001All right, we'll call this meeting to order. Stand and say the pledge. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [Music] Multi school board of trustees notice of meeting being recorded. This meeting of the school board of trustees, committee of the board of trustees or committee subject to the open meeting laws being recorded in accordance with sections 22301, 23202, 23203 and 23214 of the Montana code annotated. All members of the board, committee, staff, and public in attendance are advised that the public portions of the meeting will be recorded in both an audio and video format. Cameras and recording devices are placed throughout the meeting room to complete these recordings. Everyone in attendance
002is reminded to honor the basic rules of decorum during the meeting and guidance associated with providing public comment as stated in policy 1420F. By remaining in the meeting, those present consent to being recorded and displayed in the footage that will be posted on the school district's website. No visitors. Public input comments must be non-aggenda items and related to topics under the jurisdiction of the Malt public schools. Hearing none, moving on to action items. 2025 26 contracts coordinator Tara Cole and Carter [Music] CL to have any discussion on this you guys. Has anybody got questions? To my understanding, the transportation committee will have conversations about this and if we um need to visit on what the job description looks like moving next time. I like I feel like it went well this year with what am
003I trying to say? as far as what he was expected to do, he was fulfilling that. Um, and then Terra as well. So, we will have a meeting on the 28th to go over more of that and exactly who is doing what? Yes. But the job description as a whole is not changing. It's just clarifying and communicating clear about what the duties are between the co-coordinator position. Y um and I'll just say that we made an error on the last meeting that we should have made a motion to table their names until we got some of this clarity instead of just taking their names off. So I just want to apologize for that error. The intent was not to fully remove but yet to table until some discussions and clarity was brought to light. And
004it sounds like we're clear enough to be able to pass it on to transportation committee and then transportation committee will meet with Tara and Carter. Right. Mhm. But the job as a whole is not changing. Right. Okay. Yep. And then just for clarification, as we've talked about on finance, the portion of it that we put the addendum on will be removed for this next contract. Yeah. The hourly rate and the hourly, the mechanics portion of it. Okay. That's good to know. Okay. Okay. And then um after this tonight, then um negotiations and stuff move forward after Yeah. Yeah. after you guys decide after we meet on the 28th. Mhm. Okay. I that's that was my understanding is once you guys have clarified the communication between the two parties. Yes. Who does what then that makes
005it easier for us to do our job with finance negotiations. Okay. That's at 5:30. What's that? 5:30. Correct. On the 28th. What time? That's what I have. Make a drink. Yep. Okay. And Heather, you'll be there too. Yes. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I think that'll be great if we're all under that same understanding and then uh we can move forward from there. Yep. All right. Um I make a motion to approve Terra Cole and Carter Clawson uh for transportation coordinator contracts. Okay. Second. And I have a second from Kyle. Heather, I do just want to know that Jessica is on speaker phone on the phone and she's driving in right now. So I have her. Um so she's here. So, I have a motion from Katie Brown to approve the transportation coordinator contracts and a second
006from Kyle. Do I have any other board or public input? Okay, hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. I. All those opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Okay. Um, fiscal year 2026, um, officer elections and board reorgan organization of the board. Um, okay. I'm just reading exactly how I'm supposed to do this. Okay. [Music] So, I start right here down at are the nom. Okay. Are there nominations for the position of board chair? I can I just say I nominate I nominate Kyle Puck. Okay. I have a nomination for Kyle Puck. Are there any other [Music] nominations? I have to say it three times, right? Are there any other nominations? Are there any other nominations? Is there a motion to cease nominations? Hey, Angel. Yes, I'm right at the door. Just wait
007a second. Yep. I'll just wait. I'll pause. Oh, devil. Devil's feet. Is she lit? Is this her literally running? I was super impressed. It sounds like a little person, not Jessica running. Oh, no. We totally thought it was you running. Hearing Aussie. We thought it was you. I'm okay. There was a motion for or a nomination for Kyle. Yep. There's a So, I I called for are there any nominations for the position of board chair? Katie Brown made a nomination for uh Kyle Clark. I asked for if there were two more times. Are there any other nominations? Okay. So, then it's done because you Well, then now I'm asking is there a motion to cease nominations? I make a motion to cease nominations. I have a motion from Katie Marcus. Is there a second to
008the motion to cease nominations? Second. I have a second from Katie Brown to cease nominations. All those in favor of the motion to cease nominations signify by saying I. I. I. All but I don't call for a second or I don't. Okay. All oppose. Same sign. Okay. That motion carries. So we will now vote on the candidates for board chair. All those in favor of Kyle Kyle Clark. Shoot, I wish I was here. I'm sorry. You're fine with not being here. Yes, I am. Okay. So, sorry. I just I know there's a moment of where there's discussion or something, but uh not in this. It's very specific. I'm following the exact language. Um yes, I am very much fine with Kyle taking board chair. Okay. Yes, Kyle was fine. I don't think we're asking that
