001Okay, I think I'll go ahead and call the meeting to order at 7:00. Mr. Hank, the republic for which it stands. One creation, justice for all. >> Thank you. Have a quum. Everyone is here with the exception of Lori on Zoom. So, we have all seven board members represented. Mr. Hank, you want to introduce the guests or how will you intend to do the head? >> Sure. Jim Malisich, Janet Gentry, Houston Truman, John Hansen, Casey Elliot, Randy Bradock, Chantel Pilan, Eric Paddock, Turner, Sabalstead, Ky Desik, um, Clarissa Sandal, Morgan Sandal. All right. Kateby, Shellyley Rotor, Mike Hoffman, Cheyenne Gersuch, um Jim Nagel, Jennifer and Jill, sorry, um Jennifer and Jason Mickelson, and then Jac. Okay, thank you. Welcome everyone. First thing we have is review and approval of the minutes that were emailed to you
002in your packet. If you look at those and see if you have any questions or thoughts with changes being made to approve the minutes >> been moved and approved to accept the minutes from the January 20th regular board meeting. Is there any discussion? Those in favor say I. I. >> Those opposed. Passes unanimously. Okay. The next thing we have is the review and approval of the claims and accounts. John, please. Okay. Each page individually. First page that I've had in the past. What I was calling attention to is near the bottom of the page of the number our master card. You can see that the charge this this uh month is $12,35141 that kind of runs onto the second page. If there were any questions about that period or anything that I'll mention one of
003those on the card, you'll see item 10 on page It says CPFCs class tuition believe if I'm not mistaken who then is that okay so that's for Kim Conman's class that we and we're paying through that through our um is that that's similar Perkins Perkins credit so we were able to uh get a a class paid for for her to help her reach gain more certifications for the possibility of eventually offering well safe serve eventually but discourse I think was normal maybe there's any questions on anything else on page two okay we'll move on to page Great. Take particular point out there. Do you have any questions? Nick page four item 2558 Northwest energy bill. See it's getting a little pricey. Of course, we're, you know, in the winter months now. Even though it's been
004a rather mild winter, still the bill for that was $10,431 16 cents. That's gas. As you can see, page one to specifically point out here. The last thing which contains the total number of claims in this period was 36 but it ran a total of $50,0007848. That's only1 venues. Final page down breaks down which specific funds we utilize to address those claims accounts. >> I move to approve the claims a second to approve the claims and accounts. Um there any discussion or questions? Seeing none, those in favor say I. I unanimously we'll change things around a little bit. We generally do comment and then do the superintendent report. But tonight we'll do the superintendent report. I think the first thing we have is a update from Dan McGee on the repair project at the Boagan
005Science and Industrial Arts Building. >> Good evening everybody. >> I hope you can hear me. All right, >> go ahead. Go ahead, Dr. Patterson. So yeah, we have we have Dan McGee here, building minded body and uh they were here just recently on site with our general contractor construction manner Langson Associates and our architect from Intuitive Architecture and they were again looking at our ASA facility and to complete some preliminary testing Dan into the details. >> Yeah. So, I just wanted to give you a quick we we had a a window specialist come down to do a little bit of testing. Wanted to explore to figure out where our water infiltration. Um, gentleman was able to remove a pane of glass uh out of the the uh uh bog side. So, on the on the
006welding shop side and determined that, you know, as suspected, the the window base pan um was installed incorrectly. Uh and that's where a lot of our that's where our water issue is coming from. We were going to remove the entire storefront system to really determine uh but just in doing so, we were able to test with bottle of water and it showed the same path that we've been seeing. anytime we get kind of a weather event. So that really helps us start to narrow down some solutions. So uh the next step is the general contractor is working on several options for an exterior uh fix whether it's from sealer uh insulation panels. Um, so we're working on some square foot pricing and within the next couple weeks I'll plan a meeting once we have some
007budgeting to sit down with the facilities committee. We'll have kind of a concept for what the different looks would be. Uh, and then start to put a plan together to see if we need to get a third party building envelope specialist to help us with the engineering science of by putting a sealer on the exterior and insulation. panel on the exterior of that. Do we have a do we create another what's called a due point uh that we would have we'd be basically hiding other issues that might be present. Uh and those are will start to get formulated here over the next couple of weeks. Um it was all in all a very good visit. Uh we were able to walk the entire building, looked at some of the other exterior exit doors that seem
008to be sticking at times. We think there's some fairly easy uh modifications to those. So when we looked at that overall budget that was presented in the um settlement package, uh it was assuming a lot of replacement and we feel that it just was poor installation and we can remedy those things with uh a much simpler solution. Uh what the good thing is is I think that's going to help increase the number of things that we can correct because we're not assuming a budget that is replacement of things but rather removal reinstallation correctly uh to mitigate that. So uh all in all I think it was a really good uh process. Uh our schedule now is to get those square foot budgets, present it to facilities committee, pick a path, start the design, and look
009to have construction documents, permitting, anything that's required completed so that we can bid this project in late April, early May for a, you know, as soon as the students are out of the building. We've got about two and a half months to where we need to get this work done. I feel real confident in uh the the minds that were present have some really good solutions that I look forward to be able to present here in a couple weeks to that facilities group and then obviously that would be u for next month's board meeting. I would look to attend to present, you know, kind of those findings and a recommendation going forward. Uh so that then the design team can complete those documents, get permits if required and and be ready for a early summer
010start of construction. >> And then you thought >> pretty simple. >> Go ahead. >> You thought we'd probably solicit bids for the work along probably. >> Yep. Yep. So, uh, the Langless and Associates, what they'll do is they'll they're working with subcontractors now for all the budget pricing and then once the actual design is done, they will put that on the street to other biders to be able to get us the best possible price. Um, an advantage that they have is they've got a whole host of subtrades that are going to be part of another project that they have uh going on in Dylan. Uh so there's some very qualified subcontractors that are going to be interested in keeping their teams busy longer. Uh so this could be a very attractive thing for some of
011those subs that are part of that between the mechanical, the roofing contractor, the glazing contractor. Uh the gentleman that was down um from but uh to look at the glazing is actually one of their subs on this other project. So again, that management and oversight, having a team already and Dylan, uh, is going to be, I think, a really good advantage to the project from a bidding standpoint. Anybody have any questions of Dan? Well, I I was there and I'm like Dan. I was very impressed with Langless and the last guy out of but that found the problems that were there and I think we're certainly on the right coalition. Any questions of Dan or any thoughts? >> I think Dan sums it well to keep moving forward. >> Y >> All right. Thank you
