001Schwiegert? >> Here. >> Joel? >> Here. >> Burr? >> Here. >> White, here. Bowden? >> Here. >> Andrews? >> Here. >> All members present. >> Proof of giving public meeting notice, sir? >> Notices were posted at both schools, sent to Village of Dickeyville and Cuba City City Hall and members of the media on Wednesday, June 10th. >> Thank you. Item three is the consideration of the consent agenda. Uh, is there any items A through G that the board would like pulled for further discussion? Hearing none, would someone move, please? >> I'll move to accept the consent agenda as presented. >> Is there a second? >> I'll second. Kent? >> Yes. >> Schwiegert? >> Yes. >> Joel? >> Yes. >> Burr? >> Yes. >> White, yes. Bowden? >> Yes. >> Andrews? >> Yes. >> Motion carried.
002>> Uh, administrative reports. Um, we'll start with Jason with the elementary, please. >> Sounds good. Uh, thank you to Mrs. K Adair and Mrs. Kate Eschmann for conducting another successful student production of the third, fourth, and fifth grades fine arts program, which was held on May 21st. The event provided families and community members an opportunity to enjoy the work these grades have produced throughout the second semester of the year. Uh, the next four items, please look those over. We had a lot of field trip opportunities here at the end of the year and we're very thankful to the staff that organized and planned those and then additionally to uh, families that helped join and supervise and be a part to make those successful events. On June 2nd, Mrs. Nancy Davies, Mrs. Ellie Glennon, Mrs. Alexia
003Reese, and Mrs. Jessie Denard were joined by many families to celebrate our fifth grade class as they concluded their grade school experiences and their transition to middle school. We wish them continued success on their personal and academic journeys. Also on June 2nd, Country Care families met at the Biggyville Park to enjoy a year-end picnic as well as some time on the new splash pad for a year-end event. And on June 3rd, an end-of-the-year picnic was held at Cuba City Elementary for students, families, and staff to say their goodbyes for the year. Thank you to Mrs. Joyce Denard, Mrs. Kelly Benfield, and Mrs. Holly Scheuerman for preparing both of these picnic lunches. A thank you is also extended to Mr. Mike McNutt, Mr. Mitchell McNutt, and Mr. Arnie Anderson of Anderson Welding for supplying a very
004large table for our convenience for the picnic. I want to thank our maintenance staff, Mr. Cameron Handy, Mr. Adam Dixon, Mr. Brian Colter, Mr. Taylor Mann, Mr. Mike Bale, and Mr. David Hayes for meeting the many and changing needs of our building as we wind down the school year. And then our staff staff concluded the year with grade-level meetings to review standard-based progress for students and plan for the transition of grade levels for next year. Mrs. Jessie Denard has worked with me to reach out to families to make sure our student enrollment numbers are as accurate as possible for the '26-'27 school year. Based on the current enrollment registration trends, our commitment to maintaining smaller class sizes for our youngest learners, and continued residential and industrial growth within our communities, administration is planning for the
005possibility of three classroom sections at the 4K, 5K, and first grade levels for the '26-'27 school year. This would be in addition to the 4K Country Care program. Should enrollment trends continue through the summer, administration may recommend the addition of a full-time teacher to support an additional classroom for that extra section that we have. So, I included what those numbers were at the end of last week uh in addition to the numbers that I presented to you guys last month uh just for you to review and see there's been a a slight change of a couple of students at two of the grade levels. Other than that, it's been pretty consistent. So, we'll continue to to watch for that and then probably have a final decision at the July meeting. >> All right. >> Thank
006you, Jason. >> Yep. >> Any questions for >> Um, if we simply wait until the July meeting to bring this to the board, will we have enough time to hire? >> It puts us short headed on time, but um the numbers I I I think we just we we have to be patient in case they're not there. We're kind of right at that line where a few students one way or another are going to make a big difference. So. >> All right. Thank you. Chris Middle and High School report. >> Yep, I do, guys. I want you guys to appreciate this will probably be the shortest one that I ever did. Uh, we had a very nice graduation ceremony on Friday, May 22nd as we bid farewell to the class of 2026. Uh, following that,
