001All right. Uh we will stand for the pledge of allegiance. We do not have a a reader or a pledge participant and if anybody wants to join All right, we need a motion to approve the open session agenda for August 21st, 2025 as presented. >> Motion. >> I would like to pull something. >> Okay. >> Do we do that after motion and second? >> Uh, we do not have a Yeah, no, you can go ahead. >> Um 11.29 29. No. From consent. >> This is just the agenda. >> Okay. So, never mind. >> Okay. We have a um motion. We need a second. >> Second. >> Okay. We have a motion and a second to approve the um agenda for open session. All those in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Okay. Motion carries. Next, we
002have recognitions of the Missouri Regional Teacher of the Year. Okay, up first, Lori Boatman, former social studies teacher at North Point Middle School and current instructional technology coach for the district, was selected as a Missouri Regional 2026 teacher of the year for the St. Louis region. The teacher of the year program recognizes and honors the contributions of the classroom teacher as no one has a greater impact on the education of a child than a teacher who creates a learning environment where children flourish and grow. Prior to advancing to the regional level, she was selected for the 2024 2025 WSD teacher of the year in January. Congratulations again. And then up next, I am going to actually turn it over to Pierce Hall building principal Jason Moore to say a few words. >> Sorry. Start over
003here. All right. Uh, good evening. My name is Jason Moore. I am the principal of Pierce Hall. I'm here to help celebrate and honor the hard work of a student who graduated this summer. Aiden Hobbs is an official graduate of Holt High School in Pierce Hall. Aiden came to Pierce Hall in January of 2025. He worked hard to earn his credits and completed his graduation requirements during the summer. Aiden's teacher said that he was a very likable, engaging, and knew when it was time to get to work. I want to take this time to congratulate the family and friends and supporters who are here tonight to celebrate with Aiden and welcome Aiden to come on down. Yeah. >> See there. All right. We uh actually do not have any public comment this evening. So, we
004will move on to district comments. And >> at this time, I'm going to ask to take a moment of silence. Um Pamela Love was Pamela Love was a bus driver for the Wsville School District for 19 years. Pamela passed away on Monday, July 21st. Our thoughts and prayers are with Pamela's family, friends, and colleagues. And at this time, we'd like to have a moment of silence to honor Pamela. Thank you. Before school started, we had our annual back to school fair, and I'm happy to say it was an amazing success. Again, we had a blast. We had over 20 sponsors and we gave away over 1,600 bags of school supplies to families. It was a great great experience. It's a great great community building event. Uh if you've never had a chance to attend, make
005sure you attend next year. We also had on Monday, I think everybody knows we welcomed back over 17,900 Wentzville School District students. It was a terrific It was terrific for me. I got a chance to visit the schools. Just hearing the the excitement in the buildings to start a new school year was great. Um it's been it's been a good start to the year transportation. So I'm just going to say it now. We appreciate everybody's patience during the first week of school. We know it has been a challenge um to start the year. We had 20 bus routes that do not have a permanent driver. However, we have floater drivers, substitute drivers, and transportation administrators who are driving those routes right now. We do have 14 drivers that are in training and we'll be recommending
006three more and one aid that we were able to bring on board LA yesterday in a walk-in interview. Uh that said, we're still actively recruiting and always looking for great employees to add to our transportation team. So, if you have anybody who'd like to be part of our transportation team, please refer them and we will be happy to talk with them about a position. We have multiple schedules we offer as well comp as well as comprehensive benefit package. Uh, additionally, some of the changes we've been making that if you haven't noticed, there is a ton of construction out there right now. Uh, and that is really thrown off some of the bus routes that we had. So, we've had to adjust on the fly to to address the the traffic delays um that were there
007that we've had to move around. So, a lot of back roads right now, if you've seen drivers being on different routes or things like that, that's why they're on those roads now trying to go around that traffic. We had some additional things such as a new traffic signal at old highway in and in if you are familiar with Liberty where you now turn in and you get stuck and there's about eight cars that can sit there and traffic backs up both ways. So there there are some challenges we're dealing with and working with the city on those things as well. Uh we also understand there have been some issues with the stopfinder app. Most recently it's been the intermittent availability of it. Uh we we really do apologize for that and we're working with the
008company to fix what those problems are right now. That said, in the meantime, we're resuming the practice of sending emails or text messages when the bus is going to be late. Uh, very soon, we will be sharing tips and tricks for families to get the most out of the Stopfinder app. So, look for that information in our next district communication. One positive on the stopfinder app is we do know that over almost 9,000 invites have been accepted, which is pretty much our entire school bus population. So, we know those invites are getting out there now. So, that's good. Um, but again, we still got some work to do with the intermittent availability. Uh not sure exactly why what's going on with that, but we're we're committed to figuring it out with Stopfinder. That said, we're
009incredibly excited for the 2526 school year and can't wait to celebrate all the successes of it. >> Excellent. Thank you. All right, moving on to consent agenda. We need a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented. And >> this is where I would like to remove 11.29 29 uh certification of board regulation uh and move it to old business after 12.1. >> Were you able to >> Okay. Were there any other ones you wanted to pull from consent? That was it. Okay. >> All right. Do we have a motion to approve the consent agenda as amended? >> Motion. >> Second. >> All right. All in favor? I. >> Any opposed? All right. Motion carries. All right, moving to old business. We have the second reading for the policy updates uh for chap the the
010as the organization philosophy and goals. Now we need a motion for the board to approve the revisions to policies 010 uh 0510 and the corrected redline version of policy 0342 and approve the recision of policy 0110 0325 0520 0530 0540 and 0550 as presented. >> Motion >> second. >> Any discussion? >> I would like to uh pull two of those policies to vote separately. and 05510. We're not doing >> uh do you as the those who motioned and second okay with pulling those? Okay. All right. So, we have a motion in a second to approve all of those policies as amended. All those in favor? >> I I >> Any opposed? All right. Motions carry. Do we need roll call on policies? >> I don't believe so. Do you know Pat? We don't need a
011roll call. Okay. It appears as okay that the um 12.2 if you refresh your agenda we need a motion. Oh actually I'm sorry that was in consent. So we had >> So we got to finish 12.1 where I pulled the two. >> Yes. I'm going to wait for those to pull up here. 0342 and 0510. >> Okay. So, we need a motion to approve policy 342. That's not in there. It's not in there. Oh, yeah. Go ahead. Yeah. So, we need a motion to approve policy 0342 as presented. >> Motion. >> Mhm. >> Second. >> Okay. Discussion. >> So, I would like to motion to amend the policy. I'm trying to find where it's at. Hold on. Okay. Are we on 122 or are we still on 121? The two that I pulled. Okay. So,
012for this one, I just want to motion to amend under financial disclosure after board members the superintendent to add the chief financial officer CFO. >> Second. So my logic there is like right now our CFO is our CPO, but in the future it could be somebody else. And this just clarifies that even if it is somebody else, the CFO would still file an annual disclosure. Any other discussion? >> So, we had a motion to amend >> 0342. Sorry, my computer froze as Jen presented. I couldn't read that back to you specifically. Do you have that? >> Yep. Under financial disclosure after board members and superintendent add the chief financial officer CFO. Any question other questions or discussion from any other board members? >> No. Okay. Um, all those and let's uh we'll take a All
