001It's 6 o'clock and welcome to the Pavilion La Vista Community Schools Board of Education hearing for the final tax request. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Thank you. Roll call, please. >> Mr. Bailey, >> here. >> Miss Butler, >> here. Mr. Madler, >> here. >> Miss Wit, >> here. >> Mr. Lotus, >> here. >> Thank you. >> I'll make a motion to excuse the absence of Miss Wood. >> I will second. >> Thank you. I have a motion by Mr. Bailey and a second by Mr. Lotus. Roll call, please. >> Miss Butler, >> yes. >> Mr. Madler, >> yes. >> Miss Wit, >> yes. >> Mr. Lotus, >> yes. >> Mr. Bailey, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >>
002Thank you. Please note that the open meetings law is posted to the entrance to the room tonight. We're here for a hearing to set the final tax request and that will be presented by Dr. Rickley and Mr. Richards. >> Thank you, Miss Whit. Good evening, everybody. I'm sorry I'm gonna have to go through this with the board one more time. I think this is for a lot of you it's like the fourth or fifth time, but uh um yeah, we we'll go through this tax hearing information. Um just as we looked at, you know, our revenue for the 2526 school year, we took some of the things into consideration that I'll list out. Loss of 550,000 in title one aotment. Um we get about $4 million from the federal government each year and um last
003year we received 991,000 in title one funds. Um so that'll take us down to about 440 for this year. Uh we use that money that we're going to end up losing, we used it to kind of um keep our kindergarten classes smaller. Um so that's what that loss and the general fund will kind of backfill that so we can continue to serve those kids at that same level. an estimated increase of 4% of total package labor increases, uh, which includes a 5.4% increase in health insurance. Um, as I've spoke before, labor is our biggest spending item, um, within the district, about 85 to 87 sometimes percent of our entire spending throughout a school year. Uh, we've added a new SRO sergeant position. Um, tier three alternative school costs continue to rise for us as we
004look for, you know, options and hopefully they'll continue to um, open more programs for us to consider in the future. Curriculum, materials, and technology costs uh, are on the rise with inflation. Um, we're adding two bus routes this school year with 114th Street widening. Uh, we have a new elementary school that we will open in August of 26, which is still uh, in the 25 and 26 fiscal year uh, for us. So, there's going to have There's going to be some costs uh towards the end of this fiscal year in that area area of school and curriculum operations, salaries, etc. there. Um we did open our new young adult transition program for our 18 to 21 year old uh students. Um so we'll have some school operations additional costs for that building. Um custodial maintenance
005operations cost increases with additional square footages. Um, I did receive a call from OPD the other day and um, they're talking a possible 5 to 7% raise again this year on top of what they did last year. So that that would begin in January. Um, more information to come on that. There we go. Um, we're proposing a general fund budget increase of 2.6%. Uh, that'll take our budget authority to 169,816,374. Um we're going to add um some money into the technology sustainability efforts uh from general fund to the depreciation fund. Um we're expecting revenues and expenditures to be right around 154 million for 2526 um within that budget. Um prevent valuation did increase of 7.6% uh this year with new commercial properties, new residential development and uh continued home sales in the district. Um, good
006news, and I've mentioned this, state aid is up 2.75%. Uh, compares to that loss of 7.6 million last year, um, that really, you know, hurt our revenue, uh, in 2425. Um, we're requesting property taxes for three funds for 2526. That's general, bond, and special building. From those three funds, uh, we're recommending a 4.2% 2% overall tax revenue increase from 2425. And it would look like this from the property tax request side. A total of 111,539,393 at a tax levy of $196547. And if we look at our overall tax levy history, I think we're making a little progress uh both with the legislature and the governor and the local school board's efforts um to keep our tax levy history uh trending down, which is always good news. So with that, if you have any questions, I'd
007be glad to answer at this time. >> No questions for me. Just thanks uh for all the work that goes into coming up with these numbers and presenting them. uh a number of times including the the county meeting last week. Uh and I know you got a whole you got a team that also helps with that. So thanks to you and the team for putting all that together. >> Thank you. >> Uh also wanted to thank Mr. Richards publicly. It's a giant jigsaw puzzle putting together this budget every single year. Uh and as Mr. Madlin indicated, it is a team effort, but we really appreciate everything you've done. A couple of things. Um, one, obviously we're we're seeing the the levy trending down, which is a very positive direction. I I know the offset to
008that, and we heard that very clearly last Thursday night as well. My property uh valuations are outpacing how quickly you're dropping the levy. And I think in many cases that probably is true. just continue to remind our public that is a lever that we do not control that I don't control the school board control doesn't control the school district doesn't control and that is your property valuations that is uh strictly a function of the the county assessor and we just need to keep reminding people of that other thing related to that I just want to thank uh the board and Mr. Richards for showing up last Thursday night had about 150 people uh we had a couple of board members including Mr. Madler and Mr. Bailey that showed up. Could have been a contentious meeting.
