001[music] All right, we'll go ahead and call the meeting to order. >> Rachel, Katie >> here, >> Sarah >> here, >> Doug >> here, >> Lorie >> here, Carrie >> here, Jeff >> here. All right, if everyone will stand for the pledge of allegiance and then remain standing for a moment of silence for armed services personnel. 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. >> Thank you. Are there any items to be added or changed to the agenda? Okay. Correspondence and commendations. We have a thank you card to the culinary arts students and the staff for preparing lunch for the LOC students. Those are the leadership at Seigo County students that were
002here. Now we have uh recognitions and acknowledgement. We have the Gaylord robotics team. All right. Facing to the judges. the judges. [laughter] >> It's okay, you guys. >> You're doing You're doing >> great. We're just excited to see what you guys are doing. >> You did great. >> Hello. We are team 3198, the Titanium Trident. Our presentation members are me, Riker, Ethan, Ian, Jesse, Nola, Garrett, and Drake. We may be new to robotics, but we hope to show you guys that we are ready to continue for the rest of the year and into next year. We are going to go on a few presentations. We have three in total and then we will show you a demonstration of our robot. We will hope to show you everything we have learned and much more. Now on
003to Nola with how we worked about friendship and just overall leadership. >> Our team was split into two main groups. The build team and the programming team. The build team made small groups for the chassis, the shooter, and the collector. The programming team partnered experienced and inexperienced programmers together so they could learn and work together. We had weekly meetings where we could learn and work together and solve problems. And now Barrett will tell you how we Yeah. Conclusion. >> Okay. Thank you. In conclusion, we're proud of how much we've learned and the progress we made with our robot. We've grown as a team, not just in skills, but in confidence and creativity. Thank you for your time. We're excited to keep representing Gaylord Middle School in future competitions. >> Now, excellent of a robot. >>
004Are you guys What grade are you guys? Seventh and eighth or just mostly. >> He's the only eighth grader. Got like three more eighth graders. >> Did you do it last year? >> Team. No. >> Okay. This is This is your first year, too. Yes. >> So, unfortunately, we won't get to see you next year, but the rest of you will get to see you next year. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Yeah. This is our first year of getting the team going. >> Uh they did a great job. What happened was that the the as pretty much as soon as school started, the uh the game was released. That was about 12 weeks ago. And at that time, then we uh we learned the rules of the game, came up with a strategy, what
005the robot needed to do to perform that strategy. in this case, picking up balls and shooting them into a goal. And then the kids built it. Then uh we just finished our second competition on Saturday in Pelby. Uh team ended up 11th place out of 36 teams. >> We were uh >> we were close. We could have won another match or two pretty easily and that would have put us up into the top uh probably six teams where we would have gone into the playoffs. But the team did really well and we got a second place for the sustainable. [cough] So, as a rookie team, that's a good sign that the judges think that we've got some good plans and ready for next year. >> Are you guys having fun? >> Yeah. >> That's awesome.
006>> Can I just say you all did excellent on your speaking? That was really impressive that you stood up here in front of all these adults. >> Good job. >> We will now show you the presentation. >> You might want to Yes. >> Do you want your principal to stand up there? [laughter] As you can see, we have basic mobility. >> And now we will show you our shooting. >> That's amazing, you guys. >> Why do you go like that? >> Incredibly consistent shooting. >> Incredibly. >> So, how big is the goal that you're shooting into? Maybe that big. About this big. >> Okay. >> I feel like you had to shoot it into like a basket or something. >> Instagram pillow. That's what it is. [laughter] >> Come on. [laughter] >> It's a whiffle
007ball. Dennis, you can handle it. >> You got to squat down a little bit. [laughter] >> It's not that high. >> Thanks, guys. It's okay. >> [applause] >> Great job, you guys. Excellent. >> Thank you, Mr. >> Now, do you guys take turns shooting and driving or do you all have a certain >> During the season, we took a test to see who were the most experienced and inexperienced shooters and drivers? And we came down to two teams we have. Oh, I'm from A team. He's from B team. Some of our drivers could not make it. >> Okay. Do >> you have to go retrieve the balls like when after you shoot them or do you just get three shots? >> Oh, we get multiple shots and it goes into just like a tube >>
008and then >> they get collected at the end of the match to tally or score. >> So you you can reload it with more balls. >> Yes. >> Oh, okay. I thought you were limited to those three. The >> front end. >> Yeah. Does that pick them up if they drive in? Okay. >> Oh, you can drive around and pick the balls up. >> That collects the balls. Okay. Wow. Awesome. >> All right. >> That is so cool. Good job. >> Well, thank you all. We'd like to shake your hand. >> Thank you, you guys. [applause] >> Thank you. Congratulations this morning. >> Great job. >> Congratulations, you guys. >> Congratulations. >> Good job. >> Good work. >> Amazing, you guys. >> Great job. >> Thank you. Good job. >> Good job, you guys. So
