001order. The first thing we're going to do is excuse the absence of Stephen and Craig Gana. So, if we can have a motion for that second motion and second yes, >> yes. >> A motion passes. >> All right. Who Who uh >> Aaron motioned? >> Aaron motion >> and Rhonda. >> Thank you. >> And that was that was one motion to excuse both. >> Correct. or do we need two or >> No, I just wanted to make sure that I Okay, >> we'll call the meeting to order. The formation of public policy is public business and may not be conducted in secret. Every meeting of the Norris board should be open to the public and abide by the Nebraska Open Meetings Act, a copy of which is available for inspection at our meeting site. Also
002read the district mission statement. The North School District in collaboration with our communities and families provides a safe, positive environment that empowers students to explore, engage, and grow into lifelong learners and responsible, productive citizens. Also have a Nebraska open meetings law that's posted in our room here. The Nebraska Open Meetings Act guarantees that every meeting of the public body should be open to the public in order that citizens may exercise their democratic privilege of attending and speaking at public at meetings of public bodies. The information is located on the PO poster posted in the boardroom. Then we'll launch into administrator reports. >> Hello Amy from the elementary building. Um, I know you had the opportunity to look at the report, so I'll just go ahead and just talk about a couple items. We do have
003490 students that are enrolled in the elementary school. And I look just out of curiosity, last year we had 501 students enrolled. So there's not that big of of a difference. Like we have 45 preschool students. Last year we had 41. We have 143 kindergarten students this year. Last year 144. First grade stayed the same with 145. Last year, second grade was 171 students and this year it's 157. Um, the other item I want to talk about is a big thank you to the office staff and the custodial staff and the grounds crew who have worked so hard. You know, when you're gone in the summer, you don't witness all the work that they do. And the elementary floors look absolutely beautiful. I think about all those children who've been walking them through walking on
004them throughout the school year. But I appreciate the work that they've done. Also, the transportation department, the fact that they're going to have two school buses there in the parking lot on open house, it gives those children the opportunity to get on a bus and to sit there with the parent or guardian and talk about conduct and behavior and they have the opportunity to do that before the first day of school and a bus pulls up and there they are with someone and they board the bus on their own for the first time. So, I'm happy for that experience for them. Do you have any questions? That bus ride is so exciting. >> Yeah. >> Did you ride one? >> Oh, yes. >> Yes, I did, too. >> Did you sing along? We had sing
005along. >> You know, we kind of did that like when you went like to things like that. Yeah. >> Hermits. I'm old enough to sadly >> Alan Gary might have I I don't have a song. I didn't ride to school, so I walked to school. >> Yeah, second grade seemed to have the biggest drop. Is there any indicator as far as what went on there as far as transfers out or >> No, I think it's simply the fact that that that one group that went through was really large, 171 students who then went to third grade. So I don't think it has anything to do with um because last year there would have been 145 first graders and that group would go on to second this year and there's 157. So that's an increase actually.
006>> Okay. Okay. That that Okay. Okay. Good. Good. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Hi. Good evening. Uh Very principal intermediate. Um, and I'll kind of echo a lot of what I have to say is similar to what Allan reported as far as numbers go. We are also a little bit down. We graduated um, our fifth grade class that is now going to be sixth graders is a pretty large group. They were about 204 205 last year. So, we're sending a large group onto middle school. Uh, so this year in third grade, we have 171 students joining us as an said. Um, we have 154th graders and we have 171 fifth graders. So, we're down maybe about 20 30 students from last year and again it's because we've graduated that larger class on the middle
007school. So, we're sitting right at a little under 500 students for the year. Um, we are welcoming back 58 staff members um on Monday. Super excited to see all of them catch up, see how their summers were, reconnect. Uh, we are welcoming a few new staff members. We have Carly Spilan uh that will be joining us in fifth grade. She student taught a few years back with Ashley Rose in second grade. Um, and then her family moved to North Plat and now they are back. So, we are excited to have her joining us uh in fifth grade for for this school year. And then we also have Ashton Brewer who will be joining our staff. She'll be sharing with between our building and the elementary um in special education. Uh, and we're also again lucky
008to have her because she filled in for Leah Tolski when Leah Tolsty was out on maternity leave. So, both of them super familiar with our building and um just kind of feels like they're part of our family already. So, nice to have them joining us though full-time. Um Mrs. Mueller and I have been able to reconnect with several staff members over the past couple of weeks. We've had boot camp going on. Lots of staff members going to that and even presenting. So, it's been good to see them and we're excited, like I said, to reconnect next week. Um we had several committees that met over the summer and worked diligently to get ready for the upcoming school year. our math committees, science, PBIS, school improvement. Um, we just appreciate their dedication and the time they
009put in over the summer uh to get that work done and be ready for the school year to hit the ground running. So, we appreciate their hard work. And then, as Alan said, our office staff and our custodians work really hard to make sure our buildings look beautiful for open house this week. Um, again, just excited to welcome students back. looking forward to a great year and just want to thank all of you for your continued support and and all you guys do for um our teachers, students, and just our community in general. So, thanks to all of you. It's going to be a good year. Any questions? >> Me. >> Okay. Thank you. >> All right. Good evening. Good to see everybody again. Um middle school, as Brooke mentioned, we're welcoming our incoming sixth
010grade group that are now at 206. We've added a couple over the summer. So, we have a total of 580 students with 183 7th graders and 191 eighth graders. Summer work, as as Alan and Brook has mentioned, some of our committees were able to meet over the summer to do that important reflection and planning, you know, in order to to tweak and adjust and make things a little bit better from year to year. Um, and we appreciate those committees and the work that they do. We have seven new staff members that we're welcoming to Norris Middle School. Um, and so we're excited to have them join our team. A number of them have been there this week for the new teacher training and then for the tech boot camp. And it's great to see them
011interact with veteran teachers and smile and start to get to know one another and start those important connections, too. Open house is coming up next Tuesday from 4:30 to 7:30 in our building in the intermediates is also that evening. So, we invite you to join us if you'd like. It's a great evening. There's lots of positive energy, lots of nervous sixth graders coming into the building to try their locks and their lockers for the first time and find their schedule and move around the building. So, but it's it's a lot of fun to be part of. We'll also have um Boy Scouts. They're they're going to join us for open house in order to talk through and provide that opportunity for our students. Campus Life will be there and Norris PTO will also be there
012as well. Um uh we're making a little adjustments to the schedule as we do this time of the year to make sure that we have every single student in the right fit class as much as possible. So our counselors Danny Svatka and Jill Rice are working hard to look at every student's schedule and make sure that they all have lunch for starters and that they all have classes second. So um our school improvement goals this year um we are going to work on implementing um character strong for our second year. And so we are keeping some of the same monthly themes but we are using different lessons this year that still coincide with those themes so that we have um a repetition of theme but not necessarily the same lesson where students are like didn't