007we finished our year strong with the high school taking exams and the middle school students enjoying enjoying some field trips. Uh, congratulations to our track and field athletes who qualified for the state meet in lacrosse on June 5th and 6th. We had several students take place um or place with some reaching as high as third place. Uh, unfortunately, no championships, but it was still great season and we are proud of them all. Uh, congratulations to the boys golf team. They finished fourth place as a team at sectional and then Ben Fill who qualified for the state championship meet at University Ridge on June 8th and 9th. That was this Monday and Tuesday. Uh, he played well both days, finished in 10th place. Uh, thank you to the Cuba City PTO for providing dirty sodas for
008everyone in the district. Not exactly what I thought dirty sodas were, but um they were very good. Um, and every it was greatly appreciated by all. Thank you to Mr. Cott and Ms. Van Scandel for being so flexible in moving out of their rooms early so that the construction crew can get in the shop areas and start their work. Uh school's still been buzzing with our custodial crew busy cleaning the middle school and plenty of students participating in basketball camp, weightlifting, and open gyms. Uh thank you to all the middle school and high school staff for another great year and to the administration team for helping uh each other navigate through everything that challenges us each year. Wait. >> Thank you, Chris. That was the shortest ever. Any questions on it? All righty. In Heather
009and Whitney's absence, we'll move to Aaron for superintendent report. >> Okay, we'll start with the board reorganization options. So, at last month's reorganization meeting, there was a question about uh whether additional nominations could be made after a motion was already made and that just hadn't happened before. So, we conducted a a uh con- phone call with our legal counsel just to say, you know, what is a what should we be doing? We found out we basically have an option and the board reorganization is the only time you can use the other option. So, we could use what we normally do is have a motion, have a second, and then vote yes or no. Or we can have the second option and just open up for nomination. If two people are nominated, then you close nominations
010and then you just go down and all the seven people vote until we have a majority. So, we just can't use a combination of both. So, we've got to pick one or the other and so, um we've got a discussion item on here later in the agenda and really what we'll look for is is once we make that decision, do we want to put that in our policy or do we want to put that in the in the action agenda? But, either way, we just want to make sure everybody knows what the process is so that next year there's no confusion. So, when we get to that, feel free to share those, but that's just kind of an update on that. And then with construction and FEMA updates, we have we'll have Jordan Buss who's
011going to join us shortly. And then Bierman's here from Epic Construction as well. And they'll give us some updates on all the project. More specifically, we want to spend some time today talking about the track and football field projects including potential timing considerations, which is why this Lassen is here. Including you know, some of the other projects in there but you know, the timeline for those projects kind of impact a few of our extracurriculars. So we want to make sure that we look at all those options before we make decisions. That's pretty much it for me. >> All right. Any questions for Aaron? All right. And moving on to the first discussion item is the FEMA brick grant with Jordan Buss. And I think I saw Jordan on the screen there a moment ago. >>
012Oh my lord. Okay. Jordan, can you hear me? He was up on here. Jordan, can you hear me at all? Okay. I don't know why that is. We don't want that. Hello. Hello. Okay. Well, you know what? We're going to go with this other plan. We're going to have it on my computer. Okay. So, there he is. I see my picture. Microphone is working. Jordan, can you hear us? Okay. Jordan, can you hear me? Yes, but he's not coming through up there as he's >> It's muted. >> Yeah, just it won't go away. Okay, Jordan, Jordan, we're having some some audio problems. Yes. But I think we're But I think we're you should be able to hear you, so we'll turn it over to you. We'll turn it over to you. Okay. >> Sounds good.
