that other column and then the last column is looking at what we're committed to through the rest of this fiscal year to give you an idea of where we're lining up in terms of what we budgeted what we've expensed and what

067we're planning to expense um so this is this is going to be something that we're going to be uh that was ask for we want to want to make sure that you understand what it is and how that how we're how we're using that um and so if you have does anybody have any questions no I was just going to say this is something that um we did in previous years and then it kind of with transitions of people that kind of went by the wayside and I called Diana and I said take back to memory bank and remember that one report we used to do and at least this way it gives you a clearer picture than I feel like this it's a but we want to be as close to zero as POS

068and supplemental Capital outlay we can Bank it basically and Food Service do we have to end up spending that down we have a thre Monon guideline where they say you know you need to have you shouldn't be over what you what you what you bring in in three months okay um and then you know that's where they'll tell us that you need to spend down um so and I can't remember what that I haven't calculated it's around 96 95,000 a month I mean for three months sorry yeah for three months yeah so then we look at we when we get to the end uh get the end of the year we look up okay what do we need to update some equipment you know what what do we need to do to get that down

069we summer program we get uh the the the reimbursement that we get for that usually creates a big Surplus one Surplus yeah yeah so we we continue to look and that's not something the food service is not that you could potentially move into Capital outlay if you don't use it correct you have to spend it down the food service right yes we we will keep that in there now you can move like expenses if there's if there's things that fit into food service that you're paying elsewhere but it has to fit with food service yeah if that makes sense you can't it's got to lock in with you know um responsibilities or purchases that are just Food Service yeah yeah okay any other questions on on this um just couple other updates uh insurance has

070been quiet so that's been nice I think we got everything kind kind of going where we need to on that um we are getting ready to get bids to uh replace the the preschool a roof over in Norwich that's recall that one at the 35 year mark so we'll be getting bids that will be replaced uh depending on uh any any expenses that we need to move to be able to take care of our budget you know we may be moving some into Capital at um moving expenses into Capital outlay but we're probably looking at another roof project this summer um that way we can we can make sure to keep on our track because we have we have a lot of square footage that's right around that 26 27y old Mark and I mean

071a lot a vast majority of our of our Roofing is that way so we're going to need to be doing some replacement prior to that point so we're going to be working ahead on that um I'm going to be getting a uh um our next facilities committee meeting together uh the last time we met I asked them to I gave them the report uh DCS the same report that you saw um you know asked them to look at that over and see if they had any questions and come back with questions but then to also think about what are things that we want to see you know what you not not have to necessarily but what are the things that we would like to see so that we can build a list on that and

072be thinking long term you know how we get those have toos and the want toos and how we combine together to build that long-term plan uh Doug and I met with the principles on the summer uh work list the the summer maintenance project um so then now we're in the process of going through and getting quotes and getting information on what those will cost and time you know how much can we get done during that summer so uh we'll be putting that together and getting back with the principles on okay these are the things that we can so all those processes are are in play right now and just trying to get things rolling to get ready for June we completely eliminated the student work for the summer like I know they didn't do it

073last year is that like a year-to-year decision or is that um moving forward we're just not going to do it it's a good question we had uh we had quite a few student workers last year uh but what we're finding was some of the some of the things that we're changing in the buildings like putting carpet in the the summer time the some amount of time it takes for a summer uh custodial help to strip those floors wax and do all that it's greatly reduced with carpet so some of those things that we were hiring students for will be able to use our custodial staff to be able to take care of those um so that's something that Mike Doug and I are really looking at and and preparing for that to say okay what

074help do we need you know and how much can we do within within our I knew there were outdoor student helpers I guess like the like the outdoors crew but not really any that were like doing the internal stuff yeah we we had if they were doing outside we had them all over the place doing a lot of different things um you know so some of that is is kind of dependent upon you we did uh we did hire um the new grounds individual um you know and so we're getting them trained and um seeing how much they can get done and you know because some of it is in summer you've got a lot of got a lot of yards to take care of yeah um you know depending on how much rain you

