001I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. May we have roll call, please? Miss Wood >> here. >> Mr. Bailey >> here. >> Miss Butler >> here. >> Mr. Madler >> here. >> Miss Wit >> here. >> Mr. Lotus >> here. >> Thank you. If you'll note, the open meetings act is posted at the entrance to the room. We have no excused absences tonight. We'd like to recognize the PLC NOTC and if they have a recognition coming up. >> Uh indeed they do. Uh, Miss Whit, thank you very much. Uh, President Whit, members of the board, uh, for the members that are in the audience, thank you for being
002here. And for those that may be watching online, thank you for engaging with your board of education. Uh, for our longtime watchers of our board of education meetings, you'll recall that one of the things we like to do at least once a month is provide some type of recognition for our staff, for our students, occasionally community members that have gone above and beyond to distinguish themselves or their program. And we have a couple of individuals from the NJOTC unit uh that are here on behalf of their unit as well as some of our students. Uh Jeff and Adam, thank you so much for being here. We do have Jeff Nichols and Adam Schlesman who are both retired from the United States Navy and they have been absolutely outstanding not only in maintaining the high standards
003of our NJOTC unit, but uh frankly bringing it back from the brink. We really had an issue with student enrollment in our NJOTC program as recently as four or five years ago. And under their leadership, we rallied and our numbers are outstanding. And just as a point of clarification, it does include students from both Pilian La Vista South as well as Pilion La Vista High School. It's something we're incredibly proud of. Tonight, we are recognizing the NJOC unit as the US Navy's Area 15 most improved unit. Again, keeping in mind we have cadetses from both high schools. Area 15 is the region that comprises over 30 NJRTC units. It does include eight different states, Nebraska being one of them of of course along with Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin. In terms of
004the award that we're uh providing recognition for this evening, this program is conducted at accredited secondary schools throughout the nation. Uh, NJOTC is very rare in the state of Nebraska. We're one of a handful, maybe the only one. At one point, we were the only NJOTC unit in the state. I don't know if we still hold that distinction, but the instructors generally are retired from the Navy, the US Marine Corps, Coast Guard. Very often they're officers, often they're enlisted, but the curriculum itself uh emphasizes citizenship, leadership development, as well as topics specific to the Navy. Classroom instruction is augmented throughout the year by community service, drill competition, field meets, marksmanship training, and other military training. Many of the students go on to careers in the military, occasionally Navy, other branches as well. Uh for other
005students, it's just an outstanding program that prepares them for leadership in life, whether or not they go into the military or not. We are incredibly proud of this unit. Again, we are very proud of the two individuals who are joining us tonight, as well as a student. Uh we would love to invite all three up. Please come on down and be recognized by your board of education. Can we swing over here, gentlemen? Tell us where you are. [Applause] This honor is particularly important for the Pona L Vista Community Schools for a couple of reasons. Uh one because uh approximately 9% of our students are military dependents. We are really really proud of our connection to Offet uh Air Force Base Strategic Command as well as all of our military families and dependents. The other reason
006why it's so special is thanks to Colonel Anderson uh and and many others, we have made a concerted effort in the last year alone so that all of our schools are purple star designated which is part of the reason why we have the display at the back of the boardroom. That designation in basically signifies that we have gone through a series of steps under Dr. V realel's leadership to make sure we are doing all we can to make that transition for our students who are coming from all parts of the planet into the Pona Vista Community Schools as smooth as possible. So really appreciate all that you do gentlemen. Thank you again for being here and congratulations on the honor. And with that, Miss Wood, I'd conclude our recognitions for the evening. >> Well, you
007might conclude it, but we have one more recognition that you were not aware of. Tonight I received a e a mail in US mail and our secretary Lisa Wood will read it. >> President Wit, I wanted to send a note of appreciation for Superintendent Rickley. Over the past year, Superintendent Rickley has served on my superintendent advisory council, which has been invaluable for me in my first two years as commissioner. This commitment took them away from your district. And as a former superintendent, I understand how service on committees or task force can be a burden. During and in between our four meetings, my superintendent advisory council provided critical insight into statewide assessments and accountability, supported me as I made decisions on improving the department's customer service focus, and served as a sounding board for legislative and
008regulatory change and implementation. I can say wholeheartedly their voices and insights have made our agency, its focus, and our implementation of policies better. There's no place like Nebraska for our students to learn, earn, and live. I look forward to continuing to work to improve our school system in collaboration with you and your leadership team. Thank you again for sharing their expertise with me over the past year. Please don't hesitate to reach out with any way we can support your desk district. Best Brian El Maher, Dr. Commi, Dr. Maher, Commissioner of Education of Nebraska. >> That Lisa, thank you. >> And thank you for representing the school district and for making Pilion Le Vista Community Schools the best in the state of Nebraska. >> Thank you. >> Very kind. Very kind. Our next agenda item includes
009a military advisory report from Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Anderson, who we welcome as the replacement for Colonel Klesiac. And we're happy to have you here. Thank you. >> Yes, sir. >> Proud of you, Bill Vista. >> Hi. Thanks again for having me tonight. Uh first, I brought some gifts for all of you. Um, a article in the offet news was recently done about our school leaison Tina Lutderman and Jenny Miller and just all the work they've been doing just to get after taking care of our students, those transitions and really just helping navigate for everything that goes on. We are finishing up that change of command and PCS season. So, all of our new commanders on the seat and most of our new families have made it to the um Omaha Metro region. So Jenny and
010Tina have been really hard at work meeting with families, discussing what's going on, helping uh create opportunities for kids be successful in all our school districts in the Omaha metro area. Recently, the 55th Wing uh returned from Operation Talon Shield, an exercise in Australia, um partnering with um 30,000 joint partners in 19 Indo-Pacific countries. um showcasing our ability to provide global command and control, intelligence, surveillance, rec reconnaissance and electromagnetic warfare spectrum. So going down to Australia, taking 200 people, 55 55 tons of cargo and demonstrating that we can at a moment's notice be anywhere in the world providing that support to our joint coalition partners. Finally, I'm not too sure if you're aware, but school starts in a couple weeks. Um which means that for us, we've got our big event tomorrow night, Operation Backpack.