009It really wasn't. Uh we had approximately 20 25 public commenters and overall just a great opportunity to share our story. So again, thanks for your good work, Mr. Richards. Appreciate it. >> Thank you. And since we have no comments from the public, we will close this hearing at 607. Moving right into our regular business agenda. Having already done the call to order, we'll begin with communications and our military advisor, Colonel Mark Russell. This is his first appearance. Let's give him a round of applause. Hey, do I need to push it or just uh good to go? >> Good. Awesome. Uh yeah, Colonel Mark Russell. So, uh been in the seat about three months. Uh many of you know Colonel Patrick Klesiaak, a good friend and mentor of mine. So he switched out in June. Um
010he's over at Ohio State doing the Rosy thing. Uh having a having a blast. Um also Colonel Anderson, of course. I'm I'm really filling in for him now. Um as he heads down to Jordan um for his deployment uh for the next roughly six to seven months. So you'll be seeing me for the most part. I'm also looking to get Colonel Bakas or Colonel Gray out here as well occasionally. Um, so hopefully, uh, we'll be able to do that as well. Uh, just a quick background on me. I'm I'm a career civil engineer. Um, uh, from state of Georgia, um, married. Um, a wife and three kids. We've got an older kids already out of the house. He's in the Air Force actually. Uh, Braden. And then I've got two kids since we live on
011base. I've got two kids in Belleview elementary schools or Belleview schools. Uh, one's at Belleview Elementary. My daughter, she's 10, fifth grade. And then I've got 13year-old son who's at Louiswis and Clark in seventh grade. Um so got that. And then I will also mention um in my 22 year career spent about seven years as as a professor at the Air Force Academy. Um so education is pretty near and dear to my heart. So I actually love coming to the the board meetings both here and at Belleview. Look forward to to working with you. And my big thing is if there anything I can do or any way I can help, please please let me know so I can either help or take that back to the base as well. Um, all right. Couple of
012things from Offit. I understand that for the first time ever, AFET is hosting uh Mach United Nations Conference and thank you uh to Pavilion L Vista for entering in that. So, I know we have, I think, a high school team that was able to register and is going to be competing there. I remember when I was a kid, I think we called it mini model UN or something similar. So, uh definitely cool to see that still going on and and the fact that we'll be hosting it off at October 6th. Um, it's also that time of year for the impact aid uh effort. I know you all are doing computerized. So, appreciate that. Um, and and just again encourage you to please help us push that out, get get our folks to to fill out
013those forms and get that done. Um, understanding the importance of of that impact date. Uh, and then fourth and final uh big event coming up for our four support squadron. They do a big Halloween event. It'll be on October 23rd at the Youth Center and that's their Halloween extravaganza. Uh so they kind of go all out um there with a pumpkin patch and and whatnot. Um and I think roughly a thousand kids and families or so come out for that. So um any questions for me? >> No questions, Colonel. But I did notice a reaction from Colonel Bailey to my right here when you mentioned Ohio State. He he he's an Indiana guy, so I think there was maybe a little bit of bad feeling there, but we we do love Colonel Klesiac just the
014same. >> Hey, it it was not his first choice, right? He's a Notre Dame guy, so think about how think about how he's feeling. Yeah, that's rough for him. So, uh definitely thank you all very much for your time. Appreciate it. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Our next presentation from the kind array. >> Is that your >> Yes. Good evening, board of education. So, we're going to welcome up our principles from the kind array. As you may recall, uh our elementary schools are arranged into three different arrays uh based on their similarities. And tonight we have the kind array and that includes uh Terara Heights, Anderson Grove, Walnut Creek, Trumbull Park, and who did I miss? >> Hickory Hill. So, um, our principles here tonight are I'll let them introduce themselves
015and they're going to, uh, they pulled some strands from our strategic plan. They're going to update you on on engagement in their buildings and what it looks like at different levels. So, great. >> With that, I turn it over to you, Jamie. >> Thank you for that great introduction. I'm Jamie Bisel. I'm the principal at Walnut Creek. >> Brooke Morehead. I am the principal at Anderson Grove. >> Monica Thompson, principal at Hickory Hill. Hi, I'm Dave Fritzen, principal at Ter Heights. >> And I am Sarah Rusk. I'm the principal at Treble Park. >> So, as I said, Shireen did a nice job of introducing us. Kind array stands for kids inspiring new directions. And so, when we meet together as a team, we are kid first. We make all of our decisions based on the
016best interests of our students. And one of the things that I love the most about this particular group of people is our ability to collaborate, do some great problem solving together and celebrate. Uh we have a lot of great things happening in our buildings. Oh, thank you. And as we were talking about this and putting together this presentation, the conversation really started last year and it revolved around how are we including our families in what we're doing in the classroom and in the buildings. And so that's where the conversation started and then of course we went to our strategic plan and what we did is we divided it up for you into the two strands. And so we've got that piece of rigor and also engagement. And so we thought about what are the things
017that we are currently doing in our buildings to propel that district strategic plan and then what ideas can we share with each other so that we can bring those things back to our own buildings. And so Brooke is going to start us off with what she's doing at Anderson Grove. >> I'm going to say what my staff is doing at Anderson Grove. Um they get all the kudos for this hard work. I just get the honor of coming and sharing it with you guys. Um, okay. So, one piece of that strategic plan under there was increasing student engagement and ownership of learning. We work on increasing student engagement in the classrooms um and in our building in a variety of different ways. But what is what we're going to celebrate tonight is how we increase
018student engagement in learning with our families and then um how they take ownership of that learning. So, we know that anytime someone has to teach someone else how to do something, you increase the ownership of your learning. And so, we do that a variety of different ways through curriculum events at our school. This is one of them um that we wanted to highlight. So, our kindergarten and third grade music events with our families. So, different grade levels are required to do an a performance um for the community and for their families. And that usually happens a in the evenings. That's first and second grade and fifth and another grade. Um but kindergarten and third have to find unique ways to do that with to share what's going on in the classroom with families. So we
019invite them in. Um I don't invite them in. My music teachers invite them in. I have two wonderful music teachers and they invite families in and they come in during the music class and the students are responsible for teaching them what they've been learning. So for example, our third grade event there was folk dancing and we actually I would like to invite the board any members that have um availability next Monday is our first one. Uh we have our third graders are going to be folk dancing with their families at 8:10 in the morning. So, if anybody has that time available, you can come join us. Um, the second or the kindergarteners are my favorite event of the entire year. The kindergarteners at the end of the year get to bring their families in, teach
020them everything that they've been learning in music, and then they get a little snack with them. And it's highly attended. uh if we don't have if we have families that can't come in more than likely we have siblings in the building and we bring siblings in the building but I would say um for the most part that's only one maybe two students out of the whole grade level so it's fantastic good feedback on that um this one um owl pellets if anybody's familiar with owl pellets um I was going to put in a catchy little song that we use but it's kind of like um those you know todd toddler songs that just get stuck in your head like Baby Shark that you didn't want probably for the rest of the evening. But if you're
021interested, it's a YouTube video um science explosion and it gives you a little in-depth outlook on owl pellets. But um so our towards the end of the year, we have families come in and they help our students dissect the owl pellets, which is everything that an owl ate that they weren't able to digest. And we sometimes can get pretty full skeletons out of there. So you can see um it's it's something that's brought up often. Okay. It's a unique experience and our families are often like you brought us in for what? Um so that's a good one. And again the students work with the classroom teachers to put together everything. That is why the YouTube video is part of the presentation that they chose um because it's very fifth grade. And our last one that
022we're going to highlight is our multiplication mania. And I know a lot of different buildings do this, but uh our third graders throughout the year, one of their big focuses in math is learning their multiplication facts. They are responsible for learning a variety of games. And then their parents come in and they rotate through stations and teach those games to their parents and families and then they get those materials that they get to take home and play those games with their families. So, thank you. >> You're next. Okay. >> Timing. Yeah. >> Okay. Um I'm going to continue talking about how we encourage our parents to come in and um elevate the academic experience for our students. We know the research talks about how important it is to have parents and guardians involved in the
