001Good evening everybody. Uh welcome to our first school board meeting well business meeting in the new school in the common area. So um I'd like to start with 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. So, can we get a motion to approve tonight's agenda? All second. All in favor. >> All right. Uh this is all any visitor recognition. All right. Um on to consent agenda. We have a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> The motion to approve a consent agenda. >> Maybe second. >> Thank you, George. Any discussion on it? We have board meeting minutes from uh last month, finance report if anybody wants
002to make any comments or state anything dispersements which we were just handed out for the month and approval of the activity accounts. Any any questions down here down this way? All right. All in favor? All right. information items. So, we'll look to Superintendent Berg. >> Yeah, a couple of exciting things. Um, first of all, I want to say thank you to both the principles and the school staff for putting on some tremendous Veterans Day programs for um the veterans in our community. They did a really good job with that. Um, I do want to update the board that I did send to the Minnesota Department of Transportation the letter formally requesting that um the front of of the highway out here be named a school zone. um yet to hear back from the commissioner. However,
003District 7 did deny the request again. Um and in their denial letter said that senior transportation officials would be reaching out. Um they haven't at this time, but you know, we put forth their best effort to try to see what could happen. Um Julie just handed these out as well. Um these are updated dates with um Minnesota Schoolboard Association events, workshops, and activities that are coming on. If you're ever interested in attending any of them, let me know. um I'll be happy to go with you as well. Um and then the next big thing is here in the next couple weeks we are going to roll out our strategic planning survey. So the community engagement community met tonight um and took a look at all the questions that are going to be put forward as
004well as our communication um including some advertisements that we'll be purchasing in the local paper as well to public. So mine updated one's got any question >> down here. All right, we'll now look at our principles. >> All right. Well, um we had a big Papa Murphy's fundraiser recently and we raised approximately $1,500. Um that money will support Firebird Pride events and we're grateful to all of the families who purchase pizzas. Um, as um, Superintendent Berg said, um, our students honored Veterans Day, um, with activities this year. It was during specialist time. Um, and there was a video message from a local veteran, Jesse Gran, along with singing of the national anthem. Students wrote letters, created artwork, and colored pictures for soldiers currently deployed. Um, in addition, we are also collecting items for care packages
005to send to local service members who are deployed. and students honored veterans that they know by filling out anformational sheet and placing it on our veterans wall in the commons area. So, you might want to take a look at that. It's over here on your way out if you haven't seen it. Um, other events, Playworks recess coach Julian was on site to train our fourth and fifth grade students how to be junior coaches at recess. Um, they've been doing a great job planning for and playing games for our younger students. Each coach has one recess assigned to their group per week and we are really thankful that we received a ship grant to help make this all possible. Conferences were very well attended and it was great to meet with parents and families. Students enjoyed
006a harvest party festival. Each grade had a costume parade throughout the building and did activities during their specialist time. It was a bit chilly outside and we had to move some activities into the commons area, but it was still a fun day for the kids. Our students are practicing for their winter concert which will take place on Thursday, December 18th at 1:30 and 6:30 in the Commons area. Andrea Hansen from Compass will be here tomorrow and Thursday to work with our staff on best practices in math instruction, the new math standards and everyday math. Uh TIG Community Arts has a holiday Canada coming up on Saturday, December 6th at 7 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Church in Winthrop and on Sunday, December 7th at 4 p.m. in St. Andrews Catholic Church in Fairfax. A free will
007donation will be taken. >> Uh what kind of items are you looking to collect for the soldiers? >> Um so a lot of it's like toiletry type items, um beef jerky, things like that. So yeah, um we're doing that through the 21st. So um yeah, we're excited to get those things and put them together in care packages. So >> Okay. And it's been about two and a half months now in the the new facility, how the >> working out the bugs and everybody's used to it by now. >> I think it's going really well. Um, you know, obviously there's things we're continually adjusting to just because um, new things get done. You know, for example, we just had the playground for a while and now we have the playground in the black top which has
