10/13/2025 - Board Meeting

001We'll call the meeting to order by saying the pledge. >> I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right. Good evening. I have one thing that I have to do before for the kids. >> 67 five bucks. >> Thank you. >> I appreciate that. I literally don't know what that means, >> but every day my kids say it 33 times a day or six or seven times a day. >> If we want to get rid of that in our schools, all we have to do is just have commit ourselves as adults to start saying it. >> Oh, it'll instantly be uncond. >> It'll be gone within the week. Little kids, maybe two

002weeks. all the time. Just do it all the way down the hall. >> My kids would disown me. >> Video celebrating how fun it is and it'll stop automatic. >> Oh, yeah. It will. >> That's right. Maybe. >> All right, let's get this going. Public participation is encouraged in the Laurel School District. All meetings of the board will be open to the public except as provided by law. Scheduled meetings of the board may be recorded. Audience members may address the board during public comment for non-aggenda interests or during the discussion of the relevant printed agenda item. Your attendance is welcomed. If you plan to speak to the board, please look over the information on the agenda, then complete the public comment section on the back of the cards in the back and hand it to

003myself or superintendent torx. Public participation is a right that carries certain responsibilities such as informing oneself in advance of the issues being discussed, voluntarily being as brief and gerine as possible, not unduly repeating remarks others or you have already made, and showing respect at all times for the rights and opinions of others, whether citizens, board members, school district employees, or students. Do I have any public comment for non-aggenda items? Hearing none, we'll move on then to our Could I interrupt? Oh, yeah. Go ahead, Matt, please. Before we do our presentation, I just I I forgot to put it on here, the swearing in for our new board uh member. So, I'd like her to go ahead and stand up. We're going to miss uh we're going to uh introduce Miss Gabriella uh Pollock. She is

004a junior at Laurel High School and she is our newest board representative from the student body. and we usually swear you in, but you're you're going to be okay either way today. Uh we'll get you swore in next time when Julie's here. Okay. So, thanks for being here. Congratulations. Thank you. We should also point out that this is very possibly the last public school meeting that will take place in this building. So, that's pretty neat. Even though it's very cold, it's served the district for what about 115 years, which is pretty neat that we got that much use out of this building. So maybe uh give it a little hug on the way out, steal a brick. I don't know. >> And band-aids. >> We're still trying to sell it, so don't steal bricks. Maybe

005pull some carpet or something. I don't >> take any asbestous tile. That would be a We don't need that. Please leave the asbestous. >> Please leave the asbestous. but you can take anything else. So, we will have uh speaking of our building, we do have Nathan Matalich here from uh Caldwell to give us an update on our on our building progress. So, take it away. Yeah. Hello everyone. Good to see you. Um so, just a quick update on the marketing the building for sale. Um, unfortunately, Paul Nelson uh has terminated uh the purchase uh of this building. Uh the good news is that he paid a tremendous amount of money uh to take us through a zone change. So now it is uh appropriately zoned uh for what we believe to be the highest best

006uh redevelopment use uh which would be for um apartments. And so it takes out all the guesswork for the next buyer uh or developer who uh comes along. uh almost 100% of anyone that has looked at purchasing this building for redevelopment uh has been looking to do uh condos, apartments um or multifamily as far as um as far as that goes. Um you know, we have been marketing the building for uh a little over a year. And so, you know, one of the things that, you know, I would ask the board tonight, um, to consider would be, uh, even though we were under contract for a lengthy amount of time, uh, you know, with Paul, uh, we've, you know, been marketing and showing it during that time. And the number one, uh, push back that

007we've gotten is, uh, the overall asking price. And so I guess the question for the board tonight would be um you know would you be open to or would you approve uh some sort of a price reduction um or do we want to uh you leave it at the current advertised price? >> So how many people do we currently have like like I know no one's on the hook or anything but how many people have we had described the last month or two since the other sales falling apart. Uh so so we've had um two different showings and then uh we have one gentleman Randy Hayer who's um an architect uh in town in buildings. Um he looked at it uh previously with a couple different buyers uh didn't give us an offer when we

008went under contract with Paul uh but he has resurfaced and and has uh some interest. Um, so couple showins and and one educator is so good. >> And I just wanted to give the board some clarification too that since this building has already been surplus technically uh the superintendent does have the right while keeping us informed to to make decisions about or or to sign and and take action on like the reducing of the price. Um it doesn't require any additional board action. That's why it's as a discussion and not as an action. So just to give the board some more context for that. >> Make sure we cleared that through uh felt Martin. >> We did. We discussed that. >> They just said that there's no need to ever go back to the board.

009That's not that I would go renegade and just start doing things online. I won't. Uh I'll work with the board on everything, but just so you guys know, we wouldn't have to wait for an action item down the road or anything like that. uh if if uh we we want to look at something, we can certainly have those discussions and I can act on those without an action item. Correct. >> Yes. Britney, >> in your opinion, what would you think that the price should be at on this building? >> Uh George Warmer and myself, we we would recommend a price reduction to $995,000. um you know, it's when buyers uh search the market for properties, they they typically have different search filters. And so the fact that we're currently asking a little over a million

010dollars um versus a price reduction to somewhere under a million dollars and and at least a minimum of you know kind of a you know 5 to 10% price reduction is usually recommended just so that it's significant enough to potentially bring in um you know new potential buyers to the market. Um anytime we do a price reduction we do a couple things. uh we send it back out to um all previous parties that have that have looked at the property. Um there's a lot of websites that automatically update previous buyers that have clicked on and downloaded information that there's been a price update and then of course we send it out to all the commercial brokers and lot of multi-family buyers and investors um in town. So anytime we do a price reduction it kind

011of gives us opportunity to uh reintroduce it into the market. Um and then obviously, you know, we're going to be highlighting uh that uh we did have the zone change on which uh it takes a significant amount of time and cost and so I think buyers out there, you know, we'll be excited to see that. >> That's pretty good. >> Comp competition that we're up against within >> Not not necessarily. um you know there's there's no direct competition outside of um you know another redevelopment project and so when any developer runs their numbers you know they look at a project and they say okay am I going to get a better return if I buy an existing building and redevelop it or if I buy a piece of land um and build from the ground

012up. you know, some of the things that Paul found when he was looking at this building is, you know, there is asbestos, you know, in the building. There's a cost to uh um mediate that and take care of it. Um along with just you're working inside of the confines of, you know, general zoning. And so um by reducing the price, I think it just gives a developer um you know, potentially an opportunity to Yes, Renee. >> Um, well, it I mean, I think our use of this building, obviously, we knew it was coming to an end and now it has ended and it's just going to keep costing us money. Um, as well as sitting empty. We all know what's going to happen. um as far as probably vandalism and that kind of thing just

013because no one's going to be here on a daily basis. And so um I mean I I'm in favor of the price reduction and having Matt work through um whatever that looks like so that we aren't sitting on this building for another year, two year. I mean to have an end to this because it's just going to cost us money and it's not going to be useful to us again, right? we do have to ensure it uh which we currently are. Obviously, there's, you know, there's a potentiality for damage and whether it's frozen pipes and Wayne and I have talked about and told you guys that we're going to do our best to winterize it and and keep vandalism to a minimum, meaning we're going to look at how do we how do we prevent

014people from entering the building and things like that. Obviously, if anyone does vandalize it and we find out who it is, we'll press charges and go do everything we need to do. Um, but we're going to do our best to to, you know, but it will cost us some money. We're not going to heat it, as you can all tell. Um, right now we'd already have the boilers on, you know, because it's in the 50s in this building and we would have the boilers on already and we're just not going to run those boilers. Yes, Britney cost Paul to do the at least remediation on this. >> Um I don't have those numbers in front of me, but it was a big number,000. >> Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Way more than that. >>

015Add zero. I think when and I talked to Paul and again I my numbers aren't perfect but I remember sitting there talking to Paul and George and and and and >> and Chris and I think to if if someone got the building for no money if they wanted to raise this entire block to the ground with the asbestous removal and and flatten it so it's just a open lot it was going to be I think 1.2 2 million is what >> million bucks >> that's that's without any cost to purchase the property >> that's just to bring it to the ground if if that would be the choice of the development >> and that again that's was what Paul had told me I don't know how accurate that is if someone else could do it

016for less I have no idea >> it's it's a significant cost and so obviously this is a great building they just don't build buildings you know like this anymore just the amount of brick and concrete things like that so um from a ROI perspective, you know, a developer getting a return on their investment, they would want to they most likely want to keep the building and then do what Paul was planning on doing it to make it work. And you know the two the two functions that go into that is going to be um you know what are what are their construction costs going to be and then you know isn't part of that something that they can actually do themselves or would they be like Paul would have to hire it out when you

017know Paul was she's great contractors to work with the numbers just just weren't working for him and so um you know the one thing that the one power that we do have is you know potential price reduction so that we can work to find a price to where it will work for a developer to purchase, >> right? Do you think that price reduction is going to generate more engagement from our typical buyers and even kind of force an offer >> or do you think it's just to get it back out and just have them all spin around us again? So, I know Britney, as you know, uh the higher the price, the longer, you know, the longer it takes to sell, you know, the lower the price, um the more quickly that properties sell. Um

018any property is a good buy, you know, at the right price. And so I think it's important for the board to have an in internal discussion to say um you know is it more important that we have you know an incremental price you know reduction in order to make sure that we try to get or to make sure that we don't leave money on the table. Um, or is it more important because of what it costs to school for insurance and other things uh to immediately go to potentially a lower price than 995,000? Um, it's George's my belief that if you start at, you know, 9.95, it's it's an incremental price reduction where you ensure that you don't leave money on the table. Um, but it really all depends on what the board decides and

019what your motivations are. >> What wasn't it like $66,000 or something a year for the just around 70? >> Yeah, >> but that that included heating, right? So, if we take out >> but still >> but it's going to be tens of thousands still to maintain this building even empty. Are we are we willing to, you know, do the overage cost for another year or drop it to force a quicker offer is the question I keep asking myself. >> Similar questions. We've been asking the same thing. I mean, I know we're going to either we're going to leave some money on the table either way just because we're either going to eat the overage because we're going to have to, you know, maintain enough to it or price reduced it to the top, >> right?

