001It's 6:00. So, we're going to call the meeting to order. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance 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. Um, Amber, could you please note all board members present? Board, we have the agenda in front of us. I'll take a motion to approve it. Are there any change or are there any changes? All right. Then I'll entertain a motion for approval. I motion to approve the agenda as presented. >> We have a quorum. I guess I need to add that may prevent us from doing anything. >> Corsy Corsy will be here in a second. So I think we got to wait for her
002to start. >> We should probably wait. >> Does that mean just not voting though or does that just mean >> I don't really know but I I think we can't do anything. >> Yeah, let's just wait five minutes and just see. >> Anybody else procedural? >> David, do you want to help us stall? Please. >> Yes. This is David. He's our food service director. >> Hello everyone. >> Hello. >> He's been with us now. Is this your second year, David? >> Third. Second year. >> This is going to be my third school year. >> Yes. Same. It's the same. Same. >> Hello. Hello. I've got some cookies for everyone. >> Cuz he just wants to be awesome. >> Oh, probably. >> What? >> Yeah. >> We're going to discuss it in um our report in
003David's newsletter, but he just wanted to come celebrate food service today. And >> I would love to have been the one to stay around and discuss with you the things that have happened this summer and the great things going on, but that little nugget over there in the corner, >> I am on daddy duty all by myself tonight. So, >> thank you. >> We are going to uh drop off some cookies and scoop. >> Yeah, that should do nothing. >> Yep. >> Thank you. >> It's just like made my whole week. I gave up sugar. But don't worry, >> not this week. The middle person isn't there. >> That middle person is not going to be >> just a doubt. We'll get to the right people. Thank you so much. >> Oh, I didn't get
004one. >> Okay. >> Have a great night everyone. >> Thank you so much. My pleasure. >> Thank you, David. Take care of that peanut. >> Okay. >> Say thank you. >> All right. Now we'll do a roll call vote of all board members present. Thank you for staying with us. Um board, do you have an agenda in front of you? Are there any changes that need to be made? >> All right. Then I will entertain a motion to approve. >> So move motion to approve the agenda as presented. >> Second. All in favor say I. >> I. >> All right. The vote carries 4. >> Uh we also have a consent agenda. Approval of meeting minutes from our regular regular board meeting on 72125. Our close session on 72125. Committee of the whole 8625. Close
005session 8625 and close session 1. 8625 and close session 2. 8625. Approval of accounts payable 7,6475,56 for the month of July 2023. Approval of the treasurer's report. Treasures report dated July 31st, 2025 with a balance of 5,921,2462. Uh, and then approval of our new hires recognition and retirements. >> Yep. So, we had some internal job postings going. That's why there's a lot of names on here. We had um some leadership roles in the district that we like to post out to give people opportunity each year to be able to apply for those. So, I'll just go down the list. Donna Bey is going to be our uh volleyball softball, sorry, middle school softball coach. Bruce Lack, he is going to be doing a district leadership position in within along with Logan is going to be
006doing an advisor position. Kim Janowski is going to be a leadership position. Heather Murphy is actually, if you recall, uh Deputy Matt Murphy, it's his wife. She's going to be taking a support um pair professional role here at the high school. So, we're pumped to have her. Uh, Lindsay Neil is going to be freshman adviser along with Logan Fischer. Missy Piper, leadership position. Erin Poff, what's middle school volleyball coach? Middle school volleyball coach. Thank you. Ella Rabidu, she is actually a graduate from last year. She's going to be helping with some lunch aid stuff at the elementary cafeteria each day. Kate Smith was our virtual and online coordinator and she is going to be transitioning from that role to our math high school position. U Mr. Enders has left to go to Portage Northern uh
007where his family is in district there. Um so it's close to his home. He's going to take that role. Kate's moving into his job and then Dantrell Bowen actually um will put on the next one. He's going to be taking over Kate's role to help with the pair professional role as um for the online programming. Cindy Eagle and Craig Hoy, they are custodians that have resigned. We have two open positions for the evening, I believe, 7 to 11:00 p.m. And then Taylor Hartman was a paraprofessional um at the primary. So, and then we have a retirement Diana Diana Lewis from the primary um office. Any questions with that? >> I have one question regarding the bills payable. There's an entry on the first page that puzzled me. It's for legal services in the amount of