013those in favor. >> We need a second. >> Oh, >> all right. All those in favor? >> I I >> Any opposed? >> Okay. Motion carries. >> I would like to add an amendment to 0342. We just passed. >> So we just added the amendment. >> The amendment. That was the amendment that we voted on. >> So you want to add another amendment. >> Correct. >> Okay. >> So under the um dollar amount for board members and all the employees that it would be $100 in lie of $500 for board members and a,000 for employees. this second. This would be under financial interest statement section of the policy. >> Any other discussion and why you chose that amount? >> It just doesn't make sense to me for it to be different. Um it's 500 for
014board members, thousand for employees. It makes sense to be the same. And I think the lower the dollar amount, the more transparent the district could be. >> Red line, >> right? >> Correct. So the red line is like the new revision. So I'm making a revision to that to change the the 500 and the 1,00 to 100. policy. >> It is because the policy still stands as 1,500. The red line is a suggested edit. >> And currently, actually, our policy states $100 for employees, superintendent, CPO, and general counsel. Um, and the regulation says a thousand. So, there's a discrepancy. It's been $100 since the adoption in 2004 as far as I can tell. Um Pat, did you have anything to add? >> The the current version of the policy that's uh published in Diligent does
015have a threshold of $100. I do not see that reflected in the actual redlinined portion of the policy that's in the uh packet. I don't know why. um the thresholds that are set forth in the revision comport directly with what's required by the statute. when I saw uh Renee had asked a director Hanky had asked a question uh this week about the $100 threshold and when I saw that in the actual current policy it caught me by surprise and I thought it was actually a typographical error because the the threshold set forth in the statute at least part of the threshold is $1,000. So, I thought maybe in a previous version it had been only 100. Um, but in any case, it apparently was not uh a typo based on my conversation with uh Director
016Olsen today. Um but the dollar limits that are set forth in the current redlinined version of the policy itself uh align directly with the statutory requirements for reporting disclosures. It appears that uh to the extent the board approved that $100 figure that was over and above what's actually legally required to be reported to the MEC. >> Right. And so the state statute is a th00and and we could be more strict if we would like as long as we're not over the $1,000. It seemed that the $100 worked just fine in the past and I would like to keep it at the 100. And I I think for clarification, this is $100 from any employer that has something to do with the district. >> So that's what I was going to ask. Looking at this, is
017it where it's redlined out right now, the superintendent and chief purchasing offer officer will also disclose in writing the following information. Number one right there. Is that what you're I'm just trying to follow it and find it here. So, it should say superintendent, chief purchasing officer, and general counsel >> and chief CFO. >> I think the the newest redline version is at the very bottom of the 85page document. >> Okay, that could be the problem. Okay. So, I found it. So, right now it says they're both 500 and you're saying you want to reduce all of those to 100 board member. So, they're they're both they're both both groups are 500 in the revised policy. >> Okay. I thought one was >> if you look down at page >> but >> it is on the
018red line. Yes. Oh, >> and then so if you look at 82 disclosure by board member and candidates and then page 83 disclosure by the superintendent CPO and CGC that that's the they're both 500 right now. So I guess to make sure with the amendment you're going to want to add also CFO because that wasn't so we want to make sure the CFO is part of that second amendment to include that as well. >> That that is where that's where I added it. So it will say under financial disclosures it'll say disclosure by superintendent, chief purchasing officer, CFO and general counsel. >> Correct. Yeah. So then it's just same across the board. for clarification. And so if you look at number three on that where it says name, address, and each employer that's provided that
019individual with a thousand or more, do you want to leave that at that number? This is different. It's it reads differently than the 500. So the 500 says that you have to do that the name and address of each employer that provided the individual with a thousand or more income. >> That changes to the 100. >> Okay. So you want everything to say one, two, and three under disclosure by the >> It's talking about the same amount in those. It's just talking about what to disclose on what form or to who. >> And this is all stuff that's reported to the MEC, correct? >> Yes. >> I guess why would we be different than the rest of the state? because that could create confusion with people maybe six years from now. >> It's not so
020any any district can have whatever number that they chose to put on there >> as long as it's under a thousand. >> I I just don't know why we don't stay consistent with what the state's putting out there. So the state is saying you can have up to a thousand but we could choose to be more uh strict I guess with intermingling of the funding and stuff like that and make it 100. It's been 100 since the adoption of the policy in 2004. We're just making the 500 100. The 500 for board members is now going to be 100 to match what it is for superintendent, CFO, CPO, and general counsel. Any other discussion or questions? All right. So, we have a motion in a second to amend policy 0342 to change all of the
021reportable dollar amounts from $500 to $100 >> under the financial interest >> under financial disclosure of policy 0342. Uh, let's do roll call vote, please. Director Hanky. I Secretary Weisenthaw >> abstain. >> Dr. Olsen. >> I. >> Dr. We. >> President. Scott. >> Nay. >> Vice President Walsh. >> Nay. Motion fails. >> I'd like to further amend policy 0342 >> under financial interest statement disclosure by superintendent, chief purchasing officer and gen chief financial officer and general counsel. Make the disclosure amount 500 to match the board members amount. >> Second. Can you repeat that please? Amend to under financial interest statement disclosure by superintendent, chief purchasing officer, chief financial officer, and general counsel. Amend the disclosure amount to $500. I'm looking at Is that for board members? >> Right. >> The name and address of each
022employer who provided income of $1,000 or more. So, I want to change that to 500, >> which would be consistent what with what it is across the board. All right. Any other? So just again to clarify, we have a motion in a second for policy 0342 under the section of financial disclosure number three to be amended to state the name and address of each employer that provided the individual with $500 or more in income. We have a motion in a second. I would like a roll call vote, please. Director Hanky >> I. >> Secretary Beenthal. >> Nay. >> Director Olsen. >> I. >> Director Weey. >> President Scott. >> Nay. >> Vice President Walsh. >> Nay. >> Motion fails. >> Discussion. Um >> we don't We're done. We're moving on. >> No, we haven't we
023haven't approved the policy. So, we're still under discussion. >> Then we need a motion to approve that policy before we have discussion. >> We have a motion to approve it. I motioned to amend it. We passed that. So, the motion to approve it is still on the board. >> Go ahead. >> Um, I'm just looking for some clarification as to what what what you guys wouldn't want to change it or I'm not trying to be difficult. I I'm trying to understand if there's something I can change it to that would be more agreeable. >> I'm comfortable with what it is. >> Right. But Brad, to to be perfectly honest, that sounds like a copout. I'm asking for some dialogue here. Like what what is your what are the wheels and and >> so we're changing
024it from what our policy is now from 100 to a,000. >> Correct. Because policy is $100. Right now, >> we wanted to keep it at 100 and then make it across the board 100 because it was 500 for board members, 100 for employees. Now we're raising it to a thousand for employees and board members. So there's less >> trans and I'm comfortable with it. So, >> you're you're comfortable with less transparency. Got it. Got it. >> I just I'm really not trying to be difficult. I'm just looking for some feedback from what why why when it's $100 right now and the title. >> You don't like my answer. You keep asking the same question. >> Well, maybe I'm not asking you, Brad. There's other board members that I could have a response from. >> All