008been great. Um, so yeah, but I think overall everybody's doing really well and we're just getting used to everything. Sure. Thanks. about the workar around. Um, Mrs. Fers. >> Yes. So, I will of course again just be uh I guess sharing about the staff and what we're doing and I'll let our student council do the rest for the students. So, tonight I'll provide an update on key initiatives and progress at our school focusing on three main areas. our staff in professional development, our PBIS program and school culture, and our ongoing efforts to strengthen community communication with families. I will highlight the ways our staff are refining instructional practices, how our staff and student council are developing leadership skills, the impact of our proactive behavior strategies, and how we are using data to drive decision-making and
009support student success. So, student leadership, I would like to thank our student council members for their excellent report again this month on student activities and events over this past month. Beyond providing valuable updates, the student council is developing important leadership skills. They are learning that leadership is not about doing everything themselves individually, but about coordinating with other student leaders and teachers to produce clear, thorough, and wellorganized reports for the board each month. In this process, they are practicing delegation, collaboration, and effective communication. All of which are lifelong skills that will serve them well in school and beyond. Plus, they get to spend extra time with the principal. Staff development in instructional practices. So, as noted in last month's report, our staff continues to focus on refining teaching practices and implementing researchbased strategies that promote student
010engagement. While our staff have made have made significant progress, this remains an ongoing priority. Our teaching and learning coordinator has been working closely with new teachers to build their knowledge and skills around effective instructional practices. I am currently in the first round of evaluations with our non-tenure staff and will this begin the second round after the holiday break with which also includes many tenure teachers. This work allows me to engage directly in the learning process and supporting our teachers in maximing maximizing their effectiveness. Meanwhile, our professional learning communities continue to advance their inquiry cycle focused areas, collecting both qualitative and quantitative data to guide instructional decisions and drive measurable student outcomes each week in their PLC's. Our staff is also continuing the ELA OLA training that Jennifer's coordinated for us and also continuing on our
011math compass training for our math teachers at both the middle school and high school level PBIS and school culture. As a secondary site, we continue to strengthen our PBIS program. Our PBIS team has been instrumental in training staff to address behavior issues proactively and reinforce positive behaviors, which reduces the need for punitive measures. The team is now analyzing behavior referral data to identify patterns and connections between student behavior and our engagement in the classroom. These insights will guide instructional refinements and targeted professional development for our teachers in the future. Student feedback on our reward system has been positive and our team continues to refine and maintain this PBIS program. Over the past two years, these efforts have played a critical role in transforming our school culture. By using this behavior data to inform instructional decisions,
012we are enhancing the students engagement, supporting the teachers in classroom management, and also improving our overall outcomes in both the classroom and with our students behavior. Family communication. We're also working to strengthen communication with our families. Teachers are encouraged to maintain ongoing dialogue with parents and families are encouraged to reach out to teachers as well. Our goal is to build trusting partnerships between home and school. Additionally, teachers continue to notify families weekly of any students who are at risk of failing, supporting both short and long-term academic success. So in conclusion, overall these initiatives focused on staff development, student leadership, proactive behavior support, and family engagement are helping to strengthen our school community, improve student outcomes, and sustain the positive progress we are achie we have achieved over the past two years. >> Are we good?