011So we have 800 tickets we've given out to offit families provide school supplies, backpacks, and everything kids need to be successful in these first few days of school. Partnering with many of our different community partners such as the school districts, Bakers, and quite a few other people just to set children up for success as they start that new year. Penny, any questions? This is my brief. >> Colonel, we're we're so thrilled to continue to work with you after working with Colonel Kesiac for the last couple of years. uh operation backpack in particular. I think Dr. Vieiraal will be joining uh the crew tomorrow. Um there's a lot of need in this community. I don't need to tell you. So to help some of the more vulnerable families and kids come to school ready with a
012with a fresh backpack and supplies, it uh it means more than you know. So thank you for for your leadership and thanks for all you do to support our families. >> You're welcome. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Continuing with item C under communications, superintendence report. >> Uh thank you again, President Whit, members of the board. Again, for those that are uh watching and in attendance, we appreciate you engaging with your board of education. Uh as the colonel pointed out, it is back to school season. So, if there's a gigantic collective drone coming up from our student population, that's probably the reason why. Uh it's a super exciting time of the year for all of us, for the board, for staff, for parents, for kids. Well, may maybe not for kids, but some of
013them maybe kindergarteners for sure. They're excited. Uh yeah, it's we we'll take the wins where we can get them. So, we're starting uh really the to to start the process for uh opening our buildings back up. Our administrators have been working throughout the course of the summer. Of course, uh just this morning, we welcomed our clerical staff back. Dr. Settles and her team did a marvelous job of uh welcoming back building secretaries, administrative assistants. A week from today, we will in this very room, we will welcome back uh our new crew of new teachers. We'll have approximately a hundred new teachers. It's just a wonderful event. Wonderful event to to see not only brand new teachers who are brand new to the profession as well as teachers that are joining the PO Vista family for
014the very first time who may have 15, 20, 30 years experience or more. So, really fun things uh that'll be happening in the upcoming days. Uh along with that, just last week, we held our back- tos school fall meeting with our entire administrative team. Uh the city of Pilion was gracious enough to host that at the landing. We uh sometimes we do it in district. Uh more often than not, we try to find another building within the school district just to get administrators out of here. Uh and as I said, we did that at the Pilion Landing. It was an all day meeting. It was a good opportunity to reconnect with our administrators after a busy summer and get the year started on a positive note. Uh, one of the things that I know all
015of our teachers and classified staff and maybe parents and kids too are are thinking about is with all of the building renovations that have been happening over the last several months, will our buildings be ready? Uh, Brett Richards and his team have done a remarkable job. Uh, not only with new buildings, more on that in a little bit, but also the expansion and renovation efforts that have been happening the last few months. I know there's always a level of anxiety and nervousness about will the buildings be ready and the answer is yes. Uh we have some outstanding construction partners Brett Dan Cow our director of buildings and grounds have done a really good job. Some of the buildings look more ready than others. Uh but uh I'm very confident that the construction firms will throw
016the necessary resources so that when we open up our doors uh on the 12th we'll be ready to go. Also wanted to remind our board and for members of our staff that may be watching, our welcome back event is uh on Thursday, August 7th. The doors open at Foundation Field at 7:30 and the program is at 9:00. Again, doors open at 7:30 and the door and the program starts at 9:00. Board members are more than welcome and I think one of the things that's always fun for our board members has been to to be near the front welcoming staff, handing out t-shirts, doing things of that nature. Uh, as the board is aware, we're doing something slightly different from the from previous years. Uh, previous years, for at least the previous 10, we've done Wernern
017Park for a variety of reasons, including some scheduling uh overlap with some athletic contests at Warner Park. We decided to give it a try at our joint high school district facility foundation field. So, I'm sure there'll be some growing pains anytime you make a change in a party involving 2,000 people. Uh, there'll be some lessons learned, but I know Dr. V and his team have been working really hard to make that a special event. So hopeful uh that our board members can make it if their work schedules allow. Uh we will also be celebrating the opening of our newest program/building YATP young adult transition program which is built immediately adjacent to Liberty Middle School. On Monday, August 11th, which is also the date of our next regular board of education meeting, we will be hosting
018an open house at 2:00 and a ribbon cutting at 4:00. Again, we'd love to have board members there. It'll be a busy day, probably a really hot day, knowing how the weather has been trending the last few days, but it is a gorgeous facility. Uh Mr. Richards has been giving sneak preview tours of it. It's I don't know that there'll be a better facility anywhere in it in the state. Uh specifically designed for students with disabilities in that 18 to 21 year old age range. It is a jewel and we are super excited to show it off and so very pleased that our community uh supported that through our bond. Again, back to school is Tuesday, August 12th for most of our students. It is a half day. It is a full day for all