025right. Any other board members? I have >> does anybody would anybody like to clarify? >> I personally when you're talking about I mean I think there's a huge difference in terms of like I mean I guess here's my question to you. So $250 matters but like $85 doesn't matter like I guess like so to you period end of story $100 is your threshold. No, I tried to. It's $100 right now. >> Or I mean, I'm sorry. Um $500 is your threshold for the um for the for all of this. >> And so for you, $500 is your threshold for me. I'm okay with a th00and, >> but we're upping at $900 and going over what we had any issues >> before this. I don't understand what the purpose would be to up it to a
026thousand when it's when it's $100 right now. >> We're meeting the statute regardless of what that dollar amount is. So to me, it doesn't matter if it is $99 and this is me and I can we're all entitled to our own opinions and I think we're having a good dialogue. So to me, whether it's $599 or $999 or $6 or excuse me, $109, like to me, that is all well within the variance of being acceptable for reporting or not reporting, I guess. Okay. So, what is I guess what is the what is your opinion on why you don't want to make it the same as board members? The 500500 Because right now it's 500100, but we're changing it to 500 1,000 instead of 500500. >> The fi the 1,000 is in reference to getting the
027name and address of the person who provided that. And again, that's fine. >> In current policy, it's 100. >> Okay. And I'm okay with a thousand. And that is my answer. >> I don't think that decreases transparency at all. I'm not accusing that of anybody. It was I'm trying to I didn't say anything actually guys. >> I'm not saying you other people mentioned. Okay, we're going to call the question. >> We have a motion in a second. We >> as amended. >> Approve policy 0342 as amended. Roll call, please. >> Dr. Hanky. Nay. Secretary Bezenthaw. I just want to be clear. So with the amended, it's just adding the CFO. Let the dollar amount stay the same. Okay. I >> Dr. Olsen. >> Nay. >> Dr. We >> President Scott. >> I Vice President Walsh.
028>> I motion carries. Okay, moving to item 12.2. We need a motion to approve Nope, I take that back. That was >> 0510. Thank you. We need a motion to approve 0510 as presented. >> Motion. >> Second. And you had it pulled. >> I have a motion to amend under suspension of policies remove the unanimous vote requirement. >> What page are you on? >> Second. >> I think it's the last page. It's like the last item before the legal references maybe. >> Could you repeat that again please? on suspension of policies. Number two, which would be page 35 in our packet. Is that is that the red line version? Oh, that's right. 510 is the compilation of all the rescended policies. So there's no red lines on it, but it says suspension of policies. And
029then item number two. Yes. >> So as it currently reads right now, under suspension of policies by the board may suspend its policy at any regular or special meeting using one of the following procedures. And number two is by a unanimous vote of all board members when the proposed suspension has not been described in writing or included on the agenda. >> You you are asking to completely remove that. >> Yes. because number one says that a majority vote can um suspend the policies regardless of whether it's on the agenda and it's an emergency situation type scenario. So when I was thinking this through like how would this come up? It would be after the approval of the agenda most likely and we're in the middle of discussing discussing something and we realize we need to
030susp suspend a policy in order to make a change or in order to uh make an exception to something and if if we need a unanimous vote if there's one person that just isn't here or doesn't want to go along to get along or whatever. Um that would stop us from being able to make that exception. And if it's a majority, then we can move on with our business of of the people. >> Uh Pat, do you have anything to clarify or add to that? >> Uh boy, we discussed this earlier today. Uh the language that is currently reflected in this section of 0510 is nearly identical to the MSBA model policy on the policy development process. Um, as we discussed that situation earlier today, I didn't share that that same concern necessarily. Uh, I
031think I think the the purpose of that part of the policy is to suspend the implementation of a policy that is required due to an emergency situation. And all that breakout is intended to do under one and two is to say, look, if we have adequate time to to give public notice that this is going to be on the agenda and all the board members in advance of the meeting understand that that's on the agenda, then all we need is a majority of the board to vote on that suspension of the policy because everyone's had an opportunity to get caught up to speed on it. But if it's such an emergency that we don't even have the time to provide that notice, then we're going to have to flesh that out uh at the meeting.
032And so under those circumstances, it it makes more sense to have that unanimous consent by members of the board. Again, the suspension of a policy is not an amendment to a policy. It's not changing policy. It is a very rare and extraordinary type of thing that only comes up in in in real situations that warrant it. I think um you know some of the as I thought through it um like COVID would have been a a situation when you might need to suspend certain policies, right? That comes around once every how many years? 100 years or something like that. So unless it's a a true uh drastic type of situation, you know, this really isn't going to come into play very often or it shouldn't. >> Can I ask you a question about um the
033majority vote one where it says it has to be on the agenda for the majority vote? Would that include amending the agenda to put it on the agenda at the beginning of the meeting the way it's written? >> Say ask it one more time. I'm sorry. So the number one says you can do it through a majority vote as long as the item is uh submitted in writing and it's on the agenda. If you do that at the approval of the agenda at the beginning of the meeting, then it's on the agenda and submitted in writing technically. >> Yeah. I I don't necessarily think that's what it contemplates. I think it it contemplates going through our protocols for being on the agenda, which typically would require being posted at least one day in advance uh
034through the addendum or even earlier than that by virtue of our practice which is the Friday before the board meeting in which uh the meeting is scheduled. So the Thursday meeting is good. >> So would it be maybe would it be prudent to change it from all board members to all board members present >> because right now like if somebody's absent from the meeting even if it is on the agenda it's not going to pass. You can't suspend the policy >> right now. It requires the if it's not on the agenda in advance >> right now requires unanimous consent of all board members. So even if a board member isn't present at the meeting, you're not going to be able to suspend the policy. You need all board members present. It's not a it's not
035uh unonymity of a quorum of a majority of the of the present board, right? You need everybody there and they all need to agree. the same for the majority vote of all board members. It's not a majority of a quorum of the board to suspend any policy. You need a majority of the total board. So at minimum four. >> So if we go back to like the COVID example, what if one of the board members was in the hospital with COVID and not able to attend the meeting? Like we wouldn't even be able to help ourselves. >> Well, in that instance, the vote has to be delayed. That's the reality of the situation. It's such a drastic remedy that there are strict requirements for its implementation. I I think that uh because it comes up
036so infrequently, we can delve in sort of hypotheticals of board members being uh unavailable due to illness or injury or whatever. Um but its application is so limited that as drafted I I think it's appropriate. >> Thank you. Any other discussion? >> All right. So we had Renee, you seconded, correct? We had a motion in a second for policy 0510 to be amended under suspension of policy to remove number two. Is that correct, Jen? Which is remove by a unanimous vote of all board members. You wanted to completely remove that. >> Yeah. >> Okay. All right. Let us take a roll call vote, please. Director Hanky. >> Hi. >> Secretary Bezenthaw. >> Nay. >> Dr. Olsen. >> Hi. >> Dr. We >> President Scott. >> Nay. >> Vice President Walsh. >> Nay. >> Motion fails.