013Any questions? >> Hi, I'm Madison Steel. I'm the student council president. Um, for sports, girls basketball began practice on November 10th with their first scrimmage on November 15th. Boys basketball and wrestling both started practice on November 17th. FFA has been active this year with events including regionals and state trap shoots. Judging contests for dairy, horse, and general livestock and annual corn drive, which raised about $15,000 for Truth Friends Camp. The general livestock team placed third regionally and will advance the state in spring. Over recent activities included fruit sales and upcoming events include soy soil judging leadership development events on November 14th and a volunteer cleanup at Minopa State Park. Student council is planning holiday events. Turkey bingo will take place in class on November 25th with cookies as prizes. Winter week includes a Christmas movie
014day on December 19th with candy and popcorn available. Planning is also underway for Valentine's Day sweetheart dance on February 6th. NHS has been busy with trunk or treat events, a successful blood drive collecting 27 units, and a food drive gathering 12 boxes of food. Upcoming projects include making Christmas cards for local nursing homes and assisting with a library craft session on December 13th. The Sorus program is off to a strong start, recognizing one student per grade weekly with rewards like extra tickets, special seating, leaving class early, or using the source parking spot. The program promotes being spiritfilled, optimistic, accountable, respectful, and safe. October 31st monthly drawing winner were Ruth Mesner, Colin Hacker, and Collia B Hacker. They received a Firebird t-shirt, a free slice of pizza from Casey's, and then had an option to get
015coffee or tea at the new coffee shop in town or go to Porer's Pizza at lunch. >> Uh, I'm Cole Jacobson. Uh I'm also a member uh in student council in the National Honor Society. The fall play How the West Was Done had a school only performance on Halloween and public performances the following Saturday and Sunday. This western comedy included slapstick humor, funny names, and exaggerated circumstances that gave our audience plenty of laughs. The cast is now preparing for the winter one act play which will comp compete in January or February. Veterans Day. On November 11th, the school honored veterans with a program featuring the concert band, choir, and the winter honor guard. Guest speakers Cadet Brady Neber and 2LT Samantha Wrist spoke about Army values of loyalty, duty, respect, selfless selfless service, honor, integrity,
016and personal courage, and how they connect to daily life. The 6th or 12th band grade winter band concert is December 11th. Students are preparing challenging pieces and two high school students are auditioning for all state band. This is a high honor as the audition process is very rigorous and if selected those students will be performing with the best of the best players in the state. Many students especially freshman are also interested in solo and ensemble contest this year. The choir has had a strong start this year with fundraisers for the Florida trip and performances at school events. The winter concert is Monday, December 8th, featuring all five ensembles. GFW's five incredible ensembles have been working hard to prepare an exciting concert for the community, ranging from familiar carols to new arrangement that students have been
017preparing and memorized. Pop choir is also preparing for community performances during the winter season. uh MEF and ignite your future. Seniors and juniors attended the Minnesota Education Fair at MSU Mano on September 29th to explore over 80 colleges, universities, and military opportunities. Sophomores attended Ignite Your Future at Bridgewater on October 8th or October 10th, engaging in over 75 hands-on career exploration activities. >> Very good, both of you. Thank you. When was that uh the the band and the choir gonna fine? I'm sorry. >> December 11th. >> The band December 11 band color. >> The concert uh the choir is December 8th. >> So you're it's sores program, right? Is are you So that's a couple months old now. Are you seeing more participation even or less or what's your >> Yeah. Are the kids pretty
018excited about that or >> I think so. Yeah. A lot of people are like, "Let's go. I got a sports taken when class and whatnot." So, >> Yeah. Yeah. >> I seen the parking stalls with the signs at the at the gym. So, it's >> still continues to be a hot item to be an award winner of that. >> Okay. Good. Very good. >> Competitive one. >> Sorry. >> I said that's a competitive one for sure. Bassmen want that one. Well, >> they can roll in right before class is starting, even though they have a >> I got to imagine that new uh coffee shop is getting a lot of interest, too, because every time I drive through town, half that school seems to be walking across the street. Good. So, >> so we I
019guess we should say, too, that we're looking, you know, um to our local community, more specifically currently right now in WinUrPU because that's where our kids are. But um we will also be you know looking to work with our local businesses in giving to also expand our opportunities for our our kids to have some of those incentives that are within our community. So >> very good. >> If someone wants to donate for your care packages they have until the 21st. >> 21st. Yep. >> So till 21st you're looking for stuff. Okay. That could just be dropped off at the front desk. >> Front office was fine. >> Anything else? >> Amy, no. >> Okay, we will move on to Dasher report. So guys, I don't think it's educational if they stay here, but you're free
020to leave if you need to. All right, dash report. So, uh, they're staying on top of their OSHA required monthly safety training. Uh, work with Dacon to replace a broken coupler, you know. So, just looks like some maintenance in the winter school. uh working with Pop Electric to fix an exhaust fan at the elementary school and still continuing to move a few things out of the old building over here. Uh cleaned out some roof drains from Paul Leaves, changed some filters and uh got the boilers ready to run for the winter. So that's the dash report. Uh how about move on to Riverbend Mercy? Okay. But it was a quite a positive meeting and report this last month. They have some 68 students in their their area learning center. 24 online and 44 in person.
