001meeting to order and we'll start off with the pledge of >> allegiance 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. >> Dear [clears throat] Lord, thank you for allowing us to come here to meet today. give us the wisdom and the knowledge to make good decisions for our school and our kids and give everybody a safe and uh good Memorial Day and graduation weekend. In Jesus name I pray. Amen. >> Amen. [snorts] >> So we'll start off with the uh consent agenda. Everybody had a chance to look at that and make comments. Any other questions or comments regarding consent agenda? >> If not, I'll make a motion to accept the consent agenda. >> I'll second
002that. >> All in favor say I. >> I. Comments and or comments from patrons concerning items on the agenda. Terry, you >> can I reserve the right to speak later? >> Sure. >> Thanks. >> So, no comments at this time. Next is the new business. We'll go over the board policy review and updates. >> So, we have are starting off with the second reading for update three, which [snorts] is our April batch. There are no changes from the last time these were presented to you. Um, we have policies in there. Let's see. One, two, three, four, but six policies that are required. Um, the policies that are not required. We do have [snorts] similar policies currently with Miola. So, we're just converting those over at this time. So, if you guys are comfortable, you may
003act upon those policies. It is my recommendation that we accept the policies as presented. >> And that's the first one. The second reading update. Yes, that would [clears throat] be the April batch. >> Okay. Any comments regarding the new policies? >> No. [clears throat] >> No. No comments or questions? I'll entertain a motion to accept the second reading of the updated uh three through April batch. >> So moved. >> Second that. All in favor say I. I. >> I. I've got a question. >> I know you guys have the big huge book when it comes to board policy. Is there one available for staff to look through if they have questions on it or would you rather they refer the questions to you? >> They're on our website. >> They're on the website. And so
004right now we have a link that takes you directly to Niola and then we also have a link that takes you as we take our Nola policies down because once new policies replace those then we have links to the PDFs for those. >> Okay. That's Neiola. >> Uh Neiola was the previous company that we use and so they have a platform that houses them and we're currently switching them over and so we're now putting them up in a PDF form and so it's a link that opens a PDF for it. But I can help anyone who needs help planning that or to get with Mark and show him where they're at. I'm happy to do that. >> Okay. [clears throat] Thank you. >> You're welcome. [clears throat] >> Okay. Ready for me? >> Yep. All
005right. So, you guys were sent the May batch with your packet and then today I did send you an updated copy that has the comments from the attorney as well on there. We have again some required policies, some policies that aren't required, but we've had previous policies for them. We do have one, it's the first one that is listed in your packet, and it is a no distracted driving policy. We don't have any current policy like this and it's not required that we have this policy either. I'm asking currently more questions to provide you some [clears throat] more information. It's recommended by insurance companies that school have a policy similar to this part of my concern with the policy. Not that I disagree with the policy. Obviously, we don't want distracted drivers on our campus,
006but I do feel if we're going to put a policy in place, we need to be able to enforce it as well. And with this one, there's just some areas of the policy that I have some questions on how would we actually enforce it. So rather than stick something out there that we don't have a plan for of how we would manage, I'd like to have some clarification on that. So I'm working on getting that for you. Then we also have a responsible use of technology policy. This is required. It does have in there a place that talks though about all web-based resources have to be approved through our IT department. And we have one guy for that, Cody, and he's already very taxed with it. So, I want to work with the attorney as
007well on that one to see what we can do for some of our language and what exactly they're talking about when they talk about some of those web-based resources. Want to make sure again that we can be compliant with it and we're not overt taxing somebody on that. So, I will get those updates to you. Along with it comes a technology agreement. We already have a technology agreement in place. So, I want to compare the updated one with the one we currently have. There's a policy on board member ethics that we already do have one in place. This one does mirror ISBA's model. I read through it and I do want to take a moment to commend all of you because as I read through it and stuff, you guys are an upstound upstanding board.