023educational learning process. We see an increase in academic achievement. We see an increase in attendance for our students when our parents are involved. And we even see an increase um in social emotional well-being for our students. So we want our parents involved at every level. And so this is one of the activities that we do with our first grade students is learning about body systems. It's rooted in our ELA curriculum which I know you guys have heard a lot about. Um and in this opportunity that students um come in and they have learned about the different body systems, the digestive system, the brain system, all of the different parts of the body and they work with their parents to they have an outline of their body and they work with their parents to show them
024where they label the different types of the body systems. They have a wonderful time. They have little doctor kits. Some of them choose to wear their masks and their stethoscopes. Um, and we really see there's just a lot of engagement and a lot of excitement. And you can see what I've done for you is highlight some of the standards that we try to hit um on these opportunities with our students and with our families because the whole point of this is to make sure that we're teaching our curriculum, right? And this is one way that we're emphasizing the curriculum and our standards with our parents as they are able to come into the building. You can see there's a lot of high engagement. The kids are enjoying this experience. The parents are engaged. We've got
025the parents cutting and modeling that with families. Um, but it's always a really fun time. The gym is just popping with energy. And like Brooke invited you um next week. I'm inviting you on Wednesday of this week. So, we have our first family engagement opportunity on Wednesday this week at 2:15 in our gym. And we would love for you to join us if you would like to have that experience as well. An older grade level that you can see here is our American history wax museum. This actually um combines two different standard units that we are working through with the ELA standards and then also the historical standards which in the fifth grade um the United States history is a big piece. We actually have some of you come out and speak to our fifth
026graders um about the Constitution and some of those historical elements. Um, and again, you can see how my example on the left, um, is Olivia, and, um, she has all of her writing on there. It's a great example of the work that she's done with the research pieces for her individual. There's a lot of excitement for the students. They're very engaged because they're excited about the person that they are researching. And so, they have some boundaries, they have some parameters of what we're looking for and what they're researching. But you can see how it's an opportunity for them to um show the variety of the ways that they have learned and they're able to explain that learning to others in a kind of a theatrical way. As you can see, they get really into it.
027And so getting students engaged and excited about their learning is also really important. And this is one of the ways that we do that. We often are again we have a lot of people show up to this event to see our students. One of my favorite things about these um events that we host at their school is that we always have an opportunity for the younger students to come in and see what the older students are learning and doing. Um and what this does for us is then it creates that excitement for learning for our younger kids and that love of learning. And so you get a younger student who start to see, oh my goodness, when I get to third grade or fourth grade or fifth grade, I'm going to have the opportunity to
028do this. I know when I get to this grade level, I'm going to do this person or I want to research this topic. And I think that's really exciting. Um, I love this picture. These are some of our first graders. It was Hawaiian day so as well because, you know, we can only have too many activities on one day at school. Um, but like they're so engaged in hearing what Amelia Heheart had to share with them. Um, and I think that's one of the really cool things about having a community of learners and kids that are learning um, and striving for that rigor together. So, these are two examples of some of the family engagement opportunities that we provide at Hickory Hill. As I know my colleagues do the same thing, and we'd love to
029have you join us anytime. So, thank you for your time tonight. >> Good evening. Um, again, I'm Dave Fritzen. It's a pleasure to be here tonight to talk about Watchdog. Dogs stands for dads of great students. And Watchd Dogs is a program I that that I am extremely passionate about. I'm very proud of the fact that um the first watchdog program started at Terara Heights here. Um and uh and that was something in 2014 when I got here that was kind of a goal of mine is to start a program like this. So you might not know what Watchd Dogs is, but it's a national program. It brings fathers, grandfathers, uncles, any other father figures into the school as role models for students. So it gives them the opportunity to spend an entire day at
030school. And so they we we have them doing all kinds of things. They are so busy throughout their day. Their days are very scheduled. And I have a full team at Terara that helps to plan their day and make sure that they're not just standing around. We put them to work. Uh they spend time greeting students. They support students in classrooms. Uh they assist at lunch and recess and they're visible in hallways and common spaces. They're just an extra adult that's there to kind of be a support. Our watchd dogs are like rock stars. The kids absolutely love them. They each wear their t-shirt that shows that they are official. They have a little badge that they wear. And so, um, our kids just think they're cool and, uh, they want their dads to do
031it, too. Um, some of the program benefits that we've seen, you know, there's an increased sense of security and belonging. Uh, it's really just brings a lot of positivity, positive rail male role models. this program started um from the viewpoint of trying to get fathers more involved in their children's education and I think that is a great uh you know goal but it's expanded um the program now has uh options for mothers and uh things like that. So that might be something that we look into in the future. uh for parents uh stronger connections to the school community like our dads walk out of there um with such a different view like I had no idea you know or and such an appreciation for our teachers and for what their students uh have to to
032handle each day. So it's their firsthand insight in the school day. It's not just a segment, it's the entire day. So, you know, uh, for our staff, it's that extra set of hands. You know, go out and, uh, read a a book or practice math facts or do those things. It's an extra thing that they could do to kind of engage our students and it helps build that collaborative family school partnership, which we're always uh seeking to do. Um, it's been active since 2016. uh 2020 sort of put a little pause on our program, so we we had to dial it back a little bit and we're starting to build it back up. So, last year we had 30 volunteers total that participated. Um that's 42 days and roughly 300 school hours where we had
033watchd dogs in our building. There's a strong demand. We have uh our schedule is Tuesdays and Thursdays uh right now and and this year we've added additional Fridays once a month. Um we would love to have watchd dogs every day but it is a lot to plan and coordinate so we have to limit it to some degree. Um but last year 89% of the dates that were offered were filled. So and this year we're already off uh and most of the dates so far in the next month are already taken. So, we're trying to encourage new uh new volunteers to come forward uh and fill out the paperwork and uh become certified to be a watchdog so that they can get in and and experience it too. Uh looking ahead again, we talked about, you
034know, we're offering 22 more dates this year, most of which are uh have been filled. Uh, and we just want to build back up to where we were before 2020 and kind of exceed that. That's our goal. And and we just want to sustain that parental engagement. We know that will benefit our students. Uh, so we know again stronger connections, safety and learning, uh, strengthening those school partnerships. We know those are goals for our district and we want to do our part uh, to be an example of that. And watchdogs is a great program that again I'm I'm incredibly proud of and I can't imagine uh being anywhere where this wouldn't be a program that I would uh not have in my school. So thank you for the opportunity to speak about it today. >>
035Hi, my name is Sarah Rusk again and I'm from Trumble Park. Um, so this is my fourth year at Trumbull. And one of the things that I really uh love about Trumbull Park, especially being from kind of small rural Nebraska, is the the pride that there is in that um community, being one of the older um buildings, being one of the older schools, and just the traditions that people love there. Um, and so just like my colleagues, we do a lot of things to engage parents because we feel that they are so incredibly important to um our students success. and we really wanted to come up with some different ideas um on ways to you know engage parents and engage families um and especially with that communication piece between us and between our families. So
036last year we um started actually last spring we started a parent advisory committee um we had each classroom teacher uh nominate one family and then um our special education department also nominated a family um and we started meeting once per quarter. So, the parent advisory committee was uh created by Miss Murphy, our school counselor, and myself. And what we wanted to do was make sure again that parents had a really active role in shaping our school's um culture, our programs, um the support that we provide for our students and our families. So, it's separate from the PTO. Um we have like like everybody here, we have a phenomenal PTO. Um but this is a separate committee. um we meet and really focus on just having that open communication, doing some problem solving together, collaborating, um