075get and how fast it grows all those it can it can take off in a hurry so some of those we don't really have a great you know we'll be kind of seeing we kind of be talking about those and seeing how we want it what our backup plan is or what we need to do to prepare for that anybody have any questions on anything thank you very much thank you superintendent report so just a couple things um on the um a the the HR U recommendations for tonight uh we hired Kevin Hedrick as the principal at uh at Norwich School uh we did introduce him today to the staff so he got to meet his staff today uh this afternoon and afternoon staff meeting and then we'll invite him our board meeting next month

076is in Norwich so he's going to come visit us in norch so you all get an opportunity to um to meet him then um he's very excited to get started um great energy and I I think he really enjoyed meeting the staff um of folks he's be working with we are currently looking for secondary ELA teachers so so if that gets posted anywhere in the paper anybody hears that online for La secondary teachers um and uh so we really uh we we we have a few that have retired we we'll celebrate them at the end of the year we'll miss them but we've got to replace them somehow and so um right now we haven't had a ton of applicants but um but we're certainly going to keep beating the payment looking for ELA teachers

077at the secondary level um we will uh be hiring uh an assistant principal ad for norwi so we'll be working through we have probably six seven applicants at this point um uh for that we working through to to hire that position as well as as we had Mr Foley's resonation tonight um on the agenda and so I believe Mr hedrick's gonna be part of those uh he's going to try and get some time away so he can come and be be a part of those with the team and then finally um just to mention we are gearing up at each our building for for State assessments and so um those will be coming up really soon um hope that uh we have um uh you know parents that will support getting their kids to school

078on those days making sure that they are are getting a good breakfast and plenty of sleep as you know these State assessments only happen once a year but um a lot about public schools are judge based on these State assessment scores and so um uh and so we're certainly hopeful um that that that we show some improvement this year that'll be coming up just after um just here very shortly and then we have spring break coming up which of course everybody's excited about and tonight um uh we have the calendar on for approval that is uh uh our Co-op and and and Catholic schools and everyone around have been asking for our calendar I said we're going to get it approved tonight and so so that is on the agenda tonight um those have been

079the big things the big things happen in in the past uh in the past few weeks any questions of Mr Hansford everybody had the written reports from building principales and directors any questions I'd hope you'd get with with those or Mr Hansford and visit with him discussion items discussion of non-resident enrollment at USB 331 open enroll spots so um uh at per Canada statute we're going to be required to post our openings for non-resident enrollment and so what I provided you is just an initial look um at what those non-resident enrolls would look like and what we would post on our website and so um we use a a calculation um and so if you look on page 39 of the of the agenda um what you'll see there is um the 2526 enrollment projections

080by grade level um along with underneath sort of the recommended class siiz caps for those U for those grade levels uh in terms of what we would allow in terms of non res enrollment and then um the numbers of students that are enrolled uh under there and then that second one would be the non-resident availability and so anything that's blacked out means there is no availability um and you can see the numbers there that we would be able to allow in as non-resident transfers um one of the questions that came up was whether or not we would ever fill that many spots I don't think we're ever in danger of filling that many spots but there are some areas where we are very close where we might have to deny we just won't take above

081that number we might have to deny um and so a non-resident rment that enrolls here as long as they're here on our Count Day U we do accept full cing from them from the State and so they count just as any other student would um and I think uh one other question I given fromont of the board was how many do we have we have about 34 non-resident students in the district right now um and you have those numbers there in front of you for the board um specifically by grade level we do about 34 as they exist now that will be um that has to be posted by May so I will update these numbers if on enrollment changes at all for the April board meeting and they will be on there for approval

082so that we can post this on the website May 1 as required we're already taking nonr so they can currently people can currently use that link we actually have I think five or six requests all the way that have been submitted so is there any preference I mean is so if they're already here and started through our school system once we once we accept them um they are renewed every year they don't have to they don't have to reapply as long as they remain in good standing with our district meaning they have acceptable attendance acceptable behavior and acceptable grades and they can continue as non-resident enrollments for the remainder of their schooler here um in Kingman so it still counts as a non-resident enrollment numb we do allocate them as non-resident enrollments yes they are