013Um >> Thank you. >> Well, good to have everyone. Um so, just to start, um I don't know Aaron, if you want me to kind of give a recap or how or do you want me to start? >> Can you hear me from this microphone? No. Okay, Jordan. >> Okay, Jordan, why don't you um >> We're getting a lot of feedback here, sorry. >> Why don't you um start from about a week ago and then transition transition into what happened this week? >> Sure. Sounds great. Um So, about uh would have been early May, actually. I'll just kind of recap a little bit from there, if that's okay. Um >> [clears throat] >> On April 20th, um Wisconsin Emergency Management informed us that FEMA indicated a scope of work change um to change the multi,
014you know, purpose use, the actual construction of the safe room um would be eligible um as long as we did it pre-award. Um so, prior to the uh grant being awarded. Um so, they stated to try to get any changes to them um you know, as soon as possible. Um since that time um you know, FEMA hasn't really given any um other indication. Um we requested a number of different updates um [clears throat] relative to the project, to the review. Um and then we plan to meet tonight to kind of discuss the different options relative to changing the multi-use um you know, purpose of the safe room, you know, for the daily use, obviously from the gymnasium to a performing arts center. Um you know, obviously that scope of work change can be used for
015whatever the district would like um as long as, you know, you provide, you know, a tornado safe room space. Um so, that's one of the reasons why a performing arts center was considered um but it could be anything that the district wants. Um then um on May 15th, Wisconsin Emergency Management received a message from FEMA um just stating that um it is evident that the subrecipient has proceeded to build a gym gymnasium in the location intended for the safe room in advance of the sub applications ordered by FEMA. Um a scope of work change to alter the location and nature of the safe room completely from what was proposed is not viable. Um that was not official communication um and Wisconsin Emergency Management um you know, sent back multiple messages stating that this was not
016construction of a safe room. The grant was cancelled um you know, in April of 2025 and the district moved forward with other plans because of that cancellation. That was communicated by FEMA. Um that message to uh FEMA from WM was was sent on May 19th. Um there was no um other communication. Um so, there was a follow-up sent on June 4th um from WM to FEMA um just stating the same thing and asking for an update. And then we did receive an official letter um that was a denial. Um Wisconsin Emergency Management received it on the 5th and we received it on the 9th. As part of that denial letter, um there is an appeal process um because not only do I believe um that, you know, FEMA has made a a drastic error in
017you know, in handling this, in submitting this determination. Um so does Wisconsin Emergency Management. Um you know, they definitely believe that this is um not you know, not consistent um with the guidance as well as um you know, not It's essentially an error. Um whether it's procedural or technical, um you know, it is um appealable. Um so with that, we've also reached out to Senator Baldwin's office, Senator Johnson's office, and Congressman Van Orden's office. Um we have received uh correspondence back from Senator Baldwin um supporting um the appeal um as well as um Congressman Van Orden's office. I actually have a meeting with their um his chief of staff tomorrow afternoon to discuss um you know, kind of the the new hurdle um that we've we found ourselves in. Um >> [clears throat] >> you
018know, with an appeal, um technically, if we chose to move forward with an appeal, um we would have 60 days after the receipt of the notice. Um so we'd have 60 days from June 5th. Um however, we would, if we moved forward with an appeal, um would be ready to move very much quicker than that. As soon as Wisconsin Emergency Management um has all of their ducks in a row um for you know, that appeal. Um that goes to the director of Hazard Mitigation Assistance um with FEMA. Um that they have 90 days um to reply um to that appeal with a determination. So we would have a definitive timeline for that appeal. Um I have submitted an appeal in the past um and that came back, you know, underneath those 90 days, I believe
019it was like 80, um, back in 2022. Um, with the appeal, we would probably try to, um, you know, obtain a letter of of support from Senator Baldwin and Congressman Van Orden, um, to have assistance with this, um, because everyone involved at the state level, or anyone involved with the community, knows that, um, the tornado safe room portion of the project was not started, and the commencement of the gymnasium construction without tornado safe room was due to the illegal cancellation of the BRIC program, um, you know, Wisconsin Emergency Management agrees that if the tornado safe room would be constructed on the same school site, offer the same level of protection in the population identified in the original sub-application, that the modification should be allowable. Um, with that, I'll open it up to any any questions
