001or anything. >> But uh we are everyone's here tonight to interview applicants for the new trustee position that was vacated by Jesse. Um this will be that was effective on August 29th. On August 11th, the board declared her position vacant and began accepting letters of interest for her open position. We received six letters of interest. Uh one has decided to drop out of the race. So it will be five interviews tonight. And the following individuals be interviewed and considered for appointment to a vacant position until May 2026. >> So typo. >> Yeah, I got you. >> Jordan was listed twice, but >> from 605 to 625, we start with Samantha Baker. 6:30 to 650, Norer. 655 to 7:15, Jordan Cron. 720 to 740, Kelly Morrison. 7:45 to 8:05 Stephen Mueller and Ally Stamatz was our
002last applicant who withdrew her application. So that's it. >> Oh, do we have any public comment before we proceed on a non-aggenda item? Hearing none and same 604. Ma, would you like to mosey to the front seat, please? might have starting a minute early. No, no. >> So, I think what we should probably do is just go around the table here and give each of us a brief introduction. Uh, just say how long we've been on the board and then once we give you that, we'll kick off the interview process. Frank, >> Frank, I've been on the board for eight years and this is my eight years. >> Wow. >> I'm Joan Nordhen and this is my second year on the board. when I had B the last B and uh been on the board
003for a few months now >> beard three months I think >> Robbie Smith I did one year for replacement you're looking to do and then more years >> and I'm Steve I've been on the board seven years and I just wanted to say like be forthcoming and honest about your answers and your opinions it will help us make the right decision who help us they can sleep. Um, I'll just read the questions out and like I said, be honest and let her rip. Question number one, tell us about yourself, including your connection to the district and what you do for a living. >> Good afternoon. So, I'm Samantha Baker. I uh moved to uh Boseman originally eight years ago. Um, my husband and I bought a house in Bgrade three, it'll be four years next
004month. Um, and my son goes to um, Ridge in Bel School District. I started volunteering with his school as soon as he got there. Um, I think it's very important that uh, you know, parents, yes, but also just community members in general take a benefit interest in our young people. They're literally going to be doing what we do now. So, making sure that they've got all the tools and resources that they have is really important to me. Um when I was in university I um took as many minors as they would allow me to and so I have a broad range of interests and so whenever I can you know share that information with littles I get really excited about it. They're always you know just curious to learn and I think that's something that
005I can relate to with students somewhat more than you know my peers as adults but there's still hope. Um I am a stay-at-home mom with my son and I volunteer in the community. So again, like I said, I volunteer at the school district. Um, and then I'm also involved in a number of nonprofits in Bosezeman here in Belgrade. Um, mostly for moms and families. Um, in addition to I have a band uh that I do as kind of like a hobby that's not really a job. So >> Okay. Um, I forgot to mention I'll just let you know when there's 10 minutes left in case we need to hurry. And if any trustee would like to ask a follow-up question to any question, that's fine. But I need you to know that we have to
006ask that to every candidate going forward. So just keep that in mind. >> Number two, why are you interested in being a trustee? >> I have a lot of respect for what our community does in relation to our public school system. Our teachers are awesome. Our admin tries really hard to make sure that we have everything that we need to get, you know, education done for kids in our community. And one of the things that I personally benefited from was an active um engagement from the adults in my life. And so if I can push that forward, you know, granted I have a vested interest. My son, he's a very curious kid and he wants to learn as much as he can. And so making sure that he's got the resources kind of, like I
007said, gives me a vested interest, but I also know that, you know, there's a lot of kids in our community that I run into through my interactions with him where I see them not necessarily getting the resources that they need through, you know, no fault of their parents, our community, but I know we can do better. Um, we are facing, you know, economic and social upheavalss, but that doesn't give us the excuse to just sit back and say, wash your hands a bit. So, however I can put my passions and knowledge forth to help, I want to do. >> Thank you. >> Number three, what qualities do you have that would make you an effective board member? >> So, before I was a stay at home mom, I uh worked in a number of industries
008including um administration, medical and um um office administration. And so I have and customer service related to that. So I have a lot of experience in working directly with you know the public in working with um finances. I did accounting for a for a real estate firm and so I'm familiar with like just the aspects of what um you know how business is run. Granted the school district isn't really a business but I also have experience through my nonprofit work in seeing how organizations are run. There's a lot of moving parts. There's a lot of things that you know as an individual you're responsible for talking to a lot of different people. we see what you guys do and it's not just admin and teachers and students it's the public and so I think having
009a lot of experience working with people who have opinions about like for experience for example I'll use my experience in the medical field when these people are very interested in the outcomes that they want to have to the point where they don't care about what's happening to other people they care about what's happening to themselves and I'll use that example for my kid you know I want to make sure that my kid is being taken care of and so I might not necessarily care what's happening at the high school because my child is at the elementary school and I think because I am able to look at a broader view having been in those industries I can say yes that's important and I want to take your thoughts and ideas into account but we're also
010looking at the broader picture of not just what your individual interest is but in the event interests of the school district as a whole >> just people write some notes on Yeah, >> ready. Number four. What do you think is the biggest issue facing our district this year and over the next five years? >> Um, so full disclosure, I did run for the last election. Um, and I think my answer hasn't really changed from what, you know, I talked about while, you know, I was campaigning. I think we've got a multi-pronged issue with, you know, financial and I'll say for broad strokes societal issues facing us and our kids. Um, money is always going to be a problem. It's been a problem since the beginning of somebody not wanting to let go of the purse
011strings. But we have an obligation to our kids to make sure that they have the resources that they need to learn how to be good citizens. And I think that while that's always going to be a problem, it's easy to kind of use that as, you know, the blanket answer, the blanket statement of the challenges that face school districts and schools and even individual classrooms. But I will say that recently, um, I have, it's been brought to my attention that we also have kind of a social issue in our schools. Um, bullying is a big issue. Um I've heard a lot of um individuals from the public come forward to me and also in the meetings that I've seen from you know public record saying that you know bullying is a big issue and having
012now seen that directly in like the classroom on the playgrounds in schools. I think that we have an issue with making sure that we're not just teaching kids the facts but we're also teaching them how to be good citizens. anyone, you know, using resources can learn to read and write and do math. But do you know how to be kind? Do you know how to be respectful? Do you know how to be an engaged citizen in our classrooms that will then translate to an engaged citizen in our world? And I think that there's a lot of challenges that are being faced by our teachers, by our admin, um even just our students as well. And so I think that finding a way to, you know, answer the problems of finances will always be, you know,