020>> Oh, Nate, we do have all the uh due diligence from Paul, right? We have like his asbestous report, all that. So if someone did come in, it wouldn't cost them 10,000 here and 5,000 there to get all that. They would have that data. >> Correct. Yeah. So, uh, we really enjoyed working with Paul. He did give us all the due diligence information. I believe George and I had sent it to, uh, Chris and Matt. um you know everything from the Bessos reports to um you know there's obviously been his own change to allow multifamily and then even there's been preliminary science that you know we've all seen uh so it's something to where any buyer comes to us uh is going to save you know cost of due diligence um and then also they're

021going to save a lot of time because the zone change process um you know is a lengthy process And usually the number one determinant of a buyer wants to know if they can get the zone changed to use it for multifamily. We've taken that guesswork out of it. Um and are very thankful to Paul uh who had paid for, you know, this entire process to set us up there. So um offers coming in moving forward, um we would expect them to have a shorter due diligence time and a shorter closing time overall. Any other thoughts from the board? All right, we'll keep working on it and we'll just let Matt um Matt will keep kind of in touch with with Nate and George and myself and then um as updates come, we'll just continue to

022keep the board informed about our progress with this building. Yeah, Britney. >> Sorry, Chris. Just to reiterate, I am in favor of the price reduction. >> Great. I I felt like we would. Yes, >> I would like to add my thumbs up to that process, too. >> Excellent. We appreciate that. The part of it is nice because then we don't have to necessarily discuss a pricing strategy in an open meeting, which would just sort of allow anyone savvy enough to say, "Oh, well, I'm buying from a public entity. let me just watch their board minutes or read their board minutes and oh they're they're going to start doing this with that building and I'll just wait for six months or so it will help with our negotiating and kind of that top dollar discussion if

023that that discussion is kept out of a public meeting. So great >> we don't have to play poker with all of our cards face up. >> Yes, exactly. And that's what we would be doing if the board had to make every pricing decision. So I think it's a it's it's nice that we're able to do that. the end the board would approve the sale, >> correct? >> Um, you know, the buy sale anyway. So, you'll always have final approval on anything. >> But the hope is that it's not like we come in and say, "Hey, we we priced at $9.95 and we have this great buy seller for 200,000." So, we'll try to keep you informed as you know through the whole process. So, that >> which a year ago we couldn't do because we

024didn't surplus it. So, that is nice for you guys. >> Yeah. >> So, great. Well, thanks Nate. Unless there's anything else, anything from the audience. Wonderful. Thank you for being here, Nate. We appreciate it. >> Welcome. I like to hear from you. >> Great. >> We'll move on to our next section, which is correspondence and just a wonderful amount of donations across the board. volleyball cheer to our music program to the um high school pantry, donations to uh for furniture, the lunch program, the outhouses again, Chris Fogley, thank you for that. Um so if you do have time, please go through and read all of those and the wonderful donations that were made. Yes, >> I would like to thank the Teeters family for selecting a set of flowers and everything to put it towards

025the school. >> Thank you. >> That's wonderful. We'll move then next to the consent agenda. Do I have a motion? >> I make a motion to approve the consent agenda. Have >> a motion by Britney to approve the consent agenda. Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Seconded by Renee. Any other board discussion? Yes, Donnie. >> I just had a couple minor comments that I wanted from the September 8th meeting. Um the name of the new high school miscellaneous account wasn't included in the minutes. That's on action item G for September 8th. So this could be added on September 22nd. We it the minutes do not mention the name of the student rep that we selected. So I would like to get name added to the minute. >> That was September. Oh, does she

026need a >> September 22nd? >> Your mic. >> Oh, your mic. >> Do I have to start over? >> If you would just briefly restate. So, the September 8th minutes um did not have the name of the new miscellaneous account at the high school under action item G. So, please add that. And September 22nd, the student rep's name is not listed in the minutes. So, if we could add that also. Thank you. >> Wonderful. Any other items? >> Spell my name correctly, too. I just noticed. >> On which one? Britney. >> September 22nd. Britney's name is spelled wrong. Fix it. >> Perfect. >> Any audience discussion regarding the consent agenda? Hearing none, then we will move to vote on the motion by Britney to approve the consent agenda with the changes noted. I amend. >>

027Oh, so amended. Do you have a second? So we we'll discuss again discuss with the audience hearing none. We'll move on the amended motion by Britney to approve the consent agenda with the items noted seconded by Renee. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Move next down to the action items. Personnel hiring. Do I have a motion? >> I move to approve the um personnel listed pending background checks. >> Motion by Renee to approve the uh action item A. Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Seconded by Jenny. Any board discussion? Audience discussion? Hearing none, we'll move to vote on the motion by Renee to approve action item A, personnel hiring, pending background check, seconded by Jenny. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Action item B, additional

028members, excuse me, additional mentors board recommendation. >> Mr. Parks, do you have someone to introduce? >> Oh, oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, we do. >> Hold on. And I forgot my paper over there, so I'm going to have her stand up right now. >> No, you're fine. And that was Heather Mitchell, wasn't it? >> Yeah. So, Heather Mitchell, would you stand for a moment, please? Um, we have that uh pack over here, don't we? Or her uh swag thing. Hold on. So, thank you, Mr. Gabriel. And I did forget your uh politics. So >> Oh, perfect. He's gonna >> We got to hear all these gems from Peggy. >> All right, like everyone to meet Miss Heather Mitchell. Heather is stepping into her new role as a fifth grade teacher, though her students already know her

029well after serving as their substitute. Heather is officially taking the reigns of the classroom, and we couldn't be happier. Heather's life could could be a movie. She's gone cage diving with sharks. Actual sharks, huh? Okay. Saved her aunt from drowning and has been happily married for 23 years. when she's not teaching or taking on heroic feats, hiking and observing wildlife, preferably the kind that stays on land, I would uh with her sense of adventure, calmness under pressure, and deep love for the outdoors, Heather is ready to make this school year an unforgettable one. Welcome, Heather. We're just glad your school, excuse me, just glad your classroom doesn't include sharks. If it does, you probably have to call me. Thank you. Welcome. [Applause] >> Welcome. Thank you for being here. Now we'll move to action item

030B, additional mentors board recommendation. Do I have a motion? I make a motion to approve the addition for Brady and I'm going to totally slaughter this so I apologize. >> Relantic. >> Okay. Well, thank you, Mr. Torx. To receive a stipen for co-cur roles as a mentor. >> A motion to approve uh action item B, additional mentors. Do I have a second? >> Seconded by Renee. Any further board discussion? Audience discussion hearing none. We'll move to vote on the motion by Britney to approve action item B, additional mentors, seconded by Renee. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Next is a fun one. I think it's fun. Graphfield sign. Yes, Britney. >> Can we do um discussion first? >> Sure. Yeah, absolutely. I was going to suggest that. Um, so we'll move

031into the discussion. If you want to pull up the uh attached um signage mockups by A&E. There's a little bit more than just the graph field in there, but that's what we're voting on is we have two options on there. Uh we have the entrance monument and that's uh the one that you'll be more on the street. So as you pull in, where am I at? Oh, I'm in Graph Fields. And then the second one, um, and I don't know if the pages are numbered, but >> they're not. >> Yeah, it's on page one, two, three, four. Four is the monument sign, entrance monument. Then page five is the memorial sign, and they are labeled. So, the memorial sign will use the graph bricks to uh and then have it'll have some sort of a

