001Roll call, please. Lorie Austin, here. Gillan here. Chris Hans here. Myers here. Mina here. Scott here. Here. Lisa here. Stand for the flag. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right. Next, we have a time of open forum. Look like we have anybody. We'll move on to approval of the agenda. I have a couple modifications. We're going to move the uh bus conversation to 7A right after the consent calendar. And then the new number nine will be FCCLA travel. Looking for a motion to approve Cassie broker pencil. He was hanging in there. There he goes. He's just providing me all this stuff tonight. He's got a shared answer with him. Motion.
002Thanks, AZ. Second. Thanks, Scott. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. Motion carries. All right, we will move on to number six, the consent calendar. Uh have the minutes in your packet uh as well as the bills if there's any questions on either one of those. And there should be minutes for the special meeting as well. Uh, and if no questions on the bills, then we will move on to transfers. We do not have any at this time. And no transfers. So, I'd look for a motion to approve the consent calendar. So, moved. Thanks, Scott. Second. Second. Thanks, Cassie. All those in favor say I. I. I. Opposed? Motion carries. All right. Now, we'll move on to the bus conversation. Thought it'd be good to have everybody around the table where you could ask
003your questions and and uh there you go. Perfect. And continue that conversation. So, thank you for joining us tonight and for coming in and appreciate the opportunity. Well, we appreciate letting you look at our look at the bus and then joining us for our meeting. Thank you. Yeah, couple of us got to see it in Witchaw and so really wanted everybody to get an opportunity to go to look at it. So, and ask their questions. So, don't everybody go first at once. What how many miles um can we expect uh this? Great question. Uh because the price overall cost of operation is big. Uh that particular powertrain has been known to be more than 600,000 if it's taken care of properly. And then it's designed to be rebuildable. A sleeved engine. Uh the body is
004engineered for 20 years of everyday commercial application, which obviously a school doesn't do. So most of us will probably be well out of here before somebody tears the bus up or it wears out. Um that you know we also sell those motor coaches like Greyhound buses and we sell the Bluebirds and Thomas' and International school buses and all that our school bus division. Uh and there's different prices obviously for those. Uh one big thing is it holds its value. Like every school wants me to give them a number for the trade in of theirs. And I hate to offend anybody, but there are over a million school bus body vehicles dumped on the US market every year because schools turning over their inventories. And there is no market for them. We get probably 20 plus
005phone calls, emails every day in our office. People wanting the very best used school bus with no rust. everything works great and they've got $700 to offer for it because they're going to make it into the nicest RV you've ever seen. We get that every day and we thank them for their call and we can take them to the scrapyard and get more than that. So, uh, occasionally there's good ones at church will buy them or whatever, but there's really no market. So they depreciate down to scrap metal very quickly because not having a place to resell them. Unless you want to trade them in when they're 3 years old with 20,000 miles on them, then we could talk. Uh uh we've had four or five uh Ultra Coach liners traded in since we started
006marketing them to schools in early 2018. And in each case, it was because they were uh trading in for a different model. They went, "I've got one that doesn't have as many seats, and they wanted more seats and some upgrades that we didn't order." Uh on all but uh two of them sold the first day and the others sold within two, three days. And uh the last one, they got more than $150,000 for it, and it was five or six years old. Um, it's because there's a big market for a vehicle like that on the commercial side. So, if people know it's available and schools, every school out there just about says, "Hey, I want a really late model, low mileage one. You know, send me a quote." Well, I'd like to have those, too.
007Uh, but if a school was interested in something like that, I say, "Well, I'll put you on the list." The list is very long. because that only ever happened. But uh you would have to be able to pull the trigger like that or it's gone. So the only schools ever got one is because their board voted for them to the superintendent to make a decision up to a certain dollar amount for an activity bus. And so the salesman called the superintendent and said, "Hey, we're going to get this one traded in. Here's what it's like." And they said, "All right, I'll take it." sent a purchase order and uh so that was a week or two before we ever got the bus. So anyway, all that to answer your question um if you do the
008math total cost of operation where it's going to be right now a fully decked out Bluebird activity bus is up to $300,000 and it takes two years to get it. Thomas' are a little cheaper but they're still you know, 18 to 24 months to to build those. Part of that's because international quit making them and so they're just overwhelmed. But the yellow buses got so far behind that they're they take precedence over the activity buses. Uh but even the difference in the dollars uh in a few years, this one saves you money. And on those motor coaches, like Greyhound buses, brand new, they're over 700,000 now. Plus, um, and which one did you say that? Like a Greyhound bus. Okay. You know, those kind of motor coaches. Um, you know, for example, we sold several
009of the ones to Garden City that had their MCI motor coaches and now they traded those in for the coach liners because it was just a whole lot cheaper to operate. take care of. What's your warranty on the new ones? Uh there is a warranty from Freightlininer and all we put on is the standard base warranty. Okay. And uh this particular one, the engine, it's a Cumins 9 L. Uh it's a 2-year 250,000. It's an Allison transmission. That's uh on that one it's uh threeyear unlimited and then the chassis itself there's something like the frame is five years axles are four years etc. But the reason we do it that way they've got several different extended expanded warranties available but they'll sell them to you for the same price they sell them to me. So,
010I tell all my customers, if you're interested in moral warranty, contact your local Freight Liner dealer, give them your VIN number, and say, "Hey, I want to see what you've got." Uh, some schools have done it, but very few, and it's usually because you're not really putting that many miles on, right? As far as the structure you put on the the Freightlininer body, what's the It's 336. Okay. For the for the conversion. Okay. Mr. You probably don't know this answer to this question, but how much do you think we put on the one that we have right now in the year? How much have we spent on it? How much how many miles did we put on the current one we have for all the calendar? Uh, brand new January 2020. It's a 2019 and
011we're at 57,000 miles on it. So, we'd get to the three year on the body. Yeah. So, that's not bad. Yeah. Okay. I think now that has increased over the last few years since we've changed our regionals to where we're going clear to southwest Kansas, we're going clear to Witchah. Uh we have Salina on a regular basis in football now. So those things have changed a lot in the last two years. So I would say the majority of those miles have put on the last two year versus the first two years. Okay. Thank you. So, so with 57,000 miles, would it be a good trade in good prospect? Uh, yes. We'd be very interested in your 2019 2019. Yeah. Um, give me the details of what it is, options and so forth, if you've done
012major work or whatever, and we'll get you a number. Okay. If you want after we're done with this, you can write down I can show it to you. Cover the bug guts. kind of like your windshield that we just came back from. That proves it drives. Rolling Hill Zoo. That proves that it drives. Yes, I tell you. I don't know what we were hitting on the way home from Ellis the other night, but it was so loud that even the the girls was hitting the west side of the bus. They were jumping. I don't know what the bugs were, but they were hard. And so, yeah, it was like a putty knife trying to get that off there. So, but yeah. Yeah. If you get in, we can run down there. It's in the bus
013barn. And that's the other thing is our vehicles have all been This is one of the few school districts that I know of that all their vehicles are in a barn. Beautiful. So, I think somebody asked, "Will this fit in the barn?" I'm sorry. Will this fit in the barn? Yeah, that would. Mhm. Y that was something somebody asked when we were walking up here. I think it was you did. Yeah. Yeah. It would fit inside the U bay number one, which is a wider door. Uh, depthwise, it's not that big of an issue, right? But, uh, I don't I couldn't put it in five or six because they're a 10 foot door with the mirrors. I don't know that we'd have the clearance that we need, but day one or two would fit in.