021All the sections imprints, raptors and rise along with ALC are pretty much full and did well. One of the more enjoyable events during the month were the pumpkin patch and the corn pit and the hay ride. And apparently that uh all sections enjoyed that. One of the things I think is worth reporting is that the raptor section more than 65% of the students are at average or exceeding reading levels and in the rise students there are 69% on reading bar. So they're doing quite well in those areas. But then there was one area that I think everybody should be aware of and this was when um I think assessing students abilities or progress one of one of the terms or one of the areas is morphological awareness. Now I'm sure everyone is aware of morphological
022awareness. No, I'm not. No, nor was I. I had to find out what is a morphological awareness. So that is the Greek using the or being aware of Greek and Latin suffixes and prefixes in terms of language usage, reading and the rest of it. A very worthwhile area to judge but only government education could come up with a word like morphological awareness to describe it. So, and that is the end of my report. >> Does anybody, you know, when they get down to Riverbend, do they ever come back? I mean, can we do we get them back? >> And how do we judge that if they're good enough to come back? There's a lot of, you know, there's a lot of factors that go into it like are they there for, you know, academics, um,
023hands-on skill set, are they there for emotional behavior, um, disorder, dysregulation, you know, there's certain like points and progress ones that they need to make when they go down there in order to wrap back here, but they do there are students that do graduate those programs. So, you see school districts are getting declining enrollment, but down there, Urban's getting the other way. It's going up. >> Yeah. And it, you know, one of the things too that's hard when when you talk about Riverbend too, right? There's seven other school districts that are attached in there. >> Um, obviously the giant down there is New um, you know, out of the 68 ALC students, I think that is that what you had said? >> Yes. >> 36 of them are from New. >> So, and we've got
024um less than 10 that are there. So, kind of one of those things where it just depends on the geographic location. Um, the other piece with that and I don't know what did you vote on it in September or October with Cedar Mountain now joining Riverbend. >> We uh Yes, we we discussed that this last month. >> Yeah. So, there's another district that's now going to join the special education co-op. So, there'll be another influx of numbers based off what Cedar Mountain starts to bring down there too, >> which should be very >> Yeah, it should be. Yeah. >> So, they don't anticipate having to hire additional staff to support Ced. that as of right now? No. Um, but you know, one of the one of the things that's most difficult with special education staffing
025is you just don't know what students are going to be in front of you at any given time. >> And actually, executive director Doug Hayes is no longer teaching, >> which means that they did place a teacher to take his place, which is kind of nice. >> But it sounds like they're doing very well down there. They they are the uh I forgot to say the financial situation too has improved well simply because the way they get reimbursed >> among other things but >> they were hurting a couple months ago because they're way down government line. >> Correct. >> Just like everybody else. >> Okay. Well, very good. Anybody have anything to add or comment question? >> Okay. I would advise everybody to watch your morphological works. One of this is going to add that
026to your uh your curriculum. >> We're already working on it. We already got it. >> It helps with comprehension practicing offices help with. >> Don't put that in me. Yes. >> So, uh update on policy committee. We're going to vote on a mountain of policies on the second reading here coming up. So, not much more to report other than we're going to be meeting here probably pretty soon to start >> hashing out the >> The next round. So, we're we are I can't wait to put that in my calendar. So, >> I bet. >> Um Okay. How about FFLRP? We got an update from old building on that later on the school year at the middle school high school rather than moving over here during Christmas. >> There's a fair amount of communication about that
027at email and all papers reported on it. So yeah. >> Um anything else? anything that we can clap our hands about moving forward. >> No, it's all pretty downhill. Not getting much done. Disappointment. >> We're going to have everybody moved into a new school by the end of the year. Is going to be awesome. >> Going to be awesome. >> And that seats how many people? 400. >> Yeah. A little over 400, I think. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Anything else to add? >> Okay. Community engagement's been awfully busy. So, Emily, >> um, we met tonight and, um, we thought it would be a little bit longer, but it was a pretty quick meeting to discuss our strategic planning. So um have our questions in timeline ready and we'll vote on that here tonight too.