019students the following day, which is Wednesday the 13th. Uh more information to come on that. Uh but Tuesday, August 12th, half day and two bits of good news that I will leave you with. Uh one, I think everybody around the country has been anxiously watching the news coming out of the administration regarding federal title program dollars. um those dollars were held up for a variety of reasons for the last several weeks. Typically, we find out title allocations in late July uh or earlier. Um we received notification from US Department of Education and Nebraska Department of Education that those title dollars have been released. That is a big deal for us, needless to say. So, certainly a celebration there. And last, but by no means least, our own Dr. Siri successfully defended her doctoral dissertation just
020a few short weeks ago. Uh can we break with tradition a little bit here and have a round of applause in this end of the superintendence report. Well done Dr. Siri. We are incredibly proud of you. You're a busy lady and completing your doctorate while you've got a full-time job and teaching alongside is no easy task. With that, Miss Wit, I'd conclude my superintendent report. Imagine how much she can get done now that she doesn't have that >> all that free time she's gonna have called out. >> Do we have any board member reports tonight? I know it's been kind of a quiet time. Committee reports, buildings, grounds, and finance. >> Uh we meet this Friday. >> Thank you. Human resources, student services. >> Uh the group met. I was unfortunately absent. But um what
021we discussed in that meeting, we're uh keeping a close eye on uh the preliminary enrollment numbers. Uh some of them are creeping up and so we're uh Dr. Settles and the HR team are watching those to see if we need to have additional positions to support uh our emphasis on class sizes. U later in the agenda this evening, the custodial warehouse uh and maintenance agreements to discuss. And I think that is all on this agenda. >> Thank you. Curriculum and Americanism. >> Yes, we will meet uh Wednesday at 3:30. >> Thank you. We have one public comment tonight and usually on our agenda, we move those to the end. But if you if there's no objection from the board, I'd like to go ahead and have that occur right now before we get into the
022agenda. Any objections? Okay. Um Michelle Jud will come forward and she will uh you have three minutes to speak. You please provide your name and address before you start and then the timer will begin. The timer clock is up here and so you'll see it when your three minutes are up. Thank you. >> Um thank you so much. My name is Michelle Jud and my address is on the sheet. Uh I'm here on behalf of the Rainbow Parents of Nebraska. We're trying to get around to all the school boards before school starts again this year. Um, just to kind of remind people of what may be happening as far as something that happened in the legislature this last year. Uh, Rainbow parents in Nebraska were both shocked and saddened by the statements uh, made by
023Governor Pillan at his press conference on June 4th of this year. Pardon me. Uh, even though the bathrooms and locker rooms are no longer part of LB89. The governor called for vigilante enforcement by saying, quote, "Most of the young boys and men in Nebraska know right from wrong, and they'll take care of whoever tries to go into the locker room or restroom." That drew laughs from those in attendance of the press conference. Uh, if people didn't already feel emboldened enough by our current national administration, then our governor essentially gave them permission to uh gave permission of the people of the state to take matters into their own hands. It's extremely scary not only for transgender or non-gender non-conforming people, but it should scare cisgender people as well. This gives license to anyone to enter any
024bathroom or locker room anytime they see fit to quote unquote take care of things. The governor has not tried to walk back his statement, but the damage has already been done. Words matter, and unfortunately, the leader of our state said the quiet part out loud when he called for this type of behavior. schools across our state will be left to deal with the collateral damage of these words. We expect there will be a rise in bullying and uh attemp people attempting to police bathrooms and locker rooms without any legal authority to do so. We are urging all the schools in dis all school districts in Nebraska to prepare for this inevitability and to have a strong disciplinary response in place for those individuals who attempt to take matters into their own hands. We again want
025to reiterate that LB89 has no effect on bathrooms or locker rooms and we expect the schools to stand against the damage that Governor Panin's rhetoric will cause. In regard to LB89, we urge the Pilion Le Vista Community School District Board of Education to provide guidance to the schools to help lessen the harmful impact of this discriminatory bill. If you watched any of the debates or any of the hearings about this bill, you are aware of the chaos this legislation could cause. Students will be outed against their will when they've only ever been known by their current identity. Students or parents will use this law in a retaliatory manner because their team is losing or they don't like another player. They will this will harm both trans and cisgender students, either which could be on the