013we do this last year? That's always great feeling when you're a teacher. So we're working on that as well. Um our Norris PTO is coming in. next week as well. So, we look forward to another year of partnering with them and we want to thank the board. We look forward to working with you for 25 26 and looking forward to a great year. Do you have any questions for me about the middle school? >> Have a good year. >> It will be big shame. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Hello everybody. All right. So, um, this year, just keeping with the pattern of everybody else, talk a little bit about our numbers. We're at 751. That was, uh, Monday, we added one since then. We're 752. We do have a few more that we're waiting on
014some last minute paperwork to get in so we can finish their enrollments. Um, but one that we're excited about is that we are getting our first foreign exchange student from Switzerland. We've never had an exchange student from Switzerland. Um, but we got asked last Friday and we were able to turn that around. So, she'll be showing up tomorrow actually. So, quick turnaround for her to get here. Um uh on in terms of enrollment um option in and out. Last year we had 18 or 25 that optioned out. This year we only had 18 that optioned out. Um so we are up about six students compared to this time last year. So we're at 752 um seven students compared to 745 the start of the year last year. Uh we welcomed our seven new staff members
015into the building. Um including all of them actually have classrooms now. We had a minor construction project in the north end of the building that was just wrapped up. The windows were put in the doors. um the day before the teacher got here. So, that's exciting. Um we are prepping or we are on day one of our tech boot camp uh today that was hosted in the high school, but it's put on by the tech for the entire district. Um so, shout out to Jason G and the rest of the tech group for organizing that and conversations with other area principles. That's an uh something that's kind of unique to Norris that our our teachers get to experience both through share and learn from and it's not something that um especially some of the smaller
016schools really have the opportunity to receive. So, that's a great opportunity for our staff. If you haven't already done so, u make sure you download the Bound app. U we've sent out some communication, but that's a big um lift in the high school in terms of the activities department this year. So, we're going to be managing all of our um all of our scheduling, all of our uh you know, requests and transportation pieces and all of the calendar. So, it's going to be run through bound. It's going to provide a lot of opportunities for the coaches to be able to streamline um communication with families. all the forms and everything are running through there which um simplifies Patty's paper workflow which is always a good thing. Um so we're really excited for that. Um so
017that'll be a place where you can go to to find all the most recent information on all of our activities throughout the year. Over the summer we did have our our school improvement meeting. Uh our focuses this year going to be on um just our quality instruction with our Marzano which is a focus for the whole district. Um, but another big piece that as we continue our college and career readiness goals is looking at our students and their ACT performances, particularly having our sophom incoming juniors set goals based on their pre-ACT performance in the spring of this past year. One point of celebration is that our ACT for our juniors was up this year. Um, we were at a 20.2 last year and our average composite was a 20.5 this year. Um, so that was
018something we were really excited about. We implemented the on to college ACT prep this year for the first time. um we only have one year of data with it. So, we're looking forward to seeing what it looks like this year. But I will say that we were really pleased with uh the performance of our juniors just looking um as the as the group historically um academically we were really thrilled with the the results we got from them. So, that was exciting. Um next week we have our open house on Monday and then on Friday night we'll end out the week with our back to school bash on the football field from 8 to 11. So, if any of you want to come supervise a whole bunch of high schoolers, we're glad to have you. What
019questions do you have? >> Could we sign up staff Craig? >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> As long as we don't need to. We're majority will be fine. >> Okay. Have we signed up for public comment? See we all that curriculum report. have a premium report this month? >> No, I'll do a little bit of an update for um our department, but um again, we had new teachers here on Monday and Tuesday um for two straight days. And so on Monday, the mentors, their paired mentor was one of them. So um gave them a lot of time to work together and then cover some topics together. And then also second day was a little bit heavier for content. So we talked about we did Alice safety training um we did PBIS um our instructional model
020teacher evaluation um so there's lots of different topics that we cover with our new teachers coming in um again shout out to Jason Bault this is the time of year where we figure out what if everything's working for our curriculum platforms and so he's just really good about working with the companies to make sure that we have everybody rostered and and things are working. So I appreciate him a whole lot this time of year. Um staff days next week we'll be covering it's very full next week. We have the Marzano training that Dr. Seagman talked about with our staff. Um we did a a run with our administrators um last week. So we got to have them um those that didn't go to the workshop got the training then we prepared for the staff um
021and so we were able to get feedback from them in terms of Marzano 1.0 training and then um you might talk about the behavior training. I'm not sure but there's some behavior training for all the staff next week and then Red Rover the new clock in system and ads system. So there are lots of lots of things happening actually that'll be jam-packed. >> Yeah. >> And open invite Monday morning for our welcome back if you guys would like to join. It's from 8 to 8:45. >> Yep. Right in that range. Typically it starts around 8:05 8:10 once you get everybody in after a long summer and talking out in the hallway. So more than welcome to come in. >> Coffee and breakfast before that. >> Yep. >> Late breakfast. >> Coffee and light breakfast. >>
022Where's that? >> Uh auditorium. >> Who was who was included in the training on the Alice? >> So it would have been all of our new teachers. >> All the new teachers. All the new staff that was hired. Oh, okay. Yeah. >> Teachers. Yeah. >> Good. Good. >> Yeah. We did a just kind of an overview of the training, but we also went in and did kind of like a run through like of what a barricade in place, those types of things would be so they could ask questions and um kind of put them in that scenario a little bit too. So, >> thank you for doing that. That's important. >> Yeah, Chris did a great job with that. Um, so not only did they get the standard response protocol, they got the Alice side
023and then you even went through some of the recent changes in the emergency operation plan with our new teachers. So it was Chris did a great job with that. >> Uh, for student services, just a few updates. I'll hit a couple of high points and then share one thing that is brand new. Um, we are welcoming several new staff members to our student services team. um Ashton Brewer who's special education um as you heard she'll be with elementary and inter intermediate. We also were able to hire a point five nurse for the high school um and then we've hired several pair of professionals over the last um about a month here. We are still actively looking for three um one for elementary, one for intermediate and then one for project search. in Project Search is
024that VR um partnership that we that VR partnership that we have with us and Waverly and then Nebraska VR. Um the way the contract is written, Waverly provides the teacher, we provide the parah and then those are re we're reimbursed for those positions through uh Nebraska VR. Um we were lucky enough to have the same PAR who did that job since the very very beginning. um who she retired not last year, the year before. Last year we had someone fill it in for a year and it's just we're looking for a special person for that job. So if you know anyone who'd be interested in working with young adults on those job skills, um it's it's a fun position. Just looking for the right person there. Um restorative practices. I know last time I had
025shared they were getting ready for it. We did have our first cohort here go through the training. So we had 21 staff members who attended and participated and feedback was very positive for that. So we'll continue um to work through that and then eventually bring in another cohort here um as well as we're looking forward to have some of our clinicians and administrators participate in the advanced restorative practices training through the state. Um, another item just of interest I thought was that I did have a non-public consultation meeting with Prairie Hill. Um, Dr. Joel meets with their administrator, but I met with some of their folks on the special education end of things just to really uh share with them about the kinds of supports that we can provide, but then also um to to