014He and I were talking earlier. This is a lot safer bus for your drivers versus that rear engine where you're sitting right at the front of the car on the windshield. I'm telling you that's the first thing I noticed when I got behind it was in fact that was my first comment was I feel this is such a different feel because where I'm at now I'm on the bumper and there's nothing between me and whatever is coming through that window just like that that gentleman from Russell last year was very very fortunate that the the the vehicle he rear ended was on the passenger side or he wouldn't be with us because it push I don't know if you guys ever saw that bus but it pushed that whole front end clear back to the
015second seat. But there's nothing to stop it. Right. Right. I've been part of a camper experience when we were at Pop Cup, too. Right. Same type of deal. So, there's nothing there. Shattered. You've got heavy frame rails. That's that's the selling point for me on this deal is is is the safety is the front is the you know that's right my concern was with with our wildlife population that we have here is hitting a deer in that white bus I'm sure it would be right there with me right a lot of the schools we have one of the options is grill dark well it's funny that our our insurance agent just suggested that we do that on all of our vehicles I don't know about our big us. I don't know. Yeah, that's what I
016was just getting ready to ask was if there was if you had an option for We have different names depending on what part of the country. Hog guards. So, air pressure is an option that we could put on the front of that. Can we make it like this? We can just Can we make it like the old railroad engines, you know, with the little cow catcher on the front? Well, I've been told for enough money you can have anything you want. There you go. We're good. Can imagine each other. Uh I want to throw one other thing out too. I sell a base version of this bus. This is called an ultra coach liner. Uh and there are a lot of things on it. The base bus for that one is called a Super Coach
017XL. Can I That's the bus that Philsburg has. is this one he's starting to talk about. Okay. Uh the reason we do both designs is if I have a C and it's typically uh commercial application. Uh a lot of commercial operators have contracts for shuttling. They're taking people to the airport. They're taking them to a casino or whatever. And it's just people aren't on the bus a long time. They're just taking them. And that will save them some money because they don't need all the extra stuff. Uh it's got a standard Freight Liner truck suspension under it, which Freight Liner doesn't design them to haul people. Cargo never complains about the ride. Uh so we modify the suspensions for people. These are the only Freight Liners in the country with uh on passenger buses with
018airbags in the front and it's an air over spring. And I was showing him where there's a way he can adjust that based on how big your load is. You got 10 kids or you got 50 kids. Okay. Uh it's got additional high strength steel in the caging. Uh it's got u uh that upgraded driver's seat. Uh but there there are a long there's a long list of of uh upgrades that are in it. Uh, I sell probably 50 of this for one of those and I'm happy to sell you one. Uh, and I will throw this out. Uh, we are controlled by territory just like Bluebird and Thomas and International. Uh if another Bluebird dealer came and sold a Bluebird to a school in this Bluebird company's territory, they lose their license. Uh these
019others you mentioned, that dealer's being talked to. That was a big no no. And there's reasons for it. Uh because without that system, and we didn't make up the system, it's been around for many decades. Uh it would be like everybody you buy a Ford or a Chevy and you have to go to Detroit to get any service for it. So that's why all of these manufacturers set up that system. But nobody can beat my prices anyway. But um uh because uh we own the brand of coach liner. Nobody else can sell that one. But if the if you are interested in the base bus uh and the reason I say nobody touch our prices, we partner with and set up the factories to assemble these buses. So anyway, uh if you're interested in that,
020I can get you pricing for it. Uh but it's not as comfortable. It's doesn't have as much insulation. It's louder. Uh, it doesn't have the extra steel. Uh, driver seat's not as nice. Doesn't have the extra seated either, right? It's It's not as many seats. It It is. It's a different seat. Still 56. This is an upgraded seat. It's got uh a little bit more ergonomic shape. It's got more foam and a higher quality foam. It's about double the amount of foam. So the other seat in the base unit is just not designed for anybody riding hours. You know, if you're in there 20, 30 minutes to go somewhere, you know, it's not a problem. Nobody pays attention. So, but I do have it available as well. Okay. Is it the same body type like
021that? It's the same body, uh, except the caging structure on the Ultra Coach liner is a little heavier duty. Uh the uh subfloor on this one is a higher grade patented product. The other one doesn't have the suspension upgrade. So it's just a standard front truck suspension, that kind of thing. There's a reason there's a difference in price, but it's not that much difference. 25 grand. So that's why I said we offer it to everybody, but I'll sell 40 to 50 of these for one of those. And you said Philipsburg went with a cheaper option there. The only thing that they did was their bus had the extra seat, but they had the base suspension and seats. If they were talking with a dealer that wasn't supposed to be out of their territory, and I
022know who it is, they have a territory that I don't sell into. But can you confirm that that's what they got you just mentioned a second ago? Theirs was the same style. I'm not sure what their brand is. All I know is Well, if it's a Super Coach XL, that is Well, no, theirs was But it looks similar. that other dealer does cannot sell an ultra coach liner because the only way place they can get that theirs look like this where they had the extra uh passenger seat up front. Okay, that's uh the other model and they call that a a uh mega coach. Okay, so that's that's the only difference between this bus and Philsburg bus is well that particular bus is a smaller chassis with a smaller powertrain. It's smaller. This is the
023one I thought you were talking about. Okay, that was my mistake. And uh because it's got the entrance door farther back, it still has the cab doors and it's got a driver's seat and a co-pilot seat. Uh that was our first bus that we de developed and we did a co-pilot seat because you know the the driver was probably one of the coaches or teachers and showed up early in the morning and now it's midnight and so this somebody's got to keep them awake and they either stand up or sit on a water jug, right? So we did a co-pilot seat. So, I still have this one available, but because of where the entrance door is, I can only seat 50 in the back. And that's what I was That's what I was trying to
024get at. I'm sorry. So, yeah. So, Philsburg is is just like this. And the other bus is also almost a foot shorter. And all of that is in the luggage bays. The luggage bays aren't as tall. So, it's about 20% less luggage capacity as this one. And it's a different type of luggage bay. there on a piano hinge that that tilt up this way instead of motor coach style. And I will say that's the only complaint that that's why one reason Philsford got two was because of the less passenger and there's not his his complaint was storage and that's one of the complaints we have now with our existing thing is storage. Uh but he uh the um that's that's one reason he said Phil's forgot to two because we don't want to have volleyball
025complaining they always get the football gets a good bus. Okay. But he said also when we only have 50 50 seats per bus that barely fits everybody. So, and he said, "But when we sacrificed just those other extra seats, we also sacrificed the storage underneath." So, uh I love the fact that we can put what we need to for football and track underneath there and standing up. None of this trying to sneak it onto the bus to, you know, where it blocks an emergency exit, you know, those type of things. So this this type of storage is awesome. What's the seat count on this? Got 56 drivers and that's 10 more than what we have in our existing bus. If we would have had this bus today, we wouldn't had to take two buses to
026our field trip. Yeah. Uh you might if you get one of these keep it for 30 years and then it really doesn't matter. But if at some point you did want to trade it in for an upgrade or maybe we come out with one that floats on air or something else. Um this one holds its value better. The other one is the one that is the only one we had for a while is what we were building because we spent a lot more time designing this one. And so when it came out, now it's the dominant one. And we sell 65 to 70% the DSL here over the other one. And and a lot of that is because of uh it does hold its value a lot better because also the powertrain is rebuildable. The
027other one's not. 67 Cummins is not rebuildable really. um uh where you're at these hills out here, it would be fine. I've got several of both models in Kansas. There's probably I don't know 15 16 up in Kansas, probably two dozen in Oklahoma and so forth. Uh I've got orders in now that we haven't built yet for some Kansas schools, but uh and it's some of each model. So either one of them would be a good bus for you and be an upgrade over what you have. The other bus, this SE102 is the other one. Uh it's about depending on the option 50 to $60,000 less than this. The difference in that price is the bigger chassis and powertrain and the cost of moving this door. We have to totally rebuild the cab to do
028that. and get Freightlininer to sign off on it for warranty purposes. The this one um I don't know how old those ones are from Fullsburg. I don't know. I don't think their seats can or easily moved like we were talking about remove three bolts and move it out. I don't think theirs has that ability. When did this one come out? This one has been out for going on six years. Okay. That's the one that all the Cali College, this is what they run. In fact, they were running MCI Motor Coaches and uh They were getting them to us and we had a relationship and when we came out with that they bought one and then after a year administration had the bus guy track it and they needed another bus so they said well tell