026receiving end of these accusations. What will happen when a trans boy is suddenly forced to play on a girl's team? How will the parents of the girls react to having a boy on their daughter's team? We've seen countless examples of how irrational parents can become when it comes to sports. Will they attempt to take matters into their own hands as well? I felt it was especially important to come speak today and highlight the challenges will be faced in the coming year because of uh bad governance and foolish words spoken by our state officials. I just wanted to be bring awareness to the comments made by the governor so schools can prepare for the backlash. I wanted to implore you to help guide our schools to make a terrible law less harmful and to protect all
027Nebraska students from the repercussions of this law. Thank you for letting me speak tonight. >> Thank you. >> On to action items. Action by consent. Do we have a motion? >> I'll make the motion to approve action by consent items. >> I'll second. Have a motion by Mr. Mler and a second by Mr. Bailey. Roll call, please. Mr. Bailey. >> Yes. Miss Butler, >> yes. >> Mr. Madler, >> yes. >> Miss Wit, >> yes. >> Mr. Lotus, >> yes. >> Miss Wood, >> yes. >> Motion carried. Thank you. >> Our next agenda item is policy 6000 series. That will be presented by Miss Siri. >> I'm sorry, Dr. Siri. It's fine. I'm stuck. >> Yeah, they do. They do. >> All good. I've been Miss Siri a long time to a lot of kids, so
028it's okay. It's all good. Good evening, Board of Education. Um, as you may recall at our last board meeting, I presented to you updates and recommendations for four policies um, in the 6000 series. Um, the first one was 6404. It is the parent involvement policy. We are simply adding um, reference to the new legislative update. Um, as far as parents information with student survey participation, uh, 6702 is a change in accreditation title. As you know, we were Cognia and we have moved to the Nebraska Department of Education SIP process. So, that's just an update of language. 6203 is elimination of a policy. That's our driver's education policy. We now contract that out through ESU. And the last one was 6901, which is a brand new policy that addresses um data breach and the process that
029will be followed. And we're working on um the procedures for those policies. Um but those are the only updates and I have heard no additional information from anyone on the board. So my recommendation is um that you move forward updating those policies unless you have questions. >> Thank you. Is there any discussion? Do we have a motion? >> Yes. I can make a motion to approve policy updates to policies uh 6404, 6702, 6203, and 6901 as presented. >> I'll second that. Thank you. I have a motion by Mr. Bailey and a second by Miss Wood. Roll call, please. >> Miss Butler? >> Yes. >> Mr. Madler? >> Yes. >> Miss Wit? >> Yes. >> Mr. Lotus? >> Yes. Miss Wood, >> yes. >> Mr. Bailey, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. Next item
030on the agenda, new elementary school 17 boundary discussion presented by Dr. Vriel. >> Welcome, Dr. V. >> All right. Good evening, Board of Education. So, uh, as you recall in May, we shared with you information about two potential boundary concepts for elementary 17 and gave you three administrative recommendations that we are now seeking approval for. So, the recommendations are printed on your summary sheet, but in at a high level, we're asking you to approve concept two, approve grandfathering for what will be fifth and sixth graders the year the school opens, and approve grandfathering for active military families with specifications to be determined as we develop that protocol. I can answer any questions that you guys have. Um, I do have the slides, all of the slides from May queued up in the presentation. So, if
031you needed to see any of them again, my lovely assistant, Mr. Moore, can help me pull those up. >> Thank you. Do we have a motion for this um the boundary? I'll make the motion to approve elementary 17 boundary concept 2 as presented with grandfathering provisions for fifth and sixth graders for 2026 27 and active military families. >> I will second. >> I have a motion by Mr. Madler and a second by Mr. Lotus. Are there any discussion or clarification anyone requires for this motion? >> Um I'll make a comment. I guess I'm sympathetic to the families that have a kid who can be grandfathered for fifth or sixth grade but have younger siblings because I just think it's difficult enough getting ready in the morning and then to possibly have to drop kids off
032at two different schools. Um, but saying that, I recognize that this is the policy that has been implemented at other schools. So, I am in full support of it. >> I thank you for that, Miss Butler. I also think it's it's worth noting uh the board is certainly well aware, but for staff and parents that may be watching, this is the first time that the district has uh proposed and potentially taken action on grandfathering military personnel. And just as a brief reminder to those that may be watching, as we were going through the Purple Star designation process, uh, which emphasizes the importance of, you know, minimizing transitions for military families, active duty military families in particular, along with the number of military dependents, uh, who are moved so frequently, uh, through no fault of their
033own, except they chose to serve their country. We think that this is a really important step and I think we in the listening sessions we heard echoes of this from some of our active duty military as well. So, uh, if the board chooses to act on that specific provision, I just think that's really important and sends this really strong message to our military families and I do appreciate that as well. We had that with our youngest daughter. She kind of had an issue back then and it was tough for her to to try, you know, to all of a sudden be at a school where she didn't have friends after, you know, moving and everything else. So, I do appreciate that very much. So, thanks for that consideration. >> No further discussion. Roll call, please.