012all. Thank you. >> See you later. Bye. Bye. >> Keep moving along. Then we have assistant principal application review. And so uh we received a total of uh 12 or 13 applications for a principal participant position. That'll be open this coming year due to Rob's retirement. And uh we need two trustees to serve on the administrative search committee along with myself, Miss Ferris, Miss Valick, and Mr. Milanaki. I hope to schedule a day or time later this week for the committee to meet um and to select finalists. Just as Gary has described to me in the past that committee members would go ahead and take a look at those applications sometime in the very near future and in the very coming days and then have an idea of who they would like to select once
013we meet as a search committee. Right. >> That's kind of how we've done it in the past. It seemed to work well. If who's ever on the search committee can come in and look at the applications and score them the way that you prefer to do so and then the committee can meet later in the week and we could decide who and how many attendee would we'd like to interview and then hopefully we'd like to interview them next week if it worked with our schedule and with their schedule. Some of them could be from out of state or from a long ways away in Montana. So anyway, at this point in time, I guess I'd like to know um who would like to be on on the committee. >> Mike, as long as I said
014it works, >> I can make it work if no one else wants to be on. Gary, I think I had mentioned to you earlier that I would be interested or and willing to do that. However, I do have complications next week. Um, I would only be available through Wednesday and then I would be out of pocket until March. So, I don't want to hold up the process. >> Thank you, Lori. I would imagine that if we interviewed more that they probably all wouldn't be done by Wednesday, I would say. Wouldn't you, Josh? judging by where someone be coming from if they're going to try to be here physically. Yeah. Be tough. >> Yeah. Mike, do you want to be on? Anybody else? >> I get elected by default. >> Okay. Guess it will be Mike
015and myself. >> Very good. >> Along with Mr. Patterson, Mr. Milamaki, Mrs. Ferris Suzanne off anybody Josh Suzanne Brock and Audrey. Okay Mike get a chance just come by and look at the applications Suzanne brought as well. Let Audrey know them tomorrow start the application. Yeah. Okay. Mike, you pass me down a Kleenex. Please just grab one is fine. All right. Next is the uh innovative educational tax credit result. So roughly $7.2 million was budgeted by the state this year for the innovative educational tax credit. And every dogone dollar was claimed in a record of eight minutes. Fortunately, we were able to claim $24,000 in donations out of a possible 25,700 before time ran out. Of this amount, roughly 10,000 was was specifically earmarked for a new specialized video camera system that utilizes a boom
016that enable recording from high in the air. For the remaining 13,000, I am working with our mates director to to obtain quotes for boiler replacement, classroom floor tile replacement, painting, and additional library shelving. The project that we would prioritize would depend largely on the affordability of the will be, I think in October, Susanna, another window opening for claims that were incorrect. And so there will be another chance in October. I think there's over $200,000 that were claimed improperly and we had that extra 1,700. We'll uh make sure we keep everybody aware of that should any consider donating in the future. Our spring enrollment, our count day was Monday, February 2nd. Currently we have 86 freshmen, 88 sophomore, 83 juniors, and 75 seniors for a grand total of 332 students. That's down 15 students from the
017fall count, most of whom are ninth and tth graders transitioning to homeschool or hybrid enrollment. >> What is hybrid enrollment? >> Hybrid enrollment means they're coming for some classes, but not all. >> Okay? And so several of our homeschool students come for our elective courses because they are so phenomenal whether that be our art and music or our agriculture program. So we do have some student participate in that. We'll be investigating if there's reason we have ninth and tth and why they still if they still enjoy our elected courses. What we can do encourage them to uh come back and take our core courses or maybe provide some online inter alternative in the future questions about spring enrollment advanced opportunity grant. We just received the grant for next year's cycle and that's that the amount
018of that grant was $32,174. That's up a $3,000 from last year, which I believe would be 28,000 and change. This funding is primarily utilized to cover academic related expenses that parents or students might otherwise be required to pay out of pocket. 75% of that grant that we utilize pay mostly for fees and expenses for travel and lodging for a lot of our club conferences and events like that. um or for any kind of material that they might need for a project that they might not be able to afford to pay for out of pocket. We can also use that to pay for CT CTE course should we wish to do so and um but the vast majority has to be earmarked for for replacing students cost. Any questions about our advanced opportunity grant? Okay. So,
019Right. So, I want to provide everyone with an update on the girls locker room project. We're approximately uh 70% finished. And so, I just wanted to kind of show you some pictures what it looks like thus far. So that's the interior wall. If you can recall, it used to be like a somewhat of a pony wall that went mostly to the top of the ceiling. Well, we we fixed that now. Completely framed it in, made it look very professional. We've added a obviously a whiteboard there, mirror. We have added a door there as well. So you can see this is going out the 90 degree angle. bends back up the ramp. Now we have this as a extra barrier for privacy. Um in addition to that, we'll eventually have another double sink towards the top
020of that ramp for a secondary level barricade both privacy and protection. See more pictures. This is from the inside of the girls PE PE teachers office which would be um Mr. Keller's office. So that was the door that was adjoining the other office. So it's since then boarded up. We still have more work to do but as you can see um there is no longer a door there. That's from one side and that's from the other side. This is the the uh lady coach's office looking toward what would be Mr. Keller's office. Here are the windows that look out into the girls locker room from the lady coach's office. So, as you can see, we've got some makeshift lockers here that we plan to eventually take out and put some better lockers in there. We
021have some better ones at storage downstairs here. And what we did is we frosted these windows because as you can see as you're looking into the girls locker room, there's really nothing that you can see. Now, we have had some recent concern arrive from some of our young ladies that this still makes them feel uncomfortable. So, this may only be a short-term solution that we have to uh fully address this summer when we can actually get in here and have more time to do renovations. But, that's what it looks like right now. That's viewing out into the locker room and one of these views in. This is the view from the locker room into that coach's office. I share these with you tonight in full transparency just to let you know what we're doing and
022how things are going. Of course, we hope to be done by now. as they say the best plan of mice and men you fall short and that's where we're at now. I'm hoping we're planning on getting back in there right when we break for we have the tournament we have a Friday right before tournament for everybody to be gone. So we hope to get back in there and get some more completed and then if we're being realistic it'll probably after basketball season before we can maybe get in there properly to uh finish up those renovations. making questions on the locker room. Okay, next is my February schedule date. See what's going on. Um, lot of we're inition time. Lots of committee meetings and uh things of that nature going on this week. I should probably