026streamline some of those pieces there and some of that communication. So, we're looking forward to uh continuing to work together moving forward. Uh the last thing I wanted to mention that wasn't on here, but uh it's timely. Tonight we had our uh EL open house and we had 14 EL families who were here and came and met with us, met with myself and Lori Anderson who's our EL teacher. Um we also had support from ESU7 who used to hold the migrant grant. um ESUA 18, which is LPS, now holds the the migrant grant. And so we had some stuff from um LPS as well, who helped us out. So great night. Really excited to see I think we had when I came up here to set up, we had three families who hadn't come, but
02714 families come tonight was great. And wow, the energy in that room. Um, as those families were reconnecting, we also had Jane Jenkins from the community there making sure that students got their backpacks for back to school and then making sure that we were able to connect them with supports in our community as well. >> Sounds like a great night. >> Fantastic. >> Yeah. >> Great to hear. >> Uh, that's everybody. >> That's everybody. >> Superintendent report. So, we're going to start with our honore in the crowd. So, Dr. Seagerman, would you like to would you like to give an intro? As much as I know they would love to hear the full superintendent report, we'll spare them a couple minutes. >> All right. So, I know your agenda says Dr. Simon is already told
028Christina that she's got the JB squad today. here. No, we were we are really excited to be able to um bring Christina in and recognize her for her awards that she received. She was honored as the Nebraska Coaches Association volleyball coach of the year as well as the Omaha World Herald Female Coach of the Year. Um that's just a you know, one or two actually two actually glimpses into the great work that Christina does at at Norris. She's been a long-standing coach here at the school. Um, she's done great things with with her program. Uh, her girls time and time again. They have great culture, that great discipline. She does a tremendous job of coaching our students and developing them as a resilient player. So, she uh has also done a lot to help bring
029our other coaches along as one of our veteran coaches. So, she's respected throughout the program and and throughout the the state in volleyball. So, we're really excited and pleased to have her on staff and to congratulate her on these awards. >> Thank you very much. I don't know. Well, thank you all for supporting, I guess, what we do. And I always say Norris is a great place to be at and it was a great year and we're excited to try to do it all over again and just they've had a great summer and um yeah, it's just awesome. It's we kick off with our sleepover tomorrow night. So, if anyone really wants to supervise 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. Thursday to Friday. >> Yeah, I know. Comes in like 8 a.m. layers. Usually it's like
030the Lion King and it's really loud in the gym. We wake them all up. We have breakfast and stuff. So, it's like the fourth year maybe we've done that and it's probably one of like They love it. They absolutely love it. They I don't know. No tents this year. Just um whatever we do, air mattresses and stuff and lots of food and snacks and movies and games and >> sunset picture on the football. >> Yeah. Take a sunset picture. It is going to be a full moon and I think there's like meteor showers too. So we do take their park keys like it's very well supervised. He sleeps at the door until like 1:00 and then he like slips out and as coaches sleep in the wait room. So the only concern there's been like
031nights in a middle school gym. >> So I don't know. You'll be okay. It's like a real >> just bring a cat a working cat. >> No. Thank you guys. And it's, you know, it's great to be a great kids and they're always up for the challenge. And >> do you know when you'll find out the journal star has been released yet because you were a finalist there? >> I know. I haven't heard anything on that one. >> It's been released. That one is before the workout. >> There you go. So, no. >> There you go. Um, I did know the Omaha World Herald. He reached out like early summer and just >> speaking the Omaha World Herald, I was never able to get past the pay wall. Do you have that article that I
032could actually read? >> I do. I have some. I Yeah. Yeah. I get some. >> Yeah. And I I kept trying and trying and trying and it worked. >> Yeah. I never really clicked. There was like a scanning something you could scan for the whole story or something, but I didn't I had the article which I they came to our house and they were videoing our whole family like playing volleyball. I was like, "Oh, not put that in there." So, I haven't seen the online clips or anything like the video part of it, but >> they I want to see that. >> I don't know. We have our grass court from co so we were all playing and Macy was home, so it was fun. So, >> but if you do get a chance, I
033would like to read that, you know. I just >> piece of it. Yeah. >> On Twitter, you see the pictures and just a little blur, but that's all I could get. >> Well, it goes way back to Ann Schroeder convincing our family to like come to Norris. Like, she was one of the as we were looking at different schools, she was like the sales that might [Music] >> you know we uh commented on how we have student athletes come to the board meetings on a regular basis to celebrate their achievements >> and they've been remarkable >> and you know behind every one of those student athletes is a coach teachers and people that challenge them and support them and nurture them and help them achieve all these great accomplishments and we just want to tell
034you how much we appreciate all the work you do. >> Great people that help me in my family and my coaching takes the village. It is definitely a family for sure. So, >> but we sure appreciate it. >> Oh, thank you. Thank you very much and happy happy back to school. All right, the rest of the superintendent report. >> Yeah, top. >> Yeah, that is a tough tough act to follow there, especially with the sleepover with mice. Um, okay. So, upcoming dates, just to to put some things um on your radar, August is a busy month, but through our construction manager at risk or construction manager at risk process, uh we're going to spend quite a quite a bit of time together. So, just as a reminder, Wednesday, August 20th, we have two meetings going
035on. We have the future planning committee meeting at 5 followed by on the 20th, I sent an invite today. Um that will be the first construction manager at rest meeting at 6. Uh we will provide dinner and Corey and Brian and Derek Aldrich that date works for them. So that's the first meeting to review the RFPs that will be coming in um here as that window closes. So Derek will be sharing all of the RFPs with the board uh prior to that. You don't have to spend a ton of time reviewing. Spend as much time as you want, but that meeting will specifically be to score the RFPs to determine who we'll bring in for interviews. And I'll talk about that date up and coming. So that's the 20th. Monday the 25th is the budget
036workshop and goals. Um again at 6 PM. The next day, Tuesday, is the area membership meeting in York. And then September 2nd before the September 10th board meeting, um that's the date I want to run by you guys for the second construction manager at risk. And then remember that September 10th meeting that will start with the budget hearing and then the the tax hearing uh as well before that September 10th meeting. Now, the communication we've had with Justin Knight, we will skip tonight agenda item 14, which is the resolution to increase district's base growth because we do need super majority. So, we will have to find a time when we have the board present, whether it's the and we'll have to advertise uh whether it's the August 20th construction manager meeting uh or the budget
037workshop on the uh 25th to have a conversation discussion on that. So, tonight we will skip that just so everybody knows because we'll need uh supermajority for that resolution. >> It's super majority five out of six. Yes. Yes. Um so with that again busy month and then does SE so when I sent out the communication I apologize I had not loaded the Nebraska football schedule into the calendar and that Thursday August 28th is the opening game against Cincinnati at or at uh in Kansas City. So does Tuesday September 2nd work for everybody? That would be an early start. Since Derek said that's a 4 hour 4hour meeting, I was hoping 4 or 4:30 for a start time on the second. >> Yeah. I'm still going to be in Germany on the second. >> That's right.