008The ethics that it goes over and the governance that you guys provide is very much appreciated. and then also letting the administration run the day-to-day side of things. So, thank you for that. And then the other one that I wanted to just point out on [clears throat] this one is there is a controlled substance policy for CDL and safety sensitive positions. Again, we already have this policy in place, but I do want to get with Chuck on it before it comes to you guys for a vote just to compare and see a couple different nuances on there, what his take is on that. So, it's kind of where we are with our work in progress on the ones for the second reading next month. >> Questions regarding So, we'll just table that one until >>
009Yeah, this was just the first reading for this one. [clears throat and cough] >> Further questions? We'll move on to the Antioch Bible Church Soccer and Transportation Facility agreements. Okay. So, this year our agreement with Antioch was up for us to take another look at and you have a copy of it in your packet and we combined it all into one packet, two separate agreements in there. When we first went out and started partnering with Antioch, we needed a safe space for our buses to be able to turn around and they were able to provide that for us and we thank them for their partnership for that. And at the time we had kind of thought that it might be a little bit more of a longer term piece. And then we added in the
010use of their grounds for the soccer program as well. We've not been able to get a soccer field built here close to campus. And so that's always been the intention. We've been working on it. And so that has turned into a little bit more of a longer term agreement than what we had initially [clears throat] intended that to be. So we went ahead and put some things in place in writing to address that as well. One of our big things with Antioch is we want to make sure that we are always paying our way and that it's not costing the church anything. We're very thankful for their partnership. So, we did outline some of the structures in place as far as some of the fees and got some of those written down in here and
011then we can look at them and renew them or review them as needed. And then also we are adding in a facility usage fee as well. There is a you know piece of I say inconvenience. I know that that word can sound negative. I don't mean it that way when I say it, but they have operations, they have day-to-day things going on, they have events going on there as well. And us having extra traffic out there does put a little bit of navigation into the mix of things. So again, being thankful for their partnership on that, we've added a fee in for that as well. [clears throat] We are just doing a one-year agreement at this time since we have changed some things. We're going to live with it for a minute, see how it
012works, and then we're going to kind of go back to the table this year to work on seeing what the future agreements can look like. So, at this time, it is my recommendation that you do approve the Antioch agreement for the bus and the soccer field usage out there as it is presented to you. And I will also give thanks to Lana and Chuck and Aaron for meeting with me as well to help me through this process as we work with Antioch. So, thank you very much. go to year. So if we go to year to year, then that gives us time to or them guess to tweak if we need to change or >> Yeah. Especially in this one because it's a different different setup than what we've had before with adding some of
013the fees in there um and spelling them out the way that we did. So again, it gives us a minute to try it out, see how it works, and then see what adjustments we need to make moving forward. >> Um what is the facility usage fee? >> Yep. So, a lot of these are fees that we currently already pay. Um, and so for the bus side of it, we provide four loads of gravel annually. And so, we'll pay for that upfront. And it will be $2,000 is what we'll pay for that. The property maintenance related to the parking area, weed control, minor upkeep, things like that for the bus section is $1,500. And then a property use fee for the general property fee um of us having the amount of traffic out there that we
014do is $1,500. So that comes up to $5,000 annually at this time for the the bus. And then for the soccer portion of it, again, for that piece, because it's a different part of the parking lot that we use, we also provide the gravel for that. And so that's three loads of gravel for $1,500. We do use their dumpster as well. And so we're contributing $400 towards the dumpster. And then a property use fee that would support the use of the church property, parking areas, and related infrastructure since we do have again games and activities going on out there. That takes a longer presence is $3,600. So that would be $5,500 to be out there. And then on top of that, we do take care of the mowing out there as well, [snorts] but we
015pay for that ourselves. We don't pay for that as part of the usage agreement. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> We have we have m is it Wagers? >> Currently, it's Wagglers and stuff. So, um, we're going to look at that and get some bids for it moving forward. >> I think there's a couple reasons why the year toyear or the one-year agreement. Um, one one reason is because honestly the contract renewal kind of snuck up on us. So, um, you know, we began talking about it in February. It was April 1 and just didn't really give a lot of time for discussing things. Um, you know, prices change. And um the second thing was is you know when it first originated especially soccer we thought it would just be short term >> and
016it's been a longer term. So um you know we don't want to be assuming or anything like that. So, [clears throat] >> um, yeah. So, this just gives us, this allows us to kind of, you know, be in an area where we're in agreement, but, um, maybe looking just being mindful and looking at how this is working and so forth. That gives us an opportunity so we're all comfortable with that. >> It's nice working work so closely with us on that information. And there is a lot of traffic I think whenever those soccer people have when they have tournaments and things like that. I mean there's a there there are not a lot of days with a lot of traffic but there are some days that they have quite a bit of traffic out there.