009exciting. Thank you very much. >> You're welcome. >> You guys are welcome to stay, but you can also go home if you've got homework to do. >> Yeah. >> Do we do? Okay. >> The eighth grade. I would be like staying. >> That's a hard act to follow. [laughter] All right. Now, we will move on to retirements. This is just a little something. We've started it come to my attention that we didn't our retirees that ended in mid year, we weren't uh recognizing them until the end of the year, but we don't think they're going to want to come back. So, those retirees that have that are uh completing their careers now, we're going to um recognize them at this time. So, first one I have on my list is Shantel Fenel. Corey, you have
010the floor. >> Yeah, I uh got a couple things on my phone. Shantel. So, I want to take a minute uh to recognize >> Shantel. [laughter] >> You can't get out of this part of it. stand back. >> Um, so I haven't known Chantel very long. Um, but in my short time getting to know her, there's one thing that's been very clear to me. Um, and that is that she deeply cares about her students and the arts. Um, she's a passionate advocate for creativity across our entire school. Um, and she inspires students to take risks and to apply that to their creativity in her classroom. She creates an inclusive classroom where everybody feels safe and welcome uh, every single day and every student feels valued. Um, so I'm very grateful that I've gotten to know
011her for this short period of time and grateful that she's been able to make such a large impact on our school community. Um, and I want to wish her the very best as she moves forward withever with whatever future endeavors are. So, thank you. >> [applause] [laughter] >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations. My boys all loved you, too. [laughter] Congrats. [snorts] >> [clears throat] >> Next up will be Lisa Stempkkey. Gosh, you can't find a more amazing person and I feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity in a year and a half to work with this wonderful lady and we've built such a great friendship and she's going to be a sub, right? [laughter] Um, [snorts] you will not find a better person to lead the school than Lisa Dumpky. And when I
012say lead, I truly mean lead. Um, she has served 27 years in the most honorable way for Gaylord Community Schools. And I asked a few students what they loved most about Mrs. Dempy, and comments include, "She's so friendly, kind, helpful, and always smiling." Staff members referred to her as the most helpful in every way, a wealth of knowledge, mama bear po, and positive student centered all the time. um staff members right she is a member of the team who represents not only reliability but teamwork customer service customer service and the and the utmost care for everyone she comes in contact with from managing the countless details of the daily school life to always greeting each of us with a warm smile. Lisa has shown us what true commitment, kindness, and professionalism look like. Her work
013behind the scenes has touched the lives of so many and we are deeply grateful for the countless ways she makes GIS a better place. So we love you and we're going to miss you so much. [applause] >> Congratulations. Thank you. >> Congratulations will never be the same. Congratulations. Congratulations. >> All right. Unfortunately, Rhonda Davis couldn't be with us tonight. And that leaves um >> she must be spoken about. >> Oh, I'm sorry. [laughter] >> So, Rhonda is served honorably again um in the Gaylord community for 30 years. Um she is one who connects with students in the deepest way possible and cares about students greatly. Um she she assists them in reframing thinking, always willing to help and offer advice and support members of the GESA community in any way possible. The students report that
014they love her so much, appreciate her, and will miss her deeply. If there is um ever a theme or celebration, Rhonda is the one to organize it up. If you see the the fancy shirts, the the Gailored shoes, she's making them and making sure we are all dressed to the nines. Um she's all about kids and goes above and beyond a thousand% of the time. Um some of her students share she helps them, loves them, gives the best hugs, and is always there when when they need them. Not a better compliment. Um she will be deeply deeply missed and we wish her the best in her retirement. Thank tell her we said thank you please. [applause] And finally, Cindy Huff. >> You know, part of the reason I came back. [laughter] >> And Cindy, just
015because you leave doesn't mean you can't come back. [laughter] >> About 10 years ago, I became superintendent. And shortly after that, we hired Cindy. And and when you hire people, I kind of found through my experience, there's usually two ways they go. And first, you know, the first type of person is somebody that you really have to push to get out there. They're a little cautious at the beginning. Um, the second type of person is somebody that you have to rain with. [laughter] And I'm going to tell you something about Cindy. She's neither of those because I couldn't catch her. [laughter] And thankfully, Cindy's intuition, her work ethic, her commitment to our school was is is topnotch. And um I've trusted her 100%. um she a lot of times has taken leads on things and