023also note, well, it's not noted in my report. I have uh recently um been approved and voting to join the board of the YMCA. So I will be a trustee of the YMCA. My first board meeting is coming up in a couple weeks. So I'll be working alongside Mike and I look forward to that opportunity. Already spoken with Mr. Rouse a few times and I hope to learn more about the why and outreach, how it affects students and youth in our community and how we might be able to partner more in the future to make sure we're providing the best product for our kids both whether it's in school through the Y for the greater community. All right, that lastly I'll get to my calendar proposal presentation. This is information only at a short slideshow
024that I would like to share with everyone both trustees and those in attendance. So we'll start from here. All right. So the reason for this proposal, I think it's important that I quickly explain uh briefly what the rationale is, why why are we doing this? So really it all boils down to one central focus and it's about students. the students birth velocity. If we just think about simple math, we have two students here. We have Ronnie and Abby. Ronnie goes to school. He has 10 days less to prepare for his exams. Abby has 10 days more to prepare for her exams. Logically, we could be led to the conclusion that a student that has more time to prepare has a higher probability of being successful on those exams than someone that has less time to
025prepare. That's the grounding. That's the research. That's the the main framework. So why why are some of the reasons again more time to prepare for for the ACT and AP exams in high school? All juniors have to take the AC ex the ACT exam. That's how high schools are are evaluated. Now, in elementary, you know, it's it's grades uh essentially three through eight. Well, three through six and seventh and eth if you're a junior high or six through eight if you're a middle school. Those are the grade levels that we look at their achievement scores. In high school, it's only a oneshot deal. Only juniors. And that's why every junior has to take it. Those aren't my rules. Those rules are set set by the both the federal government and our state government. And so
026that's why they are very important because our entire high school is judged upon the performance of those juniors on those ACT exams. Advanced placement exams are for students that are interested in taking more rigorous courses. These exams, if you pass them, will count for college credit. And so that's why they are very important. Not all students take these exams. These are only those that want to that feel like they have the capacity to push themsel for more with more rigorous instruction. Other reasons better alignment with University of Montana who begins August 24th this fall and Montana State who begins August 26. With that, we think that in the future there's potential for online dual dual enrollment courses offered through M at MSU. So by starting earlier, students that would like to take advantage of potential
027online dual enrollment courses, they would have that ability to do so. But if we start later, they don't they may not necessarily have that ability or they may have to start them before we even get into school. Longer throughear breaks, there's potential for more strategically placed longer throughear breaks. What this does is help us balance the semester out a little better. If you'll notice looking at our current calendar, which I'll pull up here shortly, most of our breaks are pretty heavy in the fall and light in the spring. So that makes for a spring semester that really drags on and leads it leads to a higher probability of student burnout trying to keep them on track and focused on their studies. So if we could provide more strategic breaks, we feel like that helps keep
028I feel like that helps keep things fresh and give students some time to relax, recharge their batteries for coming back and taking up their studies once again. Also potential for better semester balance in the future. In an ideal setting, it would be great. And I'm not sure if we could ever achieve this or not. It all depends on the numbers and figures. If you don't know, the state sets requirements for what we have to have in terms of hours and not necessarily hours from school day, but how much time a student must be in school. It's 1,080 hours for uh first grade through 11th grade. It's 1,50 hours. And so we have to design a calendar that makes sure that all those students meet at minimum of that time. often we build in a few
029extra days in case there's some kind of emergency. That's the restrictions that we have to play with. And so in the future, it'd be great if somehow we could be done with our finals before Christmas break. So that way you'd have a first semester that actually ends before Christmas break. We get that done. Students have that entire Christmas break, not to be thinking about exams, but enjoying the holiday season with their family and friends. When we start back in January, we're fresh starting a new semester. Now again that the numbers are critical of that with the current proposal that I made. We weren't able to do that and balance the semester enough in order for the teachers to feel comfortable. Therefore, I did not put the semester files first semester before Christmas. I put them
030back in January where we currently have. So what's our current reality? Currently out at BCHS six judged from our best estimates 60 to 75 students are currently involved in FFA or 4 or some combination thereof that accounts for 25 roughly 25% of our total enrollment right now. Now 100 plus students are involved in all sports. That's football, volleyball, cross country, golf, and cheerleading. That's 30% of our enrollment. And I do realize that there's also some crossover because we do have some FFA and 4 students that also participate in those activities as well. Finally, we have 155 students that are not involved in FFA, 4, or sports. That's 47% of our enrollment. So, I do this to kind of give you an idea of the breakdown of our student body to show and to demonstrate how
031diverse it is. What are students participating in and those that are participating in anything. So the idea here is to try to create a calendar that addresses all these groups which is the challenge that's currently set before us. So I think these are the two guiding questions that we must keep in mind as we move forward. What type of calendar would academically benefit the most while hurting the least? That's often the approach that education leaders take. Is there a way potentially though that we can come up with something design a calendar in which no group is potentially disadvantaged in any way. I think that's the ultimate goal. And if nothing else tonight, I hope at least I've sparked the seed of an idea and to consider pot the possible future in in changes how a
032calendar might impact not only your students, your children, but those of the greater community. So with that, I will close and and turn the report back over to Mr. L. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Patterson. Um, at this point in time, we'll go to the public comment and communication board of our meeting. Um, before I turn it over to the public, there's a couple things I would like to say. Um, since the last board meeting in March or in January, I've had numerous phone calls, emails, text messages, and meeting in person with people. Um today I received and I think a lot of the board did five emails um from individuals that I will make a part of our minutes. Those emails came from um Amber Burch, Randy Bradock, Aaron Paddock, Cheyenne Harrison, and
033Marty Lackner Shield. Um the five emails are all opposed to the current calendar or the current proposed calendar. The main reasons are basically twofold. Um one is we are an egg community um 4 FFA and just kids being at home on the ranch or the farm and taking care of things is important. Um, like it or not, people can say what they want to be county is a that's what we are. That's what makes this whole this whole thing go is agriculture. You look at the thousands of cows and thousands of tons of hay and thousands of bushels of grain. I mean, that's what we're all about. The other comment about opposition to the calendar is a lot of people don't see what benefit it would be to the students by starting a weird early.