013a hard and easy question. Um but I think staying with the original goal which was to make you know even on your guys' website it says to make sure that the students come first and that their development not just education is important. I think that that's you know especially in the times right now we have where it's kind of not nice outside. Um I think that kind of reggrounding into that and making sure that we can we can cultivate that in our students I think is very important. Good. Question number five, what do you know us about us as a board? >> So, I know a little bit about you guys as a board. Um, uh, one of my, uh, hobbies that I do is I'm in the Boseman Symphony Orchestra and they are on
014Wednesday nights as well. So, I haven't been able to attend a lot of meetings in the past, but I have read your minutes and I've done I've, you know, watched recordings when I've c when I have been able to. Um, I will say that I think the board does a really great job of disseminating the information that they have available to them. Um, it has never been difficult for me to be able to reach out to any of you. Um, it's never been difficult for me to be able to when I have a question about any agendas that have been brought up to look up and find that information and then also reach out to the district and ask any of the admin for further clarification. Um, I will say that it's been really gratifying
015to see how invested you all are. Um, a lot of times, you know, we don't say that the people seeking power should have power for a reason. Um, but I will say that it's been nice to see, you know, a commitment to our community as a whole and not a lot of personal agendas being pushed on the board. I think that's, you know, what ultimately has made me feel comfortable stepping forward to say like I would be comfortable and would want to be a part of something like this. Um because I think that's very important to make sure that you know while you guys are all running or you know everyone behind me while we're all running as you know potential candidates we're also have an obligation to not just say our own views but
016to speak up for the community as a whole and so it's been very nice to see that you guys have been upholding that coach. All right. >> Number six, how much time you have to contribute? >> So, again, I am very blessed. I've got the flexibility of being a stay at home mom, so I do have a lot of spare time to put towards to the things that, you know, I sign up for and dedicate myself to. I will say that, you know, between the symphony season starting up and the beginning of school, I I was a little hesitant uh to step forward, but I think that this is important. And I think that, you know, finding time and dedicating time to make sure that, you know, the things that need to be done for
017our schools are done right and are done thoughtfully is important. So, making the time for that would not be difficult. Good. Number seven. Have you previously involved yourself in the Belgrade School District and Belgrade community? >> Um, again, like I mentioned, I have been uh very blessed that um Ridge View has been so welcoming to me as a volunteer. Um, I have volunteered through um the office. um you know through the my son's class directly and also additionally other teachers classes I am constantly blown away by the dedication of the teachers to just teaching their kids and sharing information. I my son uh when he was in kindergarten was in in Miss Morgan's class and I you know quote took over her class one day and taught them all about solar eclipses and I had
018other teachers from other classes asking me if I could also do that. Um, and so I think it is it's really easy to kind of think of, you know, just dropping our kids off at school and being like, "Okay, see you in a couple hours." But, you know, if you can be engaged, there are so many opportunities to do so. And I have been, you know, like I feel so blessed and so like humbled by them because those kids are such good kids and they want to learn things. They want to know what's going on around them. And just seeing an adult that doesn't really have anything to do with them take an interest in them is always I mean it's it's really nice to know that I don't I'm not alone in that because
019some of the other volunteers that do that as well and knowing that there is a place for people like me who want to be involved the admin makes that very easy to you know take on little projects like I'll say um I've also done some work with um the uh other elementary schools in Belgrade school district, we last year had some issues with a lot of the Latino families not being able to understand English. And when we did the um you know tree present giving um they couldn't participate and so I helped write um basically a form for them to be able to use so they could sign their kids up for Christmas presents and that was really great. I helped volunteer over at the um location for pickups, too. And it's just so so
020nice to see that when there is a need and a space in um our school district that people are on it. They try to find the people who will help solve the problems that we have. And I'm just so grateful that when those problems do come up that I have the ability to, you know, put my energy forth and help solve those problems. And the last question, do you have any questions for us? >> I guess I would say if there's any um advice you would have for I guess rock, you'll be a good one to pick your brain for and Joan as well since I know you over from somebody who was leaving, you know, what would you say to somebody who hasn't done this position before in order for them to succeed as
021they you know, you know, come in halfway? >> Yeah, for me I'd say, you know, obviously you want to be true to yourself. uh you have my experience was and and I'm sure these two would quickly tell something similar you've got a learning curve to go through so it takes a little bit of time to kind of understand how the board works and u you know you need to ask a lot of questions they seem at times it seemed like you're asking a lot of downside on the to see you know what what what's what here and there are some specific uh approaches that you have to take so it's important that you go >> I think similarly you know just when you get your foot in the door especially taking over a position is
022um making space for yourself understanding you know your spot on the board but also you know other people and how to best collaborate in your new role because you are taking over for somebody else so sort of making your space on the board is a um it's tough because you're trying to learn the board procedures and making sure like you understand the business procedures and it's also going to be space on the board. So those are kind of the you know out of the pen into the fire initial things but then you get the hang of it you know and you mentioned that we are lucky that this board is very collaborative so we really try to discuss things the best we can and be reasonable about every approach. >> Y'all not leaving anybody off
023the drown kind of thing? >> I don't think so. >> Not yet. We try and be a little more functional and comps. Thanks for your time. >> Thank you very much. >> Appreciate you coming in. And this is an open meeting. You're welcome to stay till the end if you'd like. So, our next interview begins at at 6:30. or anything in some problem. >> Yeah, we did, but that it could be ahead of schedule. >> Oh, we did. >> Yeah. >> I guess we can leave it up to Marie if you'd like to begin. What do you think? Where should we pretend you're going on? >> I'm with I guess. >> Okay. >> So, I don't know. You want us to read you our introductions, Marie, or did you cast those the last time? Exactly.
024>> But in all fairness, like I'll tell everybody, be forthcoming and honest about your answers, >> what you believe in and what you feel. That'll help us make the right decision. >> Um, give me one second here to start timer. I apologize when you guys see me checking my phone. I'm trying to keep track of a lot. >> No problem. >> All right, let's rip. Everybody got their form ready? Marie, tell us about yourself, including your connection to the district and what you do for a living. Okay, >> I was I have been a have 20 years experience with homeschooling K12 through at least six different have experience through six different public school charters and have had dealings with at least seven districts. Some of my children did a combination of traditional and some did
025charter and some, you know, because it's not a one-sizefits-all. At one of the charters, I served as a parent liaison for one semester. My job was to be the voice of the parents of the school meetings. Um, I had I have gone to to school for psychology, computer science, music, didn't get a degree, but I did. Um, I taught take mother for 15 years as head instructor and school owner. I served as a scout leader for 14 years. My positions included pack trainer, den leader, K to5, cubmaster, committee member, pat trip and crew, merit bash counselor and assistant scoutmaster. I have multiple connections in the district. My children attend Belgrade schools and my husband is the IT director. I interviewed for this position last year and ran at the last election and received 1772 votes.