029us how they compare. Well they spent a little over $70,000 that year on the MCIs and they spent $179 on the old coach liner and they said get another one. So, u Callie can tell you about it, which is why we which is why we have the white bus that we have now is because our motor coach was right sitting in the shop with like a $30,000. There was a guy out of Fort Worth with van with ABC company that covered Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas with motor coaches. the schools sold a bunch of them and now they're all pretty old because I have a lot of them sitting on one of my lots rusted away. I don't know how many I've taken in trade just to get them off their lots and off their insurance
030and I've sold three of them. The country of Bise bought three of them. Oh wow. Uh and it's their transportation. They drove those things all the way to Bise from Wow. It cost me more to fix them up than I I lost money on them, but I got them off my lot. But uh you schools shouldn't have them. If I was on the school board again, I would find anybody that wanted to try to buy a motor coach for school. Bad. If you're in the business and that's what you do for a living, right? And you're set up to take care of it. Great. But a school, no. Yeah. They have a purpose. One thing I want to if I can when I drove that one from Philsburg the first thing I noticed was those
031big hills coming out of out of PERG our buses you're down to 45 miles an hour they don't have the power to get up those hills same thing when you're going the hills to Salina on interstate down to 50 55 because they just can't get up those hills at cruise control on whatever. I can stand on that, which I do. It doesn't do any good. Of course, we have a, you know, we have a governor on it who doesn't go above 75 anyway, but you're still hoping that, you know, no one comes flying up behind you. So, uh, to me, that was a big selling point was the fact that we're not going 45 miles an hour up a hill and people coming late night after a game trying to get around you. And it
032just to me is a big danger. interstate. Uh there again, as much as we're traveling distances, it's that's a big concern to me is being able to keep up the flow of traffic. So all my mountain states, there's I've got couple of dozen in western Montana. They that's the bus they all get. It'll sail up the mountains. All right. Does anybody else have any questions? If not, thanks again for thanks for taking the time to come. Thank you and so everybody can see and drive home safe. I don't think so. I think we're good for now. Thank you, Seagull. Yeah. Thank you. I believe you got all of our contact information. I think so. Yep. That would be great. Perfect. Thank you again. Thank you very much. Hey, have a good night. All right. Well,
033we can continue the conversation if you want. Uh just to give Lisa some direction continue looking into it more. I stepped down for a second. Did he said he is interested in North impressed with their book that they put together their presentation? He's having them make a copy of it. That's awesome. The sales team. That's awesome. Thanks, Eagle. Thought I'd put that out there. Yeah. Tell him he wants some money for copyright. The FCCLA presentation that the kids did for us. Yeah. He they showed it to him and uh so he asked for a copy of it to take back. Yeah. So he did say he was interested. Yes, he did. Yes. Because of the low miles. Yeah. Yep. Which is great. Well, it was going talked about the 45 mph thing. Maybe should have
034left that part out. Just saying. That surprises me. I I can't believe that honestly that that's the case. Sorry. Nope. Gotcha. He sells them, so I'm sure he's aware. Well, he is now. Did you want me to give it? Um, we had that list. Was that a month or so ago? Mhm. So, um, well, I feel like we kind of really kind of messed the first time up, but, you know, with the one we picked the last time around, but this one here just looks like I blame I blame that on I blame that on Todd. I blame that on Todd. I just since he's not here since he's not here to defend himself. You trying to save a buck? No, actually at the time we really thought seemed like a really good it did
035seem like a really good idea at the time. But um we can nickel and dime this thing and continue to nickel and dime it at the same time or we can get what we can get out of it and get something that's reliable and something that's sturdy and something that uh tends to have some longevity, you know. Yeah. 600,000 miles. Pretty good. Yeah. Yeah. And I think you know when we bought that when we bought when we purchased the white bus too, we weren't traveling twice a year down to southeast Kansas. We weren't, you know, at the time we weren't even going to uh Inman and some of the thing the thing about that bus is is we shouldn't be having we don't have many miles on it. We shouldn't be fighting the issues even
036even with those trips. That shouldn't be No, I know. We shouldn't even be to the point where we're having to spend this money like cuz the last bus was leading us a lot and now we're right back in the same situation. The the the positive of this is is like he said people can work on these. Yes. You know that's don't have to take that's no different than a truck that's in the oil field on the same J. Yeah. So, so you know, and we've we kind of kicked around the idea of used or new. And I mean, I know we've kind of talked about it a little bit, but you know, it's one of those deals if we get the longevity out of it, get it get what we want, you know, set it
037up the way we want it, and and you know, I think other than the ceiling thing, the ceiling thing looks nice and stuff, but you know, the USB stuff's important. I don't think TVs are that important on Right. You know, I think the USB trumps the uh ceiling and the screens. Yeah. You know, so I mean, we can we can pick some things in there to to to get quotes on, but that's kind of kind of where I'm leaning. Um the other bus at the same like going back to it, you know, it's a safety thing. you know, we get them out on the highway and there there they set, you know, we need something that's going to make you feel safe, make you, you know, that we're not putting our kids at risk or
038the driver at risk and different things like that. So, I I would say, like I said, kind of come up with what we want as far as, you know, the options and but really those seats, everything like that, they're pretty nice. It seems like it's a good ride. So, since you talked about the like what we saw this evening and then the base price, what would you like to see at the next board meeting? Do you want um options when it comes to that or are you leaning more towards this one? Do they have a website or a a place you can go on a portal to do a spec so we could sit here and spend 30 minutes going through? There can't be hundreds of options, probably 50 options. Right. Right. Yeah, that's what
039I'm saying. I can bring all that back to you, but I need to know where to begin. Like, do you you want multiple styles of buses because this one is different than the base one? Oh, super coach. I think I think this I mean I just want to make sure I'm Yeah. No, I'm on board with this one right here. I don't think we need to risk losing space, losing the sword space. I mean, that's a big selling point to, you know, for all of Just look at that. I mean, is the big deal. I don't think we want a stock with it and like you said that the suspension and everything with the airbags and different things like that, you know. So, like I said, Lisa, everything on that bus basically. I mean, I
040know we can't have the the back and different things, but like I said, the USB, I think that's the biggest deal. And then, you know, I mean, I don't know what the ceiling deal costs, but I don't think it's a necessity, but right, it's I mean, it's kind of that's all you're dealing. The only thing Herby mentioned that he did like about it is the the blue lights down the center because then he can cuz then at night he can see if there's kids what's going on without it being running around. He sees it in his mirror then as opposed to uh but I I think I think he's I think he's fine either way. But the cost of producer that yeah other than that so I'm also going without the price. Yeah. I mean
041see how much it's added and I would definitely say the second microphone and for whoever's Yeah. For whoever's riding. Yeah. Like I said that was the only two things. No TV monitors. No. Yeah, I don't think that you still get the two. Yeah, you still get the two up front, but yeah, I agree. Okay. And I'm going to I'm going to request tradein value. And are you interested in So he said if we order, help me out with this guy. So he said if we order, we are 8 to 10 months out. If we take a demo, it's less time. It just depends on if they got a demo coming in. If they have one available. Yeah. So, you want me to check into a demo? I I think so. Okay. I'm going to get
042a price on a demo. Proportionate. Well, we can get it wrapped then. And that was my next question. So, you want me Okay. I agree too. Yes, I agree. We're going to spend the money. Yeah. I mean, they're the professionals. They have a department. I think we just have them. Okay. I would think we would maybe want something to do with our new vision or new I agree. But anyway, okay. I will work on that. Would you like to see because I'm gonna have to get bids. Would you like to see bids at the June meeting to make Do you Are you ready to make a decision in June? I think we need to. Like I said, we can kick the ball down the road further, you know, if we want to, but we're going
043to keep going back on time that we got to wait. I will work on that and we'll have one. I'm going to go to USA at the end of May. I'll visit. There's usually two different companies. So, see what I can't get and we'll talk about it in June. Sounds great. Kids are going to be excited if they're listening or sharing tonight. Well, not all of them are going to be excited. Yeah. The juniors almost graduate by the time we get it. So, it's just going to be the sophomores and freshmen that get senior's like, "Wait, what?" He'll give you his line. That'll make you feel better. He'll give you his last line. All right, we'll move on to communications. Uh, PKNA, I do not have anything. Nothing. Okay. And I do have these two.