034Um we're currently ranked 12th in the state high school wise academically. The ones higher than us are with the exception I believe of one or double A schools which can offer a lot more um products than than what we have. Um, I didn't say I lost my train here. Um, the other is financial to some degree. I mean, if we started a week early, we'd have to run school buses a week earlier. We'd have to run them a week later in the spring. um the high school where we own all the school buses, we do get reimbursed from the state, but that's still taxpayer dollars. I mean, we as in individuals are still still footing the bill for those. One of the other comments that I had or several of the comments I had was
035instead of starting a week early, a lot of people would like to go back and start the day after Labor Day so we would be in the same calendar schedule as District 10 News. Um, as you know, our current calendar that people appear to like is we start school the Monday before the fair. the kids get two or three days off during the fair and we graduate on the Sunday of Memorial Day which there again people like that under the proposed calendar we graduate a week early a lot of people if they have family and friends come for graduation like it being the Sunday Memorial Day because Monday is a holiday and then most people to travel. Um anyway, with that, I'm going to put these five emails um as part of the minutes. I
036also visited with several staff members in person about their thoughts and um in all the comments and phone calls and emails and personal um visits I've had, I've not had one person in favor of the proposed calendar. Everyone is opposed to it. With that being said, um I'll turn this over to the public for comment. One thing I will say is if everyone saying the same thing, there's no sense to sit here all night and listen to everybody say the same thing. Once we've had three or four people speak, unless someone has something else that they feel important that they'd like to talk about, um that'll be that. So anyway, with that being said, who wants to be first? Diane, go ahead. >> Um, Erin Padock. Um, I guess I would just comment, I've already
037commented on the egg perspective and the effect that it would have, I think, on agricultural families. But um the first slide shown tonight was the + 10 minus 10 days for studying for exams. And what comes to mind with that is if we're worried about 10 days of preparation in the junior year, we haven't done our jobs in 9th grade and 10th grade to get them ready. And frankly, 10 days is not going to accelerate enough to make a difference in standardized test scores. So here again, we're teaching to the test, and I'm extremely opposed to that aspect. The kids get hands-on experience working. That's real experience. And that's why Beaver County High School students excel in college and beyond. >> Thank you. Anyone else? Yes. Place I'm supposed to stand >> there. Um I
038I feel like I'm kind of at a disadvantage. I missed the presentation because of the venue. Um take that into consideration, please. When there's this many people, you ought to have a backup plan. This is >> Please identify yourself. Oh, I'm Morgan Sand. Okay. >> Um, as of here. Yeah. Um, so just just not related to the school thingy or the calendar thing, but I think the venue could be improved when you have this many people stand up, multiple people in both halls. Um so uh I came to the board meeting on last month and um it was said about this topic that um the main concern is for the high school students but there is no but we don't I that's a improper way to say it. The elementary school it affects the elementary
039school but the main concern is the high school. But I'd like to point out that we are in the same community and it does affect it whether you like it or not. And if there's no concern for the elementary school, that should change and we should have have concern for the elementary school. It was very clearly stated that the only concern is high school and that should be changed. Um kind of related note maybe it's time to get one district. Uh so they are working together and co coordinated. Um last time there was presented two options. I think you only presented one. Is that is the other one abandoned? Is that what you said earlier? Oh, I I presented two options to the staff and the one that they voted on, the one that received
040the majority of votes was the one I present. >> Okay. So, one is abandoned. Um, and last time you did say you were going to present it to the teachers union, I think it was the teachers union or maybe the teachers in general. Um, was that ever done? Have the teachers been queried? Have they been pulled or do we know how the teachers feel about this? >> I can speak on that. >> Yeah, John, go ahead. >> So, I'm the president of the FC. Um and so um I did put it out to the union out of 23 possible members 20 responded back. Okay. Uh what date do you prefer starting current calendar? Uh teachers voted 65% so that be 13. Um no preference would be five so that be 25%. And then two for
041the proposed calendar. Um and that was 10%. Um and obviously a lot of the concerns came up is how would it affect our aged students? Is that going to put a lot of pressure on them by having come to school get ready for our project? So once again this is our preference. Um we were told this kind of our last chance to I guess have a voice. So we did vote on one of them just to kind of go for addressing. So uh um so the result was what' you say how many% voted? >> So 16. So >> 16 of the 23 said no. >> So um of the 20 this is just what we prefer. Okay. So out of 20 13 said we prefer the current calendar that we are on. We start before
042Labor Day after the um five had no preference and then two preferred the proposed calendar. Um as far as the vote um as far as the two that Mr. Patterson proposed. We had 16 in the that meeting. Um nine voted for the one that was adopted. I voted for it. Yeah. >> All right. >> So if if the preference was by the teachers union, is that include is that fair to say it's for the teachers in general or is it teachers union? >> Union represents all but two teachers. >> Okay. So that's fairly >> So the majority of them wanted to maintain it as it is, but if they had to choose between those two changes, they would that is correct. Um so sounds like how how many times did it go through the polling?