034>> Mr. Madler, >> yes. >> Miss Wit, >> yes. >> Mr. Lotus, >> yes. >> Miss Wood, >> yes. >> Mr. Bailey, >> yes. >> Miss Butler, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. Next item, elementary 17 naming. This is one of the most enduring things that a school board does is name a school because that's going to be the name of that building for until it's demolished. So, um, we had two members missing at our last board meeting who were not part of that discussion. I'd like to give them the opportunity to voice their opinions before we move forward. That would be Mr. Bailey and Miss Wood. um doesn't mean that others can't conclude their discussions as well, but if you don't mind, I'd like to open it up and see if anybody
035has any other opinions that they'd like to state before we go down the road of naming this school. >> And Miss Wit, uh similar to Dr. Viel having the slides from the boundary uh parameters in conversation, I believe we have those uh if if we need to revisit any of those slides. We weren't prepared to to walk you through them unless you requested them, but I believe we do have them if the board wants to review them. Is that accurate, Dr. V? Thank you. Yep, we have those slides available. And as we enter into this action item, just as a reminder, um you all enjoyed a six-minute video from me last time since I wasn't here in person uh explaining the process of how we came up with the final two names uh for the
036school district or for the school, excuse me. And those names were Lincoln View Elementary School and Granite Elementary School. And so with that, I'll turn it back to you to open up the discussion and then potentially take action. >> Thank you. >> Okay, so for this one, I keep going back to just Lincoln. I think the view kind of diminishes the significance of Lincoln. Um, I'm not ready to make a motion to strike it yet. I guess I would like to hear what other board members think at this time. could so in in identifying just Lincoln then are you uh are we saying that it's Abraham Lincoln that we're tying this building to and does that fit into the three criteria that typically we've used to name our buildings. >> So in choosing Lincoln as
037part of the school name it had geographic ties and patriotic ties. So in the presentation from last board meeting, the geographic tie is Lincoln Road, which is the main intersection that the school sits on. And the patriotic tie was to Lincoln, our state capital. >> So not >> that wasn't how it was presented. >> But both of those two things being named after Abraham Lincoln. I just I guess just from past experience in the district when I was in a building, I just want to make clarify it for the leadership of the building or as they move forward. um how if if if I guess give them some clarity as if they're allowed or encouraged to tie it to Abraham Lincoln or you know I I I think we need to have some clarification so
038they have some understanding. I mean, are we going to have little top hats all over the place, you know, or I mean, I love Abraham Lincoln, don't get me wrong, but I think we want to make sure that the building understands the expectation when we move forward and name a building such as just Lincoln. >> Uh, it's a really important clarification, Miss Wood. So as as we were contemplating names that met those three criteria to present to the board, we were gravitating more to the historical significance of Lincoln, the city being our state capital. Of course, as Mr. Madler pointed out, it was lamed Lincoln for a very specific reason. That is our 16th president. The reason why as a district to be perfectly clear why we didn't talk a lot about it specifically honoring
039President Lincoln is we don't have much of a history in this district of naming buildings after individuals. G Stanley Hall being perhaps the best uh exception to that. And the other reason is in the current political climate I think most of us can agree Abraham Lincoln was a great president. No question about it. But individuals have a way of polarizing communities even when you do it with the best of intentions. So, um, are there implications? Uh, would there be some conversation around, you know, incorporating the pre our 16th president into, you know, as the school continues to build its culture? I think that would be a very logical thing to expect from the school to do. We didn't necessarily expect that. Uh, again, because we didn't want to divide the community by tying it to
040an individual more to a city that's represented at our capital. So, I hope that didn't confuse matters, but just so you kind of know what we were thinking before we brought the names, I think it's important that you know what we were thinking. But at the end of the day, this is a board decision and we will gladly support whatever you decide. >> Well, from my point of view, I think Lincoln, the president, demonstrates the qualities of this district about um unity, tying people together, north and south, and all that stuff. um inclusion and diversity and I think he represents the things that this district embraces as it as part of what it represents as well which is why I like the name Lincoln for that school. So, but I can go anyway. So, >>
041my only hesitation with just focusing it one on just our historical preference is not to name buildings after individuals as Dr. Rickley said, but also it's not unique. There's many other Lincoln elementaryaries, let alone in the Omaha metro area, but in the surrounding communities as well. So, to me, it's it just it loses something there when it's now not unique. I mean, most of our other buildings in the district have unique names that are really specific to just our district and not other areas. Um, I mean, I thought from day one, I mean, my head was I always called it Granite Elementary or Granite Creek Elementary because that's obviously just where it's being built. Um, but as we went through the process, um, there weren't as many links. There weren't all the things that met
