001I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic which stands one nation under indivisible liberty and justice for all. >> Good evening our large audience. I'm glad we could fit you all in here tonight. Uh we appreciate you taking an interest in Laurel schools and our school board meeting this evening. We will move to our public comment section. 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
002on the agenda and then complete the public comment section of the cards that are in the back and then hand that to myself or to 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 to our correspondence. We have just one correspondence item, which is the promoters of Laurel baseball. Uh we really appreciate the pledge that they made to us. Was that two years ago? >> Was two years a year
003ago? >> A year ago to help fund baseball in Laurel. and uh they made good on that promise um and finished out with a $5,000 donation to Laurel Baseball. Just amazing. We'll move on then now to the consent agenda. Oh, Shane, we'll talk to Shane. Come on up, Shane. I'm sorry. >> Evening, trustees. Right. We'll start off with West Elementary. Um, in the addition, we're down to punch list final cleaning. FFN is starting to get installed in the classrooms. Um, contractors working to complete landscaping. So, I don't know if anybody's been by there lately, but it's starting a lot of stuff going on. Renovation team has been working diligently. Um, a lot of work uh that we added, but they're doing a good job. Um, we're down to flooring, painting, but we are starting to
004move some FFN into the rooms that are finished as they go around. Fire sprinkler is almost 100% complete. Um, I don't see any schedule issues so far. All of our mechanical equipment had start up today and'll finish all startups will be done by tomorrow. So, we're looking in pretty good shape that there's still a lot of work though as far as getting the flooring down and the painting, but they're all over it. We're doing good. Um, we should we're scheduled for CBO certificate of occupancy on the 11th. Sorry, 14th. What was the 11th was the elevator? That's right. >> So, we're supposed to finish the elevator and then 14th will be our COO. So, down to the wire. Windows are going good. The window replacements are going well. Um, there might be one or two
005rooms that they can't quite get to, but we're going to finish that as always planned on nights, weekends, or whatever. Get in the space to not interrupt school. But that's going well. So, I'm glad that we were able to do that. Um, Mogan third floor, second floor complete. Um, working on punch list and move moving FF and in um on second and third, first floor they're working to complete the casework and the breakout spaces. and then continue towards FFN punch list. Um final occupancy um inspections are this Wednesday um from the state and that's so there's two different jurisdictions. One's west is this city of Laurel and Mogan is actually the state. >> Um so Mogan we're in good shape. Uh all of the pavement hopefully everybody's had a chance to get by there. So
006we got through all the pavement on site is complete. There's still some landscaping they're feverishly working on. Um the last piece will be the 2-in overlay on Alder as they're working their way off site. They they got all their done today. Oh, excellent. >> All the way through to the intersection there, too. Oh, awesome. >> So, from an asphalt perspective, we're in great shape. Still some miscellaneous concrete and landscaping. You're still going to see a lot of that. There's a lot of dressing that needs to happen. Um, let's see. Kitchen looks great. Kitchen, all the There's some minor punchless stuff in the kitchen. So, it'll be operational. We're going to be in really good shape when we're ready to occupy that school south. Um, framed, sheetrocked. Um, working on painting, mechanical, um, electrical and plumbing.
007Rough roughing is complete. Uh equipment testing will be going on for the next few weeks. Um and working on finishes um early August they'll probably start all their finishes. Uh so we're in good shape there. Power changeover is complete. So actually south is going exceedingly well. Um see graph the asbestous abatement is taking a little longer than we expected. We really wanted to be tearing the building down this week. Um should we should have clearances by the end of the week, but then we're not clear if we're actually going to get those clearances. So, we still got to work through that, but demolition is set to start on the 11th is when they're going to mob to the site and start demolition. 11th of August. Um hopefully maybe a week sooner if we all the
008clearances come in, they can mob sooner, but 11th is kind of what we've targeted. Uh this is revisiting the last at the last meeting when we put out the bids for graph. We had talked about the alternates. Um I wasn't comfortable with the design documents. If you remember, I asked for a a $500,000 placeholder. Our bids came in at like 340, I think, is where we were at, but I didn't trust our docs. Um I think we all agreed we weren't 100% confident with what we had on our documents. Um, we went back, we were able to make sure that we put the right turf, outfield turf versus infield turf. Those are different lengths. And sure enough, we got that caught, got that all repriced, and we're well under the four the 500,000 threshold that
009you had approved. We're in at about 419. So, we're approving that work. >> Great. >> And we're working all the documents are being being updated to that. Um, and this includes they we we actually got some logos in the middle of the field which we didn't really have before. So, we got a logo which was nice. It wasn't that expensive, but that was they worked with us and got us a nice logo. So, um, with that, everybody's working diligently. I see no reason at this point that we are not going to make it on our finish line, especially for Mogan and West. Um, everybody's worked really hard. It's been a really good team. Everybody's pulled in the same direction and that's what it takes to do these kind of projects. So, yeah, it's kudos to