083non-residents forever because their home address would not show so we have to report them to the state as that um because again we're claiming students that don't live within our attendance area is this typically students that live just outside of the district and they want to come like they just don't want to go really VAR so so we have we have them from from um uh people who work here who transfer their kids in who want to run their kids in people who work in Kingman who drive from Pratt or from wiah who work in the city of Kingman or norch and they want to have their kids go to school CL closer to them it is um we get a mostly from pretty prair Cunningham the just very close surrounding area schools primarily there's

084been a couple kids pretty pred offering some elective classes like their act stuff so we've got some enrollments because just simply can that and I I know that there's like some people that live like on the far edges of Cunningham's District that they move them into the proud of here instead because they're so far they're so far from school and it's not busting right now so yeah so in that number Kevin do we have any idea how many are on IEP is that ever is that broke out any yeah actually we could track that um but again um whether a student is on an IP or not if they apply that can't be a determining Factor whether we accept them um and uh and and again because they are even if they do come to

085us with an IP then um the only place where that can become a problem is that they have transportation written to their IEP and so at that time we'd have to meet to clarify that we as a a ezure because we do not provide transportation to non-resident students um it's my understanding that they do not transfer the special ed funding to us we would get yes we would get their full we get once they're with us and they're with us on count day we get we get their full waiting we get the full waiting of an non res but the with a with a IEP it's my understanding they do not come with it that their their home District keeps that but they don't go there no no I I think I I believe their

086full funding comes to us I believe they get there okay so when we post this are we obligated to take him if there's room if we if there's room if we set there's room and they apply and they meet a good standing requirement then yes we are required to take them did we come up with is something that's set by like actually do determine we actually determine the good standing rules and it really is based around attendance Behavior right now there are some things like if if you get let's say one of my kids gets expelled from here for some really bad for some really bad reason the next school doesn't have to accept them so if we in fact we're not allowed to accept them so there's there are rule not just anyone can

087you have to be in good standing before you leave your home school those types of things and then there's caveats like if they come to us and then we expel in they their H school doesn't have to accept them back so there's a whole like there's there are some limits to what we but no we don't have to vote on anymore because State change the rules but we used to have to vote on them yeah we used to have to get those applications I remember that I remember voting on those but they don't have to do that anymore okay yeah with with this statute now every District so you can say we're taking none we take no out of no non-resident enrollment um and you could just post that on your website or you post

088your available openings in this way the board approves the available openings and that's where board approval comes in and then once they apply provided they aren't expelled from a district or they don't have any um significant issues then we would we would accept them as non resident R to that point do we consider Casa uh level when we look at these I mean I hate to bring up Athletics but do we think about the numbers that we need to be 2A compared to 3A or anything like that when we look at these no and they're ineligible they would be ineligible here for the first year anyway they wouldn't count so they don't even count in your numbers the first year they count in your enrollment before freshman year they have to sit out for a

089full they count I get that but they still count towards your numbers on right you're you are correct I mean so whatever yeah I mean we were only off by 24 students last or this year so that's what I've said like I hate to be like the Athletics person but no to go to 3A yes yeah CL yeah no we are 3A because they're 24 students yeah I mean that's oh I see what you're saying okay that's a moving that's a moving number anyway yeah I know it's like an average and they look at all the schools and they stuff like that like I I understand that increase here and somebody else has a higher increase and you're still where you're at I just know there's schools that play the game yeah that and again

090I I would question whether or not a person is abiding by the the the statute if they were denying based on something like that or I would never deny I'm just saying like thought of no non-residents like that's what I'm like across the board I don't know but well I mean just keep in mind that on average a student FTE brings us on a at a good average of 10 $12,000 $112,000 and so those that those 34 students yielded for us that $112,000 time 34 and so without that we would be um I mean again we would be without that without that funding that's a significant amount of funding to our couple that with our declining enrollment in terms of our already um you know shrinking if they're on a district and they come back