017So >> and we started off with fewer teams than what we have now as well too. So >> yeah and just keep on growing which is good. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Any other questions or comments? So I'll entertain a motion to accept the Antioch Bible Church soccer and transportation facility agreement. So move >> second that. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Next is the uh youth first memorandum of understanding 202627 school year. >> This is another partnership that we are very grateful to have. Uh youth first provides us with our social worker Leah Lotus. She is phenomenal and she does serve our district K12 and does a remarkable job with our students, our staff and our family. The agreement has an approximate 3% increase in what we contribute. How that works is it's
018a matching piece to where we pay a certain percentage of the first fee and then they go out in the community and they fund raise and they provide the additional support and they do that on our behalf and so we don't have to do that portion of it. And so we will be increasing it from 45,500 to $46,865. Um, an investment that I do feel is well worth it for the return that we gain from having Leah here. There were some other pieces that I laid out for you in the agreement, their payment structure. Um, they're switching it to a payments due on the 15th of each month. I've talked with Tamara about it. she has no issues with how they're requesting the payment to go through on that and they've just changed some of
019their staffing flexibility with some of the lensure that they will allow uh as far as to be part [clears throat] of youth first and again it doesn't impact us right now while we have LEA but they do have they have a lot more people wanting youth first social workers than what they have with the current licensing so they have expanded that out is my recommendation at this um for the board to accept the memorandum as presented. >> She's absolutely wonderful. [clears throat] >> The kids, well, I've been there for a year, but the kids that I knew [clears throat] that went to her said she is like the best. >> Yes. Yes. We're very blessed to have her. Any comments or questions regarding youth first memorandum or understanding of the 2026 27 school year? If
020not, I'll make a motion to accept that memorandum for 2026 27. >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> Next on the list is the school resource officer memorandum of understanding 2627 school year. all [clears throat] of these agreements this month trying to get things ready to go for next year. So, you do have in there our SRO agreement with the Davies County Sheriff's Department. Nothing has changed with that agreement. Again, it's another partnership that I really can't say thank you enough that we have the ability to have Officer Myers in our building. He does a phenomenal job. I'm going to get to brag on him here at the end of the meeting and stuff in my report to you. And so, again, just very thankful for our partnership. Um the sheriff's department is
021great to work with. we sit on the county safety team together and it's wonderful that we have such a collaborative relationship. So again, it would be my recommendation to the board that you accept the agreement as presented. >> So we we've got two good officers got Bledo or Mark Bledo and we have Chris. So yes, >> they both and the kids love both of them. >> Oh, they do. >> So okay, any questions regarding the >> Bledo retired though? He's not he doesn't have a presence here daily. Okay. Yeah. He's just here like [clears throat] >> I see >> the kids even some of the well the older kids they still remember him seems like. So >> uh any any comments or questions regarding the school resource officer for 2627. [clears throat] I'll entertain a
022m or a motion to accept that memorandum. >> So moved. >> I'll second that. All in favor say I. I next on the agenda will be the food service agreements for 2627. >> So those were in your packet a list of them. We are a part of the let's see the click is what they call it um K12's leading Indiana cooperative which helps us [clears throat] get some buying power to get better pricing for our food. I thank Trish for her work in keeping us a part of this program to help us. And again, you have a list of the bid categories and then the companies that she is recommending that we use for this upcoming year. No changes to our previous year other than the addition of a beverage with delivery from Kira, Dr.