008$32.95. And I'm wondering how you can get an attorney to do anything for $32.9. may have been over the seven minute limit. We may have had a 9minute conversation and they prorated the two minutes. I don't know. We can find out. Gary. >> Okay. Amber, >> can you make a note to read a follow up on that? >> You have questions? All right. I'll entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> I'll motion to approve the consent agenda as presented. >> I'll second. >> All right. Roll call vote, please. Are any questions? >> Uh, roll call vote, please. Uh, Gillette, >> yes. Smeltzer. >> Yep. >> Corsy, >> yes. >> Will, >> yes. >> All right. On to reports. Community input agenda items only. >> Anybody on there? >> Yeah. Uh for mental health
009here, she's not here. She's not here. Oh, she's here. Oh, she was hiding. I'm sorry. All right, Reena, you want to come on up? Christy, can you do the flap? I can do my phone. Yeah, I got that girl. >> All right. >> You have two minutes, correct? >> Three minutes and then please state your name. >> Yeah. Okay. My name is Raina Maine and I have been a community member for about five years now and I've been a social worker in this community for 15. And so as I've kind of stepped into roles even helping the athletic department, I've noticed that there's a lot of um issues with our mental health and behavioral support. And um I did go through I did find the most recent or what I found to be the most
010recent handbook. And on page 13 under the restorative practices, it says that um behavior is learned. And I don't feel like that's a very accurate representation um that this isn't true for every child. But then the behavior rubric kind of puts everybody into one category. So, what I'm asking is for a subcommittee to try to be proactive about mental health services. So, anytime I meet with a family, I tried to tell them, hey, this is what's available to you in your community, including any kind of food, um, their basic needs that aren't getting met because that can carry over into the school life. And um also I've tried to reach out for the with the guidance counselor regarding a lot of the kesa supports for career development. There's paid internships for 14y olds that people
011don't even know about. And there's a lot of resources within our community and our county that aren't readily available. And so I'd like to um ask for some kind of subcommittee to put together something that's easily accessible for the teachers, for the students, for the families so that they can get these um these services and it be more proactive instead of reactive. We don't have to wait for something catastrophic and then have to call the resource officer and then have to call paramedics and do all these things. The goal is to say like, "Hey, we we see that something's coming up below the surface." you know, they use the iceberg method. You know, you can only see what's at the top. You don't see everything else that's going on below. And >> do that training
012today. >> Yeah. And so, um, the goal would be to kind of try to address those before it gets out of control. Um, and not only for the children, but their families and the educators. Thank you. >> 45 seconds if you want it. >> I think that was it unless you had questions about it, but I wasn't really sure how it worked. Um, but I I do talk to a lot of people. I know that there's a need. So, >> thank you. >> I'll follow up again. >> Okay. All right. On to our celebration of the band awards. Can somebody video this? Sorry, Karen. Got a lot of friends at our camping trip that want to see this. >> All right. If I could get Nate and Karen Spencer and Karen. I'm just kidding. You
013guys can come right up here. Okay. That way I don't have to carry everything. >> Okay. So, the Above and Beyond award has kind of taken on a new phase um at GA. We are using the Above and Beyond award to um recognize community members in our community that are going above and beyond. So, this is just what we have to say about Nate and Karen today. Karen and Nate are receiving the Above and Beyond award this month due to their extreme loyalty and partnership in our community. Since March, they've been opening the track, our new track that is locked each day on Monday, Thursdays, and Saturdays to the community. This means opening the stadium in the morning and the evening on these days. They've tackled it and we are very grateful for their service.