037Motion to approve as presented. >> I have another amendment. Um motion to amend under policy proposals at the end of the first paragraph add. Um Pat, if I'm saying this wrong, please correct me. Not withstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, board members retain the authority to present new policy and policy revision proposals to the board in an open meeting at any time. second. >> So, and what I'm talking about here is like during um board member whatever the last agenda item is where we can say, "Hey, I would like to amend policy whatever at the next meeting and then, you know, administration looks at it, it goes the red lines and then it's on for a first read eventually if if the board says, "Yeah, we want to do that. So, does anybody have
038anything to >> I guess >> question about that? >> How did I >> Does that not already fall under like the first very first paragraph of the board is responsible? Um, let's see. proposals for new policies or revisions to current policies may be initiated by board members like >> right but it's initiated so the way that it goes through in the new version of the policy is that you and I'm thinking there's probably going to be some kind of a form eventually if if we flush this out all the way where people can submit um policy proposals or whatever and then it goes to the superintendent superintendent comes to the board and says yeah I think we need this no I I think we don't this this also allows during that. This clarifies that that
039does not mean that a board member can't bring it under at at that last agenda item where we say that we want to look at policy blah blah blah. >> Go ahead. >> I I think we do that anyway. I don't see this doesn't contradict that the way I read it. >> I was going to say I don't think it says the it doesn't say you can't do it. I know. And this is just clarifying that if it's misinterpreted in any way that It's clearing up any confusion that could be that this is the normal process because right now our our current policy doesn't read this way. So it's not as confusing. This just clarifies at the end of the statement of how policies their little life cycle that this doesn't mean that board members
040can't bring them the way we currently do. Sometimes during discussion we decide we want to amend something or whatever we don't have to fill out a form submit to superintendent for approval or whatever the research we can also do it during board meeting. I I don't have an issue with it. The only question I have and again it doesn't really you can bring it up anytime you want. I don't have any concern. Is the concern you think that like the superintendent will say no, I don't think this needs to be on there. So my question is in the second paragraph, the last sentence where it says the superintendent will then recommend a course of action to the board. It's not saying demand a course, it's saying recommend. So the board can say no, we're not
041following that. We want to go that route. Does that accomplish what you want or you want to try to flesh it out even more than that? because it says including whether the proposal should proceed to formal consideration. So if I come in and say, "Hey, we looked at this. It's not legal. We can't do it that way. This is why we're not going to do it." >> I'm not saying that sometimes even board members are going to go through that process that's outlined there. I'm just saying that even like in a meeting like we normally do now, if we come across something that we might want to look at amending, we would be able to put that suggest that at the bottom of the agenda instead of having to go wait until the end of
042the meeting, submit a request, and then who submits the request when it's all of us that wanted it? That sort of thing. >> I mean, I I don't have any issue with it. I just I'm not fully Maybe I'm just not fully understanding it. I I don't have a concern. I don't think that's an issue. I think I can also see where maybe if you've got somebody else that you don't but ultimately for me you guys make a suggestion I yeah let's go with it and and bring it in and we do that. So whatever that looks like I'm fine with. I don't know if this pad I don't know if you think this kind of alleviates that need. I I don't like I said I don't have any issue putting it in there in
043any way shape or form. I uh I don't think that the policy uh eliminates the board's ultimate authority to control all aspects of policym and amending. That's like an inherent authority that is given to school boards across the state. Nothing in the policy is intended to restrict that in any way. Uh I don't necessarily think that there's uh harm in in adding a sentence to the effect reflected by uh the motion. >> Thank you for ching both of you. Anybody else have any questions or discussion about that? So we had a motion and a second for policy 0510 under policy proposals. what Jen said. >> Uh to add, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, board members retain the authority to present new policy and policy revision proposals to the board in an open meeting
044at any time. >> Okay. Roll call vote, please. >> Joanie, where do you need to pick? Where'd you leave off at? >> I can email it to her. Okay. Thank you. All right, Joan, you let me know when you're ready. >> Um, Director Hanky, >> I Secretary Wisenthaw, >> I. >> Director Olsen, I >> Dr. We present Scott. Nay. Vice President motion carries arms that fail. I'm sorry. Motion fails. Sorry. >> All right. So we need a motion to approve policy. >> I have one more motion to amend >> under administration in the absence of policy in the second paragraph after the superintendent shall inform the board. I just want to add the words as soon as possible >> second. Yeah, that there's I that's not a time that's I I just don't like adding
045something that is >> so vague. >> We've we've experienced this in the past. Um if as soon as possible was in it, we could have avoided a lot of bad things that >> but as soon as possible and minor. >> No, as soon as possible. as soon as possible means if you are with the board and you've you've administrated in the absence of policy, you should tell the board, not wait a week or four days. You're with them. You've done it. Let them know that you've done it. You don't have to like go into some huge presentation just be like, "Hey, I had to do X, Y, and Z because there was no policy, but you know, we'll we'll follow up on it later." >> It's just an ambiguous term to me. Anybody else? Okay.