023Pepper, so she can curious to see what that's going to entail. It is my recommendation that you accept the um food service agreement as presented. >> Any questions regarding that? I'll entertain a motion for the food service agreement for 26 to 27 school year. So moved. >> I'll second. >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> And next on the agenda will be the resolution authorization [snorts] administration regarding auditor certification. >> That's a mouthful. That's a big one and stuff. I got that straight from the attorney. They said this is what you name it in here. Um okay. So, we do know that we have we are a school district that operates with an operating referendum and we've passed two and we're very thankful again that our community sees the investment uh in our
024school as well worth it to be able to provide that opportunity to us with the new legislation that went through. we are kind of going to be off timetable of our current referendum and so we want to go ahead and explore the opportunity to potentially do a new we will be renewing this referendum but because of the language and the changes we have to actually technically run it as a new referendum but it will replace the current referendum and so that would be in this fall's election. So, as a part of that, what this resolution is doing is it's giving me permission to explore with the county auditor what that would look like if we went with the tax rate and we sat down with her and how would she calculate the median household income
025or median household um appraisal value so that we can have the information for the question. And so, at this time, you are not approving a referendum. You are not approving a rate for a referendum. you are just giving me permission to be able to go on the school's behalf and meet with the auditor to be able to explore and bring back more information on that. We have been doing some exploratory information gathering with that. Um we've looked at the question and we've looked at the needs. We've looked at how our current referendum is set up. We currently use it for school and health safety initiatives. As we just talked about our agreements with youth first and with the sheriff's department for our SRO. Those are both things that we are able to do as a
026part of having a referendum. Maintaining class sizes, advancing academic programs and opportunities, maintaining athletics and extracurricular programs, and maintaining music and physical education programs. So those are all the things that the referendum goes directly to and helps with it. The other piece for this as a part of the resolution when I sit down with the auditor I'm going to have to sit down with some numbers for us to be able to discuss. And so one of the things if we look at our current rate and then we look at how SEA1 is going to be changing how tax levies currently work. We need to look at what does that do to the tax rate. And so because of how assessed values and how te tax credits are going to work, we need to look more
027at the levy amount and then look at what rate provides that. And so you will see that we are going to explore a 40 cent rate instead of a 25cent rate. However, everything's changing with rates. If we didn't change one thing that we did, you're going to see our rate change. It's just how the new law is going to impact it. What we're concerned with is the levy. We're really trying to look at how do we keep things stable for all of our taxpayers and that's our priority with it. So again, you'll see a higher rate on here for us to explore. You will also um see a max higher levy on here than what we have had in the past. That is how we do our budget. Every year I come to you guys
028and I tell you we're budgeting high. We've got to protect our budget and make sure. So, we have to estimate really high and we have no intention of going there. It was just basically if the bottom falls out of something, we have to be able to protect things. It's kind of a similar strategy for this. Um, and so like I said, you will see a higher levy on there, but that is just preliminary at this point. So, just just a protection um for us to explore. The other thing that you will have in your packet in your folder um I am providing you some updated slides. I know we had talked again about the 40 cent rate and you guys had seen that and these can be for you to take with you. You will
029see a strategic rate that is listed on there and what that does the 40 cent again would just be what would be the max rate every year you as the board would approve whatever the rate was going to be. And so I asked them to put in a strategic rate line for us that would show us basically being able to kind of stay steady of where we want to be and how that rate might change each year. And again, these are projections based upon what we think the AV is going to do. So I wanted to be able to provide that to you today. Again, this is justformational for you at this point, but it kind of goes off of some of the the conversations that we've had around that. So once you get a
030chance to look at that, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me and I will be happy to answer those or find the answers for you on those. So at this time, it is my recommendation that you um would pass the resolution authorizing me permission to speak with the auditor for informationational purposes. >> You got to have that information to make a decision anyway. Do we have to have the information? And yes, and um [clears throat] if I will bring it back to you again in June and if you do choose to go that route of doing a referendum this fall, it will need to be approved at the June board meeting. >> Okay. Any questions regarding the [snorts] auditor certification? I'm trying to shorten [laughter] >> that resolution. Yeah,