016and completed them and put this district in a better place. And she's somebody, you know, when things get done a lot of times in front, people don't see it. They just see the final part. The work behind the scenes is is what Cindy has done. And and countless of times she's called me up and said, "Brian, here's the situation." and she already has it taken care of and she's already two steps ahead of us and that's somebody um that you may not think do the work does the work but she's been doing it and she's going to be deeply missed and I I thank her for all her work and and her work with Caitlyn I'm confident in Caitlyn because Cindy has done so much to influence her. So I I'm going to miss her
017a ton. I know this school is going to miss her more. So Cindy, thank you so much for everything that you have. [applause] Congratulations. >> Congratulations. Thank you, >> Kaitlin. She's leaving some big shoes for Annie. >> Uhhuh. You got it. >> All right, that is all the retirees we have at this time. We'll move on to our building updates. First up, Carla with the preschool. >> You want center offset? Ah, that's what you want. >> You're fine right there. >> U, a lot has been going on since we last met. Uh, we had parent teacher conferences and preschool with over 90% participation from parents. So, that was really exciting for them to be able to meet the teachers, see the classrooms, and talk about their children's progress. We also did a Thanksgiving balloon float
018uh parade through the building, which is a lot of fun. And for the holidays, we are planning to have each of the classes are going to have a Christmas uh party in their classrooms. And we're also going to do a Christmas parade through the building. The kids come all the way down here, go through the offices, and they're going to sing carols this time. They're going to do carolling. So, the children, the preschoolers are really, really excited about the holidays and the last day before um holiday break. So, that's one thing that we're really looking forward to still this month. I would like to nominate one of my teachers. I mean, all of my staff is outstanding, like I think probably all of us could say about our staff here at Gayla Community Schools, but
019one of them is a teacher that we hired last year. This is her second year. Her name is Lauren Erdman, and she has really gone above and beyond in the classroom. She always has a smile on her face, even when some of the little ones are testing the boundaries. And uh she's so creative, always presenting the lessons in new and creative ways. And the children just love her. The staff love her because she's always coming up with new ideas and creative ideas that we can do as a team. And uh so I just really appreciate her and her leadership role among the staff and of course with the students in her classroom. So thank you very much. >> Thank you Diane. Good evening everybody. Uh [clears throat] lots of things happening at South Maple. Last
020Thursday we had our kids night out event which is where we invite students into the building after hours. Teachers volunteer to organize activities so parents can go have a couple hours without their kids. Um and we we invite or we had about 120 students attend. So that's a pretty good turnout. We've gotten really efficient about organizing and um getting kids in and out of the building quickly. So that was a huge success. Um, coming up next Wednesday, we have our winter concert at the high school. So, if you if you want some cute entertainment, that's the place to be. Um, we our concerts start at 9ine with kindergarten and then our every half hour going through to third grade um to to wrap it up at the end. Um, there'll be snacks provided, so if
021you're interested, come on out and check it out. Um, Stephanie Smith is our music teacher who does a fantastic job of incorporating instruments with the students and it's a really good show. Um, a couple of staff members I would like to highlight um that have been just critical members of our staff this year. Um, the first one is Susan Gallas. I I don't know if you guys have ever talked to Susan, but she is probably one of the most dedicated people um to get each and every student to read. She is very passionate about it. And there is not a kid in our building that she will not say has the capacity to read. And it's going to be her who figures out how to unlock that key to get that kid to be successful
022with reading. She's constantly researching, constantly looking at how we can do things better. And she's helped refine some of our systems. Um, and she's just the energy level that she brings to our our building centered around curriculum and and literacy especially is amazing. Um, the next person is Don Dyek, who is the K3 math specialist. So, she is responsible for providing math interventions and support for both buildings, K3. So, she's technically part-time [clears throat] in each building, but you would never know that. She's always present, always available, um, and always trying to take our teachers to the next level. Um, this year, she's really pushed hard to make sure that each student has an individualized math toolkit, um, that has all of the materials they need at their ready so they can have um, hands-on
023manipulatives throughout all of their math lessons. And then the last person is Tara Armstrong who is our building one of our building counselors. And she has been um the person doing all of the leg work to get our therapy dog in position to do some support with kids. And as luck [snorts] would have it, we had some visitors in our building on Friday that were having kind of a hard time and our therapy dog was there and it helped really ease the anxiety for some of our kids. Um she does fancy lunches with students just to do something fun for kids. They invite their friends. They set this fancy table in our sensory space and it you would think they'd won the lotto. So fancy lunch is all the rage at South Maple. And um