044Uh, class of 1982, USD270. Uh, thank you so much for thinking of mom. So she so enjoyed working there and especially all the people who made her feel welcome. Mary Drying family. Uh and then this one is uh thank you so much for the flower arrangement in honor of our dad. Uh from Jay Bremer and Jill Wells. Did you guys want to see them pass? Sure. Okay. Pass him around. Mr. Bimemer was a superintendent here for a lot of years. Some of you probably remember that. Mrs. Wells dad. Yeah. He was Yeah. So Jill's dad was superintendent here when I was when I was in school. Well, Mary Dryland was custodian when I was a kid. Right. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. All right. We'll move on to reports. uh Smoky Hill Education Service Center. Uh I'm
045trying to think mainly we talked about uh we're still waiting on we we started early. So we're working on health insurance because health insurance has been a major uh issue at the service center. So uh and it's kind of like us in Blue Cross and Blue Shield. the rates come in and you only have like 30 or 60 days to or 30 or 45 days to make a decision and so it's hard to get other quotes. So they've been actually working on some different options uh all uh I guess since the first of the year and uh just running down the leads and looking at different options. Have you guys considered like that freedom claims that the MKS EC uses? That might be one of the ones. I can't remember for sure. Yeah, cuz Uh
046I think we've been in a year with the uh uh co-op seems to be going really well and the people um teachers I haven't heard anything negative at the meetings anyway. I mean you're on your own. I mean have you used freedom claims? I personally am not that but yeah I'll have to ask him. They've looked at a bunch of different ones. So, I'll have to ask him because I was talking to the lady and she said that she will go anywhere. It doesn't cost anything. She'll explain. She'll take a look at your plan and say uh something like, "No, you guys are good. You don't need me." Or, "Yeah, you could probably use some things." So, I'll ask him and let him know. Thanks. They're always asking if anybody has any ideas, any leads.
047Uh the other one of the other things we've been working on is a uh agreement with uh CARE, which is the Kansas Association of Rural Education, which used to be SQE that we belong to and uh so and SQE uh is was schools for quality education is what it was called. But one of the one of the big things they have they did a lot of work uh in the first school funding lawsuit. Uh and they had played a big role in that. But the other thing they've done is they have a a full-time uh lobbyist that's at the capital. He's a former legislator and so he sends us updates of what's going on at the state house and stuff when they're in session. Uh and then also speaks on on behalf of rural schools.
048Uh, and so that was kind of all managed through Kansas State University. Uh, and Kate is reorganizing the way some of their stuff is being done. And so Smoky Hill is going to help take over the administrative part of that. Uh, and so we're still working on that agreement, finalizing it. But, uh, but yeah, it was one of those things when KState, uh, said they were going to have to, uh, reconsider if they had the staffing to do it. So, that's about it from Smok uh, special co-op. Um, not much. Just went over some um, transfer of assignment, Nicole Gosoff, and we already had knew that beforehand with us. She'll be joining us next calendar year. be retirements regulations but yeah pretty much on the notes there on the so you have any questions just
049let me know all right any member reports uh the only thing I there is uh so there's a funding task force that's working on uh a new school funding formula uh because part of the current school funing for formula sunsets in 2027. And so right now up up until I was I had drove to Kansas City and back today. So I listened to it all the way there and all the way back and uh two or a day and a half of hearings, but they're all on YouTube. Uh so any of the anything that happens in the capital uh with the Senate or the House or the combined committees is all on YouTube and available to view uh under the Kansas legislature. Uh but anyway, really right now they've just been collecting information. So it's
050been a lot offormational stuff and and asking questions. There's haven't really started making any uh decisions on on what they're going to do. Uh I think one of the next steps is they are going to look at just coming back with some different runs, taking waitings and changing the way they're addressed like the uh high enrollment waiting, the low enrollment waiting, the at risk waitings and all those kinds of things. So uh but yeah, they haven't really made any there's no decisions. It's just all beenformational uh up to now. they their goal is like in six months to have uh something to present to the legislature uh next year when they're in session. Uh and then it wouldn't be then they would probably go back to the drawing board to address concerns and then it
051would be approved like the next uh the next session but just to be able to introduce it so the legislators could ask questions and have input that kind of stuff. Uh so it's kind of a big deal in a way because it changes uh depending upon what they decide to do. Uh because it there really isn't talk about changing the amount of money that goes into education necessarily. is just how it's distributed and there's been a lot of it is a very I mean you guys have seen the budget and how complicated it is and all those different waitings and all but all those waitings also have been added to address equity and fairness and those kinds of things uh and to try and uh you know have some parody between smaller districts and large
052districts and you know like we're fortunate in Brooks County to have relative relatively high tax valuations. Uh other counties aren't as fortunate. Uh and so if uh if they had to fund that locally, it would be, you know, a tremendous feat in some counties. Uh but anyway, so it's just something to keep your eye on and uh and it's available if you ever if you're ever bored like me and want to listen in. So, uh, in the principal reports for the one thing I want to point out to you in Mr. Reinhardt's, um, board report, it's just a last bullet. So, when you have a little bit of time, if you just read over that because Mr. Reinhardt and Mrs. Stall and I are working on getting the grant submitted by May 15th. Um, and
053so if if this would come to fruition, then, you know, Mr. Reinhardt would be working to bring policies and you know things along that line. But he's kind of explained the the funding source and and what that would um how how that would get paid for. Um we've talked about some ways to sustain that. Um you know in in future years. Um so anyway, did we used to have one? No. Well, yes. Um I think it was before my time, but I think Mrs. Uh Warner had one had a dog when she was here. That's my understanding. And then we had a high school student who had his own. Um but I think that was not necessarily a therapy dog, but it was more of a um like a medical. Yes. Yes. That that would