038>> Yeah. >> Okay. 4 4:30. I mean, it's Does it matter, Corey? Does it matter for for you on that? >> Four. 4. >> Yeah. >> Try to be done by 8. >> Yeah. It's a 4 hour meeting. >> I will send the calendar. >> Good for you. >> Invite. Thank you. Okay. So, there's the dates for construction manager at risk. Uh there was one more celebration of excellence that we were able uh to to put in from when we posted. So, congratulations to to Mr. Ro Doris High School has earned charter status in the National Speech and Debate Association. Charter status is start charter status is the highest honor for high schools in the NSDA. The award is based on team participation. Um so again, congratulations to Mr. Rosenell and our speech team. So
039exciting news that we just found about found out about the other day. Well deserved. >> Well deserved. [Music] Okay. And we'll go personnel updates and I'll finish up with goals. Yeah, there's uh no no recommended action for the personnel update this month. Just a a number of individuals that have been hired as of late. Uh Dr. Bullinger has done a great job filling some of our vacant pareducator positions. We've had some that chose not to return or some that were left unfilled from last year. others that have decided to pursue different opportunities. So, we've hired some really great people. A couple a couple of bus drivers have also been hired. And then, as Dr. Bulier mentioned, we have hired a 0.5 nurse. Bandy Walstrom no longer with the district. And so, Tara Greenfield is moving
040into a full-time nurse position at the intermediate. So at the high school, Becky and Cherry will split the high school first position. >> So it's not additional. >> Yeah, >> it's not additional. >> FTE is the cover. >> Bandy Bandandy Terra and Becky split two positions and now they essentially are splitting one position. >> Bus driver still hiring. >> Yeah. So we we were able to hire two and we actually have several others that are in that are in the work. So right now the really nice thing is is we have all of our open route positions are filled. We have a couple others that are working on the different requirements and then we also have the the only right now we're still trying to we're going to be running double routes to start but
041it is looking really positive that we may be able to move away from that here in the next month or two as we we are just waiting for others to finish up their requirements and then they have to go through the training and all of that with Tom Burns out there. So we're getting really close. drivers have been super receptive to the uh south the route increases that you all that you all voted to approve. So transportation is looking is looking very solid compared to where we were last year. >> Well, that's the best bus report we've had in years. >> A long time a long time. Thank you. Thank you. >> Yeah. Still have some positions to fill. We we returned a ton of great people from last year and were able to hire
042some really great staff members and we also have some some teachers that were making it work that would like to drive bus force to to help out and and the principles are always kind enough to make that work within their teaching schedule to allow that. >> Yep. >> All right. So the last >> Yep. The last part I put in the weekly update uh the goal update for August. It has been a busy summer. Uh so on that first goal, I'll just point out a couple of things with communication. Uh we had a very successful event Monday. I know Corey will talk here in just a minute about the the golf event that was held at Woodland Hills. Uh we are in the process and just about complete with the welcome back presentation that we'll
043give at the 8 a.m. time slot on Monday morning. Uh C has been something in the been in the works for a while uh with the collaboration with it started kind of down the road of the the foundation, but I continue to work with uh Natalie Gunther throughout the summer and we have placed our first order of local beef that will be here before or shortly after school starts. So, we're going to start with 500 pounds of beef from McLean's in York. The great news with that is they deliver and so we just have to be here to receive to put it in the freezers. And we've been working together to um help promote and put more communication out to let our families know that when beef is served in our school lunches, it is
044from Nebraska. So, exciting news on that. Um, and then I know Jaden Hansmemire wants to help uh with some of that communication as well as she chairs our wellness committee as a district. We are very close to finalizing the Nebraska Bank uh funds that we're moving the depreciation fund and hot lunch fund to. Um, I just need to get information from Jim and Rhonda uh to get your names on that account. uh first newsletter went out and then under two we're working through the construction manager at risk process. Derek Aldrich has been great. Corey and his team has been great to to work through that process on uh Northland. We've had several conversations, especially with the change in law on when school districts can run special elections, and we'll continue to work communication once the
045prioritization process comes to an end. On three, we shared the emergency operation plan with all staff. Thank you, Chris, for working with our new staff and bringing them up to speed what we've done as a district. And we will start our first district safety committee meeting this fall. And then number four, uh, co- co-f facilitated the administrator retreat, administrator retreat. Can't thank Sean, Alicia, and Chris enough for their time. Um, we also brought in, uh, Justin Knight, uh, who gave a law update primarily in in policy changes. So, great conversations there. Uh, the Marzano 1.0, I was able to sit in part of that. The administrative team did a great job of kind of trained the trainers as they rolled that out with staff. And then once again, we are making progress on job descriptions
046for negotiations, uh, which I sent out a labor relations email about October 1 and two. Um, so those are in the works. Questions for me on goal updates? >> I got a question. Yeah, go ahead. Go ahead. Uh I I was just wondering about the local be from York. Was there any place in our own district where we could have gotten a local be? >> Yes. So the tough part with that so the USDA has several guidelines with um the the fat ratio and everything within the beef. McClean's what we've learned serves a number of schools in the in the state. And so that was a great place to go because we didn't have to reinvent the process or um find a certified locker, all of that. And they have beef on hand. In the
047future, depending upon what direction we go with that, if there's individuals who we purchase from or get beef donated from, we can use a locker closer to home, closer to our district, but they have to meet all of the or exceed the USDA guidelines. Um, it just can't be any locker um for that part. So, they've been really great to work with. They're really knowledgeable and I've really appreciated the conversations we've had with them. Mosian has a great reputation and they actually raise their own cattle and so it's their own beef that they're putting into it. So that's what's a big big plus because the quality is there, the texture is there, the the colors there, the brightness is there, the it's it's a quality quality product and Waverly has a excellent program where they
048deliver to Hampton and uh Dr. Shikley just the other day and there's a there's a whole number of schools that have a program. They aren't all through McLean's but they have a program. They're all different kinds of programs. This one makes a lot of sense and thank you for following up and getting that done because uh perfect. Uh it's going to be quality beef. Uh today the beef market is really really high and it's really expensive. >> Yes. And if you look at a lot of these markets today, there's a lot of um cobballs, cows, and a lot of those things are going through those markets. Well, they aren't putting those in ribeye steaks or prime red roast. Uh that's gone into ground beef. And this is all young cattle. This is all high quality
049uh meat. I know it's going to be probably an 85% lean, I'm guessing. Yep. Um on it. So, uh great. Thank you for following up with that. I think it's a great deal. It's quality meat. It's consistent. Uh buying it from lunchtime or anybody else, you don't know where it's coming from or what the process is. And this will be totally consistent. And they really really hold their feed lot feeding program to high high standards in the feed lot business. So, >> and and and to be honest, um part of that learning for us as we went through uh lunchtime's ledger in terms of what they were, first of all, I don't know if if there was a lot because of price that of beef being sold. So, we broke down pounds, we broke down
050price. Um and in the end, it's it's relatively not much more expensive to bring that local beef in. Um, plus that's a rebate through lunchtime. So, we're we're going to use our our hot lunch fund to purchase and then we get that money off the purchase that lunchtime puts in when they work when they put in their order. So, really and truly, if you taste a lot better. >> Yes. And you know where it comes from. >> So, it's a great deal. Y >> I had a question too kind of along the same lines of you were talking about how expensive beef is now. In years past, irregardless of whether the plain beef or not, in years past, did we have a a large stockpile of food in the freezers in in years past? So,
051do we carry that? And if so, do we have a an alarm system or or something on them in case something goes down and goes bad or we're we know before it's too late? Yep. >> The food is ruined. >> Great question. So, I think it was two years ago, we only had about half of our our fridges and freezers on the alarm system that Brian Williams installed. And we did lose, was it two or three years ago over the summer, nobody was checking the freezer, and there was there was meat in that. And it it was about a two week span where it sat there and it it was it was disgusting. And so since then and an and insurance kicked in and and we went through those channels, but I every freezer and
052fridge has an alarm on it after the last big spoil, we'll call it. Good question. >> Yeah, great. >> One just went off the other day, Aaron, where one of our freezers was up in 10. Is that like an audible or is it sent to a >> So, it's sent to Yeah. Several individuals have it on their phone and so I got a message from Ryan Oldman saying that a tech was coming out to look at it. Luckily, we didn't lose anything. So, that was just a week or so ago. >> That was great because I I assumed so, but I didn't know. >> Yeah. No. And and yeah, and I mean I we won't get into details, but I walking into that freezer when it been sitting there 90 degree heat for two weeks.