010everybody on the team. So, >> what are we going to do when these aren't uh when we're not doing this high school hopefully high school? Well, we'll we'll when we get all these finished, there's going to be some obviously we still have south to go and we have graph to finish out and you know and then then there'll be a reconciliation of all the bonds and we need to see where we're exactly sitting with you know Julie and I will get through that and make sure and you know then I'm sure we'll be revisiting a few items for you guys to potentially look at. Um but I don't want to I'm not going to set it up yet. So, but we're in good shape. Let's put it that way. >> Great. >> So, what is
011your finish date for Westpecially? But also, >> oh, we'll get our CO for West certificate of occupancy, meaning teachers could come in after the 14th, which is early. I mean, early enough before and their rooms are already going to be the FFP, their desks, their chairs, their stuff is going to be in those rooms. So, still working. >> Yeah, it it the big thing was life safety wise, you can't let them we can't let them in until we actually have that certificate of occupancy. So once we have that, finalize all the little pieces we possibly can, try to get out of their way, and then hand them their rooms. >> Awesome. >> Any other questions, Board? >> Great job. >> It it exceeded my expectations on the entire team. And I mean everybody, it takes
012an entire team, the district, the principles, the teacher, everybody to do this. >> It's gone exceeding >> pull in the same direction. That's how you make it happen. So >> thanks to you and to Langless especially for helping us make sure this goes very smoothly for a project of this size and scale and cost that we're able to run it with uh the efficiency that we've had. It's very appreciated. Yes. public comment. >> You'll have to come up to the mic. Yeah, just come to the mic. Nancy teacher over at what primary and um my question is about play >> because last year we had a really conricted playground understandable. But at this point I want to know like what part do you play in landscaping? >> Um it's already been zero. Well, zero from
013the perspective has already been designed. Um, and there's only there's been additional pieces of equipment that were added, but a new playground is not set up. Are you talking about Mogan or West? So, >> West. Yeah. >> So, currently we kept the existing playground um as is other than adding swing sets. Um, >> yeah, the slide we replaced the slide that was damaged on the existing equipment. Um, >> no new equipment though >> other than the play the swing sets. >> So that would be a >> Yeah. Yeah, >> that's an alternate. >> That could be an alternate. I it was already designed as it was. >> They're working on right. Good question. pictures on the new playground. And that was pretty >> It's pretty cool. The new playground. >> Yeah. >> Over at Mogan.
014Oh, yeah. Yeah. The uh the Warrior Pit. What? >> We call it the Thunderdome, but it's >> Thunderdome. >> It's called Gaga Ball. Gaga ball. >> Yeah. Yeah, I was just over there today working on APs and stuff, but it's really really >> Yeah. >> I'm jealous. Like I would go play out there. So, >> last time I was there, they were just putting it. They were there that day putting it up and so just got a little like taste of it. I can't wait to see it all. >> Yeah, it'll be neat to go see it. So that's we have our um just so everyone knows because it's a public meeting. We would have we'll have a a walkth through in a few weeks. >> Yep. >> So the timing of that should be
015nice because they should be pretty much just doing punch list stuff at that point at both schools. So we should really get to see a mostly finished project. >> And then we'll also have a we'll have community openhouse too for people to come through and walk outside of a board meeting. Yeah. for people just to come and walk through. Uh we'll organize something. >> Yeah. And and normally I I probably should put this out. We you probably would want to start planning some sort of a grand opening. You know, that's something on your guys side you want to >> start thinking about. >> Yep. >> I want to do ribbon cutting is normally what we see. >> What say? >> You can cut it with the big >> Oh, I think we'll let you do
016that with that new haircut. >> Yeah, you got it. We'll have you standing right out front. >> Model student and his hair. [Laughter] >> So, we good? >> Yeah, I think so. Shane. Big Shane. Thank you so much. >> Yeah. Big s. They're always so dull. Those big scissors. You got to put a fake set, a little set in between them. >> Yeah. All right. We'll move on to our next agenda item, which is the consent agenda. Do I have a motion on the consent agenda? >> I'll move to approve the consent agenda. >> Motion by Donnie. >> Second by Jenny. So, I do have a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda. Any board discussion? Any discussion by the audience? Hearing none, we'll move to vote. We have a motion by Donnie
017and a second by Jenny to approve the consent agenda. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. We'll move to the action items. Uh action item number A, authorize transfers. Do I have a motion that the board? I'll move to approve the uh transfers as presented for um housing and dorm funds and compensated absences. >> Great motion by Donnie. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Motion by Donnie, seconded by Kayla to authorize the transfers of housing and dorm funds and compensated absences. Do we have any board discussion? Any discussion by the audience? Hearing none, we'll move to vote. We do have a motion by Donnie to off to approve action item A with a second by Jenny. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Action item B is
018broken into two spots and just like before u and I believe these have come to the board. We we did table them. um information was provided to the board earlier about um the clarification that was sought on these these policies under the first read. Um do we want to go over them individually? We can. Or I would entertain a motion on number B. >> Chase, go ahead. >> Uh so we tabled them but nothing has changed. Do we >> uh they were they were tabled with some questions >> and I was able to uh send the board the answers. Uh they just had a question about like the flags and does that mean you can't have a chief's flag or you know whatever flag and uh the answers weren't real clear, but it was one