020you might have. >> Okay, can you just kind of handle the volume over there? So, I'm going to turn my volume on, so if you could turn that if you could mute that, please. >> Yep. >> Thank you. Okay, Jordan, we're I think we're getting our audio problems straightened out. Anybody have any questions for Jordan specifically? >> Can you just refresh us all on what our timeline is? 90 days, and if it takes 90 days for this appeal to be get an answer, yes or no, then where does that put us? >> So, with that appeal, um, so we would be ready to, like I said, submit that as soon as possible. That would start the 90 days. Once we receive the appeal, and, um, I am very hopeful that we would win that appeal,
021um, then we would be the ball would essentially be in our court, um, to determine what that scope revision request, so the essentially asking, "Hey, we want to move, um, where the safe room would be located and what the daily use would be utilized for." Um, so we would have, um, those, you know, determinations, um, obtain a budget estimate, um, for what was assumed to be the performing arts center, um, but it could be anything that, you know, the district would want to pursue. Um, we would submit that, um, and then they would, um, you know, review the, um, sub-application. Because of where the review was in the past, um, so that environmental and historic preservation review, um, and the RFI, the request for information phase, um, all the, you know, the different reviews, um,
022>> [clears throat] >> those were completed, like totally completed for the project prior to that April 2025, um, >> [clears throat] >> program cancellation. Um, at that time we cleared all of those, um, review hurdles. It was ready to be awarded. You were days, if not hours, away from being awarded. The only thing that we were waiting for at that time was this called the terms and conditions, um, of the grant award documents to be updated with, at that time, the new presidential administration and the new priorities. They were reviewing those terms and conditions, and that was the last hurdle, um, that was necessary. So, because of that, we feel like the review would go very quickly. We also believe, because of the lawsuit, um, that the state of Wisconsin and the 20 other states
023filed, um, that it's really put a a spotlight on these projects that the review process would go very quickly. We also have both, um, currently Senator um, Baldwin and Congressman Van Ordens, you know, knowledge of these projects. They know where they are at right now. >> [clears throat] >> And I think it would go, you know, relatively quickly. I couldn't put a timeline on that review, but I do think that it would move faster than we've seen, you know, in the in the past. >> I guess I guess I guess Jordan it would take roughly 5 months from today before we would potentially hear from FEMA if they've accepted it and then we'd have to go through the actual having Bray submit the architectural plans, etc. Um, I mean, basically we're looking at probably spring
024before we would maybe hear whether it was approved or not. Because 5 months puts us roughly in November already. And I guess I I have concerns as to whether or not even though you said that all of the the pre-work like the tribal, you know, approval and all of the other things because we're changing the site of the safe room. Is does that not possibly in their mind can, you know, make us have to redo something? >> So, where that relative to the environmental historic preservation review, which I think is the main question and correct me if I'm wrong, you know, aspect of that usually when they do it it's site wide at least at least parcel wide. Um, so with that they would have done at least a majority of that EHP review on
025the whole site. It might take them um you know, a little bit of time to just re-go through it to make sure that that is the case. Um in the past in Lake Wisconsin, we had a scope revision change um request. They They actually had more of an EHP to do because they are on the you know, on the shore of a lake, so they were within a certain amount. So, that EHP was more involved. And their total um scope revision um you know, review was less than 3 months. Um so, if we submitted the appeal and say it takes the full 90 days, you know, that's 3 months. I think that your assessment of probably 2 months um is fair relative to, you know, a further review for the grant to be awarded. Um
026that would be for the grant to be awarded. Once it's awarded, you can move and you know, complete construction documents. Um you can go out to bed. There's no, you know, milestones that are hurdles that you have to get over relative to FEMA once the grant is awarded. Once that happens, you can move as fast as you would like. >> So, a question I have, Jordan, is I don't think it's going to take us 60 days to get the appeal done if we if we write that, but let's say it takes us 2 months to write the appeal, 3 months um to get a reply back. At the end of that 5 months, will they say yes, proceed, and the grant is awarded, or no, the appeal wasn't successful within that 5-month window? >> So,