032plaque on there uh a brass plaque or whatever that will uh talk a little bit about um Fred Graph and about the bricks from the school, that type of stuff. Um and they'll be placed inside of the park over near the concession stand is what uh we have planned so people can read it and all that. So, uh, we do have entrance monument signs and we thought this would be a great opportunity for you guys to pick or some sort of a combination. It doesn't have to be just these. If you like something on one and you'd like to combine it with the other one, we'll we'll get that back to them and and uh I can email you out a composite. Uh, but we thought this would be an opportunity for you to to

033vote on u what you would like to see those signs. So, we have entrance monument and memorial signs. >> So, A and B for both. And to Matt's point, again, we can say, well, we like this part of A, but this part of B, and we can make combinations of them and send that back. >> Very last page of the document kind of has it all right on one page. If you go to that, >> yeah, >> everyone's initial thoughts, Kenny. I I guess initially I'm partial to option A on the entrance monuments. >> Um and then for the memorial sign, I actually like option A as well, but I like how the grayer brick is on option B. Does that make sense? >> Because it kind of ties in. >> Do you like because

034the option A for the it's like longer and then it spits it out, but then you like the the footing of the Yes. too. That's >> the my only concern with the on cuz you're talking about the memorial signage with the more like concrete looking >> with the bench >> is it as a bench and my only concern with that is like that's where kids are going to >> skateboard. It's a bench kids and >> and so that's my only concern with that. and then you encourage them to climb on top of the sign and you're not encouraging but that's I mean that's what kids do. So that's my only concern with the bench piece of that >> and I didn't think it that >> but I do like a for the monument sign I

035like that one >> and I was thinking kind of the bench because then people would maybe stop and sit and maybe would actually >> instead of just like walk by >> I'd have to turn around. Mhm. I understand what you're saying, Renee. Um, but I also understand Britney's point. >> They're going to climb on it no matter what. >> I mean, is it It's not a huge bench. I mean, >> I think we're going to do all these borders or, you know, it's not 1997. I >> I'm not too worried about it. >> Have you driven down and Yeah. and seen what's going on at our poor little water park in town? No. >> Yeah, there's a ton of skateboarders, Matt. >> No kidding. >> Yes, there are. >> No, that was still a thing.

036>> That is still a thing. It's huge. >> That's I'm just glad they're outside. That's good. >> Yeah, >> I'm kind of torn on Also, I I like the I like the idea of a bench. >> I like that bigger photograph on option A. To move the bench up to option A, I think would be pretty cool. >> Yeah, I think that would be a nice a nice compromise. I do like the >> still partial too. >> Yeah. >> And I like the big lettering. I like the big lettering on option A of the the uh volume >> to come in. I think it just looks a lot It's a lot bigger. >> Yeah. >> This is not what we are voting on, but is there any way we can incorporate some lighter brick into

037the concession stand too just to tie all of the architecture together? It might not be the Fred Graph building bricks, but just >> and I kind of thought that too because it's like >> just a question for the design. >> So, the concession is going to be blocks. >> It's not going to be brick. >> It's going to be like the >> not a dealbreaker, but just to tie it all in together, but I'm not going to cry over it if it's >> I think their thought was it was going to tie into the new campus. So, intermediates. This is the same CMU that's on that. But, >> and I understand that, too. >> Yeah. But I get what you're saying too. I think it and that's kind of what I like about having that

038CMU on the on the monument sign too or the memorial sign because it ties the memorial sign to the monument sign. And I see what you're saying because I do think that it would be it'd be nice to have a similar brick even though it wouldn't be the reclaimed brick. >> I do see what you're saying. And just as a just an FYI, not that it matters to anybody, but the original Fred Graph Elementary School lettering, they're going to be able to reuse a bunch of that onto the concession stand. So, actually going to reuse the exact same letters that were on Fredgraph's school. They're going to now they got to, you know, manipulate them a little bit here and there, but uh they are going to use those letters. >> Yes, Donnie. The documentation

039says for the concession stand that it's intentionally blend the old and new. Use salvage brick as the primary material. So is it incorporated into the concessions? >> Picture isn't showing it. >> I don't showing it, but >> I could ask him, but I've never heard that until I read that. I've never >> we've never talked about cuz we have about >> uh Chelsea Hine and her crew, her husband, they cleaned off like 500 and plus bricks between 500 and 550. Um and so that's what we've been telling A&E they have to work with on that monument sign is you have 550 bricks. So whatever you build, it's got to fall within 550 bricks. And it can have other things in there, but that's all the bricks we're going to have. >> And this says it

040uses 525. >> Well, that's that's right in there. >> How does everybody feel about option A? >> I I'm I'm an A. >> We on A for which one? >> For the monument sign. >> Monument sign entrance. And it sounds like consensus is to add um the bench from B to the to memorial sign A. So, okay. >> How are you feeling over there? >> The bench B with memorial sign A. Wait, let me put the picture back up. >> You going to be doing park four off of that bench or um so for the entrance sign, I like a better just cuz the letters are bigger. And also that area in the middle between the two uh darker sides. I think that will be a garbage spot. Just set your drink down or forget

041it or whatever you put up there. You know, there's probably going to be kids running around, little siblings. I did that for my entire life and I would probably put stuff up there and forget it. Um, and then on the memorial sign, I like A because it says Fred Graph in bigger letters. I think that's important cuz the whole point is that it's Fred Graph. Um, but I also like the bench, but again, I'm not sure about the I would probably be the one like climbing on it. So, >> even now, >> probably not now, but >> I used to climb on things at softball fields all the time. So, um, so I think I would go with A and then probably A as well. I'd probably just do A on both. >> Yes. >>

042On the memorial sign, is that going to be behind fencing? >> No, it's out next to the concessions. Yeah, it'll be out on a concrete slab and it'll be uh near the uh >> if you look at that uh map, Britney, it's the blue arrow, the blue one. >> Oh, yeah. They have a map by the same >> right up against the field, which actually makes more sense why they wanted a bench because then you'll be it' be a place to watch the game a little bit too. Well, or when you're sitting waiting for your concessions. We do have some, you know, older >> citizens and and family members that they at least, you know, sit if they need to wait. >> You like the bench. >> Any other discussion on this? >> Any major

043opposition? Right. >> Oh, signs. Rene signs. Rene signs. >> I think the dugout is just to that immediate right. >> Correct. >> Yes, Deon. >> No, >> haven't developed the text yet. No. >> No. And there's a contemplation that we might take Fred Graph's like school photo that was hanging up and translate that to the bronze, too. So, I don't know. And we don't have the content of it yet, though. The only thing I would say, and this is more about the location of it, is that we make sure that it's far enough. People sit all the way down the fence line that it's not that there's still space to like stand or sit at the fence. what I mean. >> Yeah. >> I'm not really sure what this little bit there. >> Sure. Could

044I mean that's just their first swing. So, whatever you guys want to do with it, we could do with it. Does the concessions face the field, right? Does that concessions stand face the field? >> Yeah. >> You know what? I think it does. Yeah. >> Yeah. It looks like it faces the field. So, >> it would be a good spot to Britney's point. >> Yeah, I think that's a it's in a good spot. I think I mean, looks like it's probably 10 feet away, I bet, because it it's at the back of the dugout. So, however deep the dugout is is how far back it is from the >> Just ask what the dimensions footage is. >> Yeah, >> it's hard to see at all. >> Yeah, fair enough. >> Otherwise, >> dimensions are listed

045on there. 7 feet wide by about four and a half a little over four and a half ft tall. >> I'm sorry. The dimensions between the field and the like that distance that's >> looks like the depth of a dugout. So probably what is that 8t maybe 10 ft? >> Well, and when they they look at it, I just want to make sure that our view it is not blocking the view from like the concession stand to the field. I would rather have it back farther. then have it up there where if there's people in the concession stand that they can't I mean it's the same issue we had with the current box at the ticket box at the high school. We never put a window on the side so the people in the ticket

046booth can actually see the field so that I want to make sure we're not like having things blocking line of sight. >> Made a note about concessions. Make sure they face the field and and the sign doesn't interfere. Otherwise, they don't really care. >> Great. >> Any other discussion? >> We don't. I would entertain a motion. I move to approve option A for the memorial and the monument with the addition of the bench area around the monument. Is that right? >> The memorial. >> Memorial. >> Yep. I got it all written down already. It's all I followed you. >> I second. I have a motion by Renee to approve uh option A outright for the monument and a blend of option A for the memorial with option B to include the bench from option B.