026And I >> are you still teaching taekwondo or did I misunderstand that? >> Um I am not currently because that was before I moved here. >> Okay. I wasn't sure. I just was >> I mean I can still teach it but I'm not not currently. Okay. That's what I'm seeing. Thank you. I think they're clarified. Now, >> in the past couple of summers, I have taught my son um summer school to help pick up things that he's now needs for school. >> Question number two, why are you interested in being a trustee? >> I believe that schools should be should come alongside of families and support them by providing a quality education. I will help to increase communication between school staff, teachers, and parents. I will defend the rights of students to receive quality education
027without compromising their safety or beliefs. I will work with school officials to provide a safe learning environment for all students, teachers, and staff. I would also like to see more money going toward the education of the students and cut out the waste and cut out wasteful spending. Water. this one. >> Oh, you're just fine. If anybody needs me to slow down, let me know. Number three, what qualities do you have that will make you an effective board member? >> I am a parent and a homeschool educator with experience in multiple schools, districts, and organizations. I am a good listener. I listen to and look at all sides of the situation before making a decision. I believe in doing what is best for our students and district to ensure Belgrade schools improve and become the best
028in the valley. Oh, and I also have customer service experience when I was out of high school. What do you think is the biggest issue facing our district this year over the next five years? >> I think one of the biggest problems is student, teacher, and staff retention. We need to do an exit survey to find out why they are leaving if we're not already doing that. I will work with the the board and others to evaluate why this is happening and what can be done about it. This brings me to another big problem in our district, bullying and teasing, especially in the middle school. This is happening with both students and teachers. I know of two teachers in the past who has said that they were leaving because of the students, one because of
029a particular class. I also heard of a student bullying a teacher last year. Neither students nor teachers are going to stay under these conditions. Imagine if you will a clean smooth piece of paper. This smooth piece of paper is the students that come to us or it could be a teacher or a staff member. Once the teasing, heckling, and bullying start, the paper gets folded, crumpled, and stomped off. Now, imagine trying to straighten out that paper. It is hard to smooth out, and it is dirty in some places. The creases run so deep that you will never be able to get them out. They are there forever. This is what is happening to some of our students and staff. They are now scarred, and we have allowed this to happen. It is truly heartbreaking to
030have a child come home from school and tell you that they wonder if they if there will ever be a day that they are not bullied. Teachers will not stay if the students and staff don't respect them. No amount of money is worth being bullied or talked down to. We need to assure that our schools are safe for everybody. We could also use better communication in our district between teachers, parents, and staff. For instance, I have had trouble finding who knows what is going on when I show up to volunteer for an event. I get sent from person to person or just told that they don't know. It is rather disjointed. Better communication amongst organizers and teachers would prevent this and parents will not get distur discouraged from volunteering. And then we need better communication
031to the parents when we send out opt- out emails to ensure that that they make informed decisions. The teacher should clarify exactly what is being taught. The email is from is a form letter required by law to cover multiple contents. Not all classes will teach the list of content. Others may. It is confusing to the parents and they may get the wrong idea as to what their children are being taught. Then the school admin and the teacher needs to honor the the parents decision and have an appropriate alternate assignment ready. And in five years, five years from now, if we are doing our job right, we will see growth in the need for expansion. I would love to see a charter school that can help us with that growth and give parents more choice for
032their children and while keeping them here in Belgrade. If we continue down the track that we are on, I see little growth. Parents will take their kids elsewhere and staff will continue to leave. The behavioral issues will worsen and we can mirror California and other states where the students are out of control. >> Okay, question number five. What do you know about us as a board? >> Okay. The local school board and their members are at the core of how education runs in our community. You have to make the tough decisions based on what resources you have available. Your mission statement is to encourage all students to reach their potential while preparing them to become productive members of society. And you value leadership, student learning, community engagement, and teamwork. Question number six, how much time
033do you have to contribute? >> Since I'm a stay-at-home mom, I am able to devote whatever time is needed. Question number seven. Have how have you previously involved yourself in the Belgrade school district and Belgrade community? They have chaperoned on several class field trips, counted money for the music calendar fundraiser, and helped teach students on career day. And um also, it is hard to know what what the volunteer opportunities are. I would love to see better communication to the parents letting them know what is going on in the schools, in the district, and how they can get involved. Now understand elementary is probably easier because usually the teachers need more help there. Middle school and high school is a little harder. And our last question, number eight, do you have any questions for us? >>
034No, I don't. Um, let's see. I did want to say that um I think the new school idea, the new school is a good idea and that I commend y'all for that. I think that once we get the fifth grade out of the middle school, that will help with her bullying problem. I just want to commend you all for that. Um, I know And yeah, I followed the bond issue and I noticed how you pivoted from that to the land swap. That was that was a good idea. And um I applaud your plans to standardize the classrooms for technology, giving all the kids the same opportunity regardless of which school they're in. >> No, that's all I have to say. >> Okay. >> Thanks for coming by again. >> All right. Thank you. And I'll
035give you the >> You too. You said you've been here before. >> I know, right? >> So, we have Jordan up next. I don't think is he. >> Thank you. work. Okay. >> 15 minutes. [Music] >> Let's give him five minutes. >> Oh. Okay. >> Could be stuck by the trailer. Anyway, >> hello Jordan. >> Hey, this is Paul with schools on my trusty. >> I'm all right. Um, uh, we're running a little early. Um, are you uh in the area? Would you be okay if we uh adjust the order and bring up another candidate and when you get here we'll interview you? >> Um we start >> well well right now. Yeah, right now I mean we're running 20 minutes or >> but if we bring Yeah, we just bring the next person up
036and then interview you. Okay, that works. No problem. >> We'll see you shortly. >> All right. So he says he's good with that. So Kelly, are you good to proceed? >> Sure. >> All right. >> One sec. I really my sister kicked me if I did. >> All right, everybody ready? All right, Cal, I'll repeat myself again five times. Be honest and forthcoming. That'll help us make the best decision. We'll let you know when we get close to the end, but you have any questions we have. And it seems like we're cruising along, so I think we're going to be fine. Yep. Without >> further ado, number one, tell us about yourself, including your connection to the district and what you do for a living. >> All right. So, I am Kelly Morrison. I am