042the three criteria that we were trying to determine. And it really swayed. And then to to come down to it just being called Granite Elementary, I just I didn't like the flow. I just didn't like the feel for what the the administration and things would have to do to try to build off that name. And so to me, I just Lincoln View, it it it flows nicely. I love the ties um to the Capitol to to Lincoln Road running right right through there uh as a you know historical road in Pilion. Uh and so that's kind of where I've leaned uh to keep the view. Um, I just think it allows for a lot more options um from the administrative team and the the PTO and and the students and and families that that will
043be a part of that in the elementary. >> And I do think view does kind of in a way signify looking forward, being progressive, you know, moving. So you can have Lincoln's view and move forward and incorporate all those things that we like about Lincoln as well. >> Yeah, I think as I said last time uh uh one I appreciate all the uh work and effort that went into coming up with the original list of like 20 and then narrowing it down and having the conversations with all the stakeholders and getting all the input. I know it's not an easy um not an easy job to come up with a name that will last hopefully forever. Um but I was drawn to Lincoln View. Uh I wish no other district or I wish no other
044school was named Lincoln Elementary and I would be all over that. But I do because there are so many I do like the differentiator with the view in it. uh with the Granite Creek it or you with the potential granite option, you know, for me it just doesn't really uh signify the area outside of their neighborhoods named that and I don't want to get stuck into the well the neighborhoods were named that. Now we feel like we got to name our schools after what someone named a neighborhood. Uh, so I like breaking off especially when uh you know those those neighborhoods I don't feel like their names have much significance to Pilion itself. Uh so I've been in support of Lincoln View and yeah and I I uh still support that one >> and I
045guess I was the only one that didn't offer my opinion because I wasn't here but initially I was I was very much just like you. I was, you know, I was in my head calling it Granite Creek, but I I do like Lincoln View. I think it needs to be more unique. Like I think everybody else or a few other people have said here that Lincoln's great, but we have a lot of just Lincoln. And I think Lincoln View distinguishes it a little bit and allows it to be specifically a Pilion Elementary School. So I that's my opinion on that. I'd stick with Lincoln View. Okay, thank you. With no further discussion, is there a motion? >> I'll make the motion to approve Lincoln View Elementary School as the name of the name for elementary
046school 17. >> Second. >> I have a motion by Mr. Lotus and a second by Mr. Madler. No further discussion. Roll call, please. >> Miss W. >> Yes. >> Mr. Lotus. >> Yes. >> Miss Wood. >> Yes. >> Mr. Bailey. Yes, >> Miss Butler. >> Yes, >> Mr. Madler. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> That's kind of exciting. We have a new name, Mi. Madame President, and thank you, board. I know these aren't easy things, but it is one of those enduring things as Ms. Wit indicated that will forever be linked to this building that will last 50, 100 years, uh perhaps even longer. So, very exciting and we'll continue to move forward. >> I don't think I've done anything harder since I've been on the board than name this building. All right. Thank you
047everyone. The next agenda item is from business services. We're going to be talking about student fees. >> All right, >> Mr. Richards. >> Well, first of all, I want to thank Andy and Shireen for kind of leading the hearing on student fees as I was headed up the hill up to the Black Hills of South Dakota that particular Thursday. So, appreciate that. Uh thanks to Christopher uh for assisting with the process throughout the second semester with the principles and and having some good dialogue on student fees. Um you know I think what we've recommended are pretty minimal um this year and it's been that way since since I've been here really. We haven't really increase the fees a whole lot which is a testament to you know our principles and our board of education and
048looking at the needs of our families across the district. Um, you know, I think the price increase of only 5 cents to the meals still at this point is really good when you look around the um area um and some of the struggling food service programs that that are out there. Um, so I I feel really good about bringing this to you tonight and I'd be happy to answer any questions that may have come up uh from the hearing. Uh, otherwise, we'd recommend approving the student student fees as presented. >> Thank you. I don't recall that there were any concerns over the fees. Any further discussion for Mr. Richards? >> No, I just want to say thanks to Mr. Richards. I know a lot of especially a lot of the clubs, you know, they have
049the different events and they have the things they want um you know, the students to be a part of. Uh and some of those things can add up pretty quickly. Uh so thanks for you know we want the there to be the opportunities for the students but we also don't want to students to be priced out of those opportunities. So thanks for working with the staff of those different groups and activities to try to keep those prices as low as we can while giving them the opportunities. Uh and then I do just a question so the recommendation so the motion there but do we also need to make the motion on the hearing meeting minutes as well? I think we can combine those, do you? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. So, I'll
050I'll motion I'll make the motion to approve the student fees for elementary and secondary schools for 2526 as presented. Uh and the hearing meeting minutes of July 10th, 2025. >> Thank you. Roll call, please. >> I'll second. I'm sorry. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Second. >> Was that Mr. Bailey? >> That was Mr. >> Mr. Bailey. Okay. We had a motion by Mr. Madler. Second by Mr. Bailey. Roll call, please. >> Mr. Lotus, >> yes. >> Miss Wood, >> yes. >> Mr. Bailey, >> yes. >> Miss Butler? >> Yes. >> Mr. Madler? >> Yes. >> Miss W. >> Thank you. Okay, moving on to discussion items. Policy 7,000. >> Sorry. Point order. Did you Did you say yes? >> Yes. I'm sorry. Yes. >> Okay. Motion carried. All right, next item then is policy 7000. Mr.