014Thank you for going above and beyond. I know it hasn't been easy with the text messages and communication back and forth and people locking it, people not locking it, and it's just been great. So, I'm very thankful that you were able to make our community use the resource that we voted on in the past. So, thank you very much. [Applause] >> Can you take a picture for us? >> I think I am. Oh, okay. Ready? Let's pose. Okay. Let me go check. >> I think it took like a thousand if I did it right. >> Had a video at all. Just >> no video. >> Perfect. All right. >> Just making sure it actually works. >> Hey, do not worry. All right. Next up, Gailsburg City Council. Tony Chipkin. He's not hiding in the audience
015>> and he's he's at football practice till 6:30. Bob, I want to say thank you to you as well. Karen's my face. Karen's my name, but I know that you've been a huge part in in making that happen, too. So, appreciate you. >> Thank you. >> It's like a It's like a duo. >> All right. Um, superintendent update. >> All right. >> So, you have the It's It's kind of a short update. We're we're just in launch phase right now for the school year. Uh a lot of the things that I had in the July's update are very similar to August. Um we did receive a grant called 35M for literacy achievement which is $118,000. So that's pretty cool. That offsets a lot of the curriculum stuff that we have going on at the elementary
016um and the work that we do to do small group intervention for that. So that's just something to celebrate there. Um we had our back to school welcoming today and so we discussed what our goals around achievement are. We've been doing a ton of work around um Danielson model for um our evaluation tool which just discusss how do you plan for instruction? How do you assess instruction which is really what we're going to be our focusing on this year is how are we doing assessment and then what are we doing with the assessment to grow the kids in the areas that maybe they're not tackling um so well. Uh one thing that we're going to we need to discuss today too is um the the bond information. this flyer came out so you can take
017a peek at that. Um, this is going to be out at our open house. So, I have little brochure holders and then a visual for people to see. I've got a little stand that's going to be I don't we don't need a group, I don't think, there unless anybody would like to stand at one of the tables or the spaces. Uh, but it's just going to be information for people to snag and then we will get some community dates together where people can have collaborative conversation regarding the bond information. Um, I did get a question about are we able to share this information? Because we're not a yes committee, we're just a factual committee. We can share this information. These are just facts. So, um, you know, we're not giving our opinion on one way
018or another, but we know that Gailsburg Augusta has some, um, facility needs and this is this this is how one way of um, making sure that that's taken care of. Uh, the schedule's there with some of the things that we're going to, you know, discussing um, the bond information on. I think we need to get another meeting together just to kind of start planning what that plan looks like. Um, transportation, we've got about 20 kids that did not sign up for our August 8th deadline. They did not fill out the form. So, thankfully the transportation team messaged that out to each building so that we're aware and prior to waiting until the first day of school when the bus doesn't pick them up, we sent out a letter saying, "You didn't fill out this form.
019Therefore, your child doesn't have care or doesn't have um a ride. you know, could you could you brainstorm now so that you're not upset the first week of school? So, I'm we're triaging all of that right now. So, hopefully we're ahead of the game. Um, did you have some? >> Okay. Um, we had donuts from with drivers on Wednesday. Was it this week? Last week. It's Monday today. Uh, letters went out to families on Friday. Has anybody received that yet? I don't know if that's that fast. Probably not. use. >> Did you guys get a letter or anything in there? >> Yeah, it's it's a small group tonight, guys. >> Facilities. We were able to use our multi-purpose space. It did look like a wedding venue in there this morning. We had little tablecloths and
020all the little fun trinkets that you have on your table. Uh it was we've had it in the cafeteria as far as I've been as long as I've been here, which is only, you know, going on what three years. It was four years. This is four years. And it was nice to have it in a different space. It just felt just felt clean. Just felt nice. Food service. Okay, check out your newsletter. So, David brought you Crumble Cookie. Um, he worked his tail off this summer attempting to service our community with food. We have had meet up and eat up spots for the last, I don't know, four years I've been here. And it wasn't as successful. It people didn't come to it. We'd had the regular maybe three or four people that would come
021and eat and it was just it was wasteful. Very wasteful. So, he did a um basically you pack it up and you take it for a week and people we served over 25,000 meals. So, just some of the stats on here that he was very proud of. Um we there was a little bit of profit in that. So, he's just he's excited to um build continue to build our kitchen um funding and you can see the back just has some different ideas and different things going on. So, take a gander at that. When you see him next, make sure you give him a high five. Um, this is his way to love on you guys. So, what else is on here? Athletics. I signed up for September 9th and October 9th to do concessions. I
022know we tried to do it last year. Weather was a factor. Uh, and I think both times that we tried to sign up, it got cancelled. So, I'd like it if we get if you guys could help me with that. So, get back to me. I'll send you guys a text message just to confirm what you got your calendars in front of you. But, I made it easy. The 9th of September and the 9th of October. Let's see if we can work the concessions together. And then we have open houses on Wednesday. They start at 5:30 at the primary, then 6 o'clock at the middle school and 6:30 at the high school. Kind of staggered that for families that need to go from one building to another. So, any questions with any of this information?