054help with a young Yeah, that helped with a student. Um and so, you know, we haven't had one for a while. And um as you're aware, Taylor Ays has donated to the special education program for the last several years and um so we thought we would he's interested in being a part of this project and then again, you know, applying through the Heartland grant and then looked at doing some sustainability things that would help continue. So the dog is would be private owned. Um and then the responsibility falls on the owner. Um, but we're looking at, you know, doing a partnership with that. Um, you know, so that we could help make that happen. But it's a very intense program of training and all of that. The the dogs are trained, the owner is trained,
055and so anyway, just want to make sure that you're aware of that. If you know, if you have any questions or concerns, uh, reach out to Mr. Reinhardt. Sounds good. All right, we'll move on to Superintendent. Okay. Um, so every year they put out the uh budget workshop dates and uh we try to go to the closest one and that doesn't always work out depending on our schedules. Um, so the one that works u Mr. Reinhardt and his new board clerk, Miss T here and myself and my new board clerk, we're going to go to Valley Center on Monday, June 9th. U Mr. Reinhardt and I are attending a couple of things in June. Um, as I mentioned last month, we have the innovation trip um that's being paid for by school specialty. Um, that
056falls on, I think, the Oakley date. Um, and then, um, did we ever figure out who's all going to that? Yeah. Yep. Yep. Um, and so anyway, that one and then, oh, we were invited by Fort Hayes again to go to the U multi-state conference in Nebraska. So there were a couple of more dates that fell on that. So we had between Valley Center and Gerard that would work for us. So we chose Valley Center which is closer. We're just gonna get up early that morning. We're going to go. It's going to be the four of us so we can talk. We can talk budget. Um and that is also a board meeting uh day. So Chris will have to nudge me if I do off. But anyway, I think that date is going to
057work nice. And it's kind of exciting because it's the first date of it's the first offering of budget workshops. And so anyway, the four of us are going to carpool and and go down to that. So, just wanted to let you know um those are starting and then um Mr. Reinhardt has some other um things that he's going to attend that happen in the month of June as well. But for the budget workshop, we're going to go together and I'm excited about that. Um district office summer hours. U so in recent years, the district office adjusts the office hours. Um if the board is in support, uh we had another visit today. um our district office hours. Uh we're looking at doing 7 to 4 Mondays through Thursday and then 7 to noon on Fridays.
058And we'd like to begin the first uh part of June, June 2nd, and run through July 25th. Um so I just wanted you to have a minute to think about that. I think I also have it in other items. Maybe I sure do. So we'll come back up on that. um RCH Nest just wanted to let you know that we're getting closer to opening that. Um we actually received our temporary license today. So we were um super excited about that. We still are working out some of the details. We still have a little bit to um work with the facility, get some things in there. We're working on scheduling. Mr. Reinhardt and I have a meeting uh with our directors on Wednesday afternoon. So anyway, we're we're getting closer. So I'll keep you posted on
059that as well. But wanted to let you know that that's getting close. Um, just a friendly reminder, our final um, excuse me, yeah, our final day of school is this Friday, May 16th. I'm sure those of you with children are very well aware of that. U, school will dismiss at 11:30 and then our lunchon for faculty and staff begins at noon. Um, which is going to be provided by our kitchen um, staff. they've ordered the things for us and then um anyone who can come and help cook that day or just be a part of our day that would be great. Our lunchon starts at noon followed by recognitions and celebrations. So we'd love to have you join us if you're available any of you are. And then just want to give you an update
060on the safe routes to school. So the work for this grant, safe routes to school, started over a year ago. And during phase one last year, we received funding to hire an engineering firm who studied a variety of variables regarding our students getting safely to school. And uh this included traffic flow, uh drop offs, pickups, signage, crosswalks, safety of sidewalks, just really about everything that um impacts safe routes. So once that phase was completed then we applied and received the next phase of the grant. So just a little update at this point both the city of Plainville and the school district have signed the contract for phase two of safe routes to school. This next step involves working with an engineering firm on construction and implementation of the project. Um as you might recall this
061phase we're going to receive $853,991. This covers 100% of the of the project. So no additional funding is required from the city or from the school district. Moving into this phase is a huge step for our school and our community. Um you might remember when we first or I first visited with you about the project. So the improvement begins at the school and then has the opportunity of going throughout the entire community with the potential to run all the way to Planeville Lake and uh Brooks County Health. Um so with successful completion of this next phase that we're going into, we have the opportunity to receive additional funding that would allow us to make additional upgrades throughout our entire community. Um, as I learn more and more about this grant, um, I find more and
062more ways to be proud of this district and the community. Um, Safe Rouse to School is highly competitive. Only nine communities were awarded this grant and our school district is the only district who was awarded the grant. So, the potential of this grant is unimaginable. However, we're doing just that. So, I want to just take a minute to remind everyone of that. We all need to think outside the box of things that we can do. Dream big. We received 15,000 in phase one. We received $853,991 in phase two. How much will we receive next? Our Plainville community is a wonderful place, but just imagine the potential there. So, just a little update where we are with that. That's it for me. All right. Any other questions? Yeah, I just want to follow up on that
063really quick. I just want to say while we're in open, uh, I appreciate the city for coming to coming coming together here before we went down a rabbit hole that we did need to go down. So, I appreciate them coming together and working with us because at the end of the day, this is a community. It is it's for all of us. It's not just the school. This is this is for everyone. So, I appreciate the the members that I talked to uh prior to this getting done. I know Chris talked to several of them as well. So, I just like to thank them for their time and and like I said, getting to the getting to the finish line here. So, yeah, their time and partnership. I think it's going to be really fantastic.