053>> Yeah. irregardless. >> Totally forgot. >> Oh, yeah. So, good question. Any other questions on any of that that information? >> All right. That report. >> Um, last thing before we get to the consent agenda, per Justin Knight, the consent agenda only needs majority of board members present to pass. So, we would be okay to call for a vote and Aaron still to abstain and it would still be it would still be a legit vote. Okay. >> Okay. Well, then we can do that. >> Okay. We'll take care of agenda. Consent items are considered routine will be passed with a vote. However, any board member asked to remove an item from the consent list for separate action. normally included in the consent items of the agenda, minutes, approval of the claims, financial reports, and any
054personnel matters or other receipts identified in the superintendent's report. We ordered the agenda items can be rearranged according to the board's preference. >> So, really quick, I did give everybody a copy and I sent an email. Thank you for your patience on the on the financials uh with the early board meeting call. Um, we Kim did a great job. I know she was out of the office, but I do want to draw your attention as we as we get into budget season. Uh, the rundown of where we're at in our general fund. So, the beginning balance was up almost $3 million from this time last year despite revenue being down and the end of the balance end of the month balance up $2.6 million. And then that payroll, we'll have one more month, that August
055payroll will be still right at that $2 million mark, and we'll see the adjustments uh with the certified staff um numbers and raises going into that August payroll. So, August will be um or sorry, that September month is um when you'll see that $2 million mark. It'll it'll creep above 2 million. Makes >> sense. Okay, I would move that the board of education approve the consent agenda as presented. >> I second that. >> Discussion. Yes. Gary. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. Good >> work. Titan fundraising committee update. Lori, welcome. >> All right. Hello board members. Welcome back to school. All right. So, within the last month, our big uh event was the Norris activities golf um outing that we had just on Monday. Very wellreceived. Um, we had a full 36 teams until one dropped
056out on Sunday night. So, couldn't really get that one replaced, but we had great sponsorship from local businesses. We had great items donated for raffles. Um, it was very, very wellreceived and Mr. Sen and I are already talking about next year and keeping this going as a uh annual thing. Even after, you know, the particular complex is done and finished. I think it's a great event to keep going. So, that's kind of the plan is just build momentum and and keep growing it, keep keep getting more sponsors, more more whole sponsors, um, and all of that. We don't quite have the financials back from it just yet, but it should clear between 14 and $15,000 for us. So, uh, it was a really good event and it's perfect for summertime because, you know, summertime giving
057just slows to a trickle. So, it's a great event to still keep that fundraising going. Um, and so worked out worked out just really really well. And kudos to Mr. Stein who really ran with probably 75 to 80% of of all of it. He he put in all the leg work to really get it going. Um, looking towards next month then u we're going to meet next week again and really start to get the message out now that back to school is coming up. Uh, so we'll be looking at, you know, home schedules for softball and football. uh getting some booths out, sharing information, letting people know where we're at. You know, I'm sure we'll get questions about why isn't it built yet? Um and of course the answer is money, but >> and they
058can help. >> Yes, of course they can they can help out and get that done. Um so we we should we should really ramp up and then we're also looking to like finish our fundraising and so we'll set some dates where we won't be selling any of the bricks anymore because we got to get those ordered. uh it'll take about a month to five weeks to get those, you know, made and shipped down here uh to the school district. So, when when we're finally ready to get rolling, we want to have everything in place. So, that's the update for this month. >> Any questions? >> How's uh how's the fundraising going with some of these prior contacts coming into this fall and the followup? You made some comments about that before that you'll be doing
059some follow-ups and some opportunities might come along. >> Exactly. And and that's that's kind of where we're at as we get back into having more meetings every two weeks is getting getting back to the following up on some of these either individuals or businesses who, you know, asked for a period of time to come back and meet with. And I know that we have at least we've we've really got probably 10 to 20, you know, to follow up on just off the top of my head. And so we and there's probably even more when we start digging into our spreadsheet of contacts. So, but that's definitely our list is people we've reached out to and especially the people who have said I still know we have people who said, "Yeah, yeah, we I want to
060donate. Circle back with me." Right? So, we have that those type of groups of individuals. We've had others who have said, "I'm interested, but I need to get through, you know, the spring. Come talk to me, you know, in the fall." So, and then then we have others who, you know, I still think should donate, but haven't even connected with yet or, you know, they they're just kind of ghosting us. So, we'll keep we'll keep, you know, reaching out to them too until they reach back and say, "No." Yeah. >> Are there any new things that will be offered from the committee for sponsorship? >> You know, that's a great uh discussion point that we can bring up, you know, next week in our meeting. We haven't thought of anything new necessarily. Um, you know,
061but we we definitely need new ideas. We have talked about bringing in just some additional people onto the committee so we can get those fresh ideas and and we'll be reaching out to others to to help join us on this final push. >> Well, hopefully they have some ideas that >> great. We'll bring some things in. >> I agree. >> Good. Thank you. >> Yeah. Anyone else? >> Well, thank you. Good luck school year. >> Thank you, Cory. We appreciate all your efforts in this. Okay. No policies. >> NASB updates. >> All right. What I hope to be the final handbook. You have a copy. Uh thank you to Marsha and her team from our last meeting just as we discussed. Uh the moment I called Marsha, they were right on it. And so here
062is the final draft of our schoolboard handbook. And so I think as we plan forward, I'll bring this with you to our board uh budget workshop. Um and we'll utilize this as as a resource. Not that we're going to memorize it. Um but I think it's important as we put it to application that will be information that we can share as we present our work around this concept at the November NASB uh state conference. So um don't lose it. Bring it back on August 25th. Yes. >> And I'm sure you may get some questions about it when we're in York on the 26th. So again, kudos. Thank you for your work on this. And I know Marca was very, very happy that uh we partnered with them on that. So thank you. She also lightened
063the cover because she didn't think you could see the books all that great. So it looks Yep. >> Oh, that's true. >> Yep. No, you could. >> Yeah. >> So she did a great job. >> Okay. Very good. >> My gosh. County District Development Updates. >> Yep. So, you have one other handout. It didn't copy off very well from uh the website, but if you turn it over on the back side, when the 68th Street project comes about, you will see the project area and you will see the uh draft detour that has traffic going on Hickman Road to 77, 77 south to FTH Road and Furth Road over. I bring this to your attention because Sean Gary and I had a meeting. We've had many meetings both with Lancaster County Engineering and uh Commissioner
064Schulty regarding this project. So when this kind of resurfaced from the feedback that they gathered in Hickman, I reached back out to uh County Commissioner Schulty and asked essentially, can we have another meeting because we have concerns about this path? We have concerns about the gravel roads, conditions of gravel roads, just safe passage to and from Norris when this project comes and we will meet with him again at the end of the month. But in his email, without tipping his hand and giving specifics, it sounds like this is still under consideration and this is not set in stone for the detour route. So, I don't know what is coming out of those conversations. We don't know necessarily who's having those conversations, but it was really good to hear from him via email that this is
065not final and that they are listening to our concerns about the safety for our students and our staff and our buses coming to and from our campus. >> I would I would differ a little bit on that. I think this was set in stone before our meeting with Commissioner Felton. I that's my belief because he didn't fully understand what this was going to be. So my hats off to him >> for his efforts of trying to do something. this guy uh I mean this is a glimmer of hope people for the safety of our kids to this district traveling to school because he seemed to me and this is my perception that he was a little surprised that they would run all these students onto Highway 77 early in the morning and we know what
066Highway 77 is coming off of Hickman Road or any road uh or getting off of 77. Uh, so I'm so happy that he he's basically picking up the ball on this and saying, "Hey, for the safety of these kids, something needs to be done differently than this." >> Has there been has there been suggestions thrown out? >> We we have provided Oh, yes. >> We have provided suggestions. >> Yes, we have. which includes um adding additional hard paved surfaces to a continuation of paved surfaces to add alternate routes to the campus, not only for this project, but just for the future of the development of of our area. I mean, it's an investment on the on the county's part, but it's one where um you know, I I think it it's probably a grand idea