024she's recently set up this um caught being kind movement with our kids. So if you help a student or you pick something up, they get a a certificate and they can go redeem that in the office for some blue devil bucks. So that's what's going on at South Maple. >> What day did you say your concert was? >> 17th. That's Wednesday. Yes. Thank you, >> Celeste. >> So, at North Ohio, our kids night out is the 12th, Friday the 12th. So, it's very similar to what u Mrs. Parker talked about. We're doing ours on a Friday. Parents bring their kids in. It's a couple hours the kids move through stations. There's like a dance party station and we feed them dinner and um and then at I think ours I want to say 7:30 they
025start checking out. Um so, just a fun event for kids. So, [clears throat] um, another thing that we have done over the past couple years is Lego Club. I think I spoke to you guys about Lego Club before. Um, and we had just over 50 kids this year participate in this first, um, I guess goound with Lego Club. Uh, it was second and third grade. Um, our kids night out, we have 165 kids slated to attend. Um, hopefully they can all make it. Um and our PTO, so just some more of the extras that our kids are getting to experience. Our PTO um took every student to the movies uh the day before it was Zootopia, too. So the day before it actually got officially released, we got to get into the theater. It was
026all organized by our PTO. It was paid for by our PTO. Our kids got popcorn um and a drink. And so it was a very exciting day for those kids. um especially being at the theater where some have never been able to attend prior uh to this experience. So, lots of fun for that. Um we too hit conferences in um right before Thanksgiving break. So, that week prior to that um and we had uh school total of 87% our teachers were really quite diligent about getting um some connection with families. If somebody wasn't able to make a committed time, staff were calling. Um, we had some staff that were staying, you know, late into the evening. We had some staff doing early morning conferences, lunchtime, those kinds of things, just so we could get as
027many parents, um, at a time that was convenient for them to be able to have a conference with with the teacher about their student. Um, and then two staff members who are new to their positions at North Ohio worked on a grant. Um, Mrs. Massie and Mrs. Fortier. They worked on a grant through the community foundation. They were awarded that grant um and so some of those um funds are coming in now. They're being used in our sensory space. They're being used to support students um in a variety of ways based on student need. And so just to acknowledge, you'll probably see um soon um Mrs. Massie is accepting a check um from Neil as a chunk of that community foundation grant. So, lots of great things happening at North Ohio. >> Thank you, Carla.
028>> Just pictures. um some points of pride at GIS. We've really been focusing on student leadership and um Melanie Taylor, Shelby Smith, and um Lauren Kirby have worked really hard um working with our sixth grade students to for them to embrace and share the amazing things that are happening in our school. So, in the pictures in the top row, you'll see students leading um ACIGO leadership um or AIO County, the leadership team, um students from the county throughout our building, sharing our points of pride and we really just felt that our students had a lot to share and they did such an amazing job. Um Pat Enders is also focusing on doing um student announcements. Um, I did have a sample. I'll I'll maybe give it to Cindy and she can email it to you
029of a sample announcement, but the kids, we have specific kids who um do announcements on Monday through Friday. So, a group of them work together and they make the announcements where they hi highlight birthdays, a celebrity staff member of the [clears throat] day. They talk about an interesting joke. Mr. um Grouch does his dad jokes. Um, and then really they're they're less than a minute and it's really just highlighting the great things happening in the school but really put on by the students. So focusing again on the students leading the building. You can see that same group presenting the announcements. In the next couple of pictures um we also worked on our attendance. We had um 90 plus% of our school participate in that. really the our attendance initiative is working and we listen to
030the students on an a reward that they would want and they wanted a dance during the day in fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. That's like doing dances with a screen of front, not like uh high school dances. We're not getting there yet. [laughter] And the bottom left picture is our crushing it award winners. Um every class has a student that's crushing it this month. So you can see um the 27 students who who were crushing it. um the a picture of the dance and then again just more leadership opportunities um and then swimming. So we really just are thankful for the grant we we received for all of our students to do swimming. We wrapped that up. Mr. Massie led that and that's a big undertaking and we're really just thankful for um both students
031and staff and their leadership this month. >> Thank you, >> Corey. [clears throat] >> All right. Um so the first thing a couple things I want to highlight are just some of our extracurriculars. Um I highlighted back in the beginning of the year that we've had a large amount of participation in our extracurriculars which is huge for us and it really ties the students to the school. Um as you can see from our robotics program they kind of made my presentation for me but they've been massively successful and this is our first year having that program in allow um totally exceeding my expectations. I mean, typically when you bring a new program in, you're like not really sure how it's going to turn out. But, I mean, with massive amounts of participation, and then, you