037the senior director of workforce education strategy at at Assist by Bright Horizons, which is a long way to say we help corporations run their education benefit programs where they pay for their employees to go to college or other workforce training that will help them in their current job or a future job. Um, I've been in the community for 20 years. Um, in the Philadelphia community for 20 years, as a Boseman for a few years before that, and I came from Kentucky before that. Um, let's see. My connection to the district, I have two kids in district. I have a middle schooler, a sixth grader and a ninth grader, a freshman this year. So, making our way, they've gone to Belgrade schools the entire time. Um, so and I' I've on the volunteer side, I've done,
038you know, the field trips and PTC events or PTK, depending on which one you're at the college. Um, I've been involved now with the soccer team, um, as my daughter is playing soccer. And um in the community, I also run a giving circle through the one valley community foundation um which is an opportunity for our giving to have a bigger impact than it could alone. So we all contribute anyone who comes contributes to the fund and then it gets distributed to the nonprofits and it's for the entire Gallatin Valley. So we have benefited the Belgra community coalition um are actually talking with Belgra library right now about whether we could be um whether they would be interested in being a beneficiary or not. So um and before that when I was still I guess I
039was in Belgrade then I was on board of thrive um in those so I think that's it. >> Did you repeat your job title again? went through it so fast I couldn't catch it. >> Senior director of workforce education strategy, >> which basically means I study I study workforce and labor trends um across the nation. And actually I just got to do big global project which was really fun looking at what demand is for um education and further careers across the globe. So with some of our global clients >> yeah I found some new favorite vacation spots because they >> question number two. Why are you interested in being the trustee? Um, I see it as a new opportunity to be involved in the school district and to bring um, I guess I didn't say
040this before. I have over 20 years in higher education or higher education related workforce education related areas. Um, I've been a faculty member. I've been a dean. I've um I've been a Greek adviser, which is a a whole other level of interesting. Um and so I'm interested in bringing some of that perspective and that workforce education perspective to the board. Um what is it that our students are going to need? Um and then I also, you know, you all saw me a lot last year in advocating for um for things as I became aware of them, right? So I will say during my working and going to school and raising kids, um I didn't have the time to to be involved in in our community. After I graduated, I did, but not in our school
041district as much as I would have liked. So, um, really it's just to bring outside knowledge that I have that I can bring into this community. >> Question number three, what qualities do you have that will make you an effective board member? >> U, I'm infinitely curious. I really um like to learn and so one passing that on to others around me is super important to me and then two um I have a I have a research bug so like I will go down rabbit holes and find resources to support arguments either way. Um but I'm also open to researching the counterpoint to what I might think is the right thing to do. So I bring that research um quality and then um collaboration that's really I think important for a group like this especially
042when we all bring our own opinions and lived experiences um and then the effects that that will have on our kids. So if we can't get along how can we expect them to get along? Question number four, what do you think is the biggest issue facing our district this year and over the next five years? >> Um, I think in my opinion the biggest issue facing us is actually the knowledge of our voters. Um, I feel like we have an issue where people aren't understanding what it is that we're asking them to vote for and to pay for with their tax dollars, and so they're not voting for it. We also have a voter turnout issue, um, which isn't necessarily in the purview of this board, but it does affect what we can do because
043if voters don't turn out and they don't know what they're voting for, then we don't get the funds that we need. we don't get the um or any other resources changes we need to make. We need the community to understand that. So I think that is a that has both short-term and long-term effects. Um also, you know, our community is changing and I think that too has both short-term and long-term effects. We've grown a lot in the last several years and I don't anticipate that stopping right now. um with the number of new homes and new um new living units that are going in, I think that we'll continue to have stress on our system. So, those two things are kind of related by helping people who come in from other places understand what it
044means here because that means something different in other states. So, um the things that we're asking for, levies, bonds, um tax increases. So helping them understand that helps us do the work that supports the kids. >> Question number five, what do you know about us as a board? >> You guys take the time to listen to parents and students and I from what I have seen teachers. Now, I don't always see them here when I'm here, but um I do appreciate that you guys have had um open door sounds weird in 2025, but open door policies, right, where you can pop in your email or leave a message, give a call, and get a response. Um I think that's really important. So, that openness is what I know about you all, and I appreciate that.
045And the smoke is really affecting me. So smart. >> No problem. We're about half. Wish your time is half. >> Question number six. How much time do you have to contribute? >> That is the one thing that I will be super honest with say I don't know. Um, I will make a commitment to meeting what I need to and I have flexibility in um, if I do have flexibility in my job, I have a support of my leadership to um, pursue this um, in addition obviously to my full-time role. U, but but I'll be honest, I I am not a I'm not a stay-at-home. I don't have all of that time. So, uh, that is something that I'll have to move things around. It it comes down to how much not how much time do
046you have, but how much priority do you put on on this um contribution to the community and I would put a priority on it. So, if you come over my house, please excuse the dust and it's doable. Yeah. Question number seven, how have you previously involved yourself in the Belgrade school district to the federal grade community? >> I thought that wasn't the first question. So, being a parent volunteer primarily um and working with PTK's and then showing up and asking questions here here at the board meetings. Yeah. And in other in other forums as well. >> And question number eight, our final question. Do you have any questions for us? So the only question I had was um what is your have you guys had your planning yet? What is your top priority for the
047year? >> I'm not sure we can really say that. >> Okay, >> be fair to the other stuff. >> Yeah, it's always in flux. >> That's a good answer. >> Which name? Yeah. I I'll say that I think the biggest thing we got coming up is of course this uh port issue but but that being said it's I would focus on that without dropping all the others. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Any other questions? Are you good? >> No. Good. >> All right. Appreciate your time. Thanks for jumping in ahead of time. >> Oh, of course. >> Jordan, we'll get to you here in a sec. Sorry, I'm going fast today. >> And uh Steve Mueller. Stephen, would you like to step up now? Are you ready? >> Sure. >> Give me one moment here. So,