067to do Princeton all the way. Uh but we have other other roads that we have proposed ideas on um adding hard surfaces to. One one of the obvious ones that we've talked about before that the board is paving 82nd and you wouldn't have to go down Princeton Road. You go another mile down the road. You could divert all that traffic around. that would also after the 68th is done allow that traffic some traffic to travel on that road and come in from a different direction entering canvas from permanently. So there's long-term benefits to this not just for 68 street improvements. So yeah, good point. It's there there are some options and they make sense and it it costs money but there's money someplace >> and and and and I think that that's a great point
068Aaron. I mean it's one thing to bring up the concerns that we have but it it has we've seconded that with some proposed ideas. Um which I think I think has it's it's more than just saying it's unsafe. Uh, but I think we brought some some actual ideas to the table that they can that they can discuss. Same thing with widening here and offsetting our turn lanes and and trying to do the best that we can with the infrastructure that they're going to put in to update what we currently have. >> So, and I think we hit on the right person or right position to talk to about it. Well, and if you remember, we also tried working through Senator Flood's office, which I know they made a call because I received a call from
069the engineering department um reiterating that this is a federally funded project. >> Dollars can only go so far. So, I knew that there were some conversations um at the county level on behalf of our district from Senator Flood's office. So, they know we're here. >> Yeah. You know, it wouldn't be the first time they did something like this because they did pay 8 second street all the way to what Panama Road when they were working on the Vick >> and that was a more than a year long project. Sounds like this one is not going to be I mean are we serious? It sounds like spring to fall. So, so in in in phases, I think what they're hoping for >> is as they as they phase this, >> they really want soon as school
070was to get out, they would go they would work in front of the school >> and then move move to the north >> as time permits. >> Just like the roundabout. >> Yeah, another one. >> Correct. Correct. >> So, how are they going to complete north to Hickman so traffic can route and then get the south? I mean, you can go around, but you still have to get >> Yep. So, so the idea from when we met with Pam Dingman and her team would be uh to FTH Road to do FTH Road to Princeton as phase one while school isn't in session >> isn't or is >> not in session and then finish that. School then gets routed and then they would work their way to the building. That would make even more sense to
071bring all the way to Pella than if that's if that's the phase one. >> Got it. >> So again, I I just with that communication that we've had recently, I wanted to put this on the board agenda just so everybody has an update on that and just know that those conversations continue. And then um Matt Schulty said towards the end of this month, he had said something about a a blackout time or communication something. So we'll meet with him at the end of this month and um go from there. So >> is there a drop dead date where when this end of discussion this will what's what's going on? Have they have they set that date? may have not set that date, but he made it seem like the conversations that are happening now, he
072couldn't get into the the details of until a certain period of time goes by, which is the end of this month. So, I didn't push any harder after that. So, there's hope. >> There is. >> Okay. Item 13. >> Yep. >> Great. transfer 50,000 from general fund appreciation fund. >> Yes. So t is the season as we close out our budget year uh to bring to the board a annual transfer from the general fund to the depreciation fund. So the question um that comes to my mind is last year we had 450,000 this year we have 850,000. So, I went back and I looked this last year. We came into the year with a after the $450,000 transfer, we had $694,000 in our depreciation fund. Once we rolled that $450 over, we will end this
073year with right at $80,000 in our depreciation fund. So, we have over the course of the year protected our general fund by utilizing the depreciation fund for roof replacement, bus purchases, uh water softeners, and just just replacement type projects. So this year's number is higher because we truly used the depreciation fund not knowing what potentially would come from the general fund and so we were able to cover with our depreciation fund this year. So we'll do the same um moving forward. I've already penciled out roughly $400,000 of expenses that will be used out of the depreciation fund. same thing, replace a bus, roof project. Um, we have a well that needs work and so all of that will be used out of that depreciation fund as well. So again, just different buckets of money for
074different purposes. U but truly trying to protect the general fund in the event it does come to a time uh where we have to drain both of those accounts down simultaneously. Hopefully it doesn't. But >> was there anything identified from JO's report that they had that you might have needed to put in this or I'm sure you considered some of those, but is there something there that >> Yeah. So, so we did use um partial depreciation fund for the water issue that we identified uh at the elementary school where we had an entire wing that was not being filtered. Um and so that and then um did we take depreciation funds to help with the the positive pressure at the middle school? >> We did not have >> Okay. We did not. >> No. Um
075no. So, but moving forward, and again, I identified roughly $400,000 on a quick sketch today, but if Corey and his team identify through their work another$1red or $200,000 worth of improvements, we will definitely utilize the depreciation fund to to start tackling some of those projects. >> And I appreciate you could come up with 4,000, but I was just curious about it. Was there other things that were in that report that maybe >> yeah, >> we need to include in that? >> Yeah, I can't Yeah, I can't recall without looking at my notes, Gary, but I know that that was discussed with when we went through the prioritization or at least looking at that facility audit where there were several items that everyone discussed that this could just be the school district just takes care of
076it and not include it. And those are things we could look at with this trans. >> Yeah, the little things. It's not a big deal, but I just think of something bigger that Yeah, we're going to vote on something here. >> So, we'll be able to use that for >> Yeah, >> we got a coil replacement. >> Oh, yeah. That's going to be a >> coil replacement. >> Sean's really excited to talk about the coil replacement. >> I don't want to steal >> I don't want to I don't want to steal his thunder. Sorry, I'm getting But but to Jim's point, yes. So when we sit down and this will be part of our conversation that we have with the future planning committee. We know that our track uh is in need of of not
077just repair but complete replacement and then the the turf on the football field also needs to be replaced. still on solid foundation, but we could in essence use a split of special building fund and depreciation fund um in combination to pay for the replacement of both. So, depending upon where we're at in numbers and we'll obviously keep the board informed and and conversations with you guys, but even $200,000 out of a depreciation takes $200,000 from not coming from our special Yep. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Yep. So, we'll just need a we'll need a vote on that. >> I'll make a motion to approve transfer of up to 850,000 from general fund to the depreciation fund. >> Second that. >> Further discussion. >> You say 15,000. >> 80050. >> I thought you said my bad
078ears very good. Let's see. >> Okay, Gary. >> Yes. Motion passes. >> And we are tableabling 14. Correct. Okay. >> For lack of a super >> correct >> building grounds and transportation updates. >> Already provided a quick transportation update, but again looking really great uh good with bus drivers and where we're currently sitting. Some communication was in the district newsletter. Dr. Joel, combination of Dr. Joel, myself, Mrs. Morrison, Dr. Bowlinger. We'll be stopping traffic again after school for those couple of minutes. It's It's actually It can be kind of tedious, but it it went over really really well. And I think it's good for us to be out there and be present. People enjoy seeing us out there doing those things. But I know that the drivers themselves really appreciated how quickly we were able
079to get students off campus. I think it'll be really important at the beginning of this year too with the hot weather, less time kids are sitting on a bus and according to Jan um there were less bus incident referrals last year and she really contributes that to less time on the bus in general because we got them moving so quickly. So, so that will continue and and Jan and I have really been working together. some comm communications going to be going out later this week to families making sure that they check the app for bus route time and and really trying to emphasize it doesn't matter if you've been on bus 57 for the last five years. Please confirm that is the bus that you were on the time nothing has changed. We haven't had
080a few instances of that last year where some changes had to be made and it just wasn't caught in the communication channels. So, we're really going to try to push out as much communication as possible, but we're sitting in really good shape. >> That is my transportation update. >> So, great transportation update. >> Good. We don't have to buy another mower. >> You know, I do worry about you guys out there. Safety guys wear like the vest. >> We can give Mr. Mallaloy a nice bright vest. Well, you do have gear on those super cold days, too. >> Yeah, I need to get back. >> There were some windy, cold days. >> I know. >> And I tell you what, my favorite though was it didn't take Savannah long to understand like the time pattern