043>> Uh we third time is when we got that time. >> So the third time it was denied. It was not up. >> So first one um and that was proposed even a week earlier that one got rejected and then the second one was over uneven uneven semesters and then we went back with the third one. That's the water. >> Okay. So, it sounds like it was not well received by the teachers union and um well, I guess I'm another vote for that. Not not really in favor of it. Another thing I would I wonder if it was considered is if you're starting earlier in August, is there a um uh air conditioning system in this building? I've been in here when it's been pretty sneaky hot. Is it is there AC? Do we anybody
044I don't know. >> Two rooms I believe. No, >> Two rooms. I think there's two. Good. Thanks. >> All right. So, that might be an issue we might need to address before this is changed and acted. Um, also, will the athletic schedule uh so they in late August um they usually do two days for football, is that going to be changed to do before school and after school? Is that the thing that's going to be wellreceived? I don't know if that's a a positive um step. Um, and then at the end of the year, the current calendar as it's proposed, all the state tournaments happen after the high school, the seniors leave. Is that what I saw? Right. I'm not proficient in this. I'm not well verssed >> in school stuff. So, the kids are
045going to the seniors are going to graduate and come back for another week to play sports. >> That's happening right now. >> That's happening this year. Happens. >> All right. Then it's 67. Okay. And then uh so I did see in the calendar when I looked at it, we're adding five days in August, cutting off five days in June, and the attached reference material said um it was the reference, it was the article called long-term breaks or and it said the hazards of long-term breaks. Um, if you add this week in August and take off a week in June, correct me if I'm wrong, math says that summer's the same length. And I don't see how that's a benefit. Um, I think when I was a kid, there was a some dude told me, I
046think it was a teacher actually. I learned something in school. The teacher said, "Oh, yeah. when they're talking about daylight savings time in Indian said cutting off an hour in the front and adding it to the end it makes the blanket longer or cutting off a foot of the blanket in the front end adding it to the end of the blanket makes it longer. I don't see a benefit there. Um cutting off adding to the front and adding it to the taking off for the other ranch doesn't really I don't see difference in the summer break and don't see how that would change. Um let's see here. Another one, another reference in that in that article said uh a lot of the nation um started earlier in that report attached here. And this was kind
047of interesting to study because in this one that you referenced on there, it said there's actually 400 500 600 620 some odd um districts in Montana. And when you talked about last time there was 500 and if I looked up online there's 400. It's really I not quite sure how many districts there are in Montana but it said the half or 85% start August 16th August 31st. So we already following that. So that doesn't defend one way or the other starting earlier. >> I believe those reference individually schools and not individual schemes. >> Maybe that's a misunderstanding. >> Okay. Um and maybe that's the case and that so whether it's districts or schools there's a pile of them and um we already fall in the reference range that is supposed to justify them moving accelerating
048the date. I saw no benefit there. Um, and um, you mentioned the ACT and I guess I wanted to learn a little bit more about that. When do they take the ACT test? >> The calendar. Okay. >> Well, I couldn't because standing in the hallway. >> It's April 8th this year. >> April 8th. Okay. Those references under study. So, we should have plenty of time to I believe our AP exams are first week of May. That's all I had. It didn't come out very smooth. It was much smoother in my head. But, uh, let's see. I think I have some more. Oh, the reference in the article also said uh compete with foreign scholarship or compete with scholarships for colleges within the Montana Montana University system. And I think you did state that that if
049we started earlier, they might be able to apply for college college credit courses. Um but it was may not and maybe we ought to find out if that's a solid thing, if it's possible to do that before we change it. Um because uh last month when you talked about it, it was stated that they all started way earlier than we did and I looked and that they all start pretty much the same time uh late August. Um let's see. Another one I guess I was talking. All right, that's all. So vote not for it and uh I don't see any benefit overall. Thank you, Mr. Sundo. Anyone else have anything to say? >> I have a question. Um, um, of those 47% of kids that weren't involved in egg or farm or ranch life, of
050those kids, what how many of those go out to the ranches? >> So, when I was doing the research, I was trying to find out eventually any kid would be involved with with a related, whether that's haying, with irrigation, pipe, >> right? But what percentage of our students because you said 47% are not involved. So what of that? >> I just separated them all out into percentages. So that the percentage I separated out were the only ones that we could clearly define and I even added an extra 15 kids to that because we weren't 100% sure that would be potentially involved in that. >> Okay. >> And but I mean if you if anybody's in better numbers and I'm going to learn to understand this issue here. My goal is to make sure all students
051um have an opportunity to learn and grow and and have all the opportunities potentially available to them. And so that's that's what I hope to work toward. This is a this is obviously a very unique community and this process is something I learned a lot more about the importance of that about the importance of 4 or FFA programs and just how involved everyone is. So those are the best I have. If anybody has anything else they like to share any better numbers, I would certainly be interested in those. >> Thank you, Tony. >> I'm Randy Bradock and um I have a daughter who will be a freshman next year. So that's why I have an interest in this topic, but I think I also bring a different perspective. Um I was a educator in New
052Mexico for five years and then I did early intervention in the homes for five years. Um, New Mexico is a very impoverished state. They are very low on the education scale. And so I've been witness and firsthand experience to the school year being moved earlier and earlier and earlier. And that's my concern um in our community is that if we give an inch eventually we may take mile. So, we may be only asking for seven days this year, but are we eventually going to be starting at the beginning of August with teachers coming back in July? That's what's happening in New Mexico right now. And so, students when we get June and July, teachers don't even get all of July. So, that's my concern as a former teacher. Um, also the demographics that we dealt
053with in New Mexico. Um I had 70% free and reduced lunch students. I had 25% ESL students. Um so totally different set of challenges. Our school was rated I think a D and so we were under action where we had to reform you know our strategies and extending the school year was part of that strategy. My question to you is what's the push behind behind this? Is there something statistically in the data that you're seeing where our students are weak and not getting enough support? Um is that the reason or is it merely just the test because our kids are more than a test and I'm concerned that like it was said before that we're teaching to the test. Um I did some research on this topic. you've received my letter. I don't know if
054you've had time to read it, but a more effective strategy if we want our students to do well during the day is to start their day later, get more sleep, they're better um behavior- wise, they're more cognitively aware, they have better attention span, and they perform better overall. So, I encourage you to read my letter, go take a look at the study. Um, and I oppose the herb. You >> like me to respond? They would like of course I love that dialogue. >> Sure. So what are we seeing right now? Our kids are performing. Awesome. Excellent. Right. But my job is not I wanted to assess how we're we're doing right now or how we performing in the past. What also lies in the future. And so I do feel like we rap in technology
055and AI. That's been the hottest topic since I've arrived. not necessarily in in Dylan, Montana, but in all the major conferences I've attended. How are we prepared? What are we going to do? I do think there's a strong possibility within the next three or five years, maybe sooner, that University of Montana, MS and MSU may start offering fully online dual enrollment classes um available to high school students. A lot of other states do that. I'm sure they lot of the southern states do um areas that have urban population, that's that's an option. And so I another reason for getting clo aligning our schedule we're kind of closer with the university system and so our students would already be in school when those classes potentially begin. So that was just one thing. We're performing very very