027I would expect that they would um If we were to move forward with an appeal, we would have it written and submitted within a week. Um maybe two. Um cuz it's a priority on whim. I would make it a priority as well. Um, we would we would have that submitted within for sure 2 weeks. Um, so with that then we'd have the 90 days. Within that 90 days you will have an answer if the appeal um, is is you know, successful or if they declined it. That will be a hard answer within those 3 months, that 90 days after you submit it. So you would know about the appeal. The other timeline would be after the appeal. So that then you would have to essentially say we did win the appeal at that time, then
028we would be able to submit the scope of vision change, which we already have a a a a good start on. Um, that wouldn't take very long. Then it's just the review for them to say, yep, that scope of vision change is okay, and then they would would would award it. Um, so you would know if the appeal is successful within 90 days of submitting it. >> Have you any experience with the um, this type of appeal? I know the situations regarding FEMA grants is very unusual, I think at at this point. >> Yes. Um, >> [clears throat] >> I I have not So I've I've submitted one appeal. That appeal I knew wasn't going to go anywhere. Um, but we appealed it anyways because out of principle. Um, we we just submitted it. Um,
029this one I I don't know how they could not. Um, and if they didn't, you know, if if they if they denied it and you still wanted to fight it, um, I would want to just because of what has happened. Um, if you wanted to continue that further, you could you know, reach out to the state to see um, relative to a lawsuit that was filed if there could be any more court orders, which I'm assuming that there's a lot of communities nationwide that are probably in the same boat relative to they had a grant, they got cancelled, they made other plans, and now it's getting reinstated. Schools and communities don't just stop planning just because they lost a grant. So, I think that that would be a possible avenue as well, but that'd be
030a discussion for, you know, another day essentially. >> All right, thank you, Jordan. >> Are there any other questions for Jordan while we got him? >> I know at one I know at one point You know, we we won it, we lost it, we won it, we lost it, I don't know how many times, but at some point they came back and said, "Yes, you have it if but you have to have it built in some ridiculous amount of time line." Is there any time constraints as far as the time that we would have to build once we would start? >> So, that would also that would be something, um, that um would be a potential hurdle. So, the way that FEMA currently is interpreting their notice of funding opportunity guidance is the period of
031performance that they essentially started the clock on that once a single brick application was awarded within the state. So, with that, Wisconsin Emergency Management has already submitted uh performance period of performance extension for all of the grants in this grant cycle. Um, I don't know what date that is what they they just submitted it within the last month. Um And again, so they would be extending it at least a year. I believe we would have until at least and I don't want to misspeak on it. Um but it wouldn't be a ridiculous one. Um and we also would have at that time um you know, say hypothetically we win appeal. Uh we move forward or we get the the award. At that time we would know the period of performance and we would know whether
032or not it is feasible. And if it's not we would essentially request in a time extension. Um and if for whatever reason they don't you know uh don't approve that. I don't know how they couldn't. Um you could decline the grant at that time as well. So you you even if you accept the award, you can still decline the grant with no penalties or repercussions. >> Jordan, was there something in their denial letter that spoke about the fact that already started construction and that was why they denied. I know you're saying it's >> It's in there. It's in there because >> I mean it's back I mean that's similar language to what we what we ran into with uh seemingly along the way with uh you know, having done the parking lot and things like
033that. It's like um it's been almost as if the same uh uh person or persons are uh interpreting uh what we're doing or not doing. >> Um so I don't believe in the past there's anything relative to ground disturbance and starting the project. Um we were just very cognizant throughout the process to make sure that we didn't do anything that would jeopardize the grant. Um so [clears throat] we haven't received anything in the past prior to Monday um relative to that requirement. Um now, in the denial letter that we received this week, that is the only basis that they are denying it for. Is that we went ahead and we are building the safe room, essentially. >> Okay. Thank you. Any other questions? All right. Jordan, thank you for joining us tonight. We'll be in