081because I think we stopped her three days in a row and then she just made sure she was like 30 seconds ahead of >> It's funny you say that cuz she asked if she could drive my truck to work. Just >> keep going. We're not stopping here. She's smart. >> We will. Thank you, Jim. >> Alicap. [Music] >> Yeah, I can talk about it. We can do it in tandem. You have that form right there. But Alycap released our insurance premium for the 2526 school year. And in talking to Megan Bolt, Derek provided that for you all, but they the board declared a $1.7 million dividend, which is fantastic because that money is then returned to school districts in the form of a credit. So, we are getting back roughly $25,000 from Alicap. our premium
082did increase from $469,000 to $4874$435. And really, I think in the grand scheme of things, that $20,000 increase is fairly minimal for the service that they provide. I don't have the exact percentage in front of me, but really why that increase is there is because of our workman's comp or our modifier increased by 8%. So, you can see in the or in the information that Dr. Joel provided our multiplier went up from 0.82 to 0.90 and those are really our workman's comp claims that come through but in talking to Megan she said anything at 1.0 zero or under, there's really not a concern that we are sitting in pretty good shape and we get a lot of support from them and are on the phone with them constantly. And so I believe this is a
083great deal for the service that we get >> for the things that they've covered over the years that thoroughly amazed me >> and this amount of increase is minimal compared to what we're all paying for insurance this year. >> That's where that's what Megan said too. >> Oh, totally totally. That is >> I I think not that it matters for Norris, but didn't she tell us there were five schools who she said they're lucky to get that in a period of time, but there were five schools this year who are going to Alleycap because more and more insurance companies are not carrying schools. And so I just was like, they already have a high number, but >> they had more than that. I think it was something like 13 or 14 this year. >> Yeah,
084>> they're nobody else will touch it. >> Great job. >> It's a great program. >> It is. >> So, you want a motion to approve it? I move that we accept uh Alicap as our carrier for the next year. >> Second. >> Okay. discussion startain. >> Yes. Motion passes. >> All right. The the coil. >> Yeah. Yeah. This is actually I'm going to see if I can speak to it very well. I'm not going to take up too much time here, but >> take all the time you want. >> This is actually and I will tell you this has been >> on the edge. >> Yeah. This I I truly this has been quite the learning experience and I really want to commend Helm. They've been a really great partner for us so far. And
085so the language that was actually sent to you, you see it, you see it up on the screen now. And that was in the weekly update. They really spent a lot of time trying to explain where we're at and what we need to do. And really our two options were to replace the coil or to replace the unit that is original to 2004. That unit they said approximately was $50,000 to replace. The coil was 17,000. The coil they said was one of five left because of how old it is and the type of refrigerant that it uses. And so they really tried to limp it along. They tried to repair it. And in trying to repair it, it made it worse. And they didn't want to go any farther because they were afraid that unit
086that unit cools that main hallway, the high school part of the auditorium. They were worried that if that entire unit goes down, we are going to be in trouble. So, actually that new coil is in. So, they just went ahead and uh have appreciated our partnership. They went it they put it in knowing that um that it had to be done otherwise we could be in real big trouble. One of the real nice things, too, is uh in the next, this lends itself well to it, but in the next couple of weeks, they're going to be coming down and they're going to start going through all of our rooftop units at the high school and elementary school to start basically creating a depreciation schedule and letting us know where each unit is, how much life
087is left, and we can imagine how much life is probably left in most of those. but trying to help us prioritize as we consider a potential bond what our area of focus needs to be. So that work will start here coming up too. But the coil had to be replaced. It's in and they've done a really great job. >> My question is is how much consideration did you have on just replacing the >> So I I can answer that. So that's a great question. >> So knowing the work that we're doing with JO the work that we've done at the middle school the the conversation was yes when you look at sidebyside comparison of it but the question we didn't get into is what unit is it the con I mean they could have made
088the controls work. I think when we look at the work that we want to do under the potential bond issue is we want to go to one control unit, same units as rooftops, everything to make it uniform because right now operating several different controls and then the rooftop units there's no I mean it's one goes down example here's a coil but we have different units on the middle school we have different units on the elementary school So the idea then was yeah we did talk about it but the big picture is we want to do we want to bring a uniform approach to to the replacement schedule. >> Good thought process. Thank you. Yeah, that makes total sense because >> you know this is >> antique. >> That's a good word. >> Have a problem
089fixing it up any >> you know what else goes wrong with it. So okay, makes sense. Makes total sense. Thank you. >> So I am looking for a motion in a second to just approve that. I move to approve approve the uh dispersement of replacing the HSRTU number seven in the amount of $17,729. >> Okay. Motion second. Further discussion. >> Aaron, how do you vote? >> Yes. >> Vote yes. >> Yes. Motion passes. >> Potential future bond issue. We we really got to we really got to drag this out. I mean, we're we're moving through this agenda pretty quick, >> aren't we, Mr. Amy? >> Keep going. >> What What Dr. Joel is not sharing is that both him and Mr. Amy share a birthday tomorrow. >> It's the birthday. >> True. >> Oh, so
090we got to get home. Just another just another day >> maybe for you. [Laughter] >> Another another tough act to follow there. >> Okay, so update on the construction manager at risk process. So we thank you for solidifying the dates. Um I'll send out those calendar invites again. Derek Aldridge doing a great job. Corey and his team doing a great job. Northland's doing a great job. So, where we're at is once the RFP closes, uh, as I shared, board members, Corey, um, we'll all have access to see what those are. Derek will come in, um, on the 20th. We will score those and then the board will determine the two or three uh, companies that come in for interviews on September 2nd. uh without naming names in a board update shared those names of those
091that attended the pre meeting to walk around buildings to talk with Derek to talk with Corey and his team. Um so if they put in all the RFPs, great. There may be some companies out there that didn't attend that still put in. So we really won't know that number until we see through that process. Um the only other thing since we're going through that process is I just want to reiterate um you have two handouts uh that look like a calendar. So no decision is is required at this point, but once we've identified uh recommended and approved a construction manager at the September board meeting, we will have to have additional in-depth conversations on the timeline of that potential bond. We started out with a March 2025 idea. Uh but with LB521, it changed the
092plans. And so I did ask Corey uh to stop by tonight for this and then our next agenda item. But now we're looking at either a special election in February 2025 or a primary vote in May of 2025. Um both have pros and cons. Um earlier is better to get work started, but earlier may not fit a schedule with the amount of work we have in front of us from prioritization to um cost estimates to scope of work to communication to community engagement um and all of that. So that that'll just be a continued conversation that we have uh publicly as a board and as we communicate with our public. Cory, do you have anything to add on timeline? >> No, I think you covered it at all. >> Okay. So, any questions on on
093the process timeline or or where we're at as a district, >> keeping it really well organized. Eric, one thing maybe would just be uh if it is a February bond, you would have to have a resolution in December. Correct. Correct. >> That even pushes the timeline compresses it even a little bit more. Yeah. >> To get that community engagement, to get the design, to get the cost estimate, to get all the information out. So, just keep that in mind that February is actually a resolution in December. >> Yeah. and and and with that. So, we did we've had a couple of calls where it's JO Northland and us talking through exactly exactly that. And um once we get that final piece of the puzzle with the construction manager to provide their feedback and their process,
094that's ultimately when a decision will be made on when the call is and when the when the vote will be taken. And would this be a a ballot that is mailed out? >> That would be the February, >> right? >> The other one would not be >> correct. >> Any other questions on construction manager? >> Nope. >> All right. So 16.2 uh discuss, consider, and take all necessary action on JO's contract. Um I mean our partnership with GAO has been great. I felt their facility audit was well done. They asked great questions. Uh I would even go further to say with that initial contract for the facility audit, they went above and beyond uh especially in the area of high pressure and our water issue at the elementary. Um, so continuing now into uh more