019of those uh we'll figure it out, I guess. Um but pretty pretty simple, I think, as far as we'll just use our little common sense. And I don't think personally from the board's perspective, I hope that I'm certainly not going to care if someone has a Denver Bronco flag up in their room. I doesn't mean anything to me. I don't think it's political. I don't think it's what the law intended. I guess someone could make a big deal about it if you were a Raiders fan or something, but in the end, I just I'm going to try to use a lot of common sense with that law and just try to do do our best to make sure we follow it. >> Donnie, yes. >> Will you also review the student safety one? What the
020issue was there? Uh the issue there was um was about volunteers if I remember right. Oh yeah. Uh we had uh at the very end the last sentence that was highlighted was what we had a question on. It kind of gave us some options. Um and one of their options was volunteers who have no unsupervised student contact with students. Um so that's people who were not going to background check is volunteers who have no unsupervised contact with students. which is actually what we're currently doing. So, I think you guys just wanted some some clar clarification on that. That's what they basically said. Yeah, that's about it. Some schools don't require it for custodians or because if they work nights or something, but we do. on on all of a collectively or if we want to
021break them out. That's the board's prerogative. >> I move to approve the first readings for policy 3655, policy 8560, and the second readings for policy 5123, and policy 5152. >> 5252.2. I have a motion by Jenny to approve action. Um, all items under action B. Do I have a second? Second by Donnie. Do we have further board discussion? Discussion by the audience. Hearing none, we will move to vote on a motion by Jenny and a second by Donnie to approve all items under number B, new policies. All in favor say I. I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Action item C, current policy revision. I would propose the same uh course of action. I would approve them all collectively or we can go through them individually um at the board's discretion. >> Can I just request
022that Matt cover those items that it's the first reading again just for the benefit of those in the room? >> Yeah. In policy 2600, we had a question regarding uh the last paragraph. I'm not sure why Julie didn't leave it highlighted, but it's for the purposes of this policy. The following uh definitions apply. Uh and it talks about child care and care facilities and all that. And that was just added specifically. It doesn't mean we have to let anyone who's, and there was another question about 16 years old. We don't have to let anyone. We can do other things. This is just the way the law read, but we can go ahead and say only seniors could be in these programs. That's just fine. They said that you don't need to have that specifically in
023there. Uh uh but if if they are if you are going to offer those things, you have to ensure that kids doing this stuff get credit. Um that's part of the law, very specific to the law. Uh you're not required to offer it, but you need to make sure that they're they're offering it if they're in these positions. and they're not 100% sure why they were so specific to these areas. Um, a lot of it was they wanted to define, this is what they felt, they wanted to, the state wanted to define care facilities. So, you couldn't say, "All right, Jenny, I'm going to have my daughter Jenny stay home and take care of my kids." And they have to give her credit for it cuz she's the older sister babysitting the kids. They said
024that that doesn't count. That that's what they figured. That's kind of what I said the last meeting was. kind of figured that's what it was and they uh schoolboard association told me they thought that's what it was as well. Um policy 3650. Um the big thing there was under definitions under K12 school purposes. Devon uh wasn't sure on a few things. I sent it all and they said that it wasn't a problem with Devon's concerns and that we could leave it as they suggested it and that was in that definition of K12 uh school purposes. Um and then school safety um and we had to get rid of the word optional which we were going to do. I'll sit that out now. Uh, and we just changed I said, "Is it okay to change the
025word shell to may?" And they said, "Yeah, 100% that's fine." And, uh, it it it just basically says if you're going to, the school may include a plan that has installation of these temporary door locks. And they said that's fine. You don't have to have them. They're not a requirement, but even if it's in the policy, putting may in there gives you an option. They said they were fine with that, too. So May versus Shell were the big questions in that one in that highlighted portion. So just to be clear, we can remove under 2600. We could take the age out because I think that was the >> um they said leave it there because that's the the law. But then guidelines we >> but yeah but we don't have to allow 16 year olds
026to get that. We can go ahead and still limit it to seniors. >> Perfect. Okay. >> Yeah. >> Through our through our implementation. >> They said that was fine. >> Okay. Any other discussion or questions on those items or any others? I would entertain a motion. I move to approve all policies listed under section C of the action items. I >> have a motion by Jenny. Do I have a second? >> Seconded by Kayla. We do have a motion by Jenny and a second by Kayla to approve the items underneath number C. Do I have any more board discussion? Audience discussion. Hearing none, I will move to vote. We do have a first by Jenny and a second by uh Kayla to approve all items underneath action item number C. Those in favor say I.