028So which more information will be coming >> at that time. >> But I think the meeting before that didn't we get into some of the we looked at some of the future you know kids we can have and declining enrollment and all kinds of or declining population is going to cause us to kind of oh in FFLRP. Yeah. Yeah. So that was one thing. Um we did talk about that in FFLRP and we did talk about that in community engagement is you know declining enrollments. Almost every single district except Lindetta apparently who's building two brand new schools. >> You're a four. >> Yeah. Is facing declining enrollment. You know one of the things with us is just the resident pupil units within our district have started to decline significantly over the past couple years. Um
029just a few years ago there were over 900 K12 students living within district boundaries. Now we're down into the mid700s of K12 students living within district boundaries. That's driven off the census data. Um but FFLRP, you know, they got a sneak peek at how does declining enrollment affect our local operating levy and how does that affect um the district finances. Um more to come on that in December during the truth and taxation. It will be the most riveting truth and taxation presentation you've ever been part of. I can tell you that right now. Um, so we'll go kind of more in depth about conversations around what that looks like. >> But that's going to kind of push us to do the right things in our school too, not be >> correct and not be making
030them to stay sort of keeping our rolling. So it's very important. >> Yeah. So the walk over from FFLRP with the operating levy and enrollment ties into the community engagement work that's going to happen with our strategic plan. Um, our our strategic plan is a lot based off of perception data. people feel as a district. How did they feel we're hitting all these different areas? Um the data from that's going to drive our decision- making into how we build continuous improvement in our district and how we move the needle with perception data. You know, maybe our parents are saying behavior is a huge problem. um we've got stuff in motion with PBIS and our source tickets and stuff and now we amplify that communication so that perception changes which in turn hopefully drives enrollment gain
031back into the district too. And we got neighboring private schools that are non all the time. So we have to do a lot of things right. >> So the work we're doing is great. It's awesome to get it ready to go and um figure out how all our committees are interconnected to the work that's been done. And sorry, I said that this was a action item that we're approving, but >> apologize. We already did it. So, the the timeline has been knocked off. The final date to fill out the survey will be December 13th. Um, that's right. >> And it's sent on November 18th. Between November 18th and 30. So, >> so it goes out tomorrow and it's via email >> and is that email online and >> email online Facebook printed in the paper.
032Um, >> is there going to be any mailed out? >> We'll we'll put a blurb in the uh inflight just as a reminder. It's very expensive to do direct mailers, >> right? So we figure between the newspaper, the in place, word of mouth, Facebook, website, um, email tracking, you should be able to get a pretty fairly hefty response. >> Yeah. >> Well, pretty exciting. Definitely. >> But to reiterate again, last day is December 13 to take it. So, >> and hopefully we get uh a good turnout in 30 days and that's what drives it to executive committee. I don't really we get emails now instead of meeting to go over what we're going to talk about right now. Slide's pretty cut and dry. Do you want to add something? No. What we're doing tonight? >>
033Yeah. Okay. And then speaking of enrollment, so currently K through 12 is at 554, which is up from last month >> By one. Yep. And pretty soon, not too far away from the open enrollment program, right? >> Yeah, that's coming online in January. So, >> yeah. So, that'll be here in >> a >> Yep. So, we will do our best um to separate the open ed enrollment from the form button seat count that we've got here in the district. >> Well, what we have to >> Yeah. Yep. So, um, it we'll see some fluctuation here pretty quickly with our numbers on that. >> Well, that's a good adventure, too. So, that'll be exciting. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Survey going out. Um, is there a questionnaire coming out? You can get it via email and