009question tonight. It's not in the guess. There's nothing in here about declining the nomination. I can vote against and I will. Um, okay. Are we ready? Are you ready? Yeah. Okay. All those in favor signify. All those in favor of Kyle Clark signify by saying I. I. All oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. The board, the new board chair is Kyle with five eye votes. I will now turn the meeting over to board chair for the election of vice chair. Not applause we applause. Thank you, Angel. You have been a great leader. Yes. I I feel like a bad clerk. There should be a gift or something. No, I suck. Thank you, Angel. I really I'll just switch with you. You have all my stuff. Okay. Yeah, I'll leave the computer there. It's just a um
010[Music] sit up straight, I suppose. Yeah. Yeah. I don't ever look good in something. [Music] Ready to proceed? Okay. Are there any nominations for position of board vice chair? I'd like to nominate Angel Dere. Are there any nominations? Are you sure you don't want vice chair anymore, Katie? Are you sure? Yep. Anybody else interested in vice chair? All right. I think it would be great since you are no longer chair. Is that Are you sure, Kyle? Okay. Uh, are there any other nominations? Is that the third time? Okay. Is there a motion to cease nominations? I make a motion to cease nominations. Is there a second to the motion to cease nominations? I second. All those in favor of the motion to cease nominations signify by saying I. I. I think you still have to
011say all all those opposed same sign. All those opposed same sign. I was reading down farther. Go ahead. Well, that's not actually on there. So that's why I was just helping. Oh, you know what? There's a typo in there. Yeah, I see. That's what I was reading. I was confused. You already voted on chair, didn't we? You've done so poorly. We're going to replace you, right? It was a test. So, do I got to do that part yet? Yeah, you got to I will fix that. Just want to read it. We will now vote on the candidates for vice board chair, board, vice chair, however you want to say it. All those in favor of Angel Deere say I. I. All those opposed, same sign. She won. Thanks. I think you have to read the
012last sentence there, Kyle. The new board vice chair is angel debris with bye-bye votes. Okay. So, now Heather, is this where you want us to sign or are you going to do all that? I'll I'll get that ready. Yeah. [Music] Agenda item number three. Is that where we're at? Yep. Am I wrong? I only had two. Well, yeah. It's part of two. It's part of the organization. It's part of the organization. Number three. Discussion and uh formation and communation of committees. [Music] How did everyone think committee assignments went this year? Uh, I'm just now kind of getting used to it. Right. I think they went good and and may I interject. I think you said it perfectly just what you said. You're just getting the hang of things. I would like to see people kind
013of remain where they're comfortable because if you're moving around too much then you might not Does it make sense to swap the chair and vice chair to finance? We've had a little bit of discussion around this. I'm okay if Kyle would rather do finance so that that he's in the negotiations for this next year. The biggest thing making sure that there is one person that knows what's going on. That was my concern as you guys are both on it because you're both up for election next year and when you both win it won't matter. That's awfully brave to think about it. But since we know Katie's not running which two are you on right now? Uh building and transportation. Please don't leave transportation. Please don't leave building. I guess maybe just flip YouTube, right? Put
014you on building and him. Oh, but you're not. You're personal building. I could be on it. I could and then he personel transportation be on transportation. So you're coming to building. We could just say unless you don't want transportation cuz I don't want any of I don't want transportation. Well, Kyle, that's not an option. I think you would be a good one at it possibly. you know, I know, but I'm fine with that if you want to do that. So, if you're all right with that, is there any concerns you have on the building committee discussions all tie back to finance, which you've been experienced with. I mean, we've looked at the budget a lot. I think that it would be an easy transition. And I mean, with transportation, you know, you're someone who gets
015a transportation contract as well. Either way, I think you'd be well suited, but I know the transportation has undergone a lot this last year, and it might be good to keep stability in that committee. Okay. So, there's building, finance, transportation, curriculum, personnel. Y, there's five. Mhm. Okay. So, we're saying me and Kyle on finance. Yep. Okay. Now, can we can we put a caveat there? Can Katie finish union negot all the negotiations? Yes. I was Can we I It's just That's a nightmare to try and for that before all the I do think though that you guys sat like you sat in right on these last ones like for Kyle to just sit as a public member to watch or No, you can't. It gets tricky because the perception is that there's a quorum of
016the board. You can't have three. So, well, I just thought you guys did we tried and we got in a lot of trouble from Jane. So, we got scolded. So, how Angel and I got around that was we stated when we went into the meeting that we were there as public. We were not participating. We were merely there to listen to the meeting to learn because we were going to be on that committee going forward. I don't even know if by Montana law that making that statement absolves you, right? Yeah. And we did it one time and never again. I mean it was we were trying to learn because and we had a lot of discussions after that with two of us being on the board of how we could do that and especially when
017you have that's the lotto because I feel like negotiation is such a big deal right after. Yeah. I was checking out the mermaid space just like you say though to make sure that when we have new people on the board if there was a way that we could teach them from the ones that are already there some of those positions and committees and I think that's part of what I've talked with Steve and Heather about is some of this training too. I think that's, you know, like we did the MTSBA training in July. Um, and we'll talk about that more when we get to Is there uh any way you could do like a revolving negotiation? Not that like some of this stuff I know is very detailed, but like Katie and I on transportation.