064It is. All right. Look for a motion to approve reports. A second. Marlene, all those in favor say I. Second opposed. Motion carries. All right, we'll move on to FCCLA travel. Don't look at her. You've been here. You've been here before. You know the drill. All right. So, you did another uh public policy advocate star event. Yeah. Level three just like last year. Um we won state this time instead of getting second like last year. And then So we're Nationals is now in Orlando. So we're up here to have permission to travel out of state. So if you would like to look through the portfolio again and check it out. So before I ask you a bunch of details about your trip, can we just take a minute to acknowledge what he just said? Last
065year we we got second and say that one more time, please. Uh we got second uh at state but the top two placesers can go to nationals and uh compete there. We got 12th in the whole n out of the whole nation at uh it was in Seattle last year. So and then we did it again this year but instead of getting second we won the whole thing. So pretty good for you. I'm so proud of you boys. And he started out third. like this has been a process. So you get to see the end result and then but like I think sometimes you get lost in the you see this and you think it's just been a lot. It has been amazing to watch where you started and where you are now and the
066work that you put into that. So, I don't want to that to be shadowed by yes, can we have permission to go? Because I think as a board and as your superintendent, just the moment to recognize you for the work that you've done and um also makes it really hard for him to say no. But you even impressed the bus guy. Yeah, this is not as pretty because we gave him the prettier. We gave him the nice one. Yeah. The nice copy. Sorry, not pretty. 10 minutes ago. Yeah, we were kind of in there sweating. Yeah, we just So, now let's hear some details about the trip if you would please. What we know right now is Orlando, Florida. Um, we are going down and we leave it. We would like to leave. July July
0672nd. July third like 10th I think it is. Yeah. So, it's it's in Orlando, right? Obviously, and there's a lot of things to do in Orlando. So, we wanted to take an extra I don't know day or two um leave a little bit early so we can get there and you know do some things that we wanted to do virtually and then you're fundraising for yeah let's clarify yeah we're we're providing this and then um and then we'll go through the regular um national schedule we present our project our judges will participate in our Kansas meetings and our Kansas gathering we always Kansas as a state always gets together and um they do get together and leadership statewide leadership activities and um yeah, we're just super excited to go. Did you need another sponsor? I
068need to be back by the um it really is super duper cool. Like yeah, I mean I think there 8,000 this year. 8,000 last year. 8,000 last year. I think it's supposed to be more this year. And just having 8,000 kids in red jackets, they all have to wear red. Crazy. It's awesome. Um, and what it's done for them. Um, as you can see, they can speak in front of you quite uh, maybe not, you know, they get it from me. Sorry. But they can speak quite eloquent eloquently in front of a crowd. Um, they're not afraid. They have met so many u connections with other youth their age. um there are so many advisors when they walk around um that know them and greet them and that's what they have done you know and
069so it's just been a great experience we are I am working really really hard to get more kids to go through this but we have the third curse it seems like whenever we go the first time we get third but I try to tell the kids if you go one more time we've always been successful and made it to nationals So, we've had some really good kids that kind of have always done it once and I can't We're going to get there. We're going to get there. Um, this was the largest that FCCLA, our chapter has been this year. We got a couple awards at state for um having membership goals and um our rush week that we did, we've uh won a couple of awards at state for that as well. So, um, and
070we also had one of our students that was on the publicity for the state team. That was the first that Planeville's ever had that happen. Um, and so we we've seen a lot of success. Um, these guys just have put it in their like their goals that they were going to win. They don't like being second. They've done the work. So, yeah. And I don't know, you can look at their book. I think you've seen it once. I don't know if anybody else would like to, but um and it really the travel. So, we're the plan is to fly out of Hayes. Um yes, a lot of the other um chapters around our area are kind of looking at the same thing. I've been kind of chitchatting with other adviserss. Um it seems like the
071ticket prices, which is weird because you have to travel to Kansas City or Witchah to get out or Denver. Um the hay seems to be pretty reasonable. Um and then from Denver, we can get a direct flight. Um and then you have to stay with the hotels with FCCLA um the organization mainly because if they're saying, "Hey, we're coming and bringing all these kids." They want to make sure that they're using the hotels that they've slotted for us. So, I've had to um kind of do those steps just to make sure that we have it. Um and then we have until the 21st where we can cancel without any kind of fees. So, we're just coming to ask and we did miss they missed the prior meeting because they had a game. So, yeah, it
072wasn't because we they didn't try. They was baseball game. So, sounds great. All right. I'd look for a motion to approve the out of state travel. So move. Thanks, Cassie. I'll second. Marlene with the second. All those in favor say I. Opposed. All right, you're good to go. Good luck, guys. Thanks. Good luck. Good luck. Thank you. All right. So, we will move on to number 10. Uh, approval of donation. Good luck. Thank you. Approval of donation. Uh, looks like they're $2,500 from the township for the football team for the lake cleanup. I'll make that motion. Nice. Thanks, A. Second. I'll second. Marlene. All those in favor say I. Opposed. Motion carries. All right. Next, we'll move on to approval of the PDC handbook, which is the bound the one with the binder clip. So,
073I guess the one thing I want to um share with you is that every five years um districts are supposed to update their professional development plan. Um, and this has been the first time in our rotation that there has been major changes. Um, let me rephrase that that there there well that there have been um guidelines for all districts to follow. So, everyone received this template and then we were asked to take ours and put it into place. And I want to just um give a shout out to Melody Messer. She is our PDC chair and she really just took the lead on this. Our PDC meets once a month and we approve uh PDC uh points requests and we uh talk about upcoming inservices and and things like that and and she just really
074took a a lead on this because ours is due this year if you will. So, uh, I I say that it has more changes because 5 years ago and then five years prior to that because they're due every 5 years. Um, you know, we've always updated ours, but this the state has been kind of behind in and not really put a lot of emphasis on the plans, if you will, and and now they are. They have a new uh leader at the state department um for professional development. And so that's why we're seeing some changes. it's under new leadership. Um, and so at first it was a little overwhelming, I think, but then once we started um putting ours in there, um, we found that that uh, ours was was pretty well good to go.
075So, I'm I'm asking for approval tonight so that we can send ours off to KSD. Um, you're going to see a few things in here that are maybe in a different color that um are not quite filled in. That's why I put this little disclaimer in here where where I've said it's a new process for KSDE. There will be additional amendments at a later date. So, we have to have ours um to our local boards of education by December. Um, but we would like to go ahead, since I'm still here, we'd like to go ahead have this first round approved by our board. There's a spot in here where we will put that it was approved by our board. And then we're going to meet with um someone from KSDE in the professional development part
076of that who who is going to um review oursely. We'll do a Zoom meeting. there may be recommendations from uh him or her whomever we meet with and so um potentially Mr. Reinhardt might bring this back to you again in a few months and say, "Hey, we changed these things." So, just wanted to let you know that, you know, it's just it's just because things are changing a little bit at KSD when it comes to the process. So, and I mean, honestly, if you'd rather have more time, you're welcome to do that. I put on the June agenda for approval, but it's it's mostly I mean, our part of it finished. There just might be something that's recommended from KSD. Do I need any more time? Okay. Any questions or concerns? Make a motion to
077approve it. I'll second. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. All right. Thanks. Thank you. I'll let Mrs. Meer go. All right. We will move on to presentation and possible approval of Chromebook purchases. So, uh, Mr. Wyers has been working to get um some bids for us. So the front we we put that in your packets so that you can see and he obtained four bids and um the one that's highlighted in yellow um is the one that um has the best the best buy for us. Um right now we're asking for 75. Um there may be uh additional purchases that would come later as as he starts going through um the ones from classrooms and seeing which ones are still in good shape. Um but because of our growth um we're needing these