051Richards, please. >> Thank you. Uh, we're moving on to policy 7000s dealing with construction project policies. Um, our buildings surrounds finance committee will be meeting this Friday and having that on the agenda to discuss as well. So, please let us know if you see anything in policy 7000s you'd like us to take a look at between now and the next meeting. Any questions for Mr. Richards? Thank you. Moving on to number B, 36th Street Land Parcel. Mr. Richards. >> Okay. Thank you, Miss Whit. Um, back in 2022, Redwood USA LLC, um, we had a previous agreement to sell the land to, uh, that we're speaking of tonight. And I'll show you here a picture if we can get that up, Matt. Um, so this is outside of Anderson Grove off of 36th Street. Um, they've
052redone some things up on that hill between 36th Street and Anderson Grove as far as egress and ingress on that area. U, and that area in the blue is the area we're talking about. It's about 1.17 acres, I believe. Um, and it's kind of in a spot where it's hilly in nature and not real usable maybe for us at this point especially. Um, but for a developer it might be something that they're able to do. Um, we pushed, you know, over time Redwood pushed our close until December of 24. Um and then we received a termination of purchase agreement December 20 December 23, 2024 uh from Redwood um that they wouldn't be proceeding and buying that piece of land. Uh so a couple months later we heard from Rod Woodling of Foundation Development uh who
053has now acquired the land and you know would like to take acquired the land around it for development and would like to purchase that piece from us once again. uh did appraise back then at $35,000. I think the appraisal's probably pretty similar to that at this particular time and it will probably cost us more to do the appraisal and take off some of that value than we would get back if it did go a little higher than that. Um so I would recommend we take a look at this $35,000. Um we I did talk to uh Mr. Woodling a little bit about the what he intends to do with the property. uh senior um living is what they're looking to build now on that property. So, I think it's pretty good purpose and uh I
054would recommend that we go ahead and move forward with this company. Um and with any discussion tonight, we can take back as well, but uh um think we can get this sold. I think they're in a little more hurry than Redwood was uh to get moving. So, that's kind of where we're at. So I assume the land south of that is what has already been purchased. >> Uh yes. >> Yeah. Uh and then I mean that road is super important for you know our families coming in and out. Any would that get uh changed at all? >> No. Um that you know it's a city ingress egress. So it doesn't really have anything to do with us as far as um I think it's in one of the what do they call those areas? um
055utility e or an easement for a road. So, >> gotcha. >> We wouldn't be able to use that. >> Perfect. Thanks. >> Is that part of it, too? >> Um not for us. >> No, >> but that's a I imagine that's somewhere that they would like to get uh to continue with the senior living area. >> And we don't own the land above. >> No, >> we don't. Okay. How did we acquire that land? Did it come with the purchase for >> That was a long time ago. So, I I would not know the history of how that was acquired, but I'm guessing back in the, you know, when the school was built that it was kind of an area to get to the school that was purchased off 36th Street. >> Yeah, it would
056pred It's a It's a great question, Miss Butler. Uh, it would predate all of us. I believe Anderson Grove was constructed. I think it was finished in 1985. So, I would assume that the land was probably purchased early 80s, at least a couple years prior to obviously them breaking ground. So, I I don't have the history of why we would have had that parcel of land because it's far enough from the school. We're probably not going to use that for certainly playground, certainly not parking. So, at this point, it's kind of useless to us, but uh again, if there's if the board agrees, it's certainly something that we would be open to having a conversation about. >> Is there any I know he mentioned the road is is there any concern of traffic if they
057with construction and building causing any issue with parents getting in and out of there? And then once it the the senior living uh center is built, any issue with that, you know, are they going to have maybe possibly a second entrance or somewhere else that won't cause any more traffic congestion than I'm sure we already have there? Yeah, that's a great question. You know, I'll take that back to him and try to get that answer and I'll cover that in the buildings grounds finance committee as well and bring that back to the board at the next meeting. Good question. As a grandparent who picks up at that site, I can tell you that 37th Street is where most of the traffic is. They line up there. They don't line. There's a few cars that will
058line up on Roth Anderson and then they alternate entering into the parking lot, but the greatest majority are on 37th and Coffee Avenue is where most of the traffic is. And the children almost all head up 37th Street. I don't see any that travel the other way. Thanks. I appreciate that. >> That is a tobogen run of a road, by the way. It's very steep and so is the the bank there right off of 37th. It's a quite a bank. I'm curious about the um just because someone's made an offer, do we just accept that or should we go out put it up for sale and get bids on it or what's the pro protocol for that? Um, you know, typically with a piece of property like that that's not real useful other than a
059developer coming in from the south or maybe even possibly the north eventually there. Um, I don't think anybody's going to be interested in that piece because there's not much you can do with it. Uh, unless you own that adjacent land. So, uh, this is the first time we've been approached to offer it and, uh, you know, we're able to do sell it as a school district this way. >> And was this was part of Belleview? So, we didn't even purchase that initially. Was that a Belleview school prior or was it always a pavilion school? >> Uh, so our two Belleview schools, uh, Anderson Grove and Golden Hills. So, they were not when they were built, again, this one goes back to 1985, they were not originally in Belleview proper. Um, they were kind of in