018Could you have a like a negotiation committee and have one of us sit in like when we're hiring a bus driver or can could you set that up? Well, not if there's more than not if there's three or more like having two two two um assigning people to that negotiation too, right? Oh, yeah. Oh, I see. Like have a finance person and then a transportation person so that they we would get our feet wet as to how negotiations would go. And with it being transportation, I feel like transportation should probably have a say in what's going on. Yeah, that makes sense. So I don't know if we can do that. I guess if we use the example of Marty, right, who's been our latest hire, it would be what? Somebody from finance and somebody from
019personnel, right? Perhaps or curriculum. Now, that one's a little bit unique though because the whole board did the hiring at least. But I mean, but he's talking about the negotiation. Yeah. Mhm. They would get new members and I I just don't know what that looks like when we like by law set committee groups up and Well, so um Oh, dang it. I left it on my desk and that's I think that let's I mean we don't have to make a decision tonight but I think there's something there's nothing in the law that says you have to have committees and and so the committees can be organized however you guys want to organize them and I learned that at the MTSBA training today. Oh, okay. Um, and there, so I printed off the slide, so it's
020in that PowerPoint that I I feel like the lawyer talked to us. He did. He said, "We're one of the only ones that I think to that to that point is that you guys can organize them however you want. We just have to be cognizant of what we have currently in board policy because if I remember correctly, we do have some board policy says that there will be two board members on each committee. on each of these five committees, doesn't it name them? It it names the committees, but it just says there will be two board members. It doesn't say that we have to that can't change, right? You don't have to specify. So then do then also do we as a board have authority to create new committees if we want and make them.
021So I'm thinking like instead of just having a finance committee, can you also have a negotiating comm? you could you could create a negotiating committee for um like maybe a specified period of time like if you're talking about the CBA um or it could it could be negotiating committee that is ad hoc right like you appoint a negotiating committee whenever you need to negotiate with an employee okay that makes sense well we might have to discuss a little bit more on that not be a bad idea do that every time depending on who we were negotiating with if we needed to. Right. Okay. And you would just do that when you guys make the motion to hire somebody. You would just say at this time we'll we're we're going to create the negotiation committee for
022this position and these will be the members who are designated to sit on it. Okay. Okay. So, uh back to this though. Who's on the building now then? Kyle and I. No, Angel and you. Sorry, you're replacing. I'm replacing Kyle. And curriculum will still be Jessica and Katie. Katie Brown. Yep. [Music] And who will be personnel then? Katie M and Jessica. [Music] transportation. Me and you, Katy Brown and Kyle. I'm good with that. Okay. I make a motion to um set committees as discussed. Finance, Angel and Kyle. Transportation, Kyle, Katie Brown. Curriculum, Jessica, Katie Brown. Building, Angel, Katie Marcus. Personnel, Katie, Marcus, and Jessica. I have a motion. Do we have a second? A second. Jessica. All those in favor say I. Ask for border. Any more border public input? Border public input. Public's pretty
023quiet. That look rather quiet. All those in favor say I. I. All those opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Okay. [Music] Action item. Number three. You're supposed to go over this. Still number two. Yeah. Sorry. I should just say number two. A number two B. You're confusing me. Kind of make me look bad on my first day. heard. Can you hear from down there? The new rule is going to be if you run somebody out, you have to replace them. Oh, that's a good rule. I was just going to say Angel has a whole year of motions to make up. So, I'm fully anticipating. I'm so excited. Every motion instead of just sitting there waiting for um Yeah. So, this is actually just I wanted you guys to get eyes on what you said your goals
024were for last year. Um, I don't know about the spare lots. We got rid of that Zortman one, but I can't really There was another one over there. It's Is it right at the corner? Yeah, it's like right on the other side of Langford's, I think. Oh, yes. Which is just there. But we don't need to like get rid of it. I feel like I guess either that Zorman one was the main one. I Yeah, I think that one really came from the Zorgman one one. Um, let's see. I think posting the minutes and the agendas, Heather, that has been fully accomplished. Add staff biographies to the website. I don't I don't know. No. who I had brought that up because we had talked about and I'd really been pushing for it for um information