078and then like I said potentially uh some more. But this will this will get Mr. Winners and his team a a good start um as we move into summer and they are getting all of those prepared uh for next school year. Um but you can see I asked Sharon not to staple them for us that or not do front and back but that way you can see all of the uh all four of the quotes individually. Um Mr. Winners has went through all of them and um feels strongly that we are comparing apples to apples which is always important and uh not always possible but um in working with the vendors he was able to get um the same Chromebook uh from four vendors. So I I appreciate him doing that very much and appreciate
079him organizing it for us um in an easyto- read fashion. But I can stop talking because the expert is sitting in the corner. Well, I'll just add that so we by policy we always we give uh fourth grade and and freshman now Chromebook that will carry them through several years. So, originally when we um purchased some of the original Lenovo Chromebooks, it was 2018 and the Google Chrome auto update policy. They gave us five years and basically it would update always keep uh security updates going for 5 years. At the end of five years, they would no longer get security updates. They would still function um but they were no longer as safe and secure. Um, a matter of fact, at the auction last year, we got rid of a bunch of old ones. We
080we uh factory reset them and and sold those. Then, uh, Google extended that. They've extended it to 10 years. So, that's good news, bad news. Good news is, uh, hardware wise, they've been holding up fairly well, but some of the ones we purchased in 2018 are starting to physically break down. We've had more broken screens and hinges and different things in the last two months than we've had for years. So, not only will we need to purchase for the fourth grade and the and the freshman, um, but we're going to have to replace some of those old Lenovos and we'll we'll go through them this summer like we always do and our department will will kind of pick through and keep the the better ones and and but we're just going to have to replace
081some of those old ones. Like I said, They do have a couple years left of of updates, but physically they're just not holding up. Um, so to come in and ask for 150 plus Chromebooks at one time is a lot to handle. Um, so I talked to Mrs. Gearing. We felt like let's let's split that up and let's get these get started at the beginning of summer, see where we are, and then maybe after the fiscal year in July, we'll come back with another order. And even though some of these vendors did quote different brands and models and different things, the pricing you're looked at is all the same manufacturer number. Uh, and that way it was pretty easy to pick lowest price. And then so you have the price for the Chromebook and then
082you have the Google licensing for each Chromebook which we have to have in order to manage the devices. Um, and that fluctuates, but most vendors are in that 31 to $32 range per device. Um, I wish that transferred over. I wish when we got rid of an old device that that would transfer to a new one, but it doesn't. Um, so we have to get the Chromebooks and the and the licensing for each one. Sounds I thought What are What are you doing with the old ones that are being replaced? I thought I heard something about an option for them to buy their So, currently our um our policy is that our help me if I'm wrong, Mr. Wyers, our eighth graders and our seniors will take the ones that they have been using since
083fourth grade and freshman year. And so, that's our current policy. So, we want to continue that that they will receive those. Mr. winners and his crew will uh clean them up and get them ready for home use, but then they will get to take them. Okay. I thought that I heard something like that. But then what what we'd like to talk about is that um because we can get more time out of them. We would like to still uh give them to kids at fourth grade and freshman year, but then only keep that policy for the seniors because we can get more time out of recycle them and use them. It used to be 5 years and now since it's 10 years, we can keep using those. Is that right, Mr. Winter? That So, so
084we've already collected the senior Chromebooks since they're graduating this week and we're factory resetting them and they get to keep those. Um, the seniors this year, they did not. They were the first they were the last class that didn't get new ones when they were freshman. I don't know if I said that correctly. The juniors currently was the first class when we changed that policy. So, they they got new ones when they were freshman. So, the seniors will get their Chromebooks. I've been working on them today. Um they can hopefully get them ready to go. They'll pick them up when they come up and practice for for graduation. Um and for this year, the eighth grade will also, but as Mrs. Karen said we need to kind of re rethink that policy because we're we're
085we're we're giving away a lot of Chromebooks that we could use for several more years. And when we started though, it wasn't it was five years. It was five years. And so it was like it they were going to lose all their value when we couldn't. And and it said they still function, right? Um they'll turn on, they'll connect to Wi-Fi, they'll get on the internet. They just don't get any more security updates. Um, as far as selling go, we did sell some at the auction last year that were not they did not fall into that extended 10 year. They they were too old. Um, because we've been doing Chromebooks since like 2014, 13 and 14. Um, so we sold them and it was auction asis and they they they sold. I don't remember how
086much, but they sold. Um, currently I should have brought my shopping cart down that's full of parts. Um, we we try our very best to make Chromebooks last as long as they can. And when they don't last any longer and they're no good, we strip them down. We take the screens out of them and anything that's anything that could be used and the rest of it goes in my shopping cart of stuff. So, as far as selling them, no. I I would prefer to use them as long as we possibly can and then down the road if we have an auction and we have some that might sell then maybe. But it was discussed but it just I don't know. It's it's one of those things where you sell them as is and even the
087seniors in the last several years we've done this. I want to give them their Chromebook back and it's working but two weeks down the road it might not right. and and that's just part of the right the thing but okay so I don't know if that answered your question it does yeah thank you y motion to approve I'll second that can we put the vendor in the in the um can you add the vendor to the byes they look like bite No. Yeah, it was. So, the mer the motion is to purchase 75 new Chromebooks for the next school year from Bites per the bid received. Harrison Harrison has the motion. Arlene had the second. You just got to say. And you just got to say I. All those in favor. Oppose. Motion carries. All
088right. Number 13. Uh, elevator is. So, I had one vendor reach out to me and she has been working very hard to get the quote finalized by our board meeting today. However, by 5:00 5:30 this evening, I still didn't I still didn't have it. So, um, what I'll have to do is update the spec sheet, well, with just new dates and times. So, hopefully I can bring that back to you at our next meeting. So, and it wasn't because of her. She's just waiting on some quotes. And so, unfortunately, I don't have anything. I apologize. All right. I'll bring it back. We'll table that one till next month and we'll move to number 14, approval of fergills. Okay. Well, that was pretty obvious. Okay. So, in your packets, I have the bid for the pergolas.
089Um, it came in just a several hairs higher than I had anticipated. Um, so Mr. Reinhardt was gone today. Otherwise, I would have had him take my beautiful drawing, which yes, I brought to share with you today. This Sorry, I know you're going to miss this. But what I had in mind was that on on on both sides of our fitness, we have our rubberized um flooring that can be used for um picnics and it could be used for um outdoor classes, um stretching, things of that nature, working with the wreck, you know, things like that. But because of our Kansas sun that beats down on us so dreadfully, I thought it would be nice to have pergolas above them. So, what that would do is this bid would have 12 tall cedar posts that
090would go around um and it would have the the the pergola slats going across. The two on the side would be 10 foot tall with the one in the middle 12t. So I am picturing this beautiful cedar covering over this area. So I have um 38,000 in grants to apply towards this. I'm really not asking you to approve. I I don't know if I would feel good about that. It just came in higher. And um so what I'm going to share with you next is and then you can provide me some guidance. So, when we looked at doing this before before I had the money secured, um I thought, well, I better just see how much money I'm looking at here. And so, I'm not sure if it was miscommunication on my part or what,
091which is likely. I hope I send enough around the table. Um, but this would be for just the two on the sides. Make sure I have enough. There we go. Yes. Okay, here we go. Okay, so this would this is this was the original one and um this would be for the for the two on the sides and it would leave the center open. So the center I went out there with my trusty tape measure and the center where the outdoor fitness equipment sits is 45 by 45. So, I'm not an architect. Um, I just know what I want. So, um, that's probably a big span across with cedar beams, which is probably why the bid is so high for the middle piece. Um, I guess I wanted to show you a second option in