034touch. >> Sounds good. Thanks, Aaron. >> Thank you. >> Sorry, everybody. Okay. So, to recap, we met last April 4th. All right. April 4th, we found out the brick grant was was canceled. I think April 8th, we met as a board and said, "Because it's canceled, now we're going to go grab start getting bids and let's start the project." Then in July, a group of 20 states sued FEMA and said, "Hey, you you shouldn't have done this." Months after we thought it was canceled. So, now, what we have to do and and we'll have a discussion now, there's there's a vote later um in in the meeting, decide do we want to have Jordan write that appeal on our behalf? And reading the email that we got from WEM, Wisconsin Emergency Management, they were very
035persuasive in their writing saying that we should appeal this. They think this is crazy. They FEMA canceled it. You guys moved on. We had an alternative plan. Um but they don't get to make that decision. You guys do. So, I will remind everybody that FEMA grant is about $8.8 million in waiting that time. We did gain about $3 million interest. Um when we went to referendum, we did say if we get the FEMA grant, the one thing we're missing is a performing arts center. That's something that our whole whole admin team and and many of our teachers are really hopeful that we are able to get this cuz it's the one fiscal thing now that we're missing. Um I did ask Katie to kind of come up with some ideas on how that would be
036used. When I've talked with Itosi, they said their performing arts center is outside of the gym, the most used classroom, the most requested space in the district. So, Katie, do you have something that you wanted to share? >> Yeah, um I mean, it'd be great for the community as well cuz, you know, you could use um you could use it for as simple as meetings or if there's uh performances, too. I know that there's a lot of um students that are involved in dance as well from Cuba City and they go to Platteville, so that could be an option, too. Um and just the space, too. I mean, you know, we use the gym. Now, I don't know some of you have probably been to some of our concerts at the elementary school. And now
037that we're starting to get the younger kids, more students, um it's been pretty packed in the elementary gym for our performances. So, I know that the alternative was the act the new activity building. And then us going to um the Pettigrew gym. Um but I mean, there'd need to be updates there as well. Um so, it'd just be I don't know. I I believe it'd be nice for our community and, you know, also like if we wanted to get the theater program back into the schools, too. That'd be really nice as well. So. >> Could be used in scheduling classes. It could It could be a classroom people could check it out if they want to give presentations or group performances. Um we could have bring back our plays and our musicals and have space
038uh that people can have instead of trying to to fight with all of our extracurricular teams that we have. So, that's my plug. You guys know that I'm going to advocate strongly, but I don't get to make this decision, you guys do. And And I also know none of you are anti-performing arts center. We have to look at all the needs and the needs that we're anticipating moving forward. So, we all understand that. Uh if you're asking me, and again, you guys make decisions, I make recommendations. My recommendation is that we wait this and and see if those 3 to 5 months get us any clarity. And that still kind of fits in with when this came back, this lawsuit came back, I I kind of begged all of you, give me 12 months. This
039still kind of fits up within that 12 months. So, you guys have the floor now. I'll shut up and let you guys talk and um you know, kind of discuss it amongst yourselves. >> Brad, will it impact anything for our trajectory for building or do we just stall if we were to get that grant and we were going to >> The only thing I can think of is it affects what we do in the Pedagogy gym. >> Okay. >> Cuz as of right now, as you know, once we turn over this gym next Like Aaron and I have talked about not waiting till summer at some point when middle school basketball season's completely done, you guys are in your new facility, we could start the work in the the current Pedagogy gym. Those bleachers come
040out and form a shell around your stage. You wouldn't do that if you were building a performing arts center. So, that would I would probably just hold on and not order those bleachers. The other thing it would affect is what we're we're behind the stage, which is the current wrestling room becomes stagecraft, some other things, which again you wouldn't do, and it would affect maybe what we do there, but it's a it's really a standalone project, so it has nothing to do with finishing what we're doing this summer, or what the new addition is. Everything else could be complete, and we could just be patient and wait, and come back in to do the modifications to the middle what will be your middle school facility, once we know the bigger picture of what you're doing.