046So, we have a motion and a second to approve motion 0510 amended to add as soon as possible under the I just lost it. to add as soon as possible for superintendent to notify board of working outside of policy. Roll call, please, when you're ready, Joanie. >> Dr. Hanky, >> I. >> Secretary Bezenthaw. >> Nay. >> Dr. Olsen. >> Hi, >> Dr. Way present. Scott >> nay. >> Fresh president. Walsh. >> Nay. >> Motion fails. >> All right. Are there any other edits to 0510? Jen. >> Okay. We need a motion and a second or excuse me, we need a motion to approve policy 0510 as presented. Motion. Second. >> Roll call, please. >> Dr. Hanky. I >> Secretary Bisenthaw >> I >> Dr. Olsen >> nay >> Dr. We >> President Scott >> I
047>> Vice President Walsh >> I >> motion carries All right, we already did that. >> We're on to new business. Yes. Okay, so moving to new business 13.1, the first reading of revised policy 2770 >> sheet. >> Yeah. >> Oh, it was two. >> Oh, the regulation. Yeah, sorry. Okay, we need a motion to approve. And on the certification, the only thing that needs to be amended is adding the CFO. >> Yeah. Can we friendly that just as a >> Oh, >> we did that first. >> Yeah. >> And we approved them. >> Yeah. Okay. >> Okay. >> So, can we just like friendly to edit 0342 regulation to match the policy or do we oration purposes? >> Yes. >> Is that fine? We just can we just say do that or do we need
048to take a vote? policy change certify it. >> Okay. So, we don't need to do 12.2 then if it >> we still need to vote to certify. >> Okay. >> All right. All right, we need a motion to certify >> policy 034. >> No, we don't have a regulation anymore. >> Board reg. >> Yeah, we did as amended. >> So then we're moving on to new business. >> No, we have to vote to certify it. We voted to pass. >> Oh gosh, I'm so sorry. >> All right, do we have a motion or let's take a roll call. I'm sorry. So, do we have a motion in a second? Motion to certify policy 0342. Do I say as amended? >> As amended on tonight's >> agenda. >> Second. >> All right. Roll call, please. >>
049Director Hanky. >> I. >> Secretary Binthal. >> Hi. >> Dr. Dr. Olsen >> I. >> Director we >> President Scott >> I. >> Vice President Walsh >> I. >> Motion carries. >> Thank you. Now moving on to new business 13.1 the first reading of revised policy 2770. And then anybody? Okay. And then 13.2 two, first reading of policy 4325 and moving on to 13.3 consideration of policy revisions of chapter 2000 and 4,000 request to wave the second reading requirement. >> So I would request if we're doing that that we move 2656 off of that list to vote separately because I have an amendment. Okay. All right. So, we need a motion for the board to wave the two reading requirement under policy 0520 and approve policies. Which one did you want to remove? 2600 2656
050and approve policies 2600 2662 2905 2920 and 4414 as presented. >> Okay. So, I have a question. Pat given well I guess we I guess we could but I don't know if it's allowable for the policy now but go ahead >> right motion >> second >> okay so Pat my my question is now that we've changed that we need a unanimous vote to suspend the policy. We're We're trying to suspend a policy by waving the two second read, right? >> No, we're trying to implement a provision in an existing policy which allows for the waiver of a the two reading requirement under limited circumstances. >> Was it in the one we just passed? >> Yeah. >> Oh, all right. May I ask what would be the purpose of waving the second read in this situation?
051>> The effective date of the changes in law that uh were uh that went into effect that go into effect August 28th, 2025 by virtue of uh Senate Bill 68 and Senate Bill 63. >> Thank you. >> Any other discussion or questions? Yeah. So, just again to clarify, we are these are all just being amended to make sure our policies are legal. Correct. >> In compliance. >> They also >> in compliance. >> They go a little further. Well, they they anytime I bring forward a policy change for purposes of well, really any reason, uh there are certain other things that I like to do as well. Uh including correcting grammatical errors, stylistic sort of things. Um I hate the use of slashes. I think it's just poor drafting. So, I'll slay those out of every
052policy that I find. Um, so yes, it does go beyond just the policy compliance purposes for for the change in the law, but uh not much beyond that, I wouldn't think. >> I have a further question. So, since the law has changed and we're going to update our policy, would it be would we still be in compliance or would it be allowed if we go ahead and do the first read today and did a second read and approval a month later because it's on our agenda >> as far as the law goes. >> Uh so, I think the problem is implementation. uh for example the cell phone policy there's an expectation that we don't change uh discipline policy in the middle of the year for students and so the idea here was to update the
053code of conduct in advance which didn't really require um a policy change per se. So that was updated. That's reflected in our code of conduct now. Uh and now we would like to have implementation of a policy that's required by law to be in effect although not as of the first day of school as close there too as possible. >> Yeah. Thank you for that clarification. >> Okay. We had a motion in a second. Can we clarify the motion? >> Yes. >> What was it? >> It was to approve or excuse me to wave the two reading requirement under policy 0520 and approve policies 2600, 2662, 2905, 2920, and 4414 as presented. You had removed 2656. >> All right. Roll call, please. Director Hanky >> I. >> Secretary Bonthal >> I. >> Director Olsen >>
054I. >> Director we. >> President Scott >> I. >> Vice President Walsh >> I. >> Motion carries. >> Okay. So we need a motion to wave the two reading requirement under policy 52 excuse me 0520 and approve policy 2656 as presented. Motion >> second >> discussion. >> Okay. Okay. So, I have a motion to amend policy 2656 revisions to remove item number three under exceptions and that item is authorized instructional use and that >> second >> that's on page something. Okay. Yes. So under exceptions, it says the district recognizes that in limited circumstances, the display or use of electronic personnel communications devices during the school day may be necessary to meet individual needs to ensure the safety. Accordingly, this policy does not apply in the following situations. Number one is u instances of 504s, IEPs,
055health, um safety, those sorts of things. Emergencies is number two. And number three is authorized instructional use which says teachers or administrators may permit device use for specific educational purposes consistent with board policy. And my view here is we we have I have heard through grapevine other people have heard through the grapevine that there are some that don't really want to implement the policy and they will allow it allow phone usage in class once you finished all your work or whatever. So this would kind of leave that open to where it can be used that way. Also, number two, I do not believe we have we have district issued Chromebooks and um I don't think that we should be asking, requiring or suggesting that anybody use their personal device for instructional purposes when anything could
056be used on the on the Chromebook that we gave them. Then it just opens up another door for them to take out their phone. the language that is in uh the policy that you referenced tracks the statute completely. We also discussed these exceptions specifically at the administrator retreat this summer uh and explain that and Brian if I'm overstepping here jump in but explain to administrators essentially we scoured board policy and we couldn't find an instructional purpose that's authorized by board policy for a student to use a personal electronic communications device and we did we went a step further in in the update uh to the administrators and said just like you just mentioned they have districts devices that should be used. So the language tracks the statute and the application of the policy itself uh