048while everybody's filling this out, thank you. Were you present when we introduced ourselves? I can't recall. >> I'm sorry. >> Were you present when we introduced ourselves? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Um, yeah. Just as a reminder, be honest and forthcoming. Let us know what you think. >> I believe everybody's ready. So, question number one, tell us about yourself, including your connection to the district and what you do for a living. Um, my wife and I moved to Bgrade and actually chose Bgrade as our new home 5 years ago after having lived our entire lives in Rhode Island. So, having moved down the street a piece, um, we've been here for 5 years. Um, what permitted us to do that was we retired. Um so I have completed a 46-year career as a faculty member
049at the school of social work at Rhode Island College. Um that followed seven years working in public child welfare um with abused and neglected kids. Um in addition to that I ran a small um consulting practice working primarily with school districts um around strategic planning and HR issues. Um and um in my spare time I um was convinced to run for the school board in my community got elected. Um frankly I thought I knew what I was getting into and I had no clue. Um so 26 years later I left the school board. Um, I had it was frankly the best part of my life in Rhode Island. Um, and there were some very unpleasant moments along the way. Um, but overall it was a wonderful experience. Um, and um, it was in part wonderful
050because the school board was so successful. Um, in a moment you're going to ask me about what's the biggest issue and let me address that. Now, I see you frankly struggling um with finances. That's an issue for every school board in the country. Um, you have a bond issue that you need to get passed. Um, I came out of a school district which had many of the same issues that you face. You have a an active student population. Um, you've had an in migration, so your population has gone up. um when the population goes up, financing is always a lagging indicator and sometimes it lags enough so that there's not enough money to run the program that you need to run. So right now I see the issue here being primarily financing. financing never fixes
051anything, but it allows you to begin to try to fix things. Um, and in my district, we went through a period of rapid population growth. We had eight years in a row where we had to go to the taxpayers and ask for more money than the town council had allocated us. Um, it was a challenging time. Um, I'm very proud to say for eight years in a row, the community stepped up and gave us more money than the town council wanted to give us. Um, that took a lot of work and a lot of what we spent time on was the engagement with the community. Um, and so when you think about what do you need to be able to do as a school board person, um, in my mind the critical ingredient is the
052ability to listen and to build relationships with the community, but with individuals in the community. That's what brings them out and allows them to say, "Take more money out of my pocket." Um that's a hard thing to convince people to say particularly in difficult times. Um and today people look ahead to the economy and anybody who thinks that everything's going to be wonderful isn't looking carefully enough. They ought to be concerned about money. And so the critical issue for us was convincing people that we were listening to them, that we understood what the issues were that they were most concerned about, and that we were good stewards of the money they gave us. Um, so we came out of issues that are very similar to the ones that are being faced here. Um the community
053is um lucky to have all of you. I mean being a school board member is not an easy job but it is a job. Um, and when I look at you as a school board, um, in my consulting practice I worked with, nobody ever called me when they were successful. [Music] I never talked to anybody who said, "We're doing great. Come on in and help us out." And it it really was um I often got a call from the state association of school committees saying you need to be down the road and helping those folks out. Um the this community is lucky to have you. Um because as I see you, you are a strong school board and I don't see the dysfunction that I saw in so many school boards. I don't see individuals
054who are about their own agenda and and not listening. Um and that puts you on the right path. Um one of the truths about school boards is even when you're on the right path, you're never going to get to the end of the path and there will be people shooting at you along the way. It's part of the fun. Um so out of my experience the 26 years on a school board um I also had the luxury of um I was elected as one of the two people representing all of the school boards in New England. Little bit bigger area than New England but essentially New England. um on the board of directors for the National School Board Association. I did that for nine years and then timed out of that position. That gave me
055a perspective on what was going on in public education nationally that I had no clue about before I got on on that board. Um, so in the end of your questions, you're going to say, "So why do you want to do this?" Um, frankly, I'm retired. I believe in public education. Um, the core of public education is at the community level. And um what we know from the research about what what school boards can do to ensure good student outcomes is partnering with superintendent. When school boards support superintendent, no surprises at meetings, no bad talking in the community. When those things happen, kids are advantaged. It's it's the basis on which you are able to move public education forward. Um that statement comes out of about 10 years of research, some of which was conducted
056here in Montana. And the fact of the matter is you have very strong state association of school boards. Um and they were well represented in the work that we did on board of the national school boards. association. So, I've had 26 years in public education and I'm retired and I'm sitting in the town of Belgrade and I believe that you ought to give back to your community. And this is this is stuff I know I can do. And so I come tonight to offer myself to the work that you're doing. >> Let's see. You ask the second question. >> Let everybody catch up on some notes. I will ask the questions as a matter of procedure. Everybody good? >> Question number two. Why are you interested in being a trustee? >> As I said, I
057I really You have some challenging and interesting issues that you're dealing with. I know a little bit about how to do that successfully based on my experience in a different community. Um, I believe that part of being adopted by a community, which is essentially what's happened to me, is that you ought to give back. And frankly, I like being on a school board. Good way to spend time. It may be a little bit masochistic but nonetheless I it is for me intellectually challenging and skill challenging. Um so I would look forward to working with all of you as a matter of procedure we've used up every 20 minutes. Question number three. What qualities do you have that would make you an effective board member? Um, frankly, the the qualities that I've come forward with have
058been shaped by my work with school board members over 26 years. Um, over those 26 years, there were about 70 different people who came through the school board. Um, and so I started out being a pretty good team builder and got those skills challenged by some people who um were less committed to being on a team. Um, so I I come as a somebody who's pretty good at being a team member. I don't need to be out in front of everything. Um, I believe you need to be honest and you need to build relationships with the people you're working with. And I guess what I'm not sure it's a quality, but a lot of the private practice, the the consulting that I did was around strategic planning. Um, and I would be interested in being