047Seconded by Jenny. Is there any other discussion on that audience discussion? Hearing none, we'll move to vote on the motion by Renee to approve the memorial sign and monument signs for graphs as discussed. Seconded by Jenny. All in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Option or option. Action item D. >> Um, did you get that email today from Julie on action item D? uh the bond market has changed again. It's con constantly fluctuating and uh make sure I'm saying all the right words here. The if we move the money from the slugs to the stips, it we were going to get a a little bit more money in interest. Even though we had to pay the IRS, we'd still come out ahead. But STIPS taken another dive. >> So they're they're telling

048us it probably really doesn't matter if we move it or not. That was as of today. >> I'm just seeing that now. Yeah. >> Yeah. So, just as as a thought, um there was going to be an advantage to moving it. >> There was, >> but now we're probably not a big advantage as of today. So, that that if that plays into your decision um to just leave it where it's at, we're you know, reaching the end of the money anyway. Uh, I don't think we're going to lose any money by leaving it where it's at. But just that was the most update from the the folks we work with here on this. They they just said, "Hey, I'm not sure that it really makes a difference falling again." >> It would have been a

049little over 1% gain to move it, but fair enough. >> They didn't give us any numbers, but they just said that it steps fall. >> Yeah. Not Not Yeah, not if it's going to drop now. >> Yeah. We were thinking we could keep it in that step for the duration of the bond and earn, you know, accumulated. It'd be a six probably a six figure gain in accumulation potentially and that's why we wanted to move it. But if that has disappeared as of today, then it may not make sense, >> right? Probably doesn't. They just they're saying it probably doesn't make much difference anymore. So this any other discussion or questions on that, Donnie? Yes. Now, I do think it's worth continuing to keep an eye on it though. >> Yes. >> At least for

050a while because we do have that money for a period >> probably through at least May, I would think. At least some portion of it. >> Yeah. At least. Yeah. And I make a motion to table the recommendation to move bond funds from the SLGS fund to the county STIP fund and ask June to keep us updated. >> Second. >> Motion to table by Britney, seconded by Connie. Any other board discussion? Audience discussion? It's a bit of a bummer. We're not losing money. >> No, it's just Oh, no. I'm getting all excited. We already had a little arbitrage there. Now we can't. It's gone. That's okay. So, we will vote then on the motion table by Britney, seconded by Donnie. All in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? That motion carries. >> Yes. in

051the um email they made reference even after shifting when that was the recommendation to recheck in 6 to9 months. So if we could have that caveat for Julie. >> Yeah, we'll keep watching it. I mean rate prevalence is towards the downward trend. So we may just be holding on to it where we're at in the slug as long as possible. Then >> we saved money at the right time with the bonds. Good time to sell bonds. >> Good good time to be holding a lot of cash. Sure. The last couple years was definitely true. >> Opt uh action item E, new high school miscellaneous fund. Do I have a motion? >> I move to approve authorizing opening a new fund within the high school miscellaneous fund named Eastern Aquire with the project number 675. >>

052By Renee to approve action item E. Do I have a second? Seconded by Britney. Any other board discussion? Audience discussion? Hearing none, we'll move to vote on the action. Uh motion to approve the action item E. Sorry, my head just went like uh by Renee, seconded by Britney. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. We're going to move action item F just for your information down into the U at the bottom of the uh information items. Uh there is no actual action there. So we'll move on to action item G, policy revisions, first reading. Do I have a motion? >> Have discussion first? >> Absolutely. >> Um I have a question. I'm just trying to wrap my head around the intent. So, let me find Oh, wrong. This would be on believe

053it's going to be policy 2335 NF2. Pull that up real quick. >> The notice. >> Oh, guess that's not that one either. Hold on. Hold on. I had it all pulled up and then >> NF1 was the opt in, excuse me, opt out opt out form. NF2 is the uh like the notice. It used to be a 48 hour notice. Now it's five to 14 days notice. And then uh NF3 was the optin beginning of the year. So, we have an opt out and an opt in that they're recommending. >> Hold on. >> Oh, I'm I'm sorry. I completely Okay. Yeah, >> that was that's the original policy where they added only thing that was uh suggested by schoolboard association was they want to add the actual definition for human sexuality instruction. Sorry, my computer's

054like wigging out right now, so it keeps flashing on me. So, I'm trying to I have to reboot. >> Um, do you remember which one I was? >> I've got it right here, Rene. >> Thank you. Thank you. Is this the the actual policy that you just >> you think it was in the original policy 2335? >> The part right under the definition. >> Okay. Yes. >> It's Yeah. So it's underneath. So, it's underneath the special events and student assemblies and then it's in pink. The term identity instruction does not include a teacher's response to an unexpected student initiated inquiry related to identity instruction to the extent necessary to resolve the inquiry or to maintain civily or decorum in the classroom. However, teachers and other district personnel will address such inquiries on an age appropriate

055basis using their professional judgment to the extent necessary to resolve the inquiry or to maintain civily and decorum in the classroom. I'm sorry, what does that mean and why? >> Basically, that means that if if it's not part of the curriculum and let's say there's a just a question or comment that comes up, you know, uh I wouldn't look at Chase and say, well, I might look at Chase. I would look I wouldn't look at Gabriella and just say, you know, I if she asked a question, I would try to give her a respectful answer. I'm not just going to say, "Shut up. We can't talk about that." Um, uh, we that's just not part of our curriculum. So, it's just it sounds to me like civility. And that's how I read that. When I

056read it was you be respectful. We we take the question. Hey, maybe that's a question for your parents or maybe that's a you know a question and then we we move on from it. We just be respectful in the way we handle those questions. That's the wording. But it is not part of our curriculum. We don't have any identity instruction in our curriculum. Uh that's just not part of what we need. >> I think it needs to be simplified because I don't find myself to be the smartest person on the planet, but I don't find myself to be the stupidest. And I had to read that multiple times and I still don't even quite understand it. >> That's lawyer. That's lawyer speak. So let's uh And you are on you're on you're not on 2335

057then, are you? Mhm. >> That section is under parts of that are the one that she's actually quoting is NF1 and I'm sure it's an NF2, but I think it's probably >> if it's an NF1, it's an NF3, I think. >> Yeah. And so it is a little bit different from the section that's in under definition, but it's similar. I guess it's a similar I guess I should turn on. I agree that it is because it leaves most of it to what I mean it I I think it gives too much leeway for whose judgment. Each person's judgment is different and I think that then you're in this murky water of everything's gray. So what my uh judgment might be is different than what Britney's is. It's just different than I just think it needs

058to be simpler that we just don't discuss it. >> Are we just trying to flat out inform our parents of this or are we trying to make a decision? I mean, if it's informative, then I would like to keep it simple and just inform them if this happens, this is what this is what we're going to this is our approach. >> This is our approach to it. It's it's just we don't we don't want to dis dismiss it, but we're not going to address it because it's not in the curriculum. Something along the way. I just I think it's just it's a lot. And if we're trying to make our parent our student body and our parents understand that, that's just not I I mean, I would question >> we can go ahead and make

059edits uh today if you so wish. Uh more than happy to change them. need that assistance in the wording. If >> doesn't just seem to be gone because I don't think anywhere else it uh >> what what it's saying is is that if it does come up, if there's a question about it, it's not maybe there's a I don't know something I don't know what what some other setting uh that the term identity instruction does not include a teacher's response to an un unexpected student initiated inquiry. But I don't think the teacher just sit there and have discussion about it. I'm just not sure how we would work that to the extent necessary to resolve the inquiry. >> Do we need it? >> Does it even have to be specific to identity? Does it have

060to just say if it deviates from the curriculum that it's, you know, that the student is informed that it's this is not a part of the curriculum? We appreciate the question basically, but it's not it's not a term for discussion. >> Please go home and discuss with your parents, >> right? Something like that. But it doesn't even have to include identity. It should just be anything out of curriculum. And this specific just I think due to the sensitive nature of this topic, it should stick to the curriculum pretty tightly. >> And I would be okay to send it back to leadership learning to have just and it's hard to try to rec I mean go through all of them again. And I mean would that be okay with leadership and learning kick that back and

061take it and just kind of over and redress it just understanding that >> sure could like to make a motion on policy revision first reading for policy 2335. 5 2335 NF1 2335 NF2 and 2335 NF3 to go back to leadership alerting try to ensure that that's simplified for the policy and >> okay I made a note in there and then I'll check in cross reference with the others I think the other one that will come up is NF3 >> your motion is to table and return those to leadership and learning. So that' be a a motion by Britney to table the policies contemplated under one two three and four of the action item. Is there a second? >> Seconded by Renee. Any other discussion by the board? Yes, Donnie. So, are we adopting both an

062optin and an opt out? And is that >> help help me understand? >> Right. I did ask that exact same question. It came up in leadership and learning because we were all confused about it as well. And they just said it gives us the option to use which one we want to use. Uh maybe there's a situation where we do want to use the optin. It's just a lot more paperwork, a lot more hassle. But uh but it's not it didn't sound to me like from their email to me that it was it was a requirement. We could choose either one. But they don't really give you that wording. You know, sometimes they would give you the wording is this is optional or option one, option two. They didn't give any of those things on

063there. But I got the impression that we could do that if you so chose. But they also said if you if you uh have both on their books, if something was to happen down the road to change it, you can go with the opt in versus the opt out vice versa. >> Miss Donnie, >> I thought I did read something in there about not adopting both, but I didn't say you couldn't. But is it going to get >> well then >> confusing which one? >> If that is the case, then then I oversaw. I did not see that. That was a comment >> and I would take out NF3 if there was one not to take out or if there was one to take out. >> Um, and it is a little complicated and it's