037and then making sure that we're building that trust with our community, um making sure we have those meaningful connections, answering any questions that they may have, and then just getting their perspective and their voice on things so that they feel like they really have an impact on their student success um and the well-being of their students in our school. Um, so again, we had two, we had a a meeting in February, um, and then we had our second meeting in April of last year. And I just kind of threw up the agendas here for you to see just some different things. You know, sometimes we get into our school day and kind of take for granted that we know exactly what's happening in the building, but maybe parents aren't quite sure why we do different
038things and what does this mean? So, um, our first meeting, we really sat down and talked to them about, um, what would you like to get out of this committee? You know, what would you like us to hear you about? what's going well? Um, where do you think there are areas of growth for us? Um, and you know, if you could choose one thing over the next year to improve, what would that be? Um, and then at the end we just said, give us Trumble Park in one word. And again, we got a lot of pride and tradition and family. Um, and so it was really a great initial meeting. Um, we got a lot of great uh, feedback from families and then a lot of thank yous like this was really helpful. Um, we
039took our information from that meeting and asked their input for the next meeting on what else would they would like to see on the agenda. Um, and some of the big things just like a lot of schools, drop off and pickup um was a big was a big talking point. Um, which was great. They had phenomenal ideas about that. Um, celebrating our students, you know, again, our our families are so proud that we love to celebrate our students and celebrate each other. So, they had some great ideas there. um they were very curious about like how does the budget work? What does the school do? What does the district do? And so just again giving them some of that information that maybe we it's just every day for us, but for them they just have
040some some questions about and then we just opened it up to them for um other feedback and other questions. Um one of the things that came out of it that we um are moving forward with this year was they were asking about kind of more streamlined communications. So, we're working with um the communications department and piloting a program there. So, we'll get their feedback on that this year. So, really just making sure that we're hearing them, that they're allowed to have their voice, um and help us to make Trumal Park, you know, the best place that we can make it. Um so, moving forward, um we'll again continue to meet quarterly. will have our first meeting for this year in the next few weeks um and just provide that opportunity for parents to share their
041feedback, discuss their priorities, and really just partner with us to um set their students and all of our students and families up for success. Um and then we'll be able just to gather that input, um meet with our teams about it, and then come back to them. Before each meeting, we will talk to them and just see is there anything that you want to add to the agenda? Is there anything specific for this year that we can add um and questions that we can answer for you moving forward? And how can we work collaborative collaboratively together towards solutions? Um and just again just making it a consistent um valuable part of our decision-making process. So that in a nutshell is a very fast way of explaining our parent advisory committee. Thank you. >> Thank you.
042So, the last strand that we wanted to highlight tonight was increasing student participation in activities and extracurriculars, also known as afterchool clubs. And so, it looks a little bit different in each of our buildings. It we really rely on the talent of our staff members because usually they are the ones that are sponsoring our different clubs. We also rely on our curriculum and instruction department because they do fund um some of these ventures and as well as our PTO's. They are very supportive of these extracurricular activities that we offer. So, at Walnut Creek, we have a few uh one of them is Girls on the Run. It's a national program and the girls end the season with a 5K in Lincoln. Great for camaraderie, confidence, motivation. Uh down to the left you'll see our K
043kids. So, they sponsored a community closet drive. They're part of the Kowanas Club for students. Um and so we do some philanthropic activities as well. And then you can see our crazy eights. That is a math club for kids that are a little reluctant to do math. And you can see they're having a great time. So that is just a snapshot of some of the different activities that we offer. We also have the Wildcat choir. We've got art, uh, boys health and fitness, battle of the books. Uh, so it really just depends on what students are interested in and again the talents of our teachers. But research shows us, Monica alluded to this, student attendance increases when you offer after-school activities. Connections to classrooms strengthen as well because you have that enrichment piece and you
044really get to tap into the talents and maybe unknown interests of students. So that boosts their confidence, their motivation. Um, and the best part about it is it's an opportunity for stronger communication and problem solving skills because these students are in groups with other grade level students. So, kids that they wouldn't necessarily spend a lot of time with, they get the opportunity to learn from in these venues. One of the additions that we added at Walnut Creek was a Planet Captain Garden. We were the first uh school in the state of Nebraska to receive that grant and that afforded us four garden beds for vegetables. And so our green team is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of our gardens. And they harvested basil. It was we had an abundance of basil and so they
045made homemade pesto as part of their club and they canned it and brought it to some local businesses to share. Uh because of the success of our vegetable garden, um my uh sponsor for the green team, Jen Kerry, she's a fourth grade teacher, reached out to UNO and Conservation Nebraska, and did some partnership work with them where they went to Glacier Creek and harvested seeds. So, they looked at native uh species of seeds, uh worked with the UNO students and learned from them, brought them back to the building. We now have four pollinator gardens in addition to our garden beds. And so it's a great opportunity for students to really understand farmtotable. They might sneak a cherry tomato during recess and we fully encourage that. Um and the ecosystem and the life cycle and again
046those connections to curriculum. They really understand how to care for our environment in addition to having an opportunity for parents to get involved because they certainly helped out with some of those garden beds. And then finally, I'm on the south side. So my school feeds to Pilion Le Vista South High School. And we have a really strong feeder school connection. And so you might have seen signs that say Southside Pride. Um that is one thing that the principles at the high school really work with us on to create that sense of community and connection. And one of the things that they did on Friday, hopefully you got a chance to go to the homecoming parade. So, our sixth graders got to march in the parade, and that is a huge source of pride for our
047students to represent our school there. Uh, to the left, you can see the state championship basketball team representing at an all school assembly. Uh, so they came and talked about being a stellar student inside and outside of the classroom. And by the end of their presentation, they were signing autographs on kids' shoes, right? Like they are heroes in our kids' eyes. So, what a great opportunity to get those students back into our buildings. They will come and read during Schools Across America Week. Um, they really have a an awesome opportunity to inspire kids that will be in their shoes in just a matter of time. And so, that last photograph is our annual tradition at Walnut Creek. We take a picture of our kindergarten students with our seniors. So we see that trajectory kindergarten through
04812th grade and what it looks like for education in Pilion. And so to kind of wrap up our presentation, Pilion is known for having a rigorous excellent education. We're known for greatness. That's that first strand that we talked about with our um district strategic plan. But really the greatest thing about Pilion is its community and that's that engagement piece. Engagement for all. And so I know we are doing great things in our buildings because we have the support of a very talented staff, awesome PTOs that say yes when we have crazy ideas. Uh our board of education that supports the things that we want to do for kids and our community that continues to show up. So I know we're only five of the 16 elementary schools, but we thank you for your support. We're
049proud of the work that we do and we're just going to keep on doing it. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> And that concludes the presentation by the kind array. Unless you have additional questions or clarification. >> Don't have any questions. Just just a huge thank you again. It's awesome to see everything that you're doing um that that you and I know you said it a couple times your staff is doing which is very important and they work very hard. Um, so just thank you very much for that and for making, you know, our job easier when you're doing such great work out there. So really appreciate that. >> Mr. M. >> Yeah. Uh, uh, piggyback on on Mr. Bailey, thank you all for one being here, uh, on Monday night and presenting for us.