023Okay. All right. Uh, business items for discussion. Transportation contract renewal. Oh, you're fine. >> We um we're given our prices, if you will, for the transportation department and what they're going to charge us for each bus, what they charge us for mail, what they charge us for mechanic fees, all these things. Um there is an increase. It's like a 14% increase. However, comparable to other busing organizations, it's still the right choice. So, um, we did discuss what that looks like, you know, potentially seeing what that looks like to bring back internally, um, and run it oursel, but that's going to take a lot of homework this year. So, give me grace in the next nine months to be able to see if that's going to be benefit GA or if staying with Auxilio is the
024most financially sound decision. So, >> so you guys just got to the best one so far. >> I have two questions. Uh, first of all, who does the mechanical work? Is that contracted out? They he's hired through Auxilio. So we do our contract through Auxilio. They hire him just like they hire our directors. Um and his name is Gary. >> Okay. Second one is that the the very last sentence on this sheet that was in the packet all calamity or snow days they'll get in they will invoice at 50% of the normal root rate. That kind of struck me as as odd because like paying them for nothing kind of >> I question Yeah, I questioned two things on there Gary. I questioned that and I question the mail service because we have a paid
025employee doing the mail service. Why are we paying an additional for a route on that if we're already paying the employee and it's our vehicle. So we're I'm working with Matt Gillette Galotti through Auxilio to get answers to those. >> I'm not sure I agree with that part of it, but >> yeah. Yeah. Sometime it's it's a whirlwind conversation when we have meetings, but we'll be sure to get you an answer to that because I had the same question. All right. Anybody else? Okay. Uh, MASB board member delegate. So, in the past, we have not had a delegate for the past few years for um >> um for the conference in October. Um, it's time to name one. and I said that I'm willing to step up and be the delegate for the delegate assembly
026as the leadership and that anybody can come to the assembly and discuss. The only thing that the um delegate gets the voting issues. So yeah. >> Yeah. Do it. >> All right. Okay. Uh communications public participation are there. >> All right. Just right al second. So alternate. >> Oh, that's right. I totally forgot about the alternate first. I'm sorry. Does anybody want to be the alternate? >> Cuz you and Jessica are also signed up to go there. >> I totally forgot about the alternate. Thank you. >> Yeah. Yeah. Okay. >> Trust me. I'll be your alternate. Okay. Thank you. I told you. I appreciate that. Um, all right. We need to go into close session. I will entertain a motion to go into closed session. The bar is the second from the last bar. I'm
027sorry. >> Okay. I'll motion to convene in close session under section 8H of the open meetings act and consideration of a document dated August 12, 2025 for the reason that the document is exempt from disclosure. support. >> Roll call vote, please. >> Gillette, >> yes. >> Smeltzer, >> y >> Davidson, >> yes. >> Horsey, >> yes. Will, >> yes. >> Okay. Yep. We'll go into close session at 6:21. >> All right. Okay. Um, business items for decision. The transportation contract removal. I will entertain a motion. >> Sorry. >> Motion to approve the transportation contract. Second. >> All right. Any further questions? >> All right. Roll call vote, please. >> Smeltzer, >> yes. >> Davidson, >> yes. >> Gillette, >> yes. >> Horsey, >> yes. >> Wilts, >> yes. All right. And MASB board member delegate.