060the no man's land between where the city of Pilion ended and where the city of uh Belleview uh ended. As the city of Belleview, as their jurisdiction grew, they absorbed both Golden Hills and Anderson Grove. So, it's that those two schools are in kind of a unique position. They are now within the city limits of Belleview, but they are within the school district of Pilion La Vista, which is why they are ours and not Belleview. So, I think I have that that certainly all predates me. This is going back to the 70s and 80s, but I believe that as the city grew, that's when they started to take over um that particular property, but only as a city, not as a school district. Though, during the one city, one school district, that's when those two
061properties became subject of potential takeover by the school district. That's no longer an issue anymore. I hope I answered your question as well. >> Yes, you did. Thank you. The only thing I would say too is that I think a senior senior living center is a nice compliment to a school and they could do some great things together. So if knowing that that's potentially what could be there, I think is good for our kids. >> All right, I'll answer some of those questions. >> No further comments and we can wait till next meeting for next action. Thank you. >> Thank you. Next on the item we have the tenative agreements for custodian warehouse. Dr. Settles. Yep. Thank you very much. Uh unfortunately we don't have a lot to discuss on this matter. Um but I
062will update you as to where we're at right now as far as this um item goes. Uh over the last couple of months, we did have multiple meetings with representatives from this group and um we're very pleased to reach a tenative agreement on an excellent package. Um however, I was informed on Saturday morning that they mo they did meet to vote and it failed by one vote. So, uh, we need to go back to the drawing board a bit and make sure that, um, we take a look at, you know, what's being asked and, um, potentially what we might be able to do with that. However, um, our next steps will be just that. We'll have to wait. We'll have a some meetings in this these upcoming weeks. Uh this contract does end August 31st.
063So I don't expect that we will probably have an agreement by the time that contract ends. It is in the and only because we have to have two board meetings obviously because you're going to need another meeting where we share details um in discuss and let you have a chance to discuss and then another meeting where you would vote. Uh we also need two weeks once it's agreed upon a tenative agreement with them before they get to vote. So um it pushes this out a little bit. We do have in the negotiated agreement that if there's not an agreement reached the current one continues on. So as of September 1st that's likely where we will be at. Um but I will just continue to um keep subcommittee updated as we have information. Um I thank
064the HR student services subcommittee. they've listened and given input on this on multiple occasions and were very very thoughtful in the items that they um had me proposed to the group. So we will keep you updated as we have more information. Do you have any questions once it's been agreed upon? Are they retroactive then to when the contract initiates or when does it when is the >> is it August 1st that it runs or >> you know that's actually something I'll have to check. I have not have had that happen before but then thank you for that question. I'll check and get back to you. >> All right we're down to public comments for that are not on the agenda. We already handled that and we have future board. >> I have one more item.
065Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you covered them both in one. Sorry. Yes. So, next up, the maintenance contract for the tenative agreement. Um, we did recently also hold meetings with representatives from the maintenance staff and um they're represented also with um the uh local 226. So, we did reach a tenative agreement with them and then it was approved unanimously by the group and it is a two-year agreement. So sharing details about that um they will see a wage increase of 3.94% in year 1 and 3.8% in year two. We did increase uniform allowance from 275 to 300. Um those are boots, coats, uniform types of needs. The health and dental insurance plans and options do remain the same. Um this is a group that also does receive the full family um paid at 100%. So
066it's excellent benefits for this group. Um we did see the average increase of 5.49% in our um total plan cost um average with our insurance. So this does reflect that as well. Um in addition, we had a couple of other items. We had previously um they had seven days of accumul cumulative leave that could be sold back to the district annually um with their balance not to drop below 60 days and that's now been moved to 10 days. Uh this is a group that has uh extremely um precise attendance and um very very reliable employees. Um, we also matched what the changes were in the teacher agreements for both personal leave and for bereavement leave. So, moving personal leave to 10 and adjusting the bereavement leave for loss of spouse, domestic partner or child. Um,
067so I'll certainly answer any questions that there might have, but next steps with this one would be that on August 11th, um, my plan would be to come back to you to vote on this contract. >> Sorry, I didn't get that. Any questions regarding the maintenance agreement? Thank you. No public comment. So, we've already heard that future board calendar on August 7th, all staff kickoff, as Dr. Rickley mentioned, at Foundation Field opening at 7:30 with the program beginning at 9 a.m. On August 11th, the YATP ribbon cutting at 4 p.m., which I'm looking forward to. On August 11th, we also have our next board of education meeting here, 6 PM. On August 12th, the first day of school, and August 16th, the PLCS Foundation back to school suare. Seeing no further business, we will adjourn
068the meeting at 6:54.