050Uh, we've talked about it in other meetings. It's getting the engagement uh not just you know from the families is great too but it continued engagement from students in things outside of the classroom keeps them uh in uh engaged and and more involved in the schools and and they want to keep coming back to the schools. Uh I know you all have great staff so keep encouraging them to come up with those ideas uh and keep funneling up if there are you know resources and support needed for those ideas as well along with working with the the great PTO's that we have. So uh thank you all for coming and uh and great presentation. >> Out of this uh array two firsts nationally recognized first organizations uh one was recognized. Uh Dave saw the first
051watchdog programs. He mentioned that in his presentation nationally recognized program had since spread to other uh buildings including Ramsey Station. Uh what was not mentioned was our very first Purple Star Department of Defense came out of our own Anderson Grove. the fighting quailes. Uh, I might add, I'll create a little bit of tension and excitement. There will be another nationally recognized uh, program that is coming to this array. I don't want to steal any of their thunder yet. I don't think I can announce that yet. Can I, Shireen? So, she's shaking her head at me. So, so you're going to find out one of these schools in the array is also going to receive some national designation here in a little bit, but uh, more more details on that outstanding presentation, ladies and gentlemen. >>
052Thank you so much. Well done. >> All right, moving on to item C under communication reports. Dr. Rickley, superintendent. >> Thank you very much, uh, Miss Whit, members of the board. For members of the, uh, uh, community that may be watching at home, thank you for engaging with your board of education. We know you're busy people, but we certainly appreciate your support both in the boardroom and at home. Uh it is a PD day today. Uh the second PD day of the 202526 school year. So um didn't have an opportunity to visit schools this morning. Uh Monday mornings of board meetings tend to be pretty packed with meetings, but I did get over to Monarch High this afternoon. We had Marzano training for both firstear teachers and secondyear teachers. I saw Dr. Siri and her
053team out and about. So some really good training going on at all of our buildings. We make good use of this time away from our students. Also wanted to announce that both homecomings are officially in the books uh for both POA Vista High School who went first and PO Vista South High School who went last week. Um both weeks were really fun. Uh it's always fun to cap off the homecoming week with an athletic victory both teams did. But I just want to wish both schools congratulations for um all of the activities, the homecoming court royalty, all of the activities in sports. Football tries to be is it kind of is the culminating activity on the Friday night, but fall sports in general, marching band, all of the other activities that are a part of
054the homecoming week. Just want to thank the students, the families, and the sponsors for making it such a special week for our kids. Um, just like uh one of our array schools talked about an advisory structure, the district also maintains a number of advisories that we're that are kicking off this week. So we maintain four active advisories at any given time. We have a teacher advisory meets once a quarter, a classified staff advisory meets once a quarter, student advisory that meets once a month, alternates between the two high schools, and a business- elected official. Uh I might add that uh Dr. Settles is playing around with the idea of restarting an advisory that we had when I first started and it kind of um fell apart under its own weight. But we had a teacher,
055a retired teacher and administrator uh advisory that we we tried for a few years and it didn't quite get off the ground the way we thought, but we're going to give that another try. But in any event, we're meeting with our teachers and our classified staff this Thursday afternoon. Should be a really good conversation about uh some really imp impactful topics including strategic planning. And we are meeting with our students for the very first time tomorrow. Just as a reminder to the board, we have eight Monarchs, we have eight Titans. We rotate between the two schools. We'll be at Monarch tomorrow and one of the things that we'll talk about besides what they want to eat because of course when we survey them and we we talk a little bit about what do you want
056for lunch because we always meet over lunch. Um we're going to be talking about what has contributed to the start of the school year and again keeping in mind you have freshman, sophomores, juniors, and seniors on this advisory. So we'll be talking a little bit about what's the good stuff that's hopefully led to the start of a productive school year. What are the things that have maybe proved challenge challenging to you or been perhaps a roadblock? So more details to follow on that. Uh also wanted to share with the board and community. Uh I personally part of uh Commissioner Maher's uh advisory. He has a group of superintendents that he meets with throughout the year. We had our first commissioner's advisory last Monday. So I was out of the district for about three quarters of
057the day. I was in Hershey, Nebraska, which if you're not a student of g of Nebraska geography, it's about 15 miles straight west of Dr. Siri's old stomping grounds in North Plat, Nebraska. So, uh, I went out Sunday evening, spent the night, spent most of the morning in Hershey, and then was back in the district late in the afternoon. So, we had a great number of topics that we discussed, including a topic of high interest to this board, and that is the special education issue. Uh, when the services end at 21 or 22, we had a very spirited conversation with the commissioner as well as some of the superintendents. Every one of them is watching that topic very closely. Uh other things that have restarted since the start of the school year, teammates uh the
058teammates board uh of directors has started meeting. They held their first social event of the year. They did a program at Twisted Vine last week after hours. That was a great activity to attract new mentors. It was one part celebration of uh outgoing board members, but we were also using that opportunity after hours to attract new mentors. We're always on the lookout for new mentors. And finally, we've celebrated a couple of other firsts. Uh, our first liaison lunches of the year. And for those of you that may be watching at home, a liaison lunch consists of the superintendent, an assistant superintendent, and one board member sitting down and having lunch with each one of our 21 buildings and ancillary programs. It's a wonderful opportunity for all of us not only to be visible in the
059building, but to hear firsthand some of the challenges that we're seeing across the school district. The final uh activity we had Dr. Via Rial. Talking of family engagement, we hosted a family engagement activity, first of many here at our central office. We uh held some of these events last year. Uh I know Dr. Val was hoping for more. We had almost 100 100 individuals showed up uh after school and uh I think that's a great testament to our families, our kids, our community. When we open up our doors, people want to be part of what we're doing. So, lots of firsts in the first month and a half of school and many more to come. And with that, Miss Whit, I'll conclude my superintendent comments. >> Thank you. How about board members? What did you