091the next year do they have they don't have to reapply but do they have to notify that they're going to do it that they're going to re come back so we do enrollment at the end of the year so they say they intend to come back yes they will tell us their intention to come back do they have to apply every year they do not once they're accepted they're accepted yes once they're accepted they are now considered they're they're essentially considered a student within your District at that point the only reason we keep them identified as non-residents we had to report the numbers annually to ksde but in terms of their student rights it's just as if they lived here within the community at that point what was our number prior to the policy the

092statute change do you remember I went try to go back and find the notes I mean I know a couple names off of hand like of who were transfers just based on what we had to vote for individually but I mean it was clear back when you were still a principal like I believe we've always tracked non-resident enrollments so I could probably have Angie run curious I was just curious ibly that how PR that how much inrease we didn't I don't remember approving that is a big number a big INE I thought we would anywhere from I'm thinking four to maybe six seven kids that's exactly what I thought okay they were like and they were families it was like two maybe three families so I feel like they were approved by the board because

093they they they had to apply you only have to do it the one year they had to come back every year they wanted to like a little two page Dober like why are you want to come Kingman kind of a thing so yeah yeah that number surprised me likees worked here or they taught either at St Pats or they taught within the school district so they were driving their K yeah or they were one of them one of the families was like on the very far edge of their School's district and it was we were actually closer than their home school was and so they would prefer they went here but yeah I just remember it was a really small amount that's why I was like 34 seems like a now my my guess is

094I'd have to look at the numbers but some of these non-resident rants probably are also students that are considered homeless homeless students don't require any approval um if they apply because of their homeless status we enrolled them um they meet the homeless definition parents or something on some of that St there's classification temporary placements things I guess a few of those are are are that those weren't required to be listed that way previously those weren't required to be listed like that PR as non-resident yeah yeah we would have track but I didn't when I ran this to have board approval is that we wouldn't had to approve we wouldn't have had to approve not a homeless yeah not a homeless not a student who qualifies as homeless you would not have to prove that more

095question only people electing to go here so I don't anticipate those numbers will change a whole lot but this will look slightly different what you see next month for approval so he's G update April I'll just run the enrollment one more time just to make sure we're accurate questions Mr Hansford that point two discussion regarding the RO of board members so uh we had Lori cope um football I know that um can't remember which month it was and she did a kind of a snapshot I will pass those this way Diana I have one for you or we were at nor yes we were at nor when she did it and then um this is kind of and I don't know why my printer at work printed the so stream so I apologize for that

096I didn't pay attention when it happened um and I did not email out her bigger presentation this is kind of a a um a much condensed a much more condensed version of it so just I know that um Missy and Lisa are new and the C when you guys came on are in very um it was a very unique time it wasn't the normal um election time and then for us um what season board members sometimes it's nice for a reminder because I learn every time I talk to KV I learned something slightly new um something that it was like oh wow sorry I did that wrong type um thing so just as and I want we're not this is more for your guys's um to review and understand or ask any questions but a

097couple of things um Lori one of the things she said if you remember right you said that we are the what and the admitted we have one employee he's a superintendent the administrators don't work for us um they work for Kevin were the what um all of our board policies have been so graciously moved to online because they used to be a binder that was about that thick that you had to thumb through to find all the board policies that have been set um and so you know the some things that Lori um when she when I asked her I was like hey I think I I don't know what I did with your can you send me a new one so she sent this to me um you know we set the expectations through

098our strategic plan our board policies if those are not being executed that's when the board steps in but as far as we she said think of yourself as a 30,000 foot view if you want to be in day-to-day operations need to resign from the board and apply for a job is what she was her polite way of putting it um there is kind of I think three pages back on the back side um the lines of communication this is just a nice reminder that um I know that I've been guilty of it I know that um and with previous administration I think a few of us have been guilty of it we live in a very small town so it's very easy to stop Lisa at the bank and say you know have a chat