031that resolution number seven. Any questions regarding that? >> Not I'll make a motion for to allow the um auditor certification meeting with Andrea. >> I second that. >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> On to personnel end of employment elementary professional retirement resignation. And we can do both of these at the same time. And this is where we get to our bittersweet piece of it. Um we get to look back and be so thankful for the time that these employees have given to us and to our school. And then also we can be very happy for them moving forward as well. So we have Sharon Nep who is going to be retiring as a parah of 27 years here at barre. And so again very thankful for the time. I started my teaching
032career with Sharon in the primary together. She's always been with the little kiddos as far as I've been around her. Um, and just very very grateful for the way that she's always approached her job every day, smile on her face, meets the kids where they're at, helpful with the teachers, and very thankful that she is going to continue on as a bus driver for us as well. Um, I will share this out of her letter. One of the things that she says is it has been an honor to be a part of the Bari family. And I think that speaks volumes for the family that we do have here. And again, from my seat, it has been an honor to have um her as a part of our team. And then also we have Mark
033Yoder. And Mark is retiring with 31 years of service here at Bar. And so again, he speaks about the good relationships and the wonderful time that he's had working here. and he is going to miss this place dearly, but also he's looking forward to the next steps for him. So, I would just like to thank both of them for their time and their service to Reef. So, I present to you the retirement resignations. >> We should had him come in here when he came here with >> We should have I didn't even think about it. >> Any questions regarding sharing remarks, resignations? >> Just appreciate both of their contributions. They've both done tremendous >> in a long time. [clears throat] >> So, no other questions or comments. I'll entertain a motion to accept Sharon and
034Mark's both both their resignations. >> Second that. All in favor say I. >> I on to the employee or employment recommendations. Mhm. We can do these together as well. And so as we see one door closing for some, we see new doors opening for others, which is always exciting as well. With some shuffling around, um we do have a math teacher position available this year. You remember Anita Hart is retiring from English and we're moving Megan Miller from math over to English. And so that's why we have the math position open. And so the recommendation is for Jennifer Schwarz and Trooper, a 2022 graduate of Barie. Um, phenomenal student. She is going to be great with the staff and with the students. She is very well talented and skilled in math. And then I think
035she's also going to have a very strong ability of being able to meet all of our math students wherever they are and then take them where they need to go. So very happy to have her coming home to us. And then we have a CTE teacher position. And as far as what the pathway is, this would be to replace Steve Bullock who traditionally did construction. And so for our kids who have started the construction pathway, we are going to be continuing to be able to support them so they can complete the concentrator, but we're also looking at maybe shifting this a little bit to manufacturing as well while still being able to tie in the wood shop piece and stuff. So kind of diversifying the pathway a little bit. for that one. And then so
036then this would be Timothy Hedrickk who we are recommending for this position. He has a lot of experience in industry. He's worked at Toyota and various places. And then the big piece that he brings to the table is 12 and a half years experience teaching at Vinsen's University and also leading a department there. A lot of curriculum development, program development. He's very wellversed in the workbased learning um experience piece for our students. So excited to have him come along with us to be able to build out that pathway. So those are the two recommendations and again you have in your board packet their levels that we have met with the union on to agree with their placement >> questions regarding Jennifer or Tim those positions. >> I think two great additions. >> Yep. It's nice
037getting >> Jennifer's so excited. [laughter] She's friends with my new kids and she is so excited. >> I had her as a cadet teacher two years in a row. She is she was amazing. Then she will be a great addition to our building. >> Yep. We're very excited. >> Yeah. And Tim's a wonderful guy, too. Known him for a while. [clears throat] >> Any no further questions? No comments? Uh look forward to meeting both of those. Make a motion to accept Jennifer Schwarz and Trooper and Tim Hendrickk. >> I'll second. >> All in favor say I. >> I. Elementary summer school teacher. >> Okay. So, at the last board meeting, we were able to approve Laren Nep as one of our two summer school teachers who we are going to have. And then the second
038position, we were still waiting because we didn't have someone who could fill all four weeks of the summer school. So, we're going to split it and Gina Graber is going to do the first week and then Lindsay Fryberger is going to do the next three weeks of our summer school program. Both phenomenal, both very wellkilled to do this. And in your packet, you have their equivalent hourly rate based off of their salary. And so that is my recommendation at the time that you approve Lindseay Fryberger for three weeks at her equivalent hourly rate and Gina Graber for the one week. >> She's just going to get warmed up for one week. [laughter] >> I know, right? >> Just get everything going. Any questions regarding Gina or Lindsay? >> I entertain a motion to accept those