057in terms of guidance to administrators to pass down to to to the teachers is there's no real board policy that authorizes um personal devices to be used as part of instruction. So I guess for me it would make sense to take it out because it like I don't know a teacher might look at the policy and say oh okay I can use that and maybe they weren't at the staff meeting where they were told they couldn't. I don't know if it's in the policy, it it leaves some kind of like gray area like maybe there is a scenario where we can because it says it's allowed for educational purposes. >> Pat, is it in the statute? Is this part in the statute that we have to comply with? Uh well, the the statute refers to
058a mandatory obligation of school districts to adopt a policy. Uh in terms of like the discretionary authority that boards have, uh this is one of those areas. I think I'd have to go back and look, but I think the way that it's phrased within the the Senate bill is that uh boards may make exceptions to the policy for these purposes. Uh obviously we wouldn't want to adopt a policy that does not cover >> the accommodation one, right? I mean that's that's first and foremost >> an e >> emergencies make sense but um yeah I think this is more discretionary than it is mandatory. I think the mandatory part of the policy uh is the prohibition on the display and use of electronic personal devices. I mean given that because we you're absolutely correct in what
059we said at the administrator meeting like we came right out and said and administrators should have been telling their staff that I mean to comply with the law you're not supposed to use personal electronic communication devices during any time from bell to bell start of the school year or start of the school day to end the school day. Uh and we call out all the specific ways that a a communication can be device can be used from IEP to 504 to everything else. I don't I don't see a need for it. I mean to me though it it the only reason it would be there is if the board decides at some point they want to open up a window to have that option available then it would require rewrite of the the policy. So
060that would be the only reason I would see to keep it in there is if you if we can we can't always see everything. So I mean we're projecting out the future and communicate devices. So that's the hardest part. But I mean that the only downfall would be you'd have to come back and rewrite the policy and adjust it to that. Um other than that though, Pat's right. I mean we're not we're not allowing them. They're not supposed to be available. That's the director's been. And >> so I think for me the removing of it would clear up any confusion that staff might have as to whether or not they can allow it >> in whatever way that they're allowing it, I So, just to clarify though, Brian, like yes, this is the policy, but
061student code of conduct handbook says no, they can't use it. So, by leaving this in the policy, that would allow, like you're saying, down the road, let's say we discover some reason like I mean, I'll be honest, I had kids getting they had to do two-factor authentication on something in my classroom this week. They weren't going to get that through their Chromebook. So, in order to be able to to log in and do some things, they had to be able to. And I don't know exactly I was and they were doing what they were supposed to do and it was requesting two-factor authentication. So if they couldn't do that in real time while we're in class then they're locked out of what we're trying to do for the day and we're following everything we're supposed
062to be doing. Granted this is different district but this would allow the district if something would come up you discover hey we need to be able to do whatever it is then we don't have to go back and change the policy. it would give administration the ability to make that adjustment. >> I think that's a valid point. I will say that is definitely your district thing. Our district doesn't do two factor. I know your district does with students. So, ours does not. Now, there could be a third party app or something like that that potentially could that would be the only exception that I could see or something to those. Our network doesn't require for basic Google and things like that. We don't require any two-factor. Am I saying that correctly? for student staff. We
063all have two factor non-stop students. >> So, so, okay, so here's here's where I'm coming from. If you're a staff member, this is a choice that you have made to come work at the district, right? Like any job that you have really, not just working for a district, you're choosing to do that. So, if there is some sort of a two-factor authent authentic authentication for you to log into your work laptop, that is part of the choice that you made in your life. Students have to come to school like it's required by law. um for 95% of them that don't have other options. Not only that, not every kid has a cell phone for two-factor authentication. That's a hard word. So I leaving >> that's that's why we don't require it. The like I said
064the only thing I could think of where you'd ever have it and I don't know what an ara can is there any other ways that you do two-actor authentication? Do you know of any of our third party any of the device any of the programming applications or anything like that that we have? Okay. So in your mind from our technology side the operational side there's not any need to ever use that cell phone. Staff would have to students though there's no requirement to be able to have to use a cell phone for any kind of Okay. I just wanted to clarify that since we've got her here. >> Thank you, David, for bringing up that. That was not something I thought of. Um my >> Oh, yeah. Um, I guess like my big thing is,
065you know, if there are teachers or administrators that are allowing their students to utilize cell phones, that's a Brian's issue. You get to deal with that. Um, and I think currently how our policy reads again and acknowledging that there are no current policies that require the use of a personal cell. Um, I'm personally not inclined to remove that, but we will take a vote. >> Okay. So, just to clarify, it is a Brian issue and Brian works out his issues based on our policy. And if a teacher says, well, under this policy, it says I can use it for educational purposes, then Brian's in a pickle. >> Then the teacher would have to produce said policy that they are using that under. No, no, no. Um, consistent with board policy. educational purposes consistent with board
066policy as if anyway let's just >> policy >> it it is a little contradictory there is no policy right now that allows cell phone devices to be used so again I'm kind of in the middle here I I don't disagree with you I also don't disagree with you I can go either way with this policy there is no policy that allows them to do that right like we're not supposed to be using cell phones. They all understand it's against state law to have your cell phone out and displayed and allow students to do that. I do understand that this is a little bit that's contradictory. I understand what you're trying to say. >> So, I'm I I understand what Julia is saying and I agree. But I think what I'm saying here is how they
067read this an educational purpose consistent with board policy. They can use the electronic device for that or they could read it. we can only use it for we can only use electronic devices as prescribed in policy. There's two ways they could read this. >> And I guess I would just counter back with if Brian sees that this becomes an issue, then that's absolutely something I would be happy to revisit in the future. All right, we have a motion and a second to approve policy 2656 to remove under exceptions number three authorized instructional use. Any other questions or clarity on that? Okay, roll call vote, please. Director Hanky. I >> Secretary Bisinthaw. >> Nay. >> Dr. Olsen. >> I >> Dr. Weey. >> President Scott. >> Nay. >> Vice President Walsh. >> Nay. >> Motion fails.