099or whatever but at the end of the day we um Erica has been way better at it I think than most of us have is to say have you talked to the teacher have you talked to the principal have you talked to the superintendent because we are your absolute like I want to encourage people to discuss things with us but at the end of the day until they've had these really tough conversations we are the last line of defense um things like some other things Lori pointed out when I chatted with her was like we are not privy to employee discipline or student discipline unless there's a formal complaint launched to the board a like they want a hearing those types of things so this is just a high level this is more for just

100to take and study and I apologize that I did not send it out when she presented it or which not supposed to and tab reminded me I did not um so this um so if there's any questions Kate we pay KB a fee um every year that they are our attorneys they are very good at saying sure you could do that but I would strongly advise against it um just because of you know maybe some prior case law or things that have happened or what kind of precedent I might set that we're going to be stuck to um unfortunately uh through the years I think Lori tab Lucas and I are on a first basis um with some things that have occurred in the past um as new board members come on because there will

101be um tabs never leaving the board but Jeff might in November but um I think we'll work towards maybe a new onboarding for in the like when you took over Leslie's position it was at an awe at time so when we all when the I would I say Kingman people it was the Kingman election that happened that four of us showed up at one time four or five of us at one time well we all went to the same training at the same time we learned the same things and we mustered through all this stuff together and you guys didn't have that opportunity um Lori did say your only new board members so this for future reference Andy Kevin she said that board new board members are only proy to the information that was provided

102in open meeting they are not allowed to see what she says she can't see my fingers but behind the curtain so anything that occurred in executive session is not privy to new board members unless the issue arises again and we have to go back and discuss it in an executive session again and then there can be some backstory to it um but anything that happened in open meeting meeting is is open meeting um I think that's I think I hit all her points that she CH they will they will give you when when and understand the first thing they told me KB works for the school boards they do not work for the superintendent they do not work for the school they're for there for us and you can call them about anything and anytime

103I've ever called they've had an opinion on on and give me legal advice on even the most obscure things just just you know and then they go into some cases and stuff and explain to us you know how you're going to be liable and you know uh so you just I mean they had an opinion on the spelling beat you know and and so you call and you just you just want somebody to reassure that to you that that I'm not saying something or or that as a board we don't do something that we not we're not supposed to do because you know when I first started you know they scared you to death and if you if more than three of you all met in a group they're all thinking you're going to do

104something evil so so you'd see how the board you'd go to Kingman football game and I'd set off by myself clear to the other end watch if you're seen with Angie and you know the other board members but there there's a lot to there are some there are yeah yeah that was one thing I think when we all join like we'd be like in a basketball game Hi how are you there together y all up top you know there's a f like if something leaks from executive session if even if it's by accident um there is a I believe she said it was it's a $500 fine every time it occurs and it is not paid for by the Board of Education it's not paid for by the school district it is a personal fine

105out of your pocket she that was one thing she had mentioned um and I'm guessing she mentioned it because there's people who are in trouble for it so um I think yeah one one employee yeah we just have one employee yeah but they like this I this is for you to go through if you have any questions feel Tab and I like I said we've been through these Erica Andie have both been through a lot of KB trainings I think Jeff has too more than happy to answer any questions um and Lori and Lucas they they kind of they um they specialize in a few different things that Lucas tends to lead towards like negotiated agreements things like that Lor's kind of a an all-encompassing attorney she's a jack of kind of all trees I

106there's another one in there and they'll look so but he'll come down I mean any of them guys will with you um we could there is a open meeting um we had darkhaired guy came in person if we can figure out when was it LC Sam something I've had two I've had him two or three times we can figure out there I mean he he provided a fantastic training in person yeah it's in the minutes somewhere um if you're if you're interested in watching it because it was it was streamed um we can get you the dates and it was it was a great training he came back to remind us he actually sat for an executive session with us and stared at us making sure that we didn't screw up what we were doing