032know, taken 11th place out of 36 and uh they got the judges choice award, second place for the sustain award, and a badge for the highest scoring game in the event, which is massive. I think that's incredible and I'm excited to see where it grows from here. I'm super excited about that. I want to talk about our boys basketball really quick. For our eighth grade teams, uh, they have an incredible record. I think one team is 9 and0 and the other is 8 and one which is exciting to see. And then our seventh grade uh teams have been pretty competitive right around that 500 mark. So that's what we expect is them learning the game and to be able to be competitive each and every day. Um and then our cheerleading is also off [clears
033throat] to a good start which is also a very large squad. I was very impressed with how big that is. Um, I want to shout out a few of my teachers in my building uh or staff members that have really been a really important part of our successful start of the year, but also I I really thank them from my perspective coming in as a new principal. Um, I have what I've assembled as what I call my leadership team. Um, which consists of Zach Napont, Karen Bellow, Angie Fitzgerald, Martha Barry, and uh, Dave Smith. and they've been huge in anything from keeping me informed on things that I'm just not aware we do and can continue to do, but also, you know, anytime we have uh some new ideas that we want to throw around,
034it's such a good committee to brainstorm, to bring me feedback to all those things. So, recently we've been working on creative ways to adjust our schedule for next year so that we can add more intervention times um and and more time for character building and stuff into our day, which has been huge. Um, in addition to that, every month I've uh presented our staff member of the month. So, I want to present that. Um, who this month or for the month of November was Miss Trish Hills. Um, and I think the students actually say much better u than I do. So, I'll read a few comments from our students about uh Mrs. Hills. Um, so Leah Holloway says, "Mrs. Hills is amazing teacher. She respects all students and is super funny. My favorite thing about
035her uh would be her kindness. She lets you have fun in the classroom while still making learning a priority. Uh Kennedy Smith said, "She is determined to help kids in the best ways possible. Her teaching ethic is very effective to students and I've seen a big difference [clears throat] in myself and my knowledge." She has a fun and she has fun and silly stories that go along with everything we learn, which I do. I I've witnessed that. She'll have like these personal stories that just kind of like tie into the curriculum, but they really wrap the kids in. Um, and then Anna Barry said, "Mrs. Hills is a very kind and funny teacher. She respects us like we're on her level and that we're not just students." Um, so that's what I got. >> Thank
036you. >> Last but not least, [laughter] >> uh, just a few things. Um, want to start with some of our extracurriculars. Obviously, winter sports, they're they're underway. Um, basketball games started rolling out uh last week for the guys and the girls are going to be picking up some games uh this week and hockeyy's been underway and wrestling's been traveling all over the place. So, sports are going well, but fall sports, a lot of the state level accolades are coming in. And so, uh just to highlight, um our football program um uh achieved academic all state. Again, that was uh finalized today. Um, and then we had one uh all state uh all state team one or team a the all state guy Jiren Benzinger linebacker. So So he was able to achieve all state. So
037I wanted to recognize those from the sports world. But on the uh musical or the the arts world, um we had a number of honor band students uh compete at uh the district 2 level. Um, so roughly 70 students uh compete for a spot, 18 schools. Gaylord represented um eight students and so that was Justin Atkinson, Zack Gaul, Nola Griffin, Zoe Goodrich, Gabe Slow, Haley Madison, Wilder Nellis, and Colin Berlin. They were all able to practice with that honors uh state level uh district 2 band, and then they uh performed over the weekend. Fortunately, Colin got sick, so he wasn't able to perform, but he's got a very bright future uh musically, so I'm sure he'll have many performances ahead of him. Um, and then I had just some other things to to recognize. Uh,
038we we started doing uh staff member of the month as well. As we're recognizing our terrific teams, we thought, let's recognize our terrific staff members. Um and so staff were able to nominate and um the the person that won November, they exemplify the the Blue Devil agreement. So they they make sure their their their classroom is safe physically and emotionally. They encourage their students to speak up and challenge. Um and then they obviously work as a team. And so Jeff Burke was our uh first nominee and uh first person that we recognized at the the teacher level. Um lot of teachers nominated. So that's good. Um, and so I wanted to recognize some of the other uh members that were were nominated. So, our counseling team was nominated. Um, they've increased, you know, FASA apps