059a part of the process. I've looked at your strategic plans. Um, I think you you have nailed some critical ingredients in terms of what will move us forward as a community supporting public education. Um, so what I know about you is what I've read on and I've read over the last five years essentially everything that you have done all of your notes and in particular the efforts to pass the bond issues. Um yesterday I my wife and I drove out to Hass Creek cuz I really feel that as a schoolboard member you ought to know what the buildings are that you own. Um and I've never been to Pass Creek before and you need to understand I come from South Kingtown, Rhode Island which was defined as a rural community. It was rural because it
060was 30 miles away from the from Providence, Rhode Island, an hour and a half from Boston, two hours from New York City. There was nothing rural about us. One of the things that was an advantage was because they said we were rural, um, we got to apply for rural funding from the federal government. Um, that was pretty nice because we got some money in spite of the fact that there was no rural about us. Um, all of our roads are paved. Um, everybody has immediate access to a 7-Eleven. I mean, that's our goal. >> Um, so it it I bring a strategic planning approach to being on the school board. I think that the work that you do is about what the district will be like 10 years from now, at least five years from
061now. If you do that really well, this district won't be better than 50% of school districts in Montana. It'll be better than 90% of the school districts in Montana. That ought to be your goal. You ought to be telling the community that this is where we're going. We are not going to be better than most. We're going to be in the top 10%. and our kids are going to benefit from that because ultimately that's what you're about. You're about the advantaging of your children. >> Okay, five minutes left. Question number four. What do you think is the biggest issue facing our district this year and over the next five years? >> Um, in short, I think you need to get the bond issues pass. Um, if not, we will be in trouble. Um, and I
062think that that's true not just in terms of what happens to public education, but as somebody who lives here, it's going to kill my property path. When you don't pass bond issues, it's bad for everybody. Um, so that I see as the most immediate challenge. The five-year challenge really is the implementation of your strategic plan on how do you get that done and how do you measure yourself against the goals you've set and I'll give you a shorter answer to that one. [Music] >> Question number six, what do you know about us as a board? >> Only what you've said about yourselves. that they I've looked out of curiosity. I wanted to know about the community and school boards are about as clear a representation of how the community's functioning as anything. Um, so I've
063looked at what you said about yourself and about the district and I've gotten to see how you work with one and honestly how you how you treat the superintendent because that often is a pretty good barometer how things are going. Question number six, how much time did you have to contribute? Uh, what before I retired, I worked two jobs for 50 years and then I was on a school board, which means I worked three jobs. And my view is that being on a school board is a job. It's just not a well- paid job. Um, >> and my approach to being on a school board, I come as a faculty person, so I'm a reader and I study things. Um, and frankly, I have 24 hours a day. Um, and that's my approach. My approach
064is I work until the job is done. And if you're on a school board, the job is never done. Question number seven, how have you previously involved yourself in the Belgrade school district and Bill community? >> I have not and that's not the asset that I bring. Um, I bring expertise and experience. Um, but what I have tried to do is to understand the community that I've adopted. Um, and I've done that. I think pretty well. I think I know the Belgrade community, but I have not presented myself as somebody in your schools. And so if that is a critical ingredient in the selection process, don't pick me. That's not what I have been able to do thus far. >> And our last question. Do you have any questions for us? I have endless questions.
065>> You only have 45 seconds. >> I think that um the questions that I have for you are the questions that would be answered if you decide to select me. >> Thank you for the time. >> You bet. Thank you. >> You finished with 25 seconds left. Just one second here, Jordan. >> Thank you very much. >> You can have it. All right, Jordan. Thanks for being flexible with me. We're about 45 minutes ahead. So, I wasn't expecting this. I'm a few minutes behind. Usually, I take up all the long time. This is a new experience for everybody. All right. Is everyone ready? >> Yes. Um Jordan wasn't here when we started, so we should go around and just introduce ourselves briefly and just say how long we've been on the board. >> Yeah. I'm
066Frank Stock. I've been on the board for eight years. >> I'm Joan Arhagen and this is my second year on the board. >> Paul, I'm about three months in. >> Same same for me here. >> My name's Rocky Smith. I've been on the board for about three years >> and Steve Garbert, I've been on here seven years and I just wanted to tell you like I told everybody, it's important for you to be honest and forthcoming in answering the questions we ask. It will help us make a good fit. Sounds good. >> So speak freely and we have 20 minutes. Um so let's begin. Question number one, tell us about yourself including your connection to the district and what you do for a living. >> Uh so my name is Jordan Cone. Uh my family
067and I moved here about five years ago from Fort Campbell, Kentucky. I had the opportunity to come up here as a active duty army service member to work at Montana State University. So that's actually what I do now. I'm an RTC instructor with the university. I'll be retiring in November. November 30 is my last day active duty after 20 plus years. Uh so that's exciting. Uh connection to the district. Uh, I got three kids that, you know, are in Ridge View. I got one kid in Ridge View. My daughter goes there and I have two boys in the middle school. Uh, my wife also teaches at the middle school and for a living. I'm an active dut for the next field. Sorry. Can't believe you're from Kentucky. I never would have guessed. Yeah, I have
068to ask that to everybody. >> Question number two, why are you interested in being a trustee? >> So, um, just with my lifestyle, with my career and everything, I've never had, this is the longest we've ever stayed in one place. Uh, my dad was also in the in the military as well. Um, so just being able to be a part of the community for more than, you know, two and a half, three years at a time is has been awesome. Um, you know, that that's kind of why why I want to serve on the board. I have kids that go to school here. I know a lot of kids in the district. uh interact with a lot of them through through various things and I just feel like something I can do to help is
069you know be a part of the board and help you know make their real lives better at school and you know help provide them with better education. Notice how close you write. I should get you some glasses. >> One context on your side. I didn't want to parse it in the other. >> Good. Question number three is, what qualities do you have that would make you an effective board member? So, uh, just, you know, with my career and who I am, um, you know, a strong sense of integrity. Um, I'm I'm very good at teamwork, collaborative work, that kind of stuff. Um, I'm very honest about things and, uh, I think I'm a really good communicator. All might disagree. >> House, it's a different thing, but, uh, I think I have really good communication skills.