064not very much fun. So, we send out the notification of the topics at the beginning of the year. Parents can return the opt out, keep track of those. the teachers who have sensitive subjects identified in their curriculums have to now send out the the notification when those units are coming up anywhere from 5 to 14 days ahead of teaching that. So when you as a parent get that if you've already opted your child out and you go, "Oh wait, they're just talking about biological whatever reproduction and it's not like I don't care. My kid can do that unit and they don't have to do the alternate." could fill out the opt in to opt your child back into that. If you get the letter and you're like, you know what, I didn't option my child

065out of this, but it's come up in health and I don't feel comfortable. They have whatever going on in their life and this might bother them out of this topic. So, I think what it's doing is giving our parents maximum latitude on those things. And I understand all of that. In a perfect world, that sounds great. But I'm probably the parent that would go, "Oh, I thought this was an opt out, not an opt in." And that wasn't what I meant to do. >> I think you would get you wouldn't get an optin if your kid was, you know what I mean? You're not going to get that unless you've already opted your kid out. >> Yeah. Our default, >> the only reason you'd get an optin is a kid that's been opted out for

066the whole thing. And then they would be able to opt into each. to make sure we're not missing. We're just going to send it to that whoever's in that class with the paragraph of you have already your child for all of these things, you'll have an alternate. So, >> yes, Britney. >> So, when you're when we're signing up at the beginning of the year and we have to do all that online stuff and it's check mark, check mark, check mark. Nope. That's a paper form that comes back to us. >> I'm going to disagree with everybody at this meeting right for right now. I just read something that I had not caught before in here. NF3 is specific to identity instruction. I'm reading if you go down to page I last page. Renee, you were

067on that. Who else was on that committee? Renee and Kayla. Look on that last page. It's the pink. I think that's one that we we don't want at all. That's my opinion. I never caught that until just now. >> And what did it read again? >> It reads identity instruction opt-in form. A parent who wants their student to receive identity instruction, which we don't have at school must commit to do so by completing the form. So it would be specific to opt-in in form. Only if we had an op. Excuse me. Only if we had identity instruction will we use this form. That's I guess that's what I'm reading and I never caught that before because I've been looking at the whole >> So we're now you automatically are in and you opt out. You

068would have to opt in before the school year began. But we don't even offer this anyway >> if we had identity instruction. Yeah. And we Yeah. But we're I think what Mr. Torx is saying is that that should be probably just removed when it comes back to the board. That NF3 should just not even return. >> Back to you guys. >> You're all confused. We the whole our whole discussion was what is the point of these anyway the whole time which is why we're hung up in the weeds because we were trying to be hung up in the >> Sure. >> Have fun with that. We're kicking it back to you again. >> Tricky policies to navigate to be sure. Well, I I can ask that secondary question and I'll call somebody instead of email

069because I'm not sure. Maybe I I don't know. It's possibility that I got bad advice to >> All right, Donnie. Yes, >> this question may be irrelevant if we get rid of form three, but who is they that has to do all the followup sending the opt out opt in >> the teacher of each >> correct? Yeah, >> is always entertaining. >> Any other discussion? >> Oh, >> yeah. It's not a new thing, Donnie, because I it our counselors were doing that five years ago, so it's probably just bigger. >> Yeah. >> Any audience discussion on that? >> Right. Hearing none, then we'll move to vote on the motion on the table to table items one, two, three, and four under action item G to be sent back to leadership and learning for further discussion

070and analysis. Seconded by Renee. All in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries. There are still two items five and six under action G. Do I have a motion on those? If >> anyone wants me to explain those, I can. >> Okay. >> Should we discuss? >> Sure. >> Yeah. 1700 policy had we talked about it if you guys remember right when when Felt Martin was here and Jeff Weldon we talked about 1700 and he said he made some comments towards um like for example district 2's that there was some changes I went through district 2's policy and it is very specific to them and there's nothing wrong with that it works great for them um some of it isn't necessarily relevant to us but I went through there there's some changes in

071there that they recommend. Uh those are the ones that Julie Crew is names on those. And then um I'm going to sneeze. My apologies. >> God bless America. All right. Then we uh then I put in some additional um items that I pulled out of um uh district 2's uh that I thought were that were really good information. Uh it talks uh for example I wish these pages were numbered. At the bottom of page one, you'll see some stuff that I pulled out of there and and I monkeyed with it a little bit. uh but um it just talks about what's appropriate to the board, what's not appropriate to the board. It gives a little more understanding to people. Uh there's also they had a little section, I renamed it common areas of concern. They

072had it set up a little different at the top of page two that just says, okay, uh how if I'm going to go through these are common areas where people do have complaints with everybody like sexual harassment, bar rights responsibilities, 504, special education. It just allows you to go to that policy. It just kind of helps you along there. Um, I started adding one of the things we don't have that other districts have is a complaint form. So, 1700 F1 is a form that I uh just copied from other people and and edited it to match us. Um, because right now the way ours is worded, it just says, "Okay, you got to kind of complain in writing." Um, but it doesn't really give you a form. And so I I I've told the leadership

073and learning that I get I've gotten a couple of complaints that are really good. And then I've gotten a couple in the past couple years that are just random thoughts that don't even have punctuation sometimes or just these paragraphs upon paragraphs of beefs they've had over the years. I don't know dates. I don't know who. I don't know. It just it's it's very frustrating. Um so the form gives them a something to follow. Uh, and it was my first attempt at it and using other people's stuff. So, um, I did make reference to the complaint form in there. Um, and I did add just if you can go through there and see the things that I added versus Julie Crew added. Uh, and then you can look at the F policy 1700 F1 if you

074want to see exactly what my idea was for a form to follow. Uh yeah. So it just kind of just tells people follows them along to answer these questions. So it's a little easier for me to to to follow up on things. [Music] >> Great. I think these are nice revisions. as I looked through them, I felt like they were needed and very, you know, we had a couple of, like you said, a couple instances where 1700 maybe didn't wasn't articulated well enough to be followed super great. And so it was it's nice to see that it's sort of more laid out and structured and has a form to help guide the >> and the couple that have gotten are a little bit, >> you know, a little bit tough to read. I I I

075call them up and try to try to narrow it down to to just what the real issue is. >> Yeah. >> And so I can address that. So I don't ignore them. I I do try to make it better, >> right? >> Um >> this just gives them a place to start from and even if they like you said, if they don't >> conform to this, it gives you a chance to say, "Hey, here's a form to help organize your thoughts and it's organized for the district so we can address it." >> Right. the level three, excuse me, level four to the board. You try, we tried to make that a little bit simpler so they don't think that the board is going to do an investigation, >> which the board shouldn't. The board would

076evaluate my investigation materials, ask some questions. They may say, "Well, Mr. Taus, could you go back and do this? We feel like that there's needs more investigation. You never ask these types of questions, and this might help us." So, uh, that's that's something that I put in there that makes it a little more obvious. Um, >> Donnie, yes, >> I'm going to make a motion to approve first reading of policy 1700 and 1700 F1. >> A motion by Donnie to approve action items five and six under or sub action items five and six under action G. Do I have a second? >> I'll second that. >> Seconded by Britney. Any other board discussion? Audience discussion? Hearing? None. We'll move to vote on the motion by Donnie to approve action sub action item five and six

077under action item G policy 1700 and 1700 F1 seconded by Britney. All in favor say I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries. One final action for the evening. Action item H, approval of outer district foster student 2025-26. So when we have a foster student who um let's say they're uh they live in Billings, so they're removed from the home and they end up in a family. Uh Christina, correct me if I'm wrong at any point here. So, they're they live in Billings and they uh they're placed in a foster family in town. All right. In in Laurel, then by law, we automatically accept that student, but we want to go before the board to do it formally. So, so we can still charge billings for that tuition. Does that make sense? So, these students are

078here uh uh through this process. they're in a tough spot and the law protects them uh and they automatically uh are accepted even though technically they're out of district because they're they you know but here they're actually fostered here in town. And the other option would be down the road if we had a foster student that lived here and they chose uh we're going to go move to a foster family in Billings um and that's where they ended up then they could choose to stay here and we would have to pick them up. Right. So, this family is choosing to uh well, we're going to Laurel. Hey, that's great. We'll go to Laurel and then so we're going to go through this process so we can charge Billings tuition for that. Well, that's why. Any

079other questions on that? We take a motion on that action then. >> I'll move to approve the out of district foster student for the 25 26 year. A motion by Jenny to approve action item H. Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Seconded by Kayla. Any other discussion? Audience discussion? Hearing? None. We'll move to vote on the motion by Jenny to approve action item H, the approval of an out of district foster student. Seconded by Kayla. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. We'll move now to section seven, the information items. I'll read through these and if there is any at any point you'd like to stop and discuss, please stop me. Department reports, activities, curriculum. I will mention something about curriculum just because it comes up. Uh there's if you