056well right now. We there are some things in the school district that I'm concerned about the fact that we don't have an intervention program. We don't have a tier three program. That's something I have observed immediately. So, I think it was mentioned in one of the letters that I've received of of which I think I received at least maybe 12 emails over the course of the past I don't know six or seven days and and from some of you that are in this in this room. Um, but I I I think that it's important with that we address we plan for that. We plan for the f future but we prepare for that. And so, and again I just go back to it also benefits us because the more kids have to prepare the more
057successful they'll be. in in everything. I mean, I would add that, you know, we already have 30% of our students are already here with involved in sports activities. Now, I'm not saying this is right or wrong or what the answer is what calendar um and work the best for all. It's my job to listen, understand, try to try to create a calendar that is hopefully benefits all students, if not all students, the vast majority. So, >> thank you very much. Sure. >> And a lot of students have been talked about a lot, but I think we're also forgetting about the students who have summer jobs, maybe like working in a daycare, um if the YMCA summer camp, those employers depend on them until elementary school starts. And so if they're having to come to school
058a little bit earlier, employers may be impacted as well. >> Thank you. >> Jim, did you want to say something? >> Yeah, I just reinforcing on the egg thing. Um, so remind you when I was younger, when I graduated, all my buddies of friends, we all ended up changing water and and that was starting in June. Um, nowadays a lot of things have changed. You're usually done farming pretty much wrapped up by the 25th of May and everything nowadays, a lot of it's under pivot. So you don't really need that much help changing water. When you really do need the help is when I went back to school. I I went to school of but I was leaving right around the 17th to 18th to go back to high school but all my other buddies
059they didn't start till after Labor Day back then and that's when the combine was running and we were haying you know and trying to really push through and all that stuff. So the schedule to bump it back you're more advantage to have more time in the fall and I got an earful of that from a couple of my cousins here in the last couple of days talking about this subject. So just uh that's kind of how that schedule worked. Anyway, >> thank you. >> Yes. >> Um sorry. So I had a couple comments. So I agree with the kids working. I have two boys that worked all summer. Um and that is part of preparing them to be good people too and to learn how to function in society is learning how to have a
060job. Um questions too. My kids have not gone to school on Canada. they have universities in Utah and others mostly between premed and other things. Um so they gear everything towards kids going to Montana schools. I think need to remember there's a broader array of kids and professionally they might do. Um so that's something to consider. Also having the the ACT and AP test if they're at the end of the year they have most of the school year to prepare for this. I don't see adding five days before to be affected. that like the comment was made they should have had those things learned and skills done. Um and the other thing also too I looked online when it was said that there was you know 47% of what the numbers were the schools that
061start later or earlier than us and I just looked at our top I looked at 10 schools that we compete with just one sport for different things all of them start later than we do now or even the same time as we do and that was 10 out of 10. So I think some of the numbers might be a little skewed. Um maybe some of the resources maybe might be a little bit off in that regard. I'm against the counters and represent. >> Thank you. >> I had a question about the age. H sorry Shelley Broer. Um, what number of kids are taking AP courses? I mean, hopefully a lot. And then is there any reason why if school hasn't started, if these kids are choosing to do so, they can't start those AP courses
062earlier? I mean, if it's an online course through the university system, does do they have to have school started here? >> Our AP courses, not all of them, but many are taught by our a few are taught by our teachers and so like our teachers instruct those AP boards. We do have some that are online and they kind of have a window that opens as well. So through Montana, >> they do. I'm sorry. >> Okay. through through Montana digital academy. It's the same with dual enrollment. All of our current dual enrollment classes through Western are taught by teachers that are in the classroom and that's largely because the Western has that unique block scheduling system. So starting earlier would not help us align necessarily to Western in terms of dual enrollment, but we would still
063have to provide those dual enrollment classes through our own teachers in the classroom. What I'm talking about is fully online programs that are taught essentially like several courses during coy online and so like I for example some of our courses right now in Montana digital academy are completely online. Now how UM or MSU how they want to convey that instruction that would be largely up to them. I' I've taken some in my experience um and it's just it's an online course you get on the professor they're on the video screen and you provide a dialogue you have a lecture and discussion and then you have projects and assignments that you have to submit and things of that nature. One other thing that I want to add Shelby is and >> I failed to mention before
064is that another reason for starting earlier is it's not just add days for the sake of adding days. Currently in the three days we have we're able to get all of our orientation done so they get our expectations across. We do our freshman orientation just by themselves grades the experience. We also get a NBI procedures. We really set the tone for what we expect. Go over our our student handbook. That's about the bulk of what we can accomplish in those three days. Mostly administrative type things. By starting earlier we can get our baseline assessment testing completed. Nobody wants to talk about that. Guess what? If you're an educator, I know some of you are or at least a former educator, they're required. You have to do them. The sooner we get that baseline task to
065be completed, the sooner we can analyze that data, identify our deficiencies, and begin planning targeted instruction to address those deficiencies. I think we can do all of that before, fair, and Labor Day, and then start real instruction after. >> So, you know, part of the issue was then retention, right? coming back from summer, but you're going to test them immediately coming back from summer when the retention is an issue. >> That's that's the act that's the goal. So, I think we have a disconnect in understanding what the purpose of assessment is. That depends on the time of the year that you give the assessment. See, baseline as testing is just to do that. You're establishing a baseline. I want to know what they know right when they get back from break, right? That's going to
066give me the clearest picture of where they're at. Then that's how I can more more specifically tailor that instruction. I know what their strengths are, identify their weaknesses, and that's I think that's the best path in moving forward. And so that's what the purpose of it is. Baseline only in a in a winter or spring test. That's when I'm looking for achievement. How far have we come? What have we learned in that period of time? >> Erin, did you have something else you wanted to say? I was actually gonna ask the question I think that Shel was alluding to or maybe >> but the dual enrollment if there's something that prevents prevents our students I I think it's I I think you answered it because no there's not any that change moving our calendar would
067do to affect dual enrollment classes currently >> no not currently no and again so again I believe as education leader part one of my job is asking both sides >> then I would ask that question would it matter Yes, it would. It would >> if they were taking an online class from a university, whatever university that would be in a dual enrollment capacity, would they have to be doing it from this building >> when school is in session? >> I see. Thank you for the clarification. No, they wouldn't have to. We often set up our students for that process. We walk them through that. That's what we've done historically before I even arrives. We help prepare them. We kind of hold their hand a little bit until they get used to that. But you're you're