034then fill it out by hand. >> Um, you can get it via um Survey Monkey. So, you just click the link and it'll go in. If you do want a paper copy, we'll put in there like contact the district office for a paper copy or um we'll try to get some to the schools to the front offices. So if someone wants to fill it out, they can. >> So if there is somebody like in Fairfax that wants to fill it out that isn't on Facebook, I could print it for them. >> Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. >> Okay, cool. Thanks. >> And we're happy if you reach out, we'll drop it in the mail for you to find time. Very good. Anything else? Okay. On to action items then. So, we're going to talk about the uh
035pathway. Is that what we're going to call it? The path. >> Yeah. Yeah. I think >> Pedestrian trail. I think that's probably what the legal ease are calling it. >> Okay. So I have a motion to approve recommendation of the cooperative construction agreement between state of Minnesota department of transportation GFW public schools and city of given for purpose of constructing a pedestrian trail. >> Okay. Second >> make a second. Okay. Uh Mr. you want to elaborate on that? >> Yes. >> Yeah, absolutely. So, right now, um the trail stops at the edge of our property um because that's as far as we were able to asphalt up to without um needing a cooperative agreement between the city of Gibbon and the state of Minnesota um to complete the trail. So, right now, um it just
036stops right out there. What'll happen now is next spring because most asphalt plants have now closed at this point um we'll pick the project up and it will go from the edge of our property down to Elely Avenue um part of this package agreement as well as solar powered crossing lights to be able to get across the highway safely. Um in the agreement um the city is in charge of m maintenance on the lights, maintenance on the crosswalk, the painting and everything like that. Um, and they're also in charge of the maintenance of the path all the way up to our property as well. >> So, Elie Avenue, is that by the bowling alley or or what else is Elven? >> That's not quite familiar with all the street names yet. >> Let me pull
037it up here. >> Question. Was that Eli or Eli? >> Eli. Is that how you say it? No, I don't know. It's okay. >> The local say >> Eli. Yeah. >> Yep. It is the bowling. It is a bowling there. Yep. >> So, um, under this agreement, the state is reimbursing up to $200,000 of the project and the bid for the overall project came in at $235,000. Um, so the district would pick up the additional $35,000 that were purchased. And was that in our construction budget already? Um the $200,000 was um just based off of what Mindon had said they would be willing to reimburse. We didn't think it would come over $200,000 in the initial estimates. So the $35,000 will come out. >> I thought the use of the state reimburse up to 200
038>> up to 200. >> Yeah. We did not think, you know, if the bid came back at $199,000, they would reimburse $199,000. It's probably four pounds. >> Okay. >> Um but they won't bid, they won't reimburse up 200. So we're 35 grand at a contingency, right? Yeah. >> Right. And this provides a avenue basically for children or parents in town and cross Highway 19. There won't be stop lightss per se, but crosswalk. They're crosswalk. I mean, yeah, there's a there'll be a crosswalk painted and then those they're like flashing green signs with someone holding hands. They stick out, you know, and they've got lights on them, so they're flashing. They're solar powered lights. >> Wow. >> Okay. And then once they get over 19, they don't cross another road. It's just a nice walk past
039our field. Yeah. GFW school and up through the baseball fields, softball fields. >> It just runs right along the front here and on the edge there. >> Yep. >> They have battery banks and also we have a speed limit. >> Yeah. Electric scooters and everything. >> So the city had given um city council did approve this last week as part of the cooperative agreement. So the state's waiting on us to approve it tonight and then then they'll sign on their side too. >> Yeah. Any questions? >> Who is the snow on the marathon >> for the pathway? >> Yeah. So that great question. So we are working right now with the city of Given to take a look at our snow removal process. I met with Dan Jason weeks ago just take a look at
040you know who's going to be doing what and how to align it. um you know before they were taking care of the old elementary school the first ones when the city helps plow out that area too. Uh so we're still trying to figure out exactly are they going all the way for a property line? Are they going all the way a lot of it's going to be a tiny thing as well for them. Um you know how big a step we get dumped on too. So we're working through that process right now. Unfortunately mother nature has some pretty expedited plans here it seems like. So, >> and that's the snow removal is only for the pad, not on our our parking lots or >> Well, we have been talking about parking lots as well. Okay.