039and going out getting a lot of swag to recognize attendance and those things. So, to give you some some numbers, this time last year, we had 11 students complete the FASA and we're already at like 62. Um, and then we've had um over 50 kids apply. And so, Mrs. Litzer and Mrs. Nash are going around putting either a FASA flag or or college uh application flags on their lockers to recognize and I think that that's getting more and more kids and with the TVs and our comments it it definitely [clears throat] is sparking more and more kids interest. So big shout out to our counselors on on getting that information out and then I wanted to recognize all the members of our admin team. um our student council uh teacher liaison stepped down and so
040our assistant principles have filled the void um and they they really stepped up and and transformed homecoming and they're crazy enough to uh get involved in snowcoming. So good for them because I'm not a dancer. All right, so uh but they've got a lot of cool ideas and and the student council, you know, they're listening to what the student council wants and then um a lot of it we're able to make happen. So that's huge. And then a big shout out to to Mr. Calbert. Um he's our athletic director. Making lots of things work in all great directions. You know, coming into a town, a small town like Gaylord is is difficult. He's already been able to to make a lot of relationships and and make a lot of things happen that were in the
041idea phase over the summer and already in the here it is phase. So, just wanted to recognize all those folks as well. So, that's what I got. >> Thank you. [clears throat] >> All right, we'll move on to public input. All right. Uh just as a make sure as a reminder we have this public input and then we have a second public put at the end. You can speak at either either one. Uh you can pass for now and go at the end. Um but first up will be Mary Black. You'll have three minutes. Um, first of all, I'd like to start out with a thank you. This information that comes from the building leaders is amazing. It is its transparency. It's, you know, for people who aren't actually have students in that building. It's
042really nice to know. And you guys have a very enthusiastic group, which is wonderful. And Cindy, it's just going to be weird without you. [laughter] And and the other thing is that I I have to say that I really like this new format with the superintendent over here. I think that's better. I think it's um it just this is just the way it should be. This is administration. This is the board. So um and the other thing is that um Dennis did talk about the the changes that have come through for seab and health class and all that and I am reading that we can as a school just continue on. you said that and I just wanted to I guess I came back to to reaffirm that that is the way that's continuing and
043if it's not going to continue that way that the school adopts any of it that they be very transparent about what what is the changes are going to be because the SAAB board was really hard to get and get it going and I think it's really good and hopefully there will be no changes but but These guys I This is just This is wonderful. I don't know whose idea that was. I don't know if that's the This is >> That would have been Mr. Kracraft's >> really. >> Yes. [laughter] >> Surprised at that. >> Anyway, thank you. >> Thank you. That is all the public input that we have at this time. So, now we'll move on to the consent agenda. We have board minutes from our closed se or excuse me our committee of
044a whole on December 2nd and our closed session at the December 2nd committee of a whole. We have treasures report general fund and athletic fund bills in the amount of 3.4 million cafeteria fund bills in the amount of 136,000 syncing fund bills in the amount of 18,000 and zero prior period adjustments. That is the end of the consent agenda. >> I will make a motion to accept the consent agenda as presented. >> I'll second. >> Any questions? Okay. >> Katie, >> yes. >> Sarah, >> yes. >> Doug, >> yes. >> Lori, >> yes. >> Carrie, >> yes. >> Jack, >> yes. >> Motion pass 6. >> All right, we'll move on to new and unfinished business. Interim superintendent contract extension. It is recommend the board approve the interim superintendent contract extension for Brian Pearson through
045March 9th, 2026 as presented. >> I will make a motion to um approve the extension of Brian Pearson's contract. >> I will second it. >> Questions? >> Um I had a question for Cindy earlier and she answered it for me, but just for discussion purposes because the current contract says through December 31st. >> Yeah. But because it's a mutual agreement, they said we don't have to change the dates. >> Okay. >> Somebody looks back at that. >> Thank you. Anything else? >> Katie, >> yes. >> Sarah, >> yes. >> Doug, >> yes. >> Lori, >> yes. >> Carrie, >> yes. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Motion pass 6. >> All right. 2026 2027 GA contract. It is recommended that the board approve the 2026 2022627 GA contract as presented. >> I'll make a motion to
046approve the GA agreement 2627. >> I will second. >> Any questions? >> I just had one question. um like at the the uh addendum or appendix, I [snorts] can't remember what it how it's labeled, but the example from like 2020 to 2021, is that what we anticipate doing again? >> Correct. With the fund equity reduction, correct? Yeah, exactly like that. >> Thank you. >> I assume they ratified this. >> They Yep. There wouldn't have been on here, but they ratified it this afternoon. They had their vote, so they're on board for it. Uh thank you, Mr. Pearson and and Diane for getting that through and making it easier for our new and incoming superintendent. >> Anything else? >> Okay. >> Katie, >> yes. >> Sarah, >> yes. >> Doug, >> yes. >> Lorie, >> yes.