068right. And technically, they wouldn't have to be physically in the building. >> And students who are taking dual enrollment classes probably make less than other students might. >> Yes. >> J Nagel. Um I just have a diff a totally different perspective. I obviously support the egg community as well, but my kids are not involved in egg. But a few things that come to my mind are you mentioned that you're losing kids to online programs. Um I obviously can't speak for that. My kids are both enrolled in school uh public school. However, I have one kid in particular who on a regular basis is begging me to do online school. Um school is not fun for him. It is not enjoyable. I have another kid who thrives in school and that's great. But unfortunately, I have
069four more years with one who is uh not pleased to be coming to school every day. Um I'm extremely concerned about the idea of putting kids like that in additional hours of instruction. Um it's a battle. If you have a kid like that, you might understand it is a battle. And and saying to them, "Oh, by the way, now your summer's cut short. Another 10, 15 days, whatever it ends up being. You got to go to school earlier." It's just again that constant nag on these kids who are not thriving on the idea of going to a classroom every day who are uh more suited for the outdoors, sports, activities, whatever it might be. I'm I'm terrified about this idea. I know that sounds a little dramatic, but if you lived in my house, you
070would understand. Um it's it's additional time in a classroom. It's additional time behind a computer. It's additional time. So, I think you're losing kids because kids don't want to be here eight hours a day and they sure as heck don't want to be here cutting into their summertime. Now, I recognize that school has it has to happen. So, I'm not suggesting something otherwise, but I think that that's a great possibility that if you call those people up, they're going to say, "I got to have the flexibility and I got a kid who doesn't want to be in a classroom all day." Because I'm in that boat and I understand why people are doing that. The second concern I have is frankly family time. Um it's kind of lost I guess in this but you know
071this is my second meeting tonight. Haven't been home tonight other than at 4:30 to 5. Um and that's just the reality of what we live in. That's not unique to me. You have all these other parents in the same boat. Some of these parents were at the meeting with me at 5:30 as well for the senior class. I say that to say we we have very little time with our family as is. Um, you know, I got a kid graduating this year, so it's at the forefront of my mind that, uh, that time is gone and August is precious. And already in high school, you lose a bunch of August if your kid played football sport. And frankly, when that happened my kids freshman year, I was pretty angry. Um, because August is precious, especially
072in Montana. It's a beautiful time of year. It's one of our only times a year to spend time as a family. you don't have the June camps rush, you don't have the July, Fourth of July hustle, and finally, you feel like you can settle in a little bit and enjoy your summer. So, I'm significantly concerned about losing that additional family time from my perspective. We don't get enough as it is uh because of the daily life and I don't I don't want that taken from me anymore than it already is. couple hours for sports, maybe a golf tournament or whatever it is is one thing, but the entire day for school um bothers me. Um so I would just ask that you consider those other perspectives. I think there's a significant push for egg. I
073think there's a significant push for, you know, what are the benefits? But you got a lot of kids. I'm I would surmise I'm I don't have data for you guys. I'm not a teacher. I would surmise you have a lot of kids similar to one of my children who is uh not interested in coming here every day. And anything I can do to keep that kid interested is my job. I got to keep you interested because I can't lose you a sophomore year when you decide that you're going to go work on a ranch and suddenly you know what it's like to make money. So I I'm just telling you like there's there's a battle that parents are facing if they have a kid who's active and wild and has a hard time sitting behind
074a screen. And that's where we're pushing. The world is pushing. I mean I'm doing it myself. I'm behind a screen all day. then you got your phone and then you got a meeting and then there's a screen here and it's just constant constant constant and I think that what you're hearing from this community is we really want our kids to learn how to be outside and we want them to get back to the basics of how we all grew up and that's not going to happen if we push them into a classroom for more time. So I would just ask you to consider that other perspective as well. So, am I correct in hearing from you, Jill, that would be safe to say that a one a one-sizefits-all approach no longer works? >> Yeah. >>
075And and I would agree. I So, I really appreciate you coming to to share that comment and I think that again kind of it shares some similarities with with the ad community is that it doesn't work anymore. And so, I think we are going to have to start thinking about alternatives for the current way we provide education. This is long. This is down the road. This is where I can use your help. I don't feel like we have a system that works for all kids right now. That as an educator, that drives me crazy. I also want you to remember that I also have kids in the school district, too. I've got a sixth grader who is that kid you're talking about. We are fighting to keep him in school. He's been in homeschool. He's
076been in public school. He's been on a reservation with me. And I'm doing everything I can to keep him out of Mr. Rogers's office. I I understand it that the struggle is real. Um, I've also got a an eighth grader who'll be going through orientation in the coming weeks and I've got a freshman this year, too. And I've got a senior graduating back in Jordan that tears my heart out that we can't all be there together. We gave that option to stay either come with us or stay for senior year. So, I understand the challenges and I do believe we need to look for solutions as we move forward. There may be a little more outside the box and I hope I can enlist your support in coming up with some of those ideas because
077I certainly do not have them all. So, >> thank you. Does anyone else have anything any different than what we've already said? Mrs. Samson, >> I would just speak to Jill that I have a daughter that did is now homeschooled after most of the day because of the reason where like today for example, she went through her first period here and did nothing. And so I feel like because you guys had to take pictures or something, so she didn't get instruction. So, I think that the amount of time actually spent in school that they actually are not getting instruction is what causes a handful of those kids to say, "This is boring. I don't want to do this. I can do this at home and I could be done in I mean, she'll probably be
078done with the semester of work halfway through the semester because that's just how she operates." I think to your point, we are not we are not teaching to the masses, but we already have a lot of wasted time within those time periods. I don't think adding more days is going to be beneficial. >> Thank you. I think every I was I was just wanted to make sure that I'm not sure anyone mentioned I think we really need to also recognize that we have a grade school on a different schedule if we do this and that's important. I mean we have families who have kids in both schools and that creates um problems too. Even though you might lengthen the um spring break if the grade school schedule is different, that's not going to leave any
079more availability for families to go on trips or do things together. So, I just wanted to make sure that >> Thank you. Is there anyone here that's in favor of proposed calendar? >> Um, I of course agree with everybody that has said something so far with being opposed. It just doesn't work. I will have um two kids in high school next year and still one in the grade school, so that doesn't matter. I feel like I was hoping to get more answers when I came tonight, but I feel like I have more questions. I feel like we haven't been um provided with enough information to why I think this might work. Um I guess I just still feel a little bit lost. I definitely appreciate where you're coming from and um would like to hear
080more. I just I don't think it's something that our community as a whole is too happy about supporting and it's just not. >> Thank you, Shantel. And I guess if anybody has any further questions or concerns, you should schedule a time to meet with Dr. Patterson and come in and let him further explain it to you. Does any of the faculty have any comments or thoughts? Anything anybody want to say? Emma, from a student standpoint, you're an athlete and a scholar and a >> on student council. as a student that like isn't as involved in like sports. I am a cheerleader, but I'm also like involved in like band and choir and like a bunch of clubs and like all that sort of stuff. So, there's definitely a lot of other student involvement with like