028I'll entertain a motion. I'll motion to appoint Laura Wils as the official voting delegate and Sarah Davidson as an alternate represent as an alternate to represent Gilford Augusta Community Schools at the MAS 2025 delegate assembly. >> All supported. >> Uh any further question? >> Any further questions? Roll call. >> Vote for yourself. >> Roll call. Vote, please. >> Gillette, >> yes. >> Corsy, >> yes. >> Davidson, >> yes. >> Smeltzer, >> yes. >> Wils, >> yes. >> All right. A carries. Um, all right. We uh see reinstatement of student. I will entertain a motion. >> I'll make ahead. I'll make a motion to approve the conditional reinstatement of student A. >> I'll support. Any other further further discussion for board? >> No, I think what's next is we just have need to have a meeting
029uh just like talking about what that plan looks like. Um it's going to be a progressive plan. So, it's going to start with some virtual programming. It's different than what you are used to because we actually have our own here at GA. um which will be a lot like one of our own staff members will be in contact with you all the time. Um I want to see a little bit of commitment on your end to some of your academics in that sense with a lot of support different support than what you've had. Um and then we'll talk about a progressive plan reevaluating that come the end of quarter one to see what else we can do. I think that's a way to get you caught up. Uh, roll call vote, please. No reason and
030then we discuss. >> Corsy, >> yes. >> Gillette, >> yes. >> Davidson, >> yes. >> Smeltzer, >> yes. >> Shoot. Uh, not Shoot. Wils, >> yes. >> All right. Motion carries. 5 Z. >> Um, board comments. Sarah, do you have anything for comments? No, I haven't had anything today actually. >> Thank you. >> Well, before your conference coming up, we do another fun with you and Jessica and playing our little games to be approachable for people. That's all. I just want to say thank you to the district for taking away the fee for the senior parking. Um I we we now have a lot of I think more students signed up to decorate their home spots and I know my kids pretty excited to do it too. >> Yeah. I don't know. I'm just excited
031to kick the school year out. >> Harry. >> Yes. One comment. We came in year end at 97.3% budget which is exemplary planning on the part of both you and Philip. So well done. >> Thank you. >> Uh yeah, Rocket Football, all the football is up and running. It's great to see just a ton of volunteers, a ton of folks out there. Uh a lot of support from the parents, uh which is I'm hoping that we'll carry through that whole season. But uh it's it's been amazing to see all the kids. We've got so many kids on third. I don't know if I said this last meeting, but I'm so proud of them. So we we we've got so many kids on third and fourth grade that we almost had to split and have a
032second team. So the rocket program is exploding and I think that's due in part to just all the different activities that we have allowed the children to have going into middle school. They see that they've got something to do all the way through their senior year now. They don't have all these weird breaks where they can't play football for three years or they're not doing a school sport. They can be with their friends. Uh and I just really think it speaks a lot to the the Ram family, the Ram family. all that fun stuff. So, it's just really cool to see. So, lot of lot of a lot of fun things going on. >> Thanks for watching. >> You'll see. >> Um I had the opportunity to go to the summer institute this past weekend.
033Um I took five classes and they were very informative. A lot of them, two of them are actually interactive and um one was about oh going for your leg legislator and if you are ever called to testify for a in front of a committee. that was kind of electrical thing and I like a lot of things and feel more confident at least about reaching out now to our legislators and then make sure that I'm doing that more and making sure they're you know seeing our district and listen to what we need in our so that's it for me and superintendent comments no I'm just excited to launch out the school year this morning it was super quick fast the teachers we gave them a lot of time back um which is the most val valuable
034resource. So, uh we're we're we're in a good space. We don't need to steal their time now because we've got it for the next staff meetings and half days and all those things. So, trying to find our wins where we can. Um and it was a really good positive morning. So hopeful for a positive launch. >> I'm sorry to back up to me. That's today walking into the breakfast. It was amazing. I mean the attention to detail was great. The staff was just so energizing having the band there as they were walking in. That was just a nice added touch. It was really a great breakfast and a great way to yeah start the school year and really appreciate all the work that your team did to make it happen and it was fantastic. Okay.
035So, okay. All right. We are adjouring this meeting at 7:33. Thank you all so much.