047>> Carrie, >> yes. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Motion pass 6. >> Okay. 2026 summer tax resolution. It is recommended the board approve the 2026 summer tax resolution as presented. I will make a motion to accept the 2026 summer tax resolution as presented. >> I'll second it. >> Any questions on summer tax resolution? >> Okay. >> Katie, >> yes. >> Sarah, >> yes. >> Doug, >> yes. >> Lori, >> yes. >> Carrie, >> yes. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Motion pass 6. >> 2026 summer tax collection fee. It is recommended the board approve a $1 increase to the 2026 per parcel summer tax collection fee for Bagley, Livingston, and Elmmyra townships. This will result in a new per uh parcel fee of $3.50 for just these three townships as presented. >> I will make a
048motion to accept the 2026 summer tax collection fee as presented. >> Second. Any questions on that? >> I do have a question. Um, but I think you mentioned before the meeting that did we receive um a a print out or something from these townships stating what the additional cost were to them? >> You didn't get any information on >> No, nothing more than from that November in-person meeting >> and they just stated it costs more or it's >> Oh, sorry. >> That's okay. Um, we do have, yes, one of those I received the day of the workshop. Um, but I do have some documents that I can share that show their their estimated costs of summer collection. >> Okay. >> Yeah. And some other information that we just found out is they have to collect
049these taxes whether we're on it or not. Um, per state law, they have to collect certain taxes. go to the state. They don't come directly to us, but if we were to pull out, they're still doing the work. Um, so it's just not on us. So, and that's requirement by law. Any other questions? >> So, is there any way that we could discuss this further, like have additional time? I know Joe mentioned there was a deadline of January 1st um 2026 that he has to have something out to the to them, but I'm just wondering because they didn't give us much time to discuss this before bringing this to our attention. >> This could be something that we could bring up at the finance um at some point in time because this this question or
050comes up every year. This is an annual thing that we have to prove for them to collect our summer taxes uh moving forward. Um, so yeah, it's definitely something. Um, and from at least one of the comments that we heard the other day, they may be seeking more. So Joe is kind of I don't want to speak too much for you, but he's looking into what it would cost us if we can financially, if we opt out of the summer collection, will it cost us money? Will we have to borrow money? Uh, because that would be the biggest thing. If we don't get that money in the summertime, then we can't make payroll going into the fall when school starts. So then we have to look at, do we pay the interest on a loan
051or do we pay the money to have them collect extra taxes for us? So, but definitely something we could um and I know the one township that was threatening in a way uh they are meeting right now. So, it's kind of be curious to see what they have to say about about this whole issue. If they want to go to the $5 that was mentioned by their supervisor, um then we might have we definitely would have to have a >> another meeting >> longer talk on this. Yeah. >> So, if they said that tonight, if they decided tonight to go for more, then we would have to adopt a different resolution. >> No. Um it's it's from I um Brian and Joe were just explaining it's >> it would be an argument but the way
052that we are interpreting is if we say no we're not going to do this they still have to abide by the $2.50. >> Mhm. >> So in our opinion we are being generous nice giving them another dollar to collect this. Now, I know you've heard from others that >> I heard from another township supervisor from the township, another township that um they've done the math and at 250 they're breaking even if they're not making a little money on us is what she told me. So, like, oh, interesting. So, that >> and that could be why the other townships are saying, I don't want to I don't want to do >> and I don't know townships. I don't know your I don't know their budgets. I don't know, you know, pay and you know, all of
053those things. So, I don't know why one township would be would have lower costs than others, but >> Jeff, do you mind if I interject? Yes, please. Recommendation here. This is a short-term fix. This is by no ter no means what we're suggesting we do for the next few years. So, because of the timeline, the December 31st timeline, we think this is a way to go. It's our what we tend to think is we're going to have one of those townships come up with something maybe significantly different. So, this issue may not be over, but we think this is something we could basically live with for this time. But I think as a board, it's something we need to sit down and explore. Do we collect taxes twice a year, once a year? What's what's