039two ladies for the summer school teacher. So move second that all in favor say I. >> I. I. >> Again I would like to say thank you to all three of those ladies for coming in over the summer so that we can provide that opportunity to our students. >> Next on the agenda is the ECA school musical assistance. >> So I had given you a summary in your packet for this. Um, last month you guys did approve Jen Stall for her medical leave of absence and because of her medical leave of absence, she wasn't able to fulfill all of the program duties that come along with this ECA position. And so what my recommendation is, our contract gives us the flexibility to prorrate that stipend. And so we would prrate it for the program that
040Jen was able to do. And then Missy Mosby, she did our K1 program for us as well. And so I would like to give her a third of that siphon as well for the time that she spent on our K1 program. Again, very thankful to have a staff member step up and to help out when we have a need. I know that was a big relief off of Jen because she carried that very heavy on her heart that she wasn't able to do that for those kids and I know our families and uh students were very thankful that Misty stepped up and provided them with that opportunity. So would like to thank her for that with appropriation of that stipend. Any questions regarding that? I'll entertain a motion to accept the ECA school musical assistant
041that Andrea provider or suggested. >> Second that. All in favor say I. >> I request for leave without pay. >> So this is a little bit of a different one. I remember us talking about this say it was about a year ago. Um we were talking about some of our policies and our leave and where we were at. We were starting to see some FMLA leave to be approved. And as I was going through it, I had shared with you that we have in our policy um leave without pay is supposed to be board approved. And I was kind of confused on it at the time. If somebody doesn't have the days, but yet they physically can't come to work and we don't have a board meeting for another month, how does that work? Well,
042how it works is um they are still able to go ahead and take the day. It's just they would then have to wait to see if you as the board approve it or don't approve it. Again, it's messy. I can't say I'm super thrilled over how that works. It feels, you know, a little off to me. Um, so what we are looking at is with our new policies, cleaning some of that up, getting it streamlined a little bit better. We are not there in our policy adoptions right now. So we are still living with the policy that we do have in place. And so to keep us in compliance, I would like to bring to you some of our leave without pays that we have had. Um, again, anything that is FMLA related, you guys
043have a board policy in place that says that we are going to follow FMLA. So, we don't bring those to you. We did bring one to you um last month because it was turned into a medical leave. There were some more components that went with that. What I do have in front of you, and you have an updated copy um in your folder, we do have a non-certified staff member um who ended up thinking that had more leave than what the employee did and ended up taking a half day in the middle of the shift, which left without pay for that one. We have another non-certified staff member listed on your personnel report who did have an FMLA covered leave earlier in the year which the staff member had days saved up was able to
044do it but at the end of the year it had depleted the employees leave and there are still things that come up in life. We still have kids to take care of and a family to take care of. And so this employee did have four days of leave without pay um that were communicated well with the supervisor on that one. Again, we have um an employee who was going through what ended up being an FMLA situation, but did run until it was FMLA did run into one day of leave without pay listed on there. Um that was a certified staff member. And then we have another certified staff member who at the end of the year in May was out of days and did have to for illness reasons take two days off. And so
045those would be leave without pay. Again, this is something that I want to address moving forward, look at it, see where we're at. But I felt in order for us to stay in compliance with our policy that I needed to bring these to you and have you um make a motion on it. It would be my recommendation at the time for you to approve these. Um, but it is your decision as the board to do that. I'm happy to answer any questions that I can at this time about those. >> So, if we approve them without leave without pay, if we didn't approve them, what would what's that mean? What really [clears throat] how does it look? >> If you don't approve them, they [clears throat] still take they still take the leaf. They still
046get docked. their pay, but at that point then I would need to note in their file that it was an unapproved leave that they have taken and then it kind of goes down the disciplinary thing that again I I don't feel that we have the structure or the setup for I don't feel that that was the intent by any means of the employee and I just think this is again that policy that is a little messy and I'm very happy that we are going to be looking at it and addressing it moving forward. >> At least we're addressing it. We are we are >> so like you said these kind of leaves are it's not intentional to been appear. So [clears throat] >> any questions regarding it? So I'll make a motion to accept these