092case that is something that you're interested in what I just handed you. I talked to the vendor this afternoon. he will honor this um even though it was done uh months ago. Um so if there's something that you know if we want to go forward with um you know shade coverings on the two sides uh we can do that. I'm probably unrealistic to think that that could happen on a 45 by 45 unless I went with more of like roof tress roof tresses so it would be um more stable. Again, I just tell them what I want. I don't So anyway, I do have um like I said, I do have uh money to apply towards this. I have the 20,000 uh from last year and the 18,000 from this year. That was what we
093did with the um the matching grant through the Planeville Community Foundation during match month. So, um when we receive um double of what we apply. So, um and that totals 38,000, it's just an option. I really thought um is there anything else with that grant money or the project that we haven't got done that we wanted to? Uh no, this is kind of it. Yeah. Okay. I mean, but you have options. Um, if I'm heading down a wrong path, you can tell me that. A lot. It blows my mind. Yeah, me too. Yeah, but it's so big. That's a lot of space. Bigger than I really like. Is this the only one that would give us a bid? That's what I was That's the other problem. Is there any netting some other material we could
094go with that lets light through that sh? So, let me just point you to my other So, our outdoor classroom. Um, so it's it's awfully um wide as well. And so um the admin team and I last year as we're sitting in my office and I'm talking about I would like to see this happen. But um the bid that I received for that was 75,000. You guys remember that? So, I received one. The first one, the first bid was 40,000 if you do it this way or 75,000 if you do it this the the one that was 40ome,000 was a big um steel post with a umbrella that hung out over it that could be retracted and then 75,000 for it to be. So, I don't really don't why I was so surprised when I
095got these numbers, but I just told my team like I'm not even taking that to the board. Like I cannot Would you mind if we try to get another bit or I I know a couple people that do this kind of work. Just say, "Hey, call you up and look at it with you." I'm happy to these were the two that I had remember last month. I said, "I need to get these things done before I leave." This these were the two that I was like, "I'll bring this to you." Yeah. And then I had to say, "Sorry, but you know, maybe at least 10,000 team or something." So, my admin team did that for me. And what we put over it were the wind sails that you just mentioned. And um when spring rolled
096around, I asked Mr. Reinhardt, I said, "Hey, where's our wind cells? We need to get the shade back up." And during the winter, he happened to drive by one day as they were flapping and all of that. One was ripped and so he just took them down. So, what's the cost of those? Are they 500 bucks or 5,000? Well, are they disposable like that where you buy one every year? I mean, for the cost. I remember. I mean, it's been several years, but I mean, it's kind of like, yeah, you could find them that were a lot more expensive, and you're probably getting those higher durable quality ones, but I, you know, and again, I I felt like the ones I was looking at looked like a good quality, but and to be honest, I
097can't remember how much I spent, but I mean, unfortunately, I I think that's probably what we would run into with some of the winds that we get out here. I just I just don't know if there is a shade sill out there that's built for that type of wind. I mean they're you see them in those nice areas maybe like in the city where they're structured really tight tight. I just don't know if these type of se provide that support for them and and you know and you that was the other thing the ones that we had up there have that oh reinforced rein I mean it was that galvanized steel cabling. I mean, I would have thought these things were solid, but I mean, it's unbelievable how this over time, it took care of
098it pretty quick. We Yeah, we fought it for a long time in haze, one of our buildings with just with the flag. We ended up it would the wind would hit it so hard it pull the poles out of the brick like the lag bolts and stuff, which is why. So we talked about that. We talked about anchoring into the side of the building and that's what we and thankfully we did not because I think that's exactly what happened. I think we would we ended up we started putting a a we actually Adam come on. We devised a spring system that that cable hooked into a spring and so it had some some give to it kind of like a spring on your storm dooring something similar. Uh, but I mean, not the way we
099want. Well, I'll commit to to talking to some people. That's a lot of money. I mean, yeah, maybe it'll come cheap. Yeah. If they have an idea that's and maybe this is going to be the cheapest option, but Right. And when I think about what I received bids for that, which is why we didn't go with it, I'm like, well, I guess we're Anyway, so I'm fine with I mean, if you if you're comfortable with either one of these, you're the boss. Um, but if you'd like me to rebuild it, I can I'm willing to I would like to look at some other options. I mean, I know you got the money, but I just hate spending the money without getting just just in case. You know what I mean? If he has someone that
100that can be interested in coming looking, giving us another idea or something, you know, cuz like I said, Lisa, it's one of those deals. It's just I know you have it, but at the same time, maybe maybe we can stretch it stretch it a little further into something else, right? Well, but so so that I so that I understand for sure are what would you like to see because here's my beautiful I want the whole thing, right? See what it costs. I think I think if he has somebody that can come look at it. I'll shoot you a text with the gentleman and we'll look at both both. I mean what the sides would cost and then all three and then what Yeah. what the whole thing would cost and Okay. And maybe they have
101an idea for out here too. Yeah. And they might have something better, you know, rather than this being the slatted pergola look, it could be something different. Yeah. So, yep. I will. Yeah. Harrison, just let me know. And what I'll do with Sharon is uh she and I will put the bids back out um tomorrow with the June dates. Okay. Yeah. Cool. Sounds like a plan. All right. We will move on to number 15. How much time do you think? I'm sorry. What are we talking about? 10 10. I move we go into executive session with superintendent Lisa Garing, elementary principal Chris Reinhardt, and high school principal John Han to discuss personnel and supplemental positions pursuant to non-elected personnel exemptions under coma. The open meeting will resume in the board room at 8:50 p.m. Second.
102All those in favor? What is it? I didn't write that down. It's like 853,000 something. We will move on to number 16. We have a uh resignation from Brianna Augustine for girls basketball coach. Uh, I'm writing to formally submit my resignation from my position as assistant basketball coach. It is with great sadness that I make this decision as I have thoroughly enjoyed working with the team. I have recently accepted a new position and unfortunately will not allow me to the time needed to continue coaching basketball. However, I am still able to coach softball to continue coaching softball. Please let me know if you have any questions during the transition. Thank you for the opportunity and support and we'd like to thank her for for everything she's done for girls basketball uh and wish her the
103best. I'll make that motion. Thanks, Marlene. Accept that. I'll second. Na. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. Motion carries. All right. And number 17, we're going to have to table. Uh we'll move on to 18, approval of supplemental positions. We have a junior high head volleyball coach, Hannah Garing, and high school girls golf, Rachel Alvarez. Okay. High school girls golf. Yeah, high school girls golf. So moved. Thanks, Scott. Second. I'll second. Uh Lori. Lori. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. Motion carries. Two more filled. All right. Number 19, approval of summer school teachers. Uh, elementary we have Jade Hoer, Jesse Plant, Trisha Himpill, Amber McKini. Full-time, and then part-time we have Rachel Alvarez, and Marisa Brener. Look for a motion to approve those. All second. Marlene and Scott with a second.
104All those in favor say I. Opposed? That passes. And number 20, end of year staff appreciation dinner. Lisa kind of talked about it earlier on Friday if you come to cook. Otherwise, yeah. Same place out by the band. Uh or if you want to uh to join us to eat, uh feel free to do that. And they do the meal and then uh recognition, years of service, those kinds of things. Uh and then number 21, other items for the good of the district. We have eighth grade promotion on Saturday and it looks like we have Cassie and Scott for certificates and then hype and that's at 10:00 a.m. Uh high school graduation at 2:30 AZ and Marlene. Uh and just like 15 20 minutes before Yes, please. And thank you. Yeah, we'll meet kind of
105in the commons area. Commons area by the concession stand there. And can I kind of confirm are all of you planning to attend high school? Yeah. And I will be luring up. Okay. And um will the rest of you will you be on stage? Everybody good with that? Yeah. Okay. Planning on it as of right now. Gotcha. I know I'll be at the 10 o'clock. I can confirm that one. Friday I'm out for the dinner cuz I got graduation at Carne for Brooke. So I'll be going Friday. So we'll see Saturday. Yeah. So 50/50 on the high school. So we'll see. That works. All right. And then uh if everybody's good with the hours good with the district office hours like we've done in the past. It's a few years. All right. If there's no
106concerns there, uh, look for a motion to adjurnn. I'll make that a moves. Second. Cassie second. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed. We are adjourned. Thank you everybody. Thank you.