080look at the storyshare books um the story share books there's a a link in there that you can link to it. It's um when students struggle reading at grade level, one of the things that uh it's the negative thing about struggling, let's especially if you're in high school or middle school, a lot of the books that maybe your grade level maybe aren't your interest level. You're interested in things that are older. You know, you're not interested in, you know, Geronimo Stilton and Judy Bloom or the only two I could think of. My kid used to read Don >> Dog Man. Yeah. So, what these are is they're they're books of high interest to older students, but they're written written at a a somewhat lower level of reading and and that's so kids can work on

081reading. So, so they're they're not curriculum, but they're not library. So, they kind of fall in a weird state because they will be in classrooms and not in like the library. So, they're here. Um, and it's and it and normally through curriculum, when you guys want to approve a curriculum, well, it has to go before it's approved, it has to go, we have to advertise, then people can come in and review the curriculum, but none of these books are purchased. So, they're kind of like a library book in that respect. Um, so that I believe she does have the the uh what they are, but they're basically they're books. Uh they're they're appropriate. It's just uh non-fiction or excuse me, fiction books that are written at a lower level with higher level interest of >>

082I guess I'm confused as to why during leadership and learning she had a list of the >> Yeah. And I'm just wondering why that list is >> why we just have a link to some talking about it next meeting cuz she's not here tonight. >> That's what I thought. Well, I guess we said put it on this meeting and then we we'd approve it next just like we do like library books or any other books or I don't know why the list isn't here. So >> the links that she sent me aren't the links that we had. These are the links she sent Julie and these are the links should it should link to that list instead. It's linking to >> it's linking right out to the website. Yeah, >> she made a list for

083us, too, that had a synopsis of each book. >> Mhm. >> And then we found that you can find them on Amazon. >> She mentioned it in there, too. She said that brief. She said that there was a select like the synopsis was attached, but >> Yeah, it's getting us the wrong thing. So, I apologize, guys. She did send us those links and they're not the right links, I think. >> So, come of them. There weren't. >> No, it's not. I clicked through all the links just now. But I think by our policy, it's going to have to go >> it's going to come back for review and then so it won't be until >> right >> November, >> which is fine. That's if that's is what it is. >> Okay. >> That's just the

084way the world works. >> Sounds good though. I think my kids would be interested in those kind of books. >> That's awesome. >> I know, right? I mean, >> yeah. >> Any other item? Any other discussion on the curriculum section? We'll move on to facilities. They're looking nice. Everything's firing up. Okay. >> Started this week. We're following firing up boilers cuz the high school's about frozen out. So, we're trying They were thinking about coming over here now in class. >> It's warmer over here. >> It's not colder. Okay, good. food services technology and I'm going to mention under technology that is a motion that was misplaced. So that motion will come before the board during the next meeting. So sorry about that. >> There's reports there but those DPA approvals >> the DPA I >>

085those are those privacy uh agreements digital privacy agreements that will have to go before the board. So, we'll move those back to an action item for the next board meeting. >> Yes. >> So, all of these um sites and everything like that we've already approved. We're just now reapproving for the DPAs. >> Yes. Yeah. Just the updated ones for the year. Annual. >> They all expired this year. >> Y annual. transportation, student services. Under financial reports, we have the cash report, revenue report, expenditure report, bond expenses, high school activities, middle school activities, principal report for the elementary, intermediate, Middle High School. Move on to D. Committee meetings. Leadership and learning September 4th, 2025. Capital Planning, September 11th, 2025. Leadership and Learning, September 18th, 2025. Capital Planning September 25th, 2025. The superintendence report, resignation report. Finally,

086LHS books for purchase. Great. We'll move on now to section 8, discussion items, family night activities. So, we had some questions surrounding um some recent um family night activities um and then also some future planned I believe one in May. Uh uh I think it was a concert that was scheduled um on a Wednesday night and so we just wanted to bring this back to the board to the board level to have some discussion about family night and how we foresee or how we interpret it should be and then also um if what the roadblocks and challenges because there's a lot of things going on in our district. It's a big district with a lot of activities and so if there's anything that we can do at a at a board level to help facilitate

087that or be more accommodative to the scheduling or activities of you know the district. So that's kind of how we wanted to frame the discussion tonight. um how we how we feel about the family night activities a as a policy or as a guideline and then also discuss further how we can help the district accomplish that as a board. So, so the board understands when what I've asked the principles to do and andrew as well as AD is to anytime there's needs to be a Wednesday and and I don't think I was clear about it early enough in the year and that's my fault but I've asked them to to come to me on anything to approve a Wednesday night activity after after six o'clock and what I'll do is is if I say okay

088I feel like that that is a a a valid Wednesday night activity. There's a reason why we have, you know, makeup game, playin game, something like that that we just can't get away from a a Wednesday. Then we'll we'll do that and then I'll inform the board. If I tell Andrew or tell the principles and say not good enough, sorry, we let's find a different day. Then then it never has to get out of that. That's what I've asked them to do and that it and then I just will inform the board of I've approved a Wednesday uh reading under the lights because it's a great family opportunity. So uh if they want to come to that they can. We give out hundreds and thousands of free books. So those are great opportunities and they're

089family oriented. But if it's like I don't know some whatever something else we we can uh have that discussion between Andrew and I or the principles. So if you have any comments, you can throw them in there as well. But >> um we try to do our best for activities tonight. Um where we look at all possible I do my best all possible options to get out. Um, for example, this fall soccer in dark practices later on Wednesday. >> Would you grab this one, Andrew? Grab that one. Just want to make sure it's recorded. have in there some of their practices on a Wednesday night on the turf. Um, we only play one other game, making sure here's all my thought process to Mr. Torx about um, Wednesday night activities. Yes, Britney. >> Do you

090find it's becoming more and more difficult >> for you and the coaches to try to work around Wednesday? >> Yes. Yes. >> How many how how many how many things that you're trying to maneuver >> out of all of our sports? >> I don't think it's it's difficult. It's just finding the availability for um the kids and the coaches. Um taking out one night of the week where we're, you know, open gyms or something like that. when we know all the other schools are doing open gyms and stuff, it it puts our kids behind when they can get maybe one open gym on the weekend, an open gym on Wednesday when they're doing all the other stuff. We know in season practice is not going to happen as best we can on Wednesdays. Having that

091gym availability with Wednesday is tough. Um but I we always tell our coaches they can decide what they can do. Um, Sundays, Sundays, our gyms are full of open gyms. And that's um our our high school gym from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on most Sundays is full of it's it's tough just having offseason training during the school year for our kids just because of one the availability of coaches and two the availability of space. Having the two new gyms does help immensely, but it is just just tough. >> Yes, Rene. Um I I guess from my perspective I think that it's important that we protect that Wednesday night um space and if for some reason we have a a reason that we have to um accommodate a regular like the practice of the soccer

092team. If we have to accommodate that on a regular basis, then there has to be some communication with the parents and the students to make sure that that fits with them. Because if a student is committed to a um youth group or whatever on a Wednesday night that we've already said we're going to protect that that student not be under reprimanded or under the disciplinary action that we have in our act activities handbook because then they'd be missing practice. They shouldn't have to make that choice. I guess that's my um our district has committed to Wednesday nights being for families to either family night or that's their opportunity to do church activities and I think it's important that we protect that as best we can. um you know that yeah there are things like a

093game that we have to reschedule because playoffs are coming up and there's no other I mean that's different than I guess I that's totally different than a regularly scheduled practice that we're continually doing during Wednesday. I mean those are two separate things. Um, so but I do would appreciate the board notification when we've had to when we have to do that cuz just so that because those are the things that we hear about and people make phone calls and we're like it'd just be easy to be like, "Yep, we know it's because of this. It's our only option." End of story. And people are pretty understanding of that. Sundays. I would prefer we didn't do open gyms before 2 in the afternoon just to allow for families again to have that time. I know that

094gym space is an issue, but we have two more gyms this year, so we should be able to accommodate some of that stuff. Um, I know that coaches have availability, too, but I think making our families and our kids choose between the two is not right. Um, I guess that's my feeling. So, I don't know how the rest of the board feels about that. >> I agree with you. I think that um Wednesdays are an important time to give the kids a little bit of a break. But I also would say um if if there is going to be a practice, then it doesn't it's not a practice that counts. It's more like an open gym situation. If they're and it's by consent and voluntary and a student who decides that their family time on

095that night or their church youth activities are more important to them than that practice, there should be no playing time repercussions or you know negative impacts to that student because they decided to prioritize that. And I do actually like the idea about it a little bit more protection on a Sunday also. I do agree with that. And I don't know how that works logistically with the I do think the gyms like you say take a lot of pressure off that. You don't need the high school gym open that whole time because you have four gyms in town now that could be utilized all at once instead of one back to back to back to back. That's kind I I agree with you 100% Renee on those two points. >> Britney, >> I would just like