027I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Action item number E out of district student appeal request number one for students A and B. So, just so everyone knows this, this is the continuation of that policy 3141 discussion. We do have parents of A and B here tonight. And uh it is in open session. Unless anything gets personal, we can go into close session. I will tell the board that I've investigated grades, attendance, and behavior, and we see no issues uh that that had they applied at the at the earlier date, it wouldn't have been an issue with them coming here. We would have accepted them based on uh those overarching uh criteria. And they meet all the other uh requirements in that we have in 3141. We have space for them at the high school cuz we
028have a is it a freshman, a sophomore, or sophomore and junior? Sophomore and junior. Okay. Uh so we have a sophomore and a junior and they meet all the requirements. Uh and honestly guys, we want good kids here, you know, good kids with quality haircuts and make quality decisions uh based on on that. So, I think that we have uh uh some some good kids here that want to come to Laurel, and I and I'm all for having them be students here. >> Great. >> And just to be clear, one of the policies we've passed, second read >> 314. Yeah. >> What's that? >> Technically, that's why I did that actually. That's actually why it's set up this way. Intentionally put them after the policy for that very reason. Yep. That's why we're sorry to
029make you wait, but we had to um we had to approve the policy to allow it to happen. So, do we have a motion? >> I'll move to approve the uh student appeal request for students A and B. >> Motion by Donnie. Is there a second? >> Seconded by Caleb. We do have a motion to approve action item number E by Donnie and a second by Kayla. Is there any board discussion? Any discussion from the audience? Hearing none, we will move to vote on the motion by Donnie to approve the out of student district appeal request number one, students A and B, seconded by Kayla. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Welcome to Laurel. >> Thank you very much. >> Yes. >> Thanks for your patience. >> Thank you for being
030here. Yeah, we appreciate you. >> Something not required. >> State this long. You might as well hear the rest of my boring monotone. So, uh we'll move to action item number F, which is another student appeal. Uh number two, uh for student C, >> uh student C's, uh father is on the phone. Great. >> Uh Mr. Joey Phillips, uh the student in question will be a sixth grader, uh next fall. Uh they already currently have a uh a a brother. It's a brother, right, Joey? >> Yes. >> Yeah. Jo, a brother that's going to be a freshman and has been going here already. They're local kids, too, just out of Canyon Creek. Um, so I checked again on attendance and behavior and didn't see anything that would alarm me, grades and such. Uh, and they
031meet all the other requirements of policy 3141 uh for entry into into Laurel schools. >> Chase. Yes. >> Um, this kid already has a haircut that's probably appropriate for our school, Chase. Uh, so I'm not worried about that. Very good. I would entertain a motion. >> I move to approve the add of district appeal request number two for student C. >> So we have a motion by Jenny. Do we have a second? >> Seconded by Kayla. You guys are putting in some work today. There's short number of board members. So, we do have a motion to approve the out of district student number C uh by Jenny and seconded by Kayla. Do we have any board discussion? Any audience discussion? Hearing none, we'll move to vote on the motion by Jenny to approve out of
032district student appeal request number two, student C, seconded by Kayla. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. >> All right, moving on to number G, coaches, activity staff for 2025 and 26. Do I have a motion? >> Motion to approve the coaches and activities staff for 256. >> Motion by Kayla. Do we have a second? >> Seconded by Donnie. We do have a motion to approve the coaches activities staff 202526. Motion by Kayla, seconded by Donnie. Do we have any other discussion? Yes, Donnie. >> I actually have a question for the AD, but since he's not here, maybe Mr. Tors can answer. Do we have a full staff list? >> Um, I believe we are short in Let me pull it up here. Um, I believe we are still short in um,
033No, I think these are all the middle school track coaches. I think we're good. Um, are we short in anything in high school or middle school track? >> Not track. >> Not in track. What are we still short in? >> Girls, girls volleyball. volleyball. Uh we are short in boys basketball just one short and >> okay Mrs. Scott's pretty tall. She probably played basketball. >> We got some parents in here. I think we should just amend that motion um for admittance of students. >> We got We got two new parents over here, too. >> They look they look eager. They stayed, >> right? That's true. >> Any other board discussion on this action item? Any comments from the public? Please step up your I can wait. I hearing none. We'll move to vote. We We