041But it would have no effect on anything else we're doing. >> Are the bleachers a really long lead time item? >> 10 to 12 weeks, I think. So, nothing I mean, you could wait this 5 months out, and I could just tell them just get me the high school bleachers, you know, until the new project, hang on on those, and if we know by the end of the year and it's a no, and we're still going to do what's currently thought of in that space, then I would just say release them, you know, and get them going, and we would probably install those bleachers in the summer of '27. >> I mean, clearly I I think this is my personal opinion is something that is worth the wait and what we can possibly get in
042the end here and how it'll benefit students and community tremendously by having a performing arts center. I mean, I think that's the one piece that we're missing, and I think it's one thing that could grow our enrollment if we have a really solid performing arts program, theater, scholarship night could be held there. I mean, all of these things that we could use this space for. It's not going to impact our current projects. Um I don't know. I I guess I'm kind of with you, Aaron, on the benefits of of waiting this a little bit longer, but just one person's opinion. >> Is this the final straw for it, though? Like, I mean, if we do the appeal and it's denied, I know you said we could fight it further, but is this kind of like
043saying it's within the 12 months? I know I wasn't here for all of it, but I feel like I've heard about it a few times. >> of talked about an additional appeal, like that would be with attorneys, and and and now we're talking >> Yeah. >> There's a a huge legal fee that probably comes with that. >> Yeah. >> My take is I think this is our last draw. >> I guess personally I that's how I would answer it. I would say that you know, if I'm convinced that we do the appeal, this is this is the end of it because it's already been too long. >> So it's really quicker than 5 months then. If we if we do the appeal, we say tonight we're going to do the appeal then it's at most
04490 days beyond that that we'll know whether we won or not. >> Yeah, and 5 months is the award. >> Right, awarding the grant, yeah. >> You're going to He says 2 weeks and then 90 days. You're really worst case scenario September. >> Sometime in September that you'll know yes or no >> on the appeal. Then then we just have to scramble around the information if it's a yes to get to the award to show them the plan where it sits and get them to approve. >> Cuz then we kind of have to start all over, right? Like we've got to put out to bid >> Yeah, a new construction manager. >> to apply to to be the construction manager. There's a strict strict processes about interviewing and competitiveness to that whole process and there's
045no guarantee we will be involved in it, but >> I mean it was a quite a formal process that initial getting the because basically it seemed like it took a long time for FEMA national to be able to even respond and I mean we had meetings >> to accept nothing is for free. It seems like free money but it's there's strings attached all over that money. So it's just it takes time and effort to do it. >> Anyone else? >> I guess my two cents on it is is I'm kind of ready to walk away and stop talking about FEMA. I just feel like we've got the same song and dance for years now. That's not saying I'm against performing arts. I think we should have a great space for it. But I just look
046at potential operating costs going up for that. Um potential of another janitor maybe cuz now we got that square footage, adding more square footage. And you know, that could be up to 50 to 60 grand a year of operating expenses that I think we could have a great space in that gym for that. So And you know, with the other 2 million they were holding back, I think we could use that in other spots. Maybe for classrooms and stuff like that. Um cuz we've heard the comments of we've transitioned uh um storage room into a classroom or an old weight room into a classroom or stuff like that. So I don't know if those are great spaces to be learning or if we need to expand that out and actually have classrooms for students designed
047for them. So that's kind of my two cents on that. >> Picking on everybody, Julia. Any thoughts? >> lots of thoughts. Nothing that I don't think that has not already been expressed. >> Sir. >> Um if we would add classroom space, which is one of our alternatives at the end, which again I think we do need. That would add the same square footage janitor needs as well. I think that's a push. So I don't I'm not that concerned about adding that staff. Um it has been a long process. I mean, I could go I could go either way. I certainly see it both sides. Um I would love to have [clears throat] it, but I think we can have a nice performing arts center in our current gym if it's all done correctly. So, I
048don't know. I I can have a lot of thoughts, but >> I guess I'm struggling to find reason to say no to waiting when we don't have anything pressing in the next 5 months anyway that would negate having to wait is my thing. Like, we're not out anything waiting 5 months is what it sounds. >> And not even the 5 months, probably 10 >> 10 months, right? >> Right. I mean, >> Maybe you can throw two cents into that too. Can I elaborate a little bit on what Jordan said? Cuz this might go back to what you're thinking, Joe, or the classroom side of it. If it's really what is the space? We're not building classrooms till best case next year anyhow, right? We haven't even told Bray that we want to do this and
049even consider where that could go. You could make the classrooms the FEMA shelter. So, if you listen to what Jordan said, he said if it could be whatever you want it to be. It just needs to be built to be a storm shelter. So, to me, to wait 90 days for an $8 million answer