054the fee? What's fair? It it it warrants a deeper dive. Uh but this is just a temporary fix to kind of get through the situation and hopefully we can come up with something everyone can agree upon that's not going to break the bank and be fair and get us through this tax collection season. >> And did somebody on at our workshop say that like the state average is $3.50 per parcel? >> 250. This the state will only reimburse for 250. So if we pull out and we don't go with the 350, the state will only give them 250. That's that's it. >> K, there's a few other schools we looked at. Right. >> You're right on it. I'm not sure that every school district was questioned on that or gave input, but we do know
055that, you know, we did some outreach and found that was a reasonable >> okay >> number to land on. So, if we approve 350 tonight and this one certain township says, "No, we want five." Where does that leave? Where does that leave Joe with getting his stuff in by January 1st? >> We're think strategically that's a good decision for our board to make and that's why we're recommending it. Is the issue over at that point in time? I think that's where the discussion may may start. But we think as far as a a move for us tonight, that's a that's a good sound decision for the for our district to make. Hopefully they pass it and we move on. >> But to answer your question, Joe, couple months to get all the information to see
056if we could what this would cost us and would that give you ample amount of time? >> Yeah. Yes. I mean, it's going to take some research to know the the pros and cons of collecting summer tax versus not. Um, you know, as far as cash flow, as you already commented, what's that what's that really look like? Um, you know, it's a it's a big difference from what we've done for many years here at Gay Schools. So, right now, as Mr. Pearson said the recommendation from us is to is to do this um because in order to collect the summer tax, we need to have those pieces in place before the before January 1st, right? So, if it all goes south yet, then maybe it's a special meeting yet for you guys. But we're trying
057to avoid that by um doing the 350 for the three that are requesting. Uh, and that buys us time to then look into it for the long term on which direction we want to go. >> Okay, >> Lori, does that answer your >> It does. Yes. Thank you. >> Anybody else? >> All right. So, we're at a vote now, I believe. >> Katie, >> yes. >> Sarah, >> yes. >> Doug, >> yes. >> Lori, >> yes. >> Carrie, >> yes. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Motion pass 6. >> All right. Gaylord High School 2026 2022 27 curriculum guide. It is recommended the board approve Gaylord High School 2026 27 curriculum guide as presented. >> I will make a motion to approve the Gaylord High School 2026 2027 curriculum guide as presented. >> I'll second >>
058questions. >> Katie, >> yes. Sarah, >> yes. >> Doug, >> yes. >> Lori, >> yes. >> Carrie, >> yes. >> Jack, >> yes. >> Motion pass 6. >> Gayard Middle School 2026 20227 curriculum guide. It is recommended the board approve the Gaylord Middle School 2026 27 curriculum guide as presented. >> I will make the motion to approve the GMS um 2627 curriculum guide as presented. I will second it. >> Questions? Okay. >> Katie, >> yes. >> Sarah, >> yes. >> Doug, >> yes. >> Lori, >> yes. >> Carrie, >> yes. >> Jack, >> yes. >> Motion pass 6. >> Leave of absence. It is recommend the board approve the extended leave of absence for Vicky Edwards as presented. >> I will make a motion to approve the extended leave of absence for Vicky Edwards as
059presented. I'll second >> questions. Okay. >> Katie, >> yes. >> Sarah, >> yes. >> Doug, >> yes. >> Lori, >> yes. >> Carrie, >> yes. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Motion pass 6. >> Leave of absence. It is recommend the board approve the leave of absence for Cheyenne Ritter from February 5th, 2026 through the end of 202526 school year as presented. I'll make a motion to approve the leave of absence for Miss Ritter as presented. >> I will second it. >> Questions. >> Katie, >> yes. >> Sarah, >> yes. >> Doug, >> yes. >> Lorie, >> yes. >> Carrie, >> yes. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Motion pass 6. >> Security system monitor. It is recommend the board approve the security system monitor position as presented. I will make a motion to approve the security
060system monitor position as presented. >> I will second. >> Questions on this new position. >> Okay. >> Katie, >> yes. >> Sarah, >> yes. >> Doug, >> yes. >> Lori, >> yes. >> Carrie, >> yes. >> Jeff, >> yes. >> Motion pass 6. >> New staff introductions. I don't believe we have any tonight. >> All right. Before we I'd like to Diane Boiaak I think's in the back. I'd like to recognize because when you when you settle a contract >> you can stand [laughter] up. >> Didn't see that coming. Diane did not see that coming. >> Having good relationships and good people to work with. And you know Mandy and Joe and I and the GA sat down together and never did it feel like we were on opposite side of the table throwing proposals
061back and forth. It was about working together. And part of that is, you know, Diane's here and she's she's on her team. She's not on a separate team. And I think when you approach it with that standpoint, you make decisions that are best for the entire school system and everybody wins. So, I want to thank Diane for her leadership uh with that group and for the I guess thankful for the relationship that we have in this district. >> Thank you, DIANE. [applause] >> I'm sorry we don't have a a baggie. All right. Uh, we have no more public input. >> Make a motion to adjurnn. I will second it. >> All in favor? >> I >> opposed. Motion carries. [music]