070Um, and and like I said, I'm a really good team player. I feel like >> Question number four. What do you think is the biggest issue facing our district this year and over the next five years? >> This year. Okay. Uh, I think is just the the growth in the valley. Like since we've been here, um, the amount of neighborhoods and subdivisions that I've seen pop up since we've been here 5 years is crazy. Uh, so I think that the growth in the valley is probably one of the biggest issues facing the district right now. I know there's been talks about um you know putting up another school and it it to me it sounds like just so we can house kid you know more kids in a school and not have you know so
071many kids in the classroom uh for the next five years it really doesn't seem like that's slowing down. Um and I don't want to piggy back off what everybody's saying too but I'm a voter in this district too. Uh and I think the levy is also kind of an issue and then trying to get those things passed. That will probably be a problem within the next five years. Question number five, what do you know about us as a board? So, the only thing I really know about the board versus I've never been on I've never sitting on the school board. My understanding is that you guys, you know, help set policy um and kind of set the direction that we want the district to go in vote on budgets and those kinds of things. Um
072I know you all are not in charge of I mean let's say like teachers or whatever like and what they do that's more of administration side of the thing. Um, but that that's my basic knowledge of what the board does. >> Question number six, how much time do you have to contribute? >> I have I have a lot of time. Uh, I'm I'm very much a, you know, however much time it takes to to get a job done. Like I said, I'm retiring in November. I still have to get another job when I retire. I have a lot of options right now, so I'm not really in the hurry to get another job. U but but yeah, I've got plenty of time. Question number seven, how have you previously involved yourself in the Belgrade school
073district and Belgrade community? So, since we moved here uh in 2020, uh I coach I coached baseball. I've coached two teams in in Belgrade youth baseball for the past four or five years. Uh I also serve on that board. I've served on that board now. I think this is going on my third or fourth year coming up. Third year coming up fourth year coming up. time flies. Uh but so I do that um which I really enjoy. I also coach coach football in the in the fall um not with the high school but you know league football with uh the line Lions Club stuff. Uh also I I started last spring. I had a lot of time uh from my my current job right now. I had some free time and I was able to
074do some substitute teaching which was kind of kind of going out on limb for me. Uh even though you know throughout my career I've kind of been a teacher instructor almost the whole time as far as like you know teaching your younger subordinate soldiers certain things and coaching them and mentoring them. So getting in the classroom with uh you know sixth seventh and eighth graders is a little bit different for me. Um I'm I've not made the jump into elementary school yet. I think I'm ready for that. Lots of lots of people have asked me. I'm like, "No, I don't freaking want to do that." But I do enjoy that. I've gotten to know well get familiar with some of some other kids that I don't don't really see as much at it's sporting events
075or other things. Um and I see you know there's a lot of potential in our district with these kids and then you know I think they deserve the best. So I think I try to give them that when I substitute teach anytime I'm around. >> And our final question. Do you have any questions for us? I did not. >> Okay. So that concludes our process. Thanks for being flexible with me. >> Yeah, no problem. Thanks for your service. Yeah. >> Yeah. Thank you for your service. >> I appreciate everybody being flexible. We really few things tonight. >> My last one. >> Yep. >> So now we've reached a point. Does anybody you need to take five or stretch? >> I just moved over. I can see people that >> Okay. Yeah, let's take five. And
076then what we will do is uh think about anything you want to discuss about any of these candidates. Remember, it's a public forum. Once we're done with that, we'll bring it to a vote. And just so you think about it, your candidates will be ranged from one to five. One is your most preferable preferable candidate. Candidate with the least points will be elective. So consider that while you're stretching. >> Yes. before this >> converainusion actually learned >> it was possible. Don't use a math person with numbers. >> I was having problems that only my second time. So I have a hard time explaining how it works. Okay, is everybody ready? >> So, I presented a sheet to all the board members like carry and we will rank our five candidates from one to five. Um,
077for public record, we'll read out our rankings out loud. Ed and I will tally these as we go. So, that's how it's going to work. Um, I don't know if we should just open this up. There's no public comment on any of this from this point forward. Sorry, I tend to be too flexible, so I figured >> force that tonight. >> Yeah, as I said, I'm pretty pretty flexible, but yeah, that's out of the realm of public comment. Um, how would the board like me to proceed? Would you like to go through each one at a time or is there anything general you'd like to say about any candidates? I mean this written every one of them could be in this board. It's hard to range. >> Does anyone have any clarification questions they would
078like to ask the board in general about any of the candidates points they would like to make? trying to >> I got some I'm not playing a great job. Tell us who they were and kind of what their experiences were >> bring a lot of. >> Yeah. One thing I think we do well for is we're we're glad we're very diverse. We have along with industries representative area that helps us make good decisions and I appreciate everybody else coming out here different experiences could all give it to us very well. Um I have to say Mr. Miller's credentials are very impressive. >> Yeah. Yes. And and given what we're facing in the future, I do believe having somebody with that background is going to benefit not only us as a board but our community. Um
079because I do think one of the things that I have kept looking forward to is the things that we've talked about. How do we engage our community? How do we engage our community for our bonds? How do we engage our community for our levies? How do we engage our community? I mean Walt and I had an accidental conversation. How do we what we were saying? How do we engage our community? How do we get the what was the term you used? Um um that spir spirit that pride >> development community pride. Yeah. you know, Stephen mentioned that and like that's a based and you know, how engaged that and being part of the community and reaching out to the community. I know that's something Paul talked about. of you know like I every one of
080these candidates to me I'm like wow they offer so much but I do I can't help but going back to you know that knowledge is valuable and that you know tribal knowledge as it were is so valuable and it's very interesting from a different state and schoolboard perspective especially somebody who been on that higher that call the uh like the national schoolboard association which you know we work with our schoolboard association for our state we work with the national school. That's where we get our policies. That's where we do so much. That was a those things are very large for me. >> Then you know I look at is the investment in community our schools and how somebody's got roots planted here. I guess I don't look at school board as the place to, you
081know, start planting the roots. is a place that you know you you move into you know once you've got some investment in the community um in terms of you know I hate to say what else have you done before you came to the school board but what else have you done before you've come to the school board you know to establish yourself as a leader decision policy maker in in this I did like how said about the most important thing facing us in the next 5 years was the vote. I think all candidates alluded to that. She was the first to point it out. >> What does that seem? Oh, just she alluded that one of the most important things we had to worry about or deal with in the next five years was the
082vote public perception and getting our bonds of what has passed. >> Yeah, I think her and Stephen >> both really highlighted what that was kind of the biggest thing like the finance the bond issues. >> I I really like when Stephen said you know finance is a leading indicator because I keep working that for our community. We've seen >> unprecedented growth and now we've got to try to catch up on those finances. >> Yeah. I mean, it's part of the problem we have is it's more expensive than it was the last time we looked at it. >> And the thing we can't get this passed will be even more expensive the next time we look at. uh significant more expensive and I think uh we may also see that there's a whole more there are