047leave leave of absence without pay. Entertain a second. >> Second. >> All in favor say I. I. And next on the agenda will be the superintendent report. >> Hey, I have three things for you. I would like to start by recognizing that this Saturday, May 23rd, at 11:00 a.m. in Viking Arena, we are going to have our commencement ceremony where we will be honoring 64 graduates. We have 63 seniors plus one student who's graduating early and stuff. So giving us 64 seniors who will be graduating and remarkable class. You look back over their accomplishments whether it be academic accomp accomplishments, artistic, athletic, work-based learning, um just different programs they've been a part of. Phenomenal group of students and so wish them the very best in their next endeavors and so thankful that we have been
048able to be a part of their journey for that. So, I know that Lena's gonna have a special one up there on on stage. So, >> last one. >> Yes. [laughter] >> I was just I was thinking along Yeah. I don't want to jump in on your report, but you're good. You're good. It kind of pertains, but yeah, we've had kids in the bario school system since 1992. >> Wow. >> And we've had kids continuously in the bar school system since 2004. Like continuous years. So Chuck and I are extremely grateful for Bar. I just think there's no other place where kids get the experience, the education, you know, the community support as they do at Bar. >> So yeah, that kind of was my board comment, but just wanted to say a note of
049gratitude to everybody. I know most people can't hear it, but um yeah, it's it's kind of bittersweet. I mean, [laughter] but we're not quite there yet. that this is a milestone where shows that we're getting there. So anyway, uh yeah, it's it's been a wonderful experience. >> Um you know, I've had bumps in the road, but I mean I just couldn't ask for anything better in terms of, you know, an educational experience. So thank you everybody. Thank you. >> Very well said. So continuing on with that kind of what you spoke to there, I'm happy to present to you that we are receiving um identification as a performance by school district 2627 school year. So I think it was last month maybe I had you pass the resolution because we weren't sure if they were
050going to do that and we needed to apply for a waiver through a different channel and stuff. We don't have to and stuff because we did receive that status again. So that goes back to the hard work of our students, our staff, our families, everyone who contributes. So hinted at it earlier when we were talking about Officer Meyers that I'll just read this to you. It's a notification that he received on behalf of the Insa Executive Board. We want to extend our congratulations for being selected as your region school resource officer of the year. you are nominated by a peer or administrator who strongly believes you have demonstrated exceptional performance in your duties as an SRO. We look forward to showing that appreciation at an award ceremony at this year's INSA school safety conference. So
051congratulations to Officer Meyers and he is very well deserving of that. [laughter] >> He is very well deserving of that >> sort of that held that at >> I do not know. I'm gonna find out though. I'd like to be able to attend if possible. Yeah. It's an honor. >> Absolutely. >> So, just closing out the year. I know I gave you guys a lot of the highlights last uh last month of things that we did, but it has been a phenomenal school year. Um I think everyone is ready for a break. And I was thinking about that. I think when you're you're doing so much as we are, we've got so many things going on. you know, it does get to the point at times when it weighs on you and stuff and you
052need a break and you need to, you know, recoup and regenerate a little bit. Um, but again, it's been a phenomenal school year. >> Been a fast school year. >> It has. >> Like when it started next this coming weekend on Monday, you can just sit in your chair on the porch, [laughter] watch the birds for a while. >> I'm hoping to tackle the email. [laughter] this time of year. It's >> all right. Any other comments, Terry? Comments? >> That about covers it all. >> I I would just uh give Andrea some commendation. She's done a great job and every year she just gets stronger and stronger in her leadership and what she provides for us. The board is so well done. She makes a recommendation, but at the same time, anytime we ask for
053information, she's on it. And um the thing I love about her the most is if there's something she didn't think of and you bring it to her attention, she acknowledges that and she's thankful for that. So I think that just shows a lot of humility on her part and just her desire to be, you know, get better at what she does. So good job. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, you had a great year. >> I appreciate that. [laughter] >> We got a great team. So >> we do have a good team to work with. So makes it work >> around >> between the secretaries and board faculty. >> Yeah. >> So >> retire. >> You keep Marco every >> keep him on on task. >> I try hard. [laughter] >> All right. Well, if there's
054no other comments or we'll have our next meeting looks like uh June the 16th at 6 PM here at the office. So, >> and we'll meet at what time? Saturday. >> Jody and I were talking about that. Is it 10:30, 10:40? >> 10:40 would be good. >> 1040. >> Okay. >> We'll take a picture and then >> So, I will see you at the high school office. 10:40. >> Okay. I entertain a motion to adjourn. >> So moved. >> Second that. All in favor say I. I.