060guys do this week, this month? >> Can you beat him? >> No. >> I had I had a lot of different activities. We've already talked about some of them. The the area membership meeting of course that we were all at. Um I had a our first maybe meeting of the year. Um I think we talked a little bit about that. So Lisa is going to be the alternate now because we technically technically can only have one of us on there. So that's what we're going to do. So I will be the continue to be the representative for that. Very good meeting to kind of catch up and kind of start off the year. Um since it was a day after the um area membership meeting, we had John Spots come and and kind of give
061us a recap for those that weren't at the area membership meeting. It was it was a good thing. Um see I can't read. Um, I had a group of House students and very nicely they gave me a nice thank you card uh come to UNO and we've done this um gosh I think at least maybe five years now, six years or something where they come down and a group of them and I kind of give them a real quick lesson on uh how to fly and then we put them through our simulators. I've got some of my students that come and volunteer and it's amazing how many you put that out there and how many college students are like, "Oh yeah, I'd love to go do that." And then um but they they did a
062great job with the students and you know it's fun to watch these younger students get in there and try to learn how to fly an airplane. So it was a lot of fun to do that and I I always enjoy it. It's always one of those where you you kind of get a little geared up because you got a lot of students coming come in and you know they kind of talked about parents spending an entire day. I you know I got two hours with them and I was like okay I'm exhausted it's time for something. But uh their full energy was fantastic. It was fun to watch. Um and then you mentioned the leazison lunch we went to playing the Vista South. um with Katie and you and everything. And they did a great
063presentation um with all the academic things that they have going on with their testing and their uh with their SATs and then their AP testing and talking a lot about that and and how well they're doing with that. And it was it was it was very good to to talk about that and to hear something about athlet or not not athletics but academics in in the high school because obviously it seems like you we always hear about the the sports teams that are doing very well but they're also doing uh great things academically. Um and then they brought up the um what is it bell bellto bell no cell I think is what they said with that our uh last week that our student council members brought up and how well that's working. had a
064couple of teachers that were in on a lunch and talking about how much they appreciated it, how much more engagement they're getting from the students. Um, it's not just turn off your phone and set it down. It's put the phone up somewhere so that they're all engaged in the classroom. So, that was a it was a great lunch. Enjoyed enjoyed talking to them. And then, like I said, oh, then yeah, then our our fun meeting last Thursday. Uh, once again, thank you very much for all your work with that and and sitting up there with that. So, we really appreciate it. So, it was a lot easier to sit back in the back and and just watch. So, um and I'll shut up. >> I think you beat him. >> I uh also got to
065kick off liaison lunch season across the street. Uh I got there way too early because I didn't have my calendar right, but I got a I hadn't been across the bridge in a while, so it was good to walk over here and visit with some folks at the central office on a non board meeting day. So, a great uh first liaison lunch, you know, focused primarily on just some of the the new things that they're doing uh within their building uh and some new tools and things that they have um what they call kind of the first five minutes, last five minute strategies uh just to quickly get folks engaged in what they're going to be learning for that day. And then again, you know, how are they wrapping it up and just some uh
066new tools that they have to provide uh teachers with um fun activities that tie into the lesson. So, that's been great. They also did bring up the the cell phone policy uh has really helped. They, you know, different level than obviously the middle school than high school. So, how are kids going to react to the the new policy? And they got great um engagement right away. and um outside of just a few reminders here and there um they also have seen increased engagement within the classroom. So that is fantastic. Uh of course uh Pilia Middle went under uh significant construction uh projects over this last summer. Uh so we touched base on uh when some of those were wrapping up or and then some additional things that they would like to see done uh as
067we come back into the building again next summer. always a topic that we we see um every year again just the continuation of supports for behavioral uh issues. And so uh just brainstorming some ideas of what other things can be done or uh programs that might be able to be implemented to continue to support those without just throwing hey we just need more paras to free up time to deal with a student that might be having an issue. So, um, yeah, and then the the big thing that I, uh, wrote down was just, uh, within those behaviors is just, you know, having somebody come in once every quarter or once every six weeks, you know, just doesn't build those relationships and consistencies that that a lot of these students need. So, how can we develop
068that and provide the resources for that those relationships and consistency? So, so and then, yep, one of the last things we talked about was just, you know, how what are our considerations for uh when we go into negotiations for pay and just different things and how what comparisons we're looking at to to ensure and so we provided a really good recap on kind of who's in our array uh as we look at that and who's comparable. And so, really good great questions, great discussions. So, it's fantastic for Mr. Johnson and his team. And outside of that, yeah, I went to a lot of the other stuff we all went to. So, I will uh leave it there. Thank you. >> Nothing. Uh I had a lesson on lunch at portal and they call themselves the
069stars and everything was built around that that uh persona I guess. Um there were five building staff members present. The administration, teachers and specialists were included. They had some positive happenings happening. The construction had a few things to complete, but staff and students were very flexible. And they praised uh the staff for being able to make classroom experiences so positive even while construction was happening. They have an upcoming starrun fundraiser that they think is one of their most supported community events and it's always a lot of fun. So, they're looking forward to good weather for that hopefully. Um we discussed topics that were happening in the legislature and how that affects our buildings and schools. the district's efforts to address staffing shortages especially in special ed and including the need for paris and Dr. Dr.