041>> Um because they go out first in the morning >> and so you know right now the current elementary school is the priority this they have priority zones. The schools both cities are the priority zones. So, um you know we're just looking you know what tools and resources do they have available to use. So >> yeah, >> something that probably needs to get figured out sooner. >> Correct. Yep. >> A little faster than we thought. >> Yeah. >> And worst case, you contract by snowfall. >> Correct. >> Yeah. >> Until they get a >> a better longer term. >> Yeah. All right. So, we did our motion. So, I think we can vote unless somebody else has any more comments or questions in mind. No. Right. All in favor? All right. On to action item
042B. We have a motion for rapid relation with revisions to the 25/26 school calendar year. Bergie, maybe just want to give us the highlights in low light positive. Well, Olay is um our gym spaces and our areas back tucked behind the gym including lock rooms, weight room, vampire rooms um are not going to be finished by the winter break as anticipated. As of right now, the scheduled date for the gym um is they'll be doing the punch list January 28th. Um so working really closely with the cabinet team to kind of come up with another plan. Um at the committee of the whole meeting, we had a really big conversation. seniors before the school year ends. Um if we're able to do it reasonably. Um so this calendar change um really is not cutting any
043days out of the schedule. It's not reducing student contact days. Um we are moving um staff professional development days around um as well as moving u move in days to line up right before that President's Day weekend which we felt was a natural break um in February once the gym is ready, the band choir rooms, everything's ready to go. Um so really February 11th, 12th and 13th are the biggest um changes to the calendar just for our students and our families based on the fact those would be non um for them. The exciting piece of that is the classroom side which is right behind us here is getting very very close to being completed. A lot of the furniture is being delivered that first week in December. We've already got um TV screens going up
044and a lot of technology going on um behind the scenes. So, we'll be able to have a lot of our core instructional spaces ready to go um rather than the fast approach that we have at the elementary side of the building. So, we're very excited about that pacing when it comes down to that. Um obviously disappointed that we do have to make calendar adjustment, but um we feel that this is in the best interest of our kids and their staff to be able to move in at a default time. um hiring the moving company um makes me a lot more secure in the fact that we'll be able to do it within two days just based on their expertise and that moving company doesn't have any um anything scheduled between January and February. So that's
045another piece where you know maybe we can start moving some stuff slowly over here depending on the size that you put. Um so uh right here in front of you are the current calendar dates along with the proposed new calendar dates. I did my best to line them up in a memo to the board. um if approved tonight, we will uh get this communicated out as quickly as possible by the division to our families. I know they already saw preliminary and this is what um the superintendent is going to be proposing to the school board for interest. >> That was in the email that went about the the >> Yeah. Yeah. So, >> so a lot of our families have already seen this. So now tonight would be the formal action and then by the
046end of the week we'll get it sent out to families saying this is what was decided. >> Any discussion? Anybody? No. All in favor? >> You make a motion? >> We have no motion. >> We had no motion. >> Oh, well then we got to have a motion. >> We'll make a motion to approve >> to approve the revisions to the test. >> I'll second it. Now, all in favor? Thank you. All right. Um, can I get a motion for recommendation approve uh tonight's donation? If I'm nervous, >> George, a second. >> I'll second. >> Okay. And that donation is a fairly substantial here. is for $15,000. The donor is anonymous and the restrictions are $10,000 for the choir music program for the middle school or for middle school, high school, 2,000 for band, middle
047school, middle school and high school and $3,000 for professional development and supply fund for middle school and high school teachers. So, whoever anonymous is, that's fantastic. Yeah. And uh we thank them for a donation. >> That's a chunk. >> We can't send a thank you out. We don't know, >> right? But hopefully send >> Thank you. Okay. Definitely had a motion. It's not a we roll call. >> We do. Stair. >> Yes. >> Breeze. >> Yes. >> Miller. >> Yes. >> Rosa. >> Yes. >> Here. >> Yes. Thank you. All right. On to policies. We have a motion uh to approve the second reading of the policies. I make that motion. I'll sign you again. >> Thank you, George. So the chunk of the 200s, the 300s, 400s, 500s, 600s, couple only two 800s and
048six or seven 900s. So a lot of them, but second reading, all minor changes. I don't know if you want to. Yeah, all minor changes. Most of them were referencing updated statutes, changing the date. Um, some of them just have not been reviewed by the board. Every three years is what should be standard practice. So, um, just knocking us back into the cycle of every 3 years the policies will be reviewed unless there's major legislative change. And just to reiterate, these are all state driven changes. So, there's not much to do about it. Anyway, I suppose and all very minor statute verbiage one or two words. Yeah. >> Um we certainly sat through enough meetings to >> So I'm guessing you don't have any questions down here, but >> this gets us caught up though.
049>> Yeah. So on track >> on track and then scheduling a big meeting for we'll do three a year now, right? >> Yeah. We'll probably big January, February, right before the legislative session. simple kind of know what's going to be popping up here. All right. So, any further questions? >> Absolutely not. >> All in favor? All right. Thank you. And that bring this to a motion to adjurnn. >> I'll make that motion to adjurnn. >> All right. Thank you all in favor. All right. Thank you everybody. Thank you student council. Thank you principles.