068>> Motion to approve. Let me find the actual wording. >> I have to wave the Second. >> Need a motion for the board to wave the two reading requirement under policy 0520 and approve policy 2656 as presented. >> I guess I motion that. >> Any other discussion around the policy? Roll call vote, please. >> Dr. Hanky, >> I. >> Secretary, >> I. >> Dr. Olson. >> Nay. >> Director Way. >> President Scott. >> I. >> Vice President Walsh. >> I. >> Motion carries. >> Next on the agenda is under new business is 13.4 facility project updates. Good evening, President Scott, Vice President Welsh, here to give an update on some of our summer projects we've been up to. Uh, who has the Bren back there? >> Is that better? Okay. Um, so I'm going to
069get into it uh with a quick recap from Boon Trail, some of the work we've been up to over there. Guys, just jump in if you have any questions. Um, the recap of Boon Trail, if you remember, um, last year, this board approved, the board approved a a two-phase project there, which included HVAC work and some building envelope work and and things like that. So this summer was phase two and the final phase of that project. Um which covered buildingwide HVA HVAC replacement, a new intercom to that building, all new LED lighting, a new drop ceiling throughout the building. Uh full tuck pointing in building envelope finished this summer. Um yeah, if if you knew it had any children there, had any students there, you knew that uh it was in in in need of
070that. So we we've addressed that. And then one of the items we covered last year was the ADA improvements that uh were were also in uh in need there too. So um building's coming along real well. I'm really excited from an HVAC and energy standpoint though. You see I have it here on this slide. Um uh some of the photos here, new kitchen, things like that. Um, but from an Energy Star standpoint, when I started the district a couple years ago, I presented some Energy Star scores uh to the leadership at the time and this board and uh Boon Trail was sort of lower. And so I'm really excited to see what the Energy Star scores are going to bring next year uh just through attrition as we've replaced uh a lot of our equipment
071with high high efficiency equipment and uh simply just much better equipment. The old equipment was old unit ventilators. So if you ever were in Boone Trail in the classrooms, these big cumbersome uh items that were in the middle of the classroom or off to the side and you heard the blower wheels running just loud. It's sort of sort of uh you know interrupts the learning environment a little bit. So the new equipment is completely silent. You can't hear it at all. All the noise is outside and where that equipment was. We bricked in where all those inlets were. So it's sealing the building up a lot tighter. So hopefully less bugs and no bugs. and uh a heck of a lot more of an efficiently running building. So, we're excited to see what that brings.
072Um kind of a nice story to tell about Boone Corell. We've very quietly gone about our business there and uh with the exception maybe just a few items, that entire building's been been renovated and brought back up to modern standards. if I may add for Boone Trail. Um, since our viewers can't see the pictures, >> being in Boone Trail prior, it was very the lighting was very dark. It was very gloomy in there almost. Um, the new lighting with the new painting has been amazing. The new um floors being refinished. Everything is so much brighter and vibrant and very welcoming. And it and you can tell with our staff and our students being in that building after all of this work has been done. Everybody is more cheerful. >> Changes the mood when you have
073fresh new lighting and >> brighten the place up a little bit. And your comment actually brought me to a point that I was about to forget. I would be remiss if I didn't bring up uh Mr. Mike Kapperman, the custodian in that building and his team. So, some of our team members uh throughout the district, um the custodial team members in these buildings, they have a they have a difficult enough summer as it is, you know, going through and make sure they're stripping and waxing and doing doing their uh summerly duties. But uh with Boone Trail, there were several times throughout the year or this summer rather where they didn't have power to certain areas of the building, certain sections of the building. And they quite literally hung flashlights and and uh lanterns in the
074in the classrooms and stripped and scrubbed and waxed and they look fantastic. So I'm not really sure if you can tell or not, but the photo in the middle there, uh Dr. Roller proofed some overtime for us. So, that was a that was a big godsend for us. Uh, we wrapped the project up substantially on August 2nd. Uh, we still had some contractors getting out of the buildings. Everybody knows if you've done construction, they run late sometimes. It's kind of a pain in the butt. Can be. Uh, my pepper and his team, if you look at that center picture in the floor, they worked around the clock all weekend long, a team of five, and and waxed that entire building in a weekend. They they really they really hauled the mail there. So, big shout
075out to that guy or to those guys and that crew over there. Timberland High School, the HVAC uh HVAC project here. Uh multi-phase project. So, uh this summer was uh in that building. There was a lot going on over there. If you've heard or seen photographs or been in the building, the entire front office, the front corridor was completely demolished. The ceilings were pulled out. Um the piping was was pulled out and it was a full-blown construction zone over there. Um photos you see here are uh RTUs being hoisted up by a large crane on top of the rooftop. Um all new main piping, all new duct work throughout the building. Uh I said a second, this is a multi-phase project. uh working with our our vendors with IFS, we've uh and and our building
076principles, Kyle over there, we've identified some building space that is going to take the multi-phase project and maybe make it a hopefully a two-year project rather than three or possibly even four. Um the spaces that they're giving us are where we can move students into those classrooms for maybe a week. And uh Brian, help me out here if I'm missing something. But the those students will be in those classrooms just place for maybe a week. No real interruption to the learning environment while we uh tie in their duck work and their equipment and uh move them back to their classrooms and then the next class and so on and so on. >> I'm going to do a quick shout out to the teachers because it is it when you say not a loss, it's a
077loss. I mean they're they're forced to move out of their classroom and then go retach and get ready to go in a different build a different classroom. So it's a big lift for them from that standpoint. However, I think from our standpoint and and looking at it, it's two years instead of possibly four. So, you can cut it in half by doing that. And our teachers are doing a great job of making sure kids aren't suffering by doing that. It's just they're out of their normal environment anytime you take somebody out of your normal environment when you're working. It it throws you off a little bit. And so, we do greatly appreciate all the efforts that it that the Timberland staff's doing to make this work. So, I want to thank them. And just to
078add on to that, um I appreciate bringing that up because that was a concern that was brought to me. Uh my son is actually one of those students. As a parent, I'm not worried about it. Um he, you know, adjusting just fine, but um I think the teachers are doing an amazing job making sure learning continues and they are well adjusted. >> Yeah, I think they've adapted adapted well. Um and shout out to that custodial leadership staff over there too, Zetta Taylor. uh they have have uh had to pivot quite a bit over the summer and and there was a lot of scheduling that went down. If you look at the photograph right there behind the do not enter ribbon uh that's like six coats of wax right there and that was just a few
079days before school is opening. So, you know, we demobilize all the all the workers out of the main spaces and they come in and scrub and wax all those floors and and that's the final product. So, what the public sees is a a shiny floor and a pretty building, but they didn't necessarily see all the the nuts and bolts that went into the summer. So, Holt High School sewer replacement. So, if you've been in Holt High School anytime in the last couple years, you know that we probably uh are are backing up our sewers a few times a year. It's it's always uh always a treat for the day. So, um Dr. and Ryan Bishop uh found some money, identified some a funding source for for us to go in and completely excavate and trench