095of the pre-bond design work consultation. Uh, Corey and his team will be at a lot of meetings. They'll be putting in a lot of time. Uh, and so tonight's uh, and you have a copy of that here. Uh, and I shared with you kind of the the scope of the work within this contract. Uh but tonight I am recommending that we approve the JEO contract uh and for design services for $45,000 uh to extend to our bond election. Uh Derek has vetted it. We've had several conversations and I'll let Corey chime in if he wants to add anything else with the contract. Uh so more or less taking what we've done up to this point um we've done obviously the assessment of the schools the report um some very high level conceptual designs in terms
096of blocks. Now we're going to dive in deeper a little more detail design that'll help when we construction manager on board to be able to actually put more accurate cost to those design ideas solutions. Um and then obviously as we get into more of the community education components, developing graphics, illustrations, telling the story, uh all the meetings that we' be attending throughout that process and then even helping with the construction manager. So that literally I guess this agreement will take us from today through uh February or May, whichever one we decide. And just for transparency purposes, we were anticipating this. I mean the the phase is completed now the next phase then. >> Yeah. So when we originally set the original agreement, it was to really focus on the assessment and some very high level
097master planning knowing that we would have additional scope work to complete to to get us to the finish line. >> The work that you're going to do will A lot of that be done with the construction manager then from here on out. >> So it'll be in teaming with them. Yes. But we'll be doing a lot of design and then working with them in terms of taking those designs and developing helping with the cost. >> So will you be doing some of this design work before construction? Well, >> we're already we're already involved in it. Yes, >> you are. Okay. In the next month, while we're getting the construction manager on board, we'll be de developing some of those concepts. So, as soon as they're on board, we can start having some more um strong
098conversations as it relates to prioritization uh and how those costs uh kind of affect or help you make those decisions on what we want to include in the bond. >> Well, the way I understand is that a lot of this work is going to have to be done anyway. So, so it'll have a bearing on if we're looking in February or May >> for bond issues. So, that's why I asked the question as far as working on this. >> Yes. >> And and I would even go a step further, Gary. And I that was an excellent question. >> Even Even before our first contract before the amendment that we knew, there's never been a a stop of work because >> Right. Yeah. >> And they've just done a wonderful job. We can pick up phone,
099call, email. Um, this is just making the the work official at this point. >> Okay, make a motion. >> I make a motion to approve DO's additional design services for 45,000 to extend the bond election. >> Second. >> Further discussion is okay. >> Yes. this here. >> Yes. >> Board reports. Board reports. >> I think we >> just a couple things. Okay. Uh one is uh I don't know if you've seen this or not, but uh one of our prior superintendent, Dr. Schwarz, was selected as superintendent of the year. >> So, I think that's pretty cool. And of course that'll be announced also at our state conference. But congratulations to Dr. Schwarz and the recognition that was welld deserved. Welld deserved what he was here what two or three years two years something like that.
100>> I don't know. Was it three? >> I don't know. I was on the board a year and a half with him. So >> years a congratulations to him. >> Yeah. Great job. Um, also, uh, I don't know if any of you watched it. I'm glad I watched it and go to it is Congressman Flood's, uh, town hall town hall meeting, uh, because I don't know if I'd have been able to hear anything the way the crowd acted. So, I was glad I watched on TV. So, but I really appreciated his support of education and special education. I thought that was really neat to hear him uh very adamant about uh how he believed it was so important to have quality education, special education. >> Also, I did attend a leadership workshop out at Carney
101and there was a in what he dealt with was superintendent evaluation uh is what the main topic was that we discussed. But one of the things was brought out was there was a comment made that uh and was it Troy Luffen Holtz and Stacy uh put on the workshop. Marcia I guess had to be with her mom was >> for some reason. Anyway, comment was brought out about Mr. Derek Joel uh of creating a 360 uh evaluation which when I heard that and I don't know if you all know what a 360 is but uh it makes perfect sense but I didn't know that our illustrous superintendent created a 360 superintendent evaluation which I think he ought to explain to us so we understand what he helped create at one point in time which I
102don't know where had at this time. But yeah, >> so I think help create is is uh I was part of the creation. Now just as we did with our handbook, Marsha had an idea, but that idea stemmed from when I was at Raymond Central, board president, uh Dr. Harriet Gould was not happy with the assessment tool that was being used to evaluate the superintendent. And so we reached out to a handful of people and it was Marca who said, "Yeah, we would love to hear your thoughts and we'd love to um get an idea of what you're looking for." And so as we sat down, uh, Marsha came up with the idea that the superintendent evaluation, it's it's a community-driven position that, um, the board of education was just one. Ultimately, the the evaluation
103that counted was the board, but the board also got to see feedback from the evaluation from staff, both certified and classified, community members, business members, and students. um all filled out a comprehensive evaluation, different questions for some of those different subgroups, but ultimately the board received and I received uh a fairly thick packet of information that was both narrative form and multi multiplechoice uh liyker scale form. And not only was it good feedback for myself, but it was good feedback for the board as we talked about the goal setting process. Um, but it also gave kind of a temperature check of the community perception of the work that the district was doing. Um, and so yeah, I think I still have it saved somewhere. If you would, I would offer you to take a look
104to see if if that feedback is something that this board would like to take a look at. And then the last thing I'll say is we actually presented that in Philadelphia at the state or at the national schoolboard convention. So Dr. Gould, Marcia, and myself presented at the national level on that specific topic. So it's Marsha's brainchild. We were just the we were the guinea pigs. Kind of like kind of like this. >> Is that kind of a boilerplate thing or is it customized to each school? >> Customized to each district, I believe. >> Okay. Yeah, I think she has a a template. >> Um, but the board very much has a a heavy hand in in what's asked. >> Interesting. Well, now I know. See, I had to ask. So, >> I was trying
105to hide. >> These little things come up. There's some other things, too. >> We need to stop sending you places. >> Anyway, thank you. I I appreciate that. You're welcome. It was very complimentary, by the way, when they brought that up. >> Uh, but we did talk a lot about the evaluation, and I got to say that I felt pretty good about us updating our evaluation process. It compared to some of the other boards. >> Uh, there was not a lot of enthusiasm for doing superintendent evaluation from other boards. And I think it's one that should be uh valued by each of us as a board member. And I think we do. I think we do a good job of that, which I was very happy with uh after hearing some of the comments some
106of the other board members were making. So yeah, superintendent evaluation is kind of like the wild west. I mean, you have some boards and you guys do a great job with it. Um but I mean, I still think there's superintendent evaluations where there's check boxes. Yes or no? >> Um with generic statements on it. So well and even setting goals. I mean it just it seemed like if a lot of them were deficient in even setting goals and following through on achieving goals and that type of thing. So I think the more we look at that, the more we focus on that, the better it's going to be for and and one of the words that come out a lot was communication. And that's a great communication process with the superintendent and things that should
107be brought out. So, so anyway, >> it was good. It was it was really good. It was a smaller group uh than a lot of them are, but uh it was it was a good session. Good. >> I have a question. It's kind of unrelated to that, but a little related. And uh speaking of superintendent and other superintendents, John Schwarz has um I don't know, was Governor Pen going to choose the group of superintendent and other people to work on to set up and school funding. >> Has any progress been made? >> Did it already? >> Yeah, it's it's picked. Um sports is on that. >> Yeah, I'll have to dig out the list, but yeah, that has been established. >> Good. We were close to having some representation. >> I would like to see
108that. >> We were close. I I don't I don't have it, but I I didn't hear that it was done. >> Yeah, I think it is. >> I know. I know it is because I know some comments. Well, yeah, we we heard. >> That's all I have. >> Okay. Anybody else? >> Can we go another 25 30 minutes? Have a good second. I >> vote. Everybody in favor say I. >> I. >> Thank you all. >> Thank you guys. I'm not going to miss