070Settles was very informative in that area. Teacher professional development was important to them and they talked about some of the things that they felt needed to be changed to make it more effective for them regarding credits and onetoone technology in the lower elementary grades was important to them and they wanted to know what the district was headed in that direction. We heard here and I hear this at almost every leaz on lunch that we have the best people. So, uh yeah, it's like you guys all have the best people. You are the best people. Um the other thing that I was listening to Dr. Rickley talk about family engagement and then all of you talk about family engagement and how really important it is to happen at all levels but I think the elementary is
071really where the most effect comes from those family engagements because you can really get those parents in and involved but at the higher level it's really more of a supportive side whereas in the elementary they're really hands-on with the kiddos and I think that's great. Then on Friday the 19th, I did attend the Pavilion La Vista South Homecoming Parade. And oh my god, that's one of the best things. If you can go to that, you should. Every single elementary school had a representation there and they marched along with the band and the sports teams and the >> ROC and uh it was just amazing. And then the court went through on their little floats, you know, and and went all the way around the building and what runs of Rex was there waddling along. >>
072Yeah, it was it was the best weather and it was just so inspiring to see the kids involved in that. Um, so thank you for allowing me to come to that because it was fabulous. Um, I think that's all I have. Thank you. Anyone else have any comments? Okay, let's move on to committee reports. Building grounds and finance. >> Uh we have not met >> human resources and student services. >> So we did meet last week on September 15th uh discussing a couple items that are on tonight's agenda. Um the option enrollment uh resolution discussion as well as the custodial warehouse tenative agreement. Uh we spent quite a bit of time going over our current enrollment numbers, uh what our current staffing situation is and what we're kind of seeing projected for for next year
073already. A few unfilled uh positions and maybe some anticipated midyear additions as well. Um, we went over our capacity report and uh started to discuss um the expectations for Lincoln View uh with the uh potential numbers of exceptions to our our uh set boundary rules. >> Thank you. And curriculum and Americanism, >> uh we had a meeting scheduled for tomorrow, but uh to accommodate Ms. Woods uh fast travel schedule. We needed to reschedule that. >> Okay. Thank you. Moving on to our action items for tonight. >> We need a motion for the consent agenda. >> I'll make a motion to approve the uh items as presented. >> Second. >> I have a motion by Mr. Madler and a second by Miss Butler. Any comments? >> Roll call. >> Mr. Madler. >> Yes. >> Miss Wit.
074Yes, >> Mr. Lotus. >> Yes, >> Mr. Bailey. >> Yes, >> Miss Butler. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. Item B, we have the um adopt of the state science standards by Dr. Siri. >> Yes. So, um as you may recall at our last board meeting, I went through um some of the basic information for the science standards. Uh, as you recall, this is a requirement um, according to rule 10 and state law um, that we do either adopt the Nebraska state standards or that we write our own and they be as rigorous or more rigorous. Um, our recommendation is that we adopt the Nebraska State Science Standards um, that were written in the 2024 2025 school year and approved by the Nebraska State Board of Education. um they are a very minor
075tweak or modification from the 2017 standards. Uh we do not foresee a lot of big changes coming from this curriculum adoption cycle when these standards roll into our toolbox process. >> Any questions? Motion. I'll make a motion to adopt the Nebraska State Science Standards 2024. >> Second. I >> have a motion by Mr. Bailey and a second by Mr. Lotus. Any discussion? >> Roll call. >> Miss Wit? >> Yes. >> Mr. Lotus? >> Yes. >> Mr. Bailey? >> Yes. >> Miss Butler? >> Yes. >> Mr. Madler? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. Next item on the agenda is the adoption of the 202526 budget funds. Believe that's Mr. Richards. Thank you, Miss Whit. Um, well, tonight is kind of a culmination of a the year-long process really when you're developing a budget. Um,
076you know, I want to thank you all for your subcommittee inputs, your uh board meeting inputs, certified and classified negotiation time. I mean, that's a big part of it. Uh, technology initiatives, you know, our facility improvement projects and developing strategic plan initiatives is all a part of that budget and many other items as well. But um we're at that time where we can put numbers to those things. So tonight you'll approve um or vote on approval of the general fund, depreciation fund, special building fund, bond fund, school nutrition fund, cooperative fund, student fee fund, activity fund. And we would go ahead and as an administration and recommend the board to approve the adoption of those budget um for each of those funds as presented on the attached budget resolution and state budget forms. I'll make
077the motion to approve the adoption of the Pavilion Lista Community Schools budget for 202526 as presented on the attached budget resolution and state budget forms. >> I'll second. >> Thank you. I have a motion by Mr. Madler and a second by Mr. Lotus. Any discussion or questions for Mr. Richards? Seeing none, roll call. Mr. Lotus, >> yes. >> Mr. Bailey, >> yes. >> Miss Butler, >> yes. >> Mr. Madler, >> yes. >> Miss Wit, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. And finally, under action items. Finally, under direction, we have the superintendent's 2025 26 performance goals. Dr. Rickley. >> Thank you very much, Ms. Wit. Uh members of the board, uh we've discussed uh performance goals at least twice in open session. uh once uh in our regularly scheduled board meeting a couple of
078weeks ago and then we did some follow-up conversation in our board retreat. Uh the the board goals really haven't uh excuse me, the superintendent goals really haven't changed since our last conversation. Although the one thing uh that came up uh was kind of involvement in in different boards and activities and I have put together a one pager. I shared that with cabinet this morning. I wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing anything. So, I will push that out to the board so that they can kind of get a a feel for that. Uh, so just as a followup to that conversation, wanted to make sure that the board knew that we were tracking on that and that will be in my ne next weekly update. Otherwise, I don't think I have anything else to
079add unless the board has questions about the proposed goals. >> Thank you. >> I'll make the motion to approve the superintendent's 202526 performance goals as presented. I'll second. >> Thank you. I have a motion by Mr. Lotus and a second by Mr. Bailey. Any questions or discussion? >> Seeing none, roll call, please. >> Mr. Bailey, >> yes. >> Miss Butler, >> yes. >> Mr. Madler, >> yes. >> Miss Wit, >> yes. >> Mr. Lotus, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. Moving on to discussion items. Custodial and warehouse tenative agreement. Dr. Settles, please. >> Thank you so much. Uh, yes. First of all, I wanted to thank you, Miss Wit, Mr. Lotus, and Miss Wood, for all of your input on this over the past months. Um, we did begin our negotiations with our
080custodial group back in early June and u met a couple of times with them, came to a tenative agreement um in July. That agreement um with them uh had did fail by one vote. So brought it back to them, met again, and here we are. Um they met most recently on September 6th and approved the tentative agreement which we're now bringing before you. So the uh contract um I'll bring it back to you again um on October 13th to be approved. One of the things you'll notice in here, typically their contract does begin on September 1st. So, uh, if this is approved by you, there would be back pay then, uh, for them on their November paycheck to make up for those couple of months. Uh, but I I believe, um, we have a great,
081uh, plan in place for them here, great contract in place. So, uh, what you'll see in this, it is a two-year agreement. Um, it does include a wage increase in year 1 of 3.94% and in year two, 3.8%. Um the uniform allowance was previously $200. That would go up to $225 and um the health insurance plan options do remain the same, but does reflect the 5.49% average increase in the EHA plan costs. Uh also for them, as you've seen us do with a couple of the other groups, their personal leave days would go up to four days rather than three. And as we did within uh the teacher group as well, the bereavement days would go from 10 which was previously five uh for loss of a spouse, domestic partner or child. So uh other
082pieces we have in there um starting rates and um and but those don't affect our current people, but I do believe we're in a good spot for starting rates. um our new employees for the drivers warehouse and um custodial runs um between $18.40 an hour up to $19.30 an hour with an um differential paid for the night crew. Um that that is that hard to fill very late late night crew. Besides that, um, everything else in in the agreement remained the same, but you'll see in the packet that you have the redlinined agreement as well as one that is a clean agreement would which should have everything accepted, any of those changes accepted and then it is lifted and draft. But do you have any questions that I can help to answer at this time?