080out some areas of of Holt High School starting from, you know, below the nurses suite in the that first wing right there and then all the way out of the building down the halls. Uh it was a it was a big a big undertaking. Uh the photograph on the left there is a mini excavator parked right in the locker room. uh not not something you see every day, but it is uh out there now. And we have all new plumbing. Uh 260 uh linear feet of pipe below grade were replaced and then some of the floor cleanout fittings, uh shower drains, etc. were all replaced as needed. So, um we're hoping for better results this this school year at whole with sewer related to sewer. >> To clarify though, this is a I'm not going
081to call it a band-aid. It's a start. the the pipe there's a whole lot of additional pipe in there that's still corroded and needs to be replaced. All this is doing is preventing the backup. It's not the long-term solution. It's the immediate solution. And it wasn't that we found a funding source. It was we had to take away some of the other deferred maintenance that we were planning to do because this was critical emergency that had to be done. So, it really wasn't an additional funding source. It was just a reshifting and allocation and it just deferred some additional maintenance that we're going to have to figure out how to replan for. You know, as Josh is looking all this, I think the one thing I would encourage everybody to understand, these are capital projects
082that were planned well ahead of time exception of the the legacy ones is we were obviously think hoping we would have a bond issue, but these capital projects are things that we had budgeted and planned in as as late as last year and prior to that. So, we continue to do that each year. We'll have another whole set of capital projects that we're working on. So, just kind of laying that out. It's not it's not the permanent fix. There's a lot of work that still needs to be done at Holt. This is literally just to make sure it's not flooding and sewage going in the building >> and any loss of instructional time, too. >> Piney Ridge Elementary. So, February 21st, uh we were all going about our business one day and got a call
083that the building was flooded. Um it was very cold that day. The sprinkler pipe overhead and uh the office froze, busted, showered the entire office space with a whole whole heck of a lot of water. So, um, some of the photographs you see right here, just immediate containment and cleanup. I believe that's upper right hand corner is one of our Wville's first responders being gracious enough to use a squeegee and help us clean up some of the water. Um, the project brought with it new drywall, new insulation, and new paint. Uh, roughly 5,000 square feet of new tile, and 2500 square feet of carpet. Um during the school year, the idea was just to get the class classes back in session, get the building back in in uh in good working order, and then come
084back in the summer when we can actually pull out all the tile, all the all the things that were truly uh affected uh that needed to be removed and replaced. Um shout out to that team over there, led by by Jason Compton over the summer. Um, so you know, the other the other custodians, you know, they know some of these projects are coming. This is one of those ones that sort of sneaks up on you. So, he had to pivot a uh his summer to accommodate for all this. But, uh, lo and behold, here we are, though. We've got brand new carpet in the office, uh, new tile in the corridors. It It looks a heck of a lot better. And, uh, yeah, looking forward to the school year. Any questions? All right. So, let's
085touch base on Heritage Elementary, Wentzville Middle, some of the tuck pointing projects that's going on around the district. If you've been around the district, you'll see some uh uh tuck pointers on lifts and hoist. They're working around the district using Bioclean, cleaning some of the limestone. They're cutting out and reccocking building uh the building and windows. They're cutting out recocking expansion joints. uh any damaged bricks, which we had a few of those at Heritage uh specifically, I can recall, they're pulling those out. Uh and then the project SC scope also called for uh all exposed steel protected with direct to metal paint or DTM. Uh and then the entire buildings will be sealed up. If you haven't been down Campus Drive anytime recently, I would encourage you to go down Campus Drive and take a
086look at Wville Middle. Um heritage looks great. Not saying that it doesn't uh but that front facade, some of that ephist on the front of Wentzville Middle, uh it really looks remarkable. They've done a great job and they're still going. They're not done yet. Uh so this photo right here is our superintendent doing his best impression of Tim the Toolman Taylor looking at our his shiny new toy there. That is the uh snow uh snow remover for the buses. Um can't take credit for that. I wish I could, but uh Tim and Brian I think found this and got it ordered and got it on site. My team led by Angela Hawkins is going to get this installed here very soon and should greatly reduce the risk of injury and increase efficiency in the transportation
087department. If you as you probably know and Brian stopped me, but they they were using like homemade squeegees and trying to remove snow off the top of buses. Uh it's not a great way to do business. So now this is going to hopefully get us get us moving a heck of a lot quicker on days where we have some snow. And the photo to the right, um my director behind me, Dr. Almanro, this is a just one photograph of our network switches that were replaced over the summer. Um that was a a full district implication, right, Arla? Yes, ma'am. >> Yes. And so, uh, yeah, just some of the behind thes scenes stuff that Arl and her team does that, uh, kind of really never see some of the unsung hero work. And I believe
088this is my last slide. This is a photo, an overhead photo with a drone of the Reach Samuelson Center. Uh we are still targeted to hit our November 7th uh substantial completion date and we are looking to be uh in phases move the students and staff out of the current reach facility into the new building by December and be uh completely in the building January 1st, 2026. Brian, am I wrong? >> No. Budget, where are we at budget wise? >> Budgetwise, we are $9 million left of a $38 million project plus retainage. So, we're we're moving along. Um, got to give a shout out to Wright Construction. Uh, Pete, the project superintendent over there. They had remember we had 10 inches of snow there. We've had a lot of rain this summer. We've missed one
089day of critical path work, I think, all things considered. So, uh, they've done a they've done a remarkable job. We're looking forward to get and uh one last thing the I almost forgot to mention the Samson Center will be open uh June of 2026 and then we'll be completely done with that building and uh punch listed out of there. >> So I want to take a moment just to publicly thank our entire operational team from maintenance facilities uh tech ops custodial. If you've had a chance to be in the buildings they they look amazing. Um I would tell you they did a terrific job this summer. lot of stripping, a lot of waxing, the buildings are shining. Um, they were ready to go. So, a big shout out to all those groups. They they really
090pour their heart and soul into that. That summer is just a brutal time for them where they're working at heat. Josh kind of hid some of it. You saw some of the pictures, but if you would, if you have a chance, like I did, to go around and look at all the buildings, it it really is looking great. Um, and then the other lift was that that network and the network and then the amount of time, energy, and effort that go into that because you're not only looking at just pulling network, you're looking at then accessing all the programs and getting those up and running and in a in a way that needs to keep going. So, there's still work to be done, but a huge shout out to all of those guys for the
091work this summer. >> Uh, you took the words right out of my mouth. Um, and I just want to also emphasize I appreciate everybody that has taken the time. Tim, Brian, your department, everyone going through our buildings because there has been administration after administration that has neglected our buildings for so so long and this is years in the making and it's finally coming to fruition. I know we still have a long ways to go with Holt, but I think that is a great step forward to show we're working on that plumbing. We're working. I appreciate Tim and his team finding some finances, shuffling some of things around to make these things happen. So, I just appreciate you all. >> Anybody have any questions for me? >> I was just about to say thank you very
092much. Appreciate the presentation. >> You got it. Thanks so much. Right. 14.1 board action items. Anybody have anything to add? All right. Any board member comments? No. All right. So, we need a motion to adjourn open session. >> Motion. >> Second. Third. Fourth. >> All right. Go ahead, Joanie. >> Dr. Hanky. >> I. >> Secretary Beenthal. >> I. >> Dr. Olsen. >> I. >> Dr. We. >> Hi. >> President Scott. >> Hi. Vice President Walsh. >> Motion carries.