107and it was rather intimidating um so they're they're a great great resource if you ever have any questions so again they work for us not for anybody else and can't call them because we sure we can but at the end of the day you call them Kevin right yeah we call them often and they're they're a great resource I mean they're here to help us mostly when we're in Turkey for policy yeah the biggest thing is concession stands and W departments those are the ones that they they steal the most I remember that board training so I watch The W Department concession stands thinking that was one of the first things they told us I don't know why I stuck with thank you any questions comments on that anybody soon good uh seeking approval of

108the 2526 calendar so you have the the calendar that was approved by the buildings worked on by the district leadership team um the only thing that will change uh is this calendar includes or we've thrown in those flex days that we added uh to the calendar just for your reference that will not be on the public calendar that will just their profressional learning day that's if they meet their parent communication that is correct that is if they meet their checking that that we are checking that we certainly are in fact um differ between PD and PC so PC is parent contact that they track their parent contact minutes PD is they do professional development the summer and they submit that plan to their principal um at the beginning of the school year maybe even before

109they leave yeah they have to do that between the end of their contract the beginning so they do that the next contract so I have a question yes I'm parent deal yes that parent communicate whatever however you do it and and I've I've kind of I don't know gone back and forth on this but is it not the teachers's duty to contact the parents as part of their job it it it 100% is as as a part of that the reason that we do use the flex days is to reward them for the time do it outside of contract time because um it's just a way to incentivize increased contact that's when our goal is to increase the contact of parents not just calling when it's necessary but calling to stay connected so it's above

110and beyond your normal it is not just calling saying hey you know Angie's missing an assignment yeah I was I was struggling a little bit with them getting days off for doing their job it I mean a little bit it is intended to just increase parent communication to increase that and then to also because again teachers do so much work outside of their contract day to give them some a reward for having and I'm not saying I would want to take it away I just wanted to make sure that yes but it is the above and beyond it is intended to to increase parent contact okay um the the contact between the teacher and the home um who monitors that the principles or do you principles so the princi so the way that it works

111is they track it in a in a form and then the teachers get an update every week and an email that says you've had this you've logged this many minutes you have to log this many in order to qualify for the flex day and then principals follow up with them to say hey you don't you still don't have enough minutes if that's not finished then you're going to need to report here to do this activity instead is it 100% of their student roster or is it a certain percentage or just minutes it's really they talk to me 75 times for five minutes it those minutes count it is really just minutes yes but only outside of their actual contract day so if they call you during their plan time that doesn't actually count because they're

112already working U but when they call you before school after school down the street the grocery store when they talk you about a football game in a small town to think that they're not I mean it's yeah letting them count are they documenting it yes adults they are get day off no I know like I think they communicate more than you think it's just their document well and the the documentation is really because because again it we've had this conversation it's not really a matter of trusting whether they're doing it I do think there has to be accountability but because we provide a day off we would have to provide those logs to the state if we were audited to say here is this shows that all of these employees met that additional 420 minutes

113in order to count that towards our um as part of our school year so the the tracking is really about for auditing purposes um there is a bit of accountability but um you know you hope as out of a sense of professionalism you're doing that but the the tracking is really more about auditing purposes than anything else has they not gone over have they have they liked that has that I mean you know away from others so far as I know that um that they like having the extra day off and they don't always like tracking right it takes too much time to track and I just keep reiter right that tracking I wish you didn't have to do it because I do know that and we have people that have thousands of minutes of

114of time um I said I wish you didn't have to do it but again if we were audited we would be short days if I couldn't go here this will show you that every one of our employees actually has met the 840 minute requirement for those two days um and I didn't take a tie every month I just look down here at this left hand hand box there's no major changes from the 2425 calendar correct the new the even though I don't think we've actually had to utilize them to know if it's even effective like the half day coming back from break because we've had snow days the past two years so will that be something that they'll look at to see if it's I mean I I struggle with that in the fact the

115I just not sure what you can get done in 25 minutes or 30 minutes or whatever that class period is on a half day and you jump to a full day the next day and I know that teachers have pushed for that and this is their calendar and I I I accept it but I think the idea finally actually get to have one right measure the effectiveness did it help does it because I think the idea is it because it is difficult for kids to come back from that long of a break for a full day now not so much at high school probably um but definitely at elementary school it's tough for them to come back on and so it gives the teachers an opportunity to touch Bas with all the kids on that