083a few people in our school now since uh the last week or so there was a very substantial change in the numbers >> I don't know I haven't seen them >> oh I just heard that we had 30 kids in a high school >> we've had some additions here Well, that's good. That's those are those are indications of things you already have. >> Yeah, >> I do one comment that was made. I think it's really good that we focus on where we rank, you know, and not so much about I mean, I usually say it this way and it's probably not the right way to say it is we need to know where we're at and we need to know what we need to do to move ourselves in the right direction. But I think
084the other thing which is a little more positive commentary is our goal is to be um at the top of this >> 90th 90 percentile. >> So I just think that's a that's kind of a a more aspirational thing to say we're going to justice. You know, I don't know if it's gets us there any quicker doing it the other talking about it the way I think it's more of a um dialogue that we're having with the community about what what the aspirations are. Maybe that's some cases as important as it is where you actually end up how you actually end up getting there. >> Yeah. So anyway, >> the strategic planning part made me think a lot about you talking about okay how can we what are you know the goals how are they
085meas how do we measure them you know what is our measurable leaps what are the data >> the other thing here I think that's important for us as a board is to think you know uh board's seven members there's six members now we're going to have to add one for for us. I think it's important that we look at what our skill sets are collectively and where we could use additional, you know, who's going to be in the the the best addition to the group of six that we have. Not saying necessarily is the best maybe not the exactly the best person as as much as it is who's most complimentary of the group that we have that would be uh you know make us better as a board. I think that's why like you
086know Walt mentioned you know the roots in Boseman is less important to me because so many of us have deep roots in the area and especially like Montenants tend to put that value very heavily you know whereas like I do think it it's for me even though as a born and raised Montana it's less like you know like I look at Jordan for instance and his roots you know aren't very deep here either at least got a set of values that would be beneficial or Stephen his roots aren't super deep here you know but his what he brings to you know as a complimentary to each one of us is a value that I'm I feel the same way what what is the gap that we have and how do we fill that hole >>
087it's going to benefit our district and our students >> I think I'll speak to that a little bit um this is an exceptional group of candidates with we would be blessed any year to have this group of people come forward and run. But what someone's done multiple charter schools, coach that's on the baseball board in ROC, someone 20 years in the community that's engaging young college kids at opening pathways. Um person who has volunteered out of the gate since the day their kids school that seems very professional and we could hope for that. Um and any of them would fit in. I mean, we we are we always have been since I've been on, we're a really diverse group of people that all pretty much have the interest of kids at heart and that's kind
088of what makes us work. But if I look at the place we're at and this kind of goes to what Rocky would say at that drew a cord in the last what 30 40 years of education experience and somebody's been on the board for four terms and understands all the years we're in Hollywood with two terms and um you guys are working hard and you're getting there and we're just young That's that's good that there's to have some institutional knowledge on how it all works is is really really a big deal. And I don't know I trying to trying to think about it what's going to make us work best in the future. Not necessarily who I thought I want to have a beer with after work all hang with on Saturdays, but who's going
089to fill all the gaps we need? That makes a lot of sense to me. I think that's there's a chance here that seem like it kind of that's serendipity fell in our lap. >> Yeah. >> And I hate it when I turn away things that fall in my lap year later. >> So I I think that's where I'm at. I don't I don't know how I through five on here. >> Yeah. I don't there's things about every person on there that are really would fit in here in any given year. I mean, God bless you. I'll run again, please. >> Yeah. All these kids get to run. >> But that's all doing it. Keep doing it. It took me two times of interviewing and two elections to finally get here. Keep doing it. Don't quit.
090>> We're all that that tribal knowledge is what I think we are at because I you know that's like that we don't know. We don't know. We are a younger boy. I mean, I know you >> I'm scared to death. I'm a senior person on here. >> We weren't going to point out that you were the senior man. >> Kind of secret kind of depends on we kind of got the senior ed. >> It's not the years, it's the miles, right? still may be in a good place. >> That's after. >> I want to kind of piggy back off what Frank said like any of you would be a great fit. >> I think one of the good things about this board is we all we're not here because of any agenda. We really do
091have the district >> and that's what we do first. All of our decisions for the kids the administration. I don't think you'll find a finer report for it in the state in my opinion, >> but we also expect a lot of our people. Um, one of the reasons we've been able to accomplish a lot in a short period of time is because we do a lot. So, um, spread that word to everybody. Thank you for even considering the challenge. >> Thank you. This is not a situation where you just showed up at the road here every month. >> It's hard. >> Jordan, I wanted to thank you for being a substitute teacher that carries a lot of bleeding. >> It's a lot of fun. >> I would like to see you yell at the children
092military style. >> I haven't seen it in class. Some of the ones have said outside the classroom. Have you subbed for our district or goals for? >> Yeah, here. Just here. >> I just want you to see make them stand at bring it back. Does anyone else have any other comments or clarifying points? >> Any eyes that you feel would need to be addressed? Did you ask a question about a specific candidate or your rankings cleared from one to five? >> Yeah. So, I think I was just going to I don't I really don't think we're going to have a problem, but if there was a tie, we would just bring it back, discuss this again, and do the same thing. >> So, um >> I need to put my name on. >> Yes. >>
093Yeah, you do need to put your name on the form. >> This is public record and we will do it publicly. Um we'll read out our votes going around the room and uh if anybody wants to see the papers, they can be we'll have them after this. But bishops of eyesight. Anybody have a recommendation on how we should start less senior or more senior? As a senior ranking individual, you should get to pick. >> I'll go first. >> Frank will go first. We'll go in reverse seniority. >> I think it's >> so just if you would just read down the list, Frank, and tell me your rankings. I'm going to write down. >> Samantha, >> four, >> three, >> five. >> Hang on. I need better pens. Jordan >> two >> three >> Steven >>
094one >> that leaves me I have Samantha rank number four Marie five Jordan three Callie two and Steven one uh Joanne >> I have Samantha >> wait one sec. Okay. Samantha, sorry. >> Marie, five, Jordan 3, Callie, two, Steven one. >> Whoa. Um, Samantha 3, Marine 1, Jordan 2, Cali 4, Steven 5. >> Samantha 4, Marine 5, Jordan 3, Cali 1, Steven 2. Right. four Marie 3 Jordan 5 one Steven two give me one second while I tell these I should have created a spreadsheet All right, we do have a clear winner. First votes or the lowest number of points was Steven with 12. Second was Callie with 13. Third was Jordan with 18. Fourth was Samantha with 23 and fifth was Marie with 24. So we have elected Stephen. Um I'll have DD check
095his numbers real quick. >> I can do it after that. >> Yeah. Once we verify this I'll make a we'll have someone make a motion there. That is correct. >> So, according to our voting records, someone would need to make a motion to nominate Steven Mueller for the vacant board position on the Belgrade school board. >> Um, let's see. Do we have a thing on here? Everybody's making the final motion to long as it's position vacant position. might be >> I don't think the back of this guy maybe >> I will make I will make a motion to appoint um let me see say his name right Steven Mueller as trustee to fill a vacant position on the board until May >> we have a motion and a second you have any public comment on
096the motion back to the board any board comment or we proceed with a vote Great candidates. Thank you. >> Thank you everybody for your time. >> Yep. Thank you. >> All in favor approving Steven Mueller for the vacant position on the Belgrade School Board District Board say I. I. >> I. >> All oppose same aside. Motion carries six to n. Congratulations and thank you all again. just forget about That's