025um and kind of biography, whatever you want to call it, information of each one of us on the site so that when somebody comes new to town, they know who the board person is when you're out public, maybe what committee they're on and maybe a quick summary of who they are, what they do, that kind of thing. That's a good point. um what board members on which committees is not found anywhere on the website. And you also go out to any of the other school websites that are out there and it is not uncommon to see an actual page of a quick blurp of their teachers, their staff, their picture, what they do, where they're at, and it's all listed. Yeah. I would say like name and what they teach and their picture is good.
026I don't know like for each teacher if you have to give a story. Yeah. Yeah. Just saying it depends on the school, but there are a lot of them that do have that kind of basic information. They can include what they want. But that was where the staff biography thing came from was continuing to try and put some more information out there, keeping up with the Joneses. [Music] I think Mr. Buches has a really good format and it would lend itself to something like this. Like so for example you would have a bucket that would say that would be provide highquality education your goal would be to add staff biographies to the website and then you would have steps about how you're going to do that right who's going to do it is the personnel
027committee going to do it is you know somebody else going to do it and you know step by step so then you can actually realize that goal and it creates action steps for the committee to take action on or the board to take action on that sort of thing. Okay. So, I think it would be worthwhile if if we just maybe table these so that we have time to maybe meet. I don't know who we who would do that, but we'll organize that. Maybe I'll reach out to you. I think this was just an idea to put our eyes on it and start thinking about it. One thing that I was visiting with Heather and Mr. groups uh earlier today was usually our July meeting is a full day like training and stuff and they've
028reached out to MTSBA to see if they have someone available that day or what we could do but maybe that's the day that we actually look at building a district strategic plan not just a set of goals like maybe something a little more in-depth um that's a thought or if you if anyone has other training ideas and that was on there that was on your goals was to build a strategic plan that would be it would be part ofically your strategic plan would take over this. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. And I kind of have those examples. So, yeah, he's some has some examples. And then I'd say if we have any more suggestions on things that you'd like to see training on, we should tell Heather and Steve. Um, one thing Heather and I talked about
029is the idea of like understanding our school finance. It's like I think for the most part we all have conceptually school finance but like understanding how our school finance and maybe that's like an internal training from Heather that would be really I think really valuable moving forward too understanding understanding even funds and how we have funds with um permissive levies non-budgeted versus budgeted and why how that like looks in practice in our so that's another idea that I talked with Heather about yeah I I'd love to do that. That can be one of my goals. I guess I do come from a company that, you know, every year every employee wrote what their goals were going to be for in the coming year and um it really does help focus me. So, I'm going to
030take that as one of their goals. Okay. Thank you, Helen. One of my goals is to survive. You'll be fine. Just don't make me mad. Kyle, again, you run somebody off, you have to I don't think you want me sitting over there. So, we're going to table this then? Yes. Do we need to make a motion for that? unflowered. Do we need to table this? Well, I don't know because it's it's just part of the organization of the board. I don't I think we're going to re-evaluate and give our goals. Yeah. It just said review and discuss. So, there was no action item needed. Yeah. And just be ready for more work session discussion. Motion to [Music] adjourn. I make a motion to adjourn. I second. Wheels were turned. Uh motion adjourned was made by
031Jessica. Seconded by Angel. Meeting is journed. All those in favor. All those in favor. We know that. But I was like, is he asking? I know. Beth. All those opposed. Nobody got to go through the motions. I know. I hate the motions. This meeting's a journey.