116first day back sort of set expectations and then get started because again you do have to do a lot of sort of retraining early on to make sure your class is function I'm just saying it'd be interesting to hear the feedback when we actually get to have one to make sure that they felt it's going to be a bear this year because it's a full week yeah it starts on a Monday and then so our goal the DT we talked I think our goal is going to be to try to propose two years worth of calendars for the next um to actually get those especially for the for it really helps Megan and people in this office who need to actually start loading things because we're going to try to do two years next we're

117going to try to approve a two-year calendar um that's the goal it was it was it a unanimous vote was a unanimous vote Yes it was I got a question about the yellow color coding here says no student no school for students all day so but uh Good Friday uh April is yellow color code color coded wouldn't the teachers be off that day too they are so good can just say all or no school all day or something instead it's a no school day so if it's a no school day nobody is working on any of those days what about on the 25th of May the 25th of May also a holiday it's a no school day it's a no servant we're done for school at that point yeah the teachers working no nobody's working

118on yellow days yellow days are everybody's right yes kids are out but the teachers don't have the orange are teacher wor students off of that that that's the way it's that that's the way the calendar is always read schol are you the four students is was sorry did somebody ask a question I no it wasn't a question so what's happening May 25th is itori it's Memorial Day Memorial Day students are already gone by then though yeah know but it wasn't written in yeah the students are gone and it didn't fit down there there was May May was May 26 is technically a professional learning day but it's FX day that's to get the teachers to the 182 for their contract um so it just that had to be in there it had to be in

119there it fit I'm kind of I I tried to move everything around I'm might work on it before I do the final one will an extra dotted line in there you could get rid of that's funny it does it's it's a little more complicated to take it out I'm going to by the time that'll be gone by the time it gets posted we may not have a super Angie has to mess with this calendar one more time get R of the building I'll make a motion to approve the 2526 calendar as presented second move by chrisy seconded by any further discussion on the calendar all those in favor 70 gon grants Grant from ncal Valley Hill system is the amount of $227,000 for day care payroll motion to approve the nescot Valley Health Systems grant

120for $227,000 and moved by Christie seconded by Lisa is there any further discussion on 7.1 on the $27,000 Grant all those in favor 70 Grant a ordered to KMS music from Peter R Marsh foundation in the amount of 1,650 to purchase sheet music and supplies motion to accept the $1,650 Grant from Peter R Marsh foundation for KMS choir and music second been moved by chrisy seconded by Angie to approve the $1650 Grant from Peter R Marsh Foundation any further discussion all those in favor 70 Grant award to NHS for National Council for agriculture education in the amount of, 1400 to purchase case classroom materials and or equipment recommend accepting the $1,400 Grant from ncae for the NHS ad class been moved by chrisy seconded by Lisa any further discussion on that all those in favor

12170 thank you to all of those that provided grants for school that's pretty generous right there it's pretty cool okay I move to the board meeting executive session to discuss Personnel issues pursuant to the non-elected Personnel exception under coma um I propose we meet back in regular session at 8 what 73 7:37 make it 8:15 after a five minute break been moved by Christie to go into executive session Till :15 seconded by Jeff any further discussion on this all those in favor e e e we're going to be back in regular session well okay we're back in regular session we're good I move that the board um and superintendent meet an executive session to discuss personal issues pursuant to non-elected Personnel exception under coma how long do you need I only need five um we

122need break I feel like I'm being all right Chris's made a motion executing session till 910 got a second seconded by Jeff any further discussion all those in favor e e e got up baby we go Motion to approve the ad 2526 administrator contract recommendations as presented that right right been moved by Christie seconded by Erica to approve the 20 2526 admin contract is presented is there any further discussion all those in favor all those opposed 61 no other actions are required meeting is aured next one is at Norwich at 6 o' on April 14th