083Seeing no questions. Well, well done. Thank you, Dr. Settles. I'm glad we're finally able to get them moving forward with their current year paychecks. Our last item under discussion is the option enrollment resolution. >> Missy Stoley, is this your first time in front of us? >> Yesterday when I got introduced >> Oh, yeah. >> That's right. >> Uh so you have the resolution um in your packet. Um the resolution is required. we'll discuss it tonight and then um just walk through it and answer any questions that you may have. Um key things to note is the schools at capacity. So um Lincoln View is opening in the fall. Um and we're really excited for that. With that though um we would recommend that Ashberry Elementary, Lincoln View Elementary, and Prairie Queen Elementary would start at
084capacity in the fall of 2627. Um that's really based on the neighborhood growth um and the current numbers and the projection enrollment and then our current staffing and where we're at with our FTE for our elementary schools. Um no other changes or recommendations from that. Um reviewing just the special education programming that is determined um case by case and follows uh state statute that we review all records and request all records and make those determinations based on that. So, not much to add or change with the exception of the addition of Lincoln View coming our way in the fall. >> Um, I have a quick question. How many years has Prairie Queen and Ashbury been at capacity? >> These are great questions. Um, I'm going to go with Dr. Settles. Uh, >> yeah. So, I'm
085thinking Ashberry did not open at capacity. We did open that at a as a open building and then which we typically for brand new buildings. Um do open them as closed just because uh you set your numbers for sections and um that was one though that the growth hadn't since it was kind of that COVID 2020 time or it there just was not a lot of fast growth like we had anticipated there. it slowed a little bit with costs and the construction materials and being slow to come in. So, we did end up opening that one as an open school. And then um I think that one has been um uh marked one of our capacity schools for the last three years at least. Uh that is probably right now our fastest growing school. Uh
086then Prairie Queen I believe um I don't know that we have gotten to a point of being able to open back up Prairie Queen. I think it has remained. >> That's one that we'll have to review um after this next two years. Um the numbers with that are a little bit up in the air right now since we do have a couple of exceptions. um being the students who will be the fifth and sixth graders uh and the idea of whether or not they'll remain there, those that um are going to be a part of Lincoln View or if they'll go to Lincoln View. So, we've got a planning meeting actually for that this week. Um one of the things we'll talk about at that is um the process for families to make that determination.
087And then uh I believe there are 16 uh families that could potentially stay at Prairie Queen for military rather than u move over to Lincoln View as well. So that's one as well that would be u a bit of a question mark at this time. So, one of the pieces that makes it a little bit hard with this particular um resolution is this has to be done um in October and a lot of the planning for the following year happens, you know, between November and April. So, >> Miss Butler, all of our elementary buildings with the exception of L Vista West and Golden uh are three-unit buildings, which means their stated capacity is approximately 450. Um, I believe Prairie Queens sitting around 510ish. Uh, I can't remember the last time they were below 450. I
088mean, it minimally five years. And I think Mr. Lotus was shaking his head at me. It's probably been longer than that. So, Prairie Queen has been a closed building being above that 450 number for several years. At least five, probably longer than that. And then question for me on it says the Nebraska law we have to adopt no later than October 15th declaring a program a class or school unavailable. But in in this it says we can we reserve the authority to do that at like that class and that grade level for the schools. Do we have to do you have to come back to us to ask to close it or us passing this potentially next meeting gives you the authority to we close you know third grade at Terra? >> Yeah, that's a
089great question. It gives us the authority to do that and then we make those decisions as the school year goes. Um and it's interesting, you know, just starting in July the numbers that shifted just between July 1st and and now in August. But yeah, great question. And do you have to keep updating the state with those closures or when we just get an application for that school if or a classroom that we feel is closed, you just have to communicate to the parent? >> Yeah. So, it just goes off of the like our capacity based off of staffing >> um is the numbers that we use and they have a great chart um human resources and teaching and learning and student services has this formula um and we use that to determine class size. So
090that's the the numbers that we use to make those determinations for capacity. >> And then we would typically also just to add to that will any family from option that does is trying to option in if they uh choose a school that does not have available space at that specific grade level. Then we'll go to the next, you know, we'll work with them on what are some of their other choices that might work or be convenient for them and give them some other options because um there usually are other places that would have some availability, but we might not have at a specific school that they're wishing to get into. >> Yeah. Perfect. >> Most of them pick three. Some of them don't pick any. Some of them just one in. Yeah. >> To the
091school district. So they just option in wherever. Um but then if they pick those, they you know they put three and then to Dr. settles. That's how we work through that process. >> Perfect. All right. Thanks. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. I know it's important to keep our class sizes down and this is an important way that we can do that. And again, we still have room in other schools that we can option into our district. They are welcome to become members of those different schools as well. Thank you very much, Missy. >> Thanks, Missy. >> Okay, that leaves us uh to open And uh we have no public comment tonight. So we're going into the future board calendar. On September 24th, liaison lunch at Golden Hills with Miss Butler. On October 7th, leaison lunch
092at Prairie Queen with Mr. Lotus. October 10th, there's no school. And October 13th, there's no school due to professional development day. And October 13th, we do have our next school board meeting here at 6 PM. Seeing no further business, we will adjourn at 6 711.