096to add if it is becoming more and more difficult and I know that it's not something that the board needs to make action on, but just being aware like >> we've attempted to move this particular, you know, a couple different times where we we can't make it work. So, we're going to have to be able to have our team practice on these Wednesdays for the next three weeks or something. But yes, families have been notified. And if those student athletes choose to go to their family night participation with whatever it is, there is that there is nothing against them that they've already chosen that and that is something that's important to family and that. So, and I don't have to reiterate everything else because I agree, but those are things that I just want to

097be informed more than anything. And it's just coming down from either Andrew to Matt, Matt to us, just to be aware so we're not caught blindsided. That's the most difficult part is being blindsided by where they think we should know everything and we're like, "Oh, you know, that's a great information. Let me check that out." And then if you have a pro on your face. >> Yeah. >> So, and that's one thing I will say about our kids is our kids are very involved. Very, very involved. So having, you know, a bunch of things for them to do, having that choice, and they do have to make that choice of making those things, but not having those repercussions. I agree. >> They understand, especially the >> Yep. And and you know, that's the good thing

098about the high school activities is the kids, they have a big choice of a lot of different things. and choosing youth group, choosing gym, choosing I mean our coaches are very involved, our staff's very involved on having ton of events for our kids, which it's a good problem to have. >> I just wanted to add like it's important for the parents to know that, but I think it's also really important to let the kids know that. So like me, like I'm going to youth group every Wednesday. I have to get off practice, go straight there. And I for kids who have to make the option of go to practice or go to their family activity. They they should know that it's their choice and they're not going to be penalized cuz a lot of them

099are scared. They're like, I don't want to risk my playing time for going to this instead. And I think it's important for those kids to know that they can't be penalized. So, it's important to note too that the kids like I think sometimes the students complain too like they know what's going on. So, that's where it all started actually was that and so um yeah I I don't have anything new to say. >> Yeah, I I Go ahead, Matt. I would say anytime we talk about Wednesdays if you know in for a penny in for a pound I think you got to be real careful and that's the reason I do want it and I tell the principles tell Andrew it needs to come through me so I can cuz I as I will I

100and I'm just going to give the example of if it's okay the of the soccer the soccer wanted to play because they play on so much turf uh uh artificial turf that they don't really like practicing on grass So, and my my feeling is so you're just going to have to practice on grass once a week. Um, and maybe it's boy, girl, boy, girl. So, it's every other week. So, two times a month you're going to practice on grass cuz I think family night is that important that I think I would have I I would I would say no to something like that. And I would say let's practice on grass. It's just the way it is for a few weeks. Um, you know, I don't I don't like concerts on Wednesday nights. Uh, because

101those are co-curricular. And now how do you pick between, you know, now now that's kind of part of my grade and that's my performance. And now, can I pick to go to my youth group? The answer is no. You need to go to your concert, which is why the concert needs to be Tuesday or Monday or Thursday or something. I think I didn't even think about the concert point, but that's super important. >> That's why I sit in this chair and you're over there like fired in here. >> Dang. >> How'd that burn for you? >> Does that warm you up? That burn. >> So, like I'm also in band. Uh, and if we miss a concert, we fail the class. >> That's not an option. Um, and like they've done super super well about

102not doing Wednesdays. Um, they're almost always on a Monday or Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Um, but like in that scenario, if it was on a Wednesday, I still think like the student would have the choice. You can't have a kid fail a class based on something. >> This is why concerts can't be on Wednesday. >> Yeah. And I think that the kids cuz like a lot of kids don't know that. They like >> they changed that >> right and they did they changed it and and again we're trying to avoid all the other things golf or not golf in the spring I guess track and all those things softball those those those eat up a lot of days and you got a lot of kids are are doubling up with you know your music and your

103your spring sports and or well winter sports all those and so uh we really just have to try to avoid that. Wednesdays always just you avoid all the games you do on Wednesday. But but just we just just can't be on Wednesdays. It just can't be uh for concerts. Those have to be on the other days. Sorry, Michael. >> Um last year, didn't wasn't there a choir concert that happened on a Wednesday >> and I don't remember the thing, but they came to me. >> Pretty hard to avoid that one. >> Work around it. >> That one was hard. >> Uh it was it was brutal on that. And I don't remember. I think it was state track and >> everything was on the west side and with the calendar moving back you were going

104to miss your seniors and our teams qualifying for state having to basically travel on Thursday so >> it was it was an ugly week >> and then with that you guys gave us ample time to be able to plan ahead for that as well. Um, so I think that if it is necessary that it should be allowed, but if there's other scenarios and possibilities where it doesn't fall on a Wednesday, that you should choose that route no matter what. >> You should always choose that route first. Wizzy shouldn't be a default because I my fear is is that when you well then more and a little bit more and a little bit more and pretty soon it's not doesn't mean anything to anybody anymore. Yeah, I worry about that part. Well, what I'm hearing the

105board say, I think if I could summarize, is that we're not inflexible on a Wednesday in a situation that's needed with advanced consent to the student athletes or the student participants, their parents, and the board. And also with the understanding that is an optional item. And then um I and I will tell you this too. I at our church there's a significant number of kids in Park City and they do not respect Wednesday night and those kids do not get to participate basically ever during the school year in any youth related activities and it's really hard on them. They they have a hard time with not being able to because their expectation is that if you aren't there you are going to have reduced playing time and that kind of thing. So, I really appreciate

106and respect that this district has such a strong feeling toward it. Um, and has their priorities straight like that. It's not all about the school district that these kids have lives outside of their their school activities. >> So, I think it's great. >> Correct. >> Yeah. >> Together the basketball schedule and you just copy and paste. It's like, nope, Wednesday's okay. It's a little different. Little adjusting knows, but >> yeah. >> Well, thank you. >> Yes. Thank you so much. Not an easy thing to navigate in a district our size, I think. So, they can't even imagine doing Park City and it's an eighth of our size. So, it's it's pretty I I appreciate the effort you put in. Any other things on that audience? Anything on that? Thank you all for that uh discussion.

107That was great. Uh B, we just wanted to recap the grand openings, >> had great crowds, really well attended. Uh >> not as many at the elementary as we had at the intermediate and I guess I could have predicted that. I thought we had the the right um was wrong to say we had the right people there. I think we had people there that weren't all of them weren't just weren't parents of young kids. They these are people that uh you know maybe there was a little skepticism there when when when they voted for it. They weren't sure. Um I was hoping we'd get a lot of no votes there just to see what we did so we could show them. I don't didn't ask anyone what they voted but um it was nice to

108see people there and excited about it. Lot of questions. I got a lot I went around a few people. I just took them around. It's really small groups. They asked a ton of questions. I think I got the the folks that had the most, you know, um I don't know, maybe the most pessimistic approach. >> So, uh it was it was good to answer those questions and and uh and walk them around. So, and I I appreciate the board members walking around with everybody and and answering those questions. I hope you guys got some some good feedback as well, but we got a lot of feedback. The teachers, uh thanks to the teachers who were there. um they opened their rooms and talked to a ton of people and answered a lot of questions as

109well. So that was pretty cool. >> I had quite a few people ask hard questions about, you know, especially intermediate because it's built on a soggy piece of ground and like did we were we aware of that and did we what did we do and and it was nice cuz I kind of had for one moment I had one of the folks from Langless walking around with me and kind of pointed out like well there's peers here and peers here and peers here. little circles there. >> Yeah. And that water management system that's in place and the ponds and the, you know, so it was nice that this this particular individual's like, "Wow, you guys really did like think of everything." So, I tried to go over the details of like how we thought about

110how the building systems are the same between the two schools now so that parts availability and obsolescence and things are less worrisome for us. And so, they really appreciated the thought that the district put in um to the buildings. So, I think it bodess well for us as we talk about potentially another bond in May that the people that were there hopefully were some dissenters and detractors of the original bond and saw the fruit of this labor and were impressed by it. >> Comments and just overheard, you know, the posters that were out that, you know, was on time, on budget, you know, 30% less >> under cost and stuff like that. And it was it was a positive like, wow, that's really amazing. And then of course being able to tangibly see what we

111did. Um the rooms were phenomenal. The kids' artwork made it made those people, you know, it just made it feel like home. Um you can tell that our community really did see what it was all about. great great idea for doing it after we've lived in it for a minute because I do think that that really helped them feel >> feel like to your point like it was homey and that like these kids are settling in and loving it. So, >> it's really great. >> Can we have we posted those graphics to our social media pages? >> I haven't. >> Can we do that? >> Yeah, I bet you I can either take pictures or I will I'll just thank everyone for coming. I'll do that. >> Just the PDF, you know. >> Yeah. And

112I can do I I can zoom in a little bit on the on the tax impact and things like that. >> Maybe Chad could even just send you the a clean. >> Yeah, I I can do something though. >> Just send it to Kayla. She'll do it. >> She'll wizard it up. Okay, >> I'll do it. Send it to me. >> Okay, I'll see what I can send to you. >> Well, I I will say we had lots of we had lots of retirees of the district that were there. I was only at elementary, actually, and they loved it. They did >> to see the cool spaces for our kids and for our teachers. I mean, as teachers, they were just like, "Oh my god, look at this lounge and look at this work room