081club activities and like music activities and other things going on. So, I feel like uh other students being represented in that way would be >> one other thing I forgot to mention. >> Yeah. Did we ask our bus drivers about the change? I know we have a hard enough time trying to find bus drivers. >> Need to drive two more weeks. >> Yeah. I'm just curious if they have had an opportunity to voice their >> My dad's a bus driver and he's not excited about it. But that's only one that I will my children are also striders and they are until I Yeah. a lot. >> I'm just worried about that, too. >> Um, I would like to thank you all for coming. I wanted to ask if any of the board members if any
082of any of you have anything you'd like to say or add to it or comment about >> believe. So, I think the biggest thing I would say is in a community this size, I think collaboration is key. figuring out ways to to do just this, to hear from everybody, to have conversations. I think that anytime in the position I'm in, you've ever tried to make a decision without bringing all the people in to have feedback, it it can be challenging. And so I I think it's fantastic that this many people showed up to share their feedback. So >> I have one or two question has there been much collaboration of the building school districts because usually I know usually you meet and you plan has that happened. >> I've talked to one of their school
083board members and they want to stay their calendar the way it is starting the day after Labor Day is what she told me. So, but I guess my question is I don't feel like there's been that interaction and that collaboration with the other school district >> Mr. Patterson. So, so we met on January 6 in discussion at that time and we've been going back and forth on the phone and emailing ever since even with the last proposal we were able to line our calendars in terms of breaks within two days. There was potential that district 10 would maybe be able to get it within one day. So I am working with him. Um if we ever consider an earlier start in the future though I believe it would district be a little more flexible. Now
084is not the time. And so here would you allow me to say a quick closing? >> Sure. >> So again I would like to thank everybody for coming tonight. If there's one thing that I've learned in this process is that one size doesn't fit all. And so I I believe that the current proposal as it standards needs further revision and that and I have I have you to thank in large part because of that through the emails, the phone calls and your attendance here tonight. I want you to know that it's it was very important and I will I can promise you that I will go back and make revisions. I can I also now understand and not fully yet. I need to get on some branches, need to do some more work within the
085elementary. Um, how how farreaching these decisions can be and I have a better sense of the numbers. Again, if anybody has more specific numbers, I would like to hear from them. But I do think it's important to protect our time in August for our ad community. I do think it's important we provide more options academically for our students in the future. And I hope to work with you all moving forward in the creation of future calendars by having maybe some listening sessions with with the egg community and with parent groups. What I'd really like to do is if we're ever going to consider change is maybe considered the idea and Roxan came up with this of a two-year calendar approach. That way change can be made incrementally and anything that might be we could prepare
086more for it in advance if it was something that may be a little more difficult because if we already make plans or we already have things already scheduled. So I look forward working with you all in the future and I'd like to once again thank you for coming tonight. If you have any questions please don't hesitate email me, call me, stop by for a visit. Thanks again folks. >> Thank you. Okay, thank you everyone. The assistant principal, Mr. Sorry. And that's why it it's fairly consistent obviously you see it's down 88% front that's the last board meeting this board meeting but the last week there was low low numbers and I think that's happening everywhere people I talked to at elementary levels and there's like it's gone miss but hopefully the next week or so
087it'll pick back up I think It's been pretty consistent and then pick back up. That's one reason the hook. Then we have on the very last page kind of those behaviors and incidences. Um once again and then that number 88 it's got the total number of charities that is basically in groups of four. So each time there be a fraction student gets up to four parties that's when that fraction occurs and that's when they go into the outer school that's make my chart. So just multiply that by about four and that's kind of who are that cell phones that very consistent throughout the year. And then we have also on the 18th people talk about it. They have kids coming up from the eighth grade. We are going to have our eighth grade registration night
088on the 18th. um who will meet in the auditorium leave six o'clock. Mr. Rouse and I will address students um talk about scheduling. In years past, we've actually had Chromebooks there so that kids can actually put their information in the computer. Because we are switching over to a campus, that won't happen until about April. And so we're just going to have them do the registration and so they'll be registering. They'll fill out this paperwork. There's a lot of classes that they have to take and then they'll have a few options on the activities, but there's a lot of people that are want to make sure classes those classes will come. It's just going to be really well. It's not going to be they probably will will not have their schedules before the end of the
089school year. We've always tried to do that but with a new campus and and transition over there. Any questions? Any idea how many eighth graders there are? No. It's consistent one. I think it's six or six. Yeah. >> Are there very many rural eighth graders or do we know that? >> Yes, we have I believe it's five, six. Mike Anybody have any questions of Mr. Henkins? None. We'll go on to the activities director report. >> Right. Um kind of breeds, but we may have a state champion in speech and drama on little guy one too. Um I believe black actually took seventh in that. So gained some ground on some of those competitors. Um the drama team won the Western A divisional and then placed third at the state meet. So very proud of all
090those kids and coach what they accomplished this season. I kind of just laid out the boys and girls basketball standings so you could see that. Wanted to put your eyes on that. the uh divisional set for March 5th through the 7th in Hamilton State the 12th through the 14th Great Falls. Really gearing up for this weekend is divisional wrestling. We have 12 other schools joining us here this weekend for fun two days of of wrestling. Starts at three on Friday and 9:00 am on Saturday. I know every motel is booked. So should be a fun weekend of wrestling swing in glimpse of that kind of the test to see if the MR size can handle this. So make some decision based on how how we perform this weekend. So >> how many sore math >>
091boys and girls together pretty much. >> Yep. Spring sports are set to begin Monday, March 16th. So, right around the corner. >> Thank you, Mr. Matthew. Did I see where French down was like 20? >> Really? Okay. Anybody have any questions for Brock? If not, we'll go to consent agenda items. Have any action items? We have one, I guess. We have a 10.1 board consideration for Google district transportation reimburment claim. Just one page is against the lightest agenda we'll ever have. This is the reimbursement we get back from the state. Correct. >> That corrects. Yes. Yeah. >> That reimbures our transportation plan because we're paying for it. Y >> as we go along, >> I'm pretty sure they give us at the start of the semester partial. >> I see. >> And then we fill
092this out. They give us >> and same thing will happen. >> And it's based on miles driven per day by our representative drivers or Josh on the reimbursement claims for the buses. Thank >> God. >> He leaves here and drives out, doesn't he? Every day would imagine. start right before me sometimes about 40 to six. >> I don't know if it's still true, but at one time the wisdom route was the longest route in the city in the nation. Don't know if that's true, but hope so. We do need a motion if someone is >> move the reimbursement. >> Then move and second to approve the bus route reimbursement claim for the first semester. Any other questions? Those in favor say I. >> I. Those opposed unanimously. >> Have anything else to come before the
093board other than Mike? You and I need to try to look at these in the next couple of days. Have any idea what day you'd want to meet our group? >> Wednesday in the afternoon. to solve. >> I guess it'd be nice if we could meet on Wednesday to give them our selected candidates time to hit schedule. So, you want to try to meet at Wednesday at 3:30? >> How about 3:45? >> Wednesday 3:45. >> Okay. Right. Is there any other business to come before the board? If not, we'll adjourn until March 9th at same place. >> You need a motion, >> please. >> So moved. >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> Thank you guys. Have a good evening. That's