034do have a motion to approve by Donnie. We got sidetracked there. Seconded by Kayla. Other way around. Motion by Kayla. Seconded by Donnie to approve action item G, coaches, activities, staff for 2025 and 26. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. We'll move on to action item number seven, which is the superintendence of report, which we just have resignations. Correct. Some of those we just discussed. any uh prospects on this late hire? >> Yeah, >> for the particularly for the teacher. >> I think we just hired somebody, didn't you? >> Up in the >> the late hire middle school social studies on Thursday. >> Great. >> Your consent agenda hired them. >> Oh, good. I missed that part. >> Good. Any Yeah. Based on our hiring we just did, we don't have
035any of those new hires in attendance, do we? >> No. August meeting where we'll introduce all our new staff. >> We just have a middle school coach, I think, over >> coach. We have no information items tonight. So, we'll move on to number nine, discussion of the August budget meeting. >> You hope to have it. Is good. We hope to have it, too. We've run into a few little uh bumps in the road here, but Julie's working diligently, kind of going a little old school on the process. Uh which I still think there has to be a workaround, too, but uh we're having problems with Tyler. That's what we're struggling with. So, it's not transferring over to Mayfair as well. Not playing well together. She's having to go in and redo everything line item by
036line item by hand. Oh boy. So we're not sure what the issue is. >> Nobody there knows that. >> So what's your when are you planning to want to do that then? Late August then or you want to give yourself in room meeting in August. >> Okay. Good. >> That's when it's already been advertised. >> Okay. >> And stuff for the first meeting in August. >> Okay. >> It'll be there, you know. and >> rain or shine. It'll be there. >> Yeah. >> All right. >> Yeah. >> Looking forward to Is that what you said? >> Great. Any other items to discuss or any other uh discussion on that item? >> Oh, are you ready to move to future if you All right. We can move to future. >> Yeah. >> I think so. I
037think next meeting would be the perfect time to do it. >> Yeah, I think we should add that for sure. >> I also have a couple things I wrote down. Uh something maybe not only open house, maybe we do that in conjunction with the grand opening. Maybe invite the whole community, make it one thing. Um, I'd like to give you guys an update on the brick project from the graph bricks as well where we're at and I should know more in a few weeks. They have about 450 bricks, something like that. Wow. >> So, it's just a matter of what we can do with those bricks um and how we want to what we want to do with them. We have some ideas on what to do with them. Um, and then a couple of
038uh issues I'll bring up uh with uh to see if they get on here uh that we'll talk a little bit about in our meetings, but okay. And we'll see how they go. But um then I put community open house as well, but that's maybe sort of with the grand opening. Oh, the other one was the um >> I sent to uh to Renee and Chris uh for the plaques. And so you guys might get an email at some point uh in the near future kind of just saying everyone look at the plaque and see if you see anything wrong with it for like the dedication plaque for um uh for >> Laurel Intermediate. You know, when you go there's always a plaque, you know, who's on the board and all that. Um and then
039we did not have one necessarily planned for just an addition at West or at Laurel Elementary, but that's something the board wants to do, I could I'll put it out there. We could just have two that were the same other than the school name on there. Okay. >> Yeah. So, we'll send that out. We were just tweaking it a little and then we'll send it to everyone to look at the list. >> Yeah. Make sure your names are spelled right, please. That's one. I think I got all of them, but we'll we'll uh just make sure to I think it's something that um that you know you guys will want to have to just look at make sure I don't think it needs to be an action item or anything, but just to look at
040it and make sure it's all the way you want it. You know, names and you want to be Jenny or you Jennifer Jones. I mean, just something like that. Chris versus Christopher. >> One more. >> Yeah. >> Can you maybe discuss like an appreciation thing for Lis and Shane? I thought maybe his drone out the kid, you know, >> great idea on their walls beautiful board. >> Yeah, I think it's a great idea. >> We can kind of add that all as the just a sort of celebration and grand opening sort of thing. >> That's kind of cool. >> I have some ideas about that too about >> Yeah. So, >> great. Any other items? Holy smokes. I like it. No other items to discuss. The We're journed. Thank you.