113and all the things." Um I did get a lot of comments um kind of through my mom through the but they were very impressed with the fact that we all took them around and showed them the buildings as opposed to just opening the buildings and letting them wander so that they could ask questions and that they uh felt like they were pretty important. I think so moving forward as we do maybe tours of the high school or whatever when we move through that process that we keep that in mind that that made them >> to double my stipen then please >> whatever you're making now we're going to triple it. >> Yeah I'm triple it. Anything multiplied by zero is pretty easy to >> uh on the side of posting uh the school website still

114doesn't have a picture for the Laurel inter intermediate school but that's >> they're working >> I plan to have it done soon. I I will I have >> I have a picture. I have a picture already, but like it wasn't completely done. I think the sign is still blue. So, I'm going to go >> Oh, yeah. We got no idea there. >> I got to go take another picture. I got the drone. I'm going to go take another picture and that'll be up soon. >> Those architects are not ever ever ever going to live that down. >> Oh, and by the way, we did get comment on the green and it was a pleasant green. I was informed and not >> a central green. Uh just a reminder too that on Wednesday, >> not after

1156. >> It was that was the only time to do it. Wednesday at 3:30, we're going to meet at le Deon's going to take some sort of drone picture and then immediately after we'll all run over to LIS and take one. So any anyone and everyone's invited to to be there and it'll just be a tall picture with everyone kind of waving. So there's I'm not sure they'll pick out a lot of individual faces, but um if you know anyone's invited, just so you know, that's takes place Wednesday. >> That's okay. We'll we'll do we'll have a cutout. >> It'll be on time as normal. So I'll be flying in hot. >> Okay, great. Don't pick out Britney because she'll be running in the drone shop. >> I'll be on military time again tomorrow. with

116you. >> So, yeah. Um, those were great things. I thought, um, they they turned out really well. More than we could have sort of hoped for, I think, for either either building. It was wonderful. >> Um, just as a reminder, so as we talked about at the beginning of this meeting, this is the last meeting in this building. Shed a few tears. >> We'll have a moment of silence as you leave. We're not going to do it now, dude. We'll we'll all let you independently grieve as well. >> We'll fill a small vial of asbestous for you to open. Yeah. Don't open it though. I'm going to seal I'll seal it up. >> He'll seal him first. >> What's Matt sniffing in his office? >> A little moment. Moment for everybody to uh take. I

117want to take that blind that I've broken >> home with you. >> Take that. Take that home with me. Yeah. Take it home. I'll be moving things like the the awards. We don't have anything over there yet, but we'll we'll remove some things that are important. >> Are these going to go? >> You know what? No one's laid for those, so they're not going to go. >> But if someone was to come by, we've given away a ton of the artwork that's in this building. So, if someone was to come by and say, you know what, that was me when I was in eighth grade, >> we'll we'll take it down for you. So, uh, if anyone has an interest level, um, the meeting for the next board meeting is scheduled at Laurel Intermediate School.

118That was on the schedule. So, that'll continue. So, we won't have a meeting at the new building until uh the first meeting in November will be the first one over at the new admin building. So, forget intermed. But I think we're going to go to the commons and then he'll have a projector up on the wall and we'll kind of simulate what we're eventually going to have once we get our stuff that's backorded. Um, and we'll be in the commons area. >> Yeah, Michael. Yeah. >> Um, I won't be at the next board meeting because I'll be in Washington DC for the National Student Council. Um, not good enough. I feel like you just dropped that right in. >> That's pretty sweet, though. That's pretty sweet. >> So, um, again with with that, um, I

119also have a legislative agenda that I will be speaking to our board, I mean, not our board, but our state representatives and, uh, senators. So, it's regarding education. So, I plan on sending it out to you guys. So, >> if you could report on it upon your return. >> Yeah, I will. Um, and then I'll send that to you guys if you have anything that you want to like add while I go up there. Um, it covers like title one. It just is a bunch of funding and um, where it should fall on the federal level. So, if you guys want to email me back with a couple things >> more, I'd be more than happy to look over >> more. Yeah. Well, right now, um, we just have everything the same as the last,

120uh, fiscal year because everything's in jeopardy of being cut in funding, or that's what they explained it to me as. Um, I'll obviously ask for more funding for them. But you guys, I have to pick two or three things from the legislative agenda. If you guys think some of it's important, let me know. And then I'll also tie it in with the student voices as well. Great. >> Thank you. That's awesome. Congratulations for doing that. That's awesome. Chase, are you going to anywhere special? Was >> I >> Oh, we were busy. >> Couldn't go to Yeah, you're >> I just wanted to know if you're doing anything important. >> No, no. Gabrielle, don't worry. I don't make fun of you. >> It's just important. >> Ah. Oh. CI CIA stuff. >> Yeah, CIA stuff. >>

121Fortnite or whatever you guys play now. >> Sweet. Fortnite. >> Fortnite's still a thing. You guys still play Fortnite? All right. All right. >> Still a deal. >> Don't get too excited. I got one more item. >> All right. Any future items for discussion that we should add to an agenda in the future? Yes, Donnie. >> Don't forget my item. We move. Oh, yes. My non-action item. >> I forgot. I'm so sorry. because Michael was a great segue to it with his legislator. >> We have one more item to discuss. Thank you for reminding me. I almost completely >> This won't take long, but I do want to do my due diligence as a delegate for MTSBA. Um, so I added to the agenda the 2025 delegate assembly booklet and it's a daunting booklet at

12285 pages, but once you get into it, it's like, okay, break this down. Makes a little sense. >> More like 75 once you get into it. >> Say that 10 pages. >> There's more like 25 once you get into it. Um so MEL is this week in Helena and delegate assembly will be on Thursday morning and that is where um the member districts of MTSBA meet to address the agenda I guess per se for the next legislative session. And the um the main items that are in that booklet are the three resolutions that will be discussed and voted on by the delegates. The delegate assembly is made up of of the board of MTSBA which there's a representative from each of the 11 regions in the state and then the seven biggest doubleA districts have

123representation. Each one of those individuals have three delegates along with them. So there is a total of up to 74 delegates that can meet. Um they have to have a quorum of at least 23 to proceed with business. So that's what we're hoping for on Thursday. within the booklet, those three resolutions. Um, the biggest one being MTSBA's board has presented their gap analysis agenda for the interim period leading up to the next legislative session and the legislature. So that could be of interest to me. Um, basically what it does is builds on their previous agenda when they go to the board. Basically funding and the things that are important. It's laid out in the document. Um, they've asked that we review it in case boards have comments that they want delegates to bring forward at

124the meeting on Thursday. So hopefully you took an opportunity to kind of glance at the booklet at least. Um the other two resolutions, one came from Missoula. It was just kind of um another segue off of the gap analysis. Um Missoula is asking for MTSBA to work on more funding for technology and health and safety and at risk students. And then Bosezeman also has a resolution that they're presenting to build also off the gap analysis, but what they are proposing is to re-imagine the system for funding schools. So it's um kind of interesting stuff. Nothing way out of the norm of what they've been doing though. But, um, if you haven't had an opportunity to look at it at all before tonight and you do get a chance to in the next couple of days

125and have any concerns, please reach out. if there's anything you want brought up, if there's anything you want me to object to, if there's just any concerns you might have. So, this is the opportunity for the member districts to participate in what the next round of legislative action is going to look like. >> It is kind of the first 25 pages is the most important. Yeah. >> Yep. The rest of it is just basically history of what's led up to the point it's currently at. Kelly. >> So, Donnie, do you think that the three resolutions are going to pass? >> I do. The the main one is by the MTSBA board, >> right? >> So, that and it's just building on what they've been doing in over the past decade basically. So, yes, that one

126will move forward. Um, I don't see any reason why they wouldn't move on Missoulas. It's just a little more specific areas identified to focus additional funding on. Not everybody has the same needs as Missoula, but but I don't think you're going to argue that those aren't good needs. And Boseman Boseman always thinks outside of the box and it's always super interesting to listen to the things that they come up with. I think on their per their resolution it's going to kind of depend how the discussion goes. It got a little heated last year at the delegate assembly. So about all I had to share. >> So you'll be voting as a delegate. >> I will be. Yes. >> So thank you. We only have two delegates from our region currently, but I'm hoping that the

127other delegate will be attending. And and then Crystal Zentner, who is now the president of MTSBA, is from our region, too. She is our regional director. Good region. >> Any other discussion on that? >> Thank you for letting me. >> Yeah. No, thank you, Donnie, for bringing that up. That's a very >> I'll be curious to hear your report when you come back. >> Yeah. >> Any other discussion items for the future? >> If you do, please just email Matt and myself about those. That'd be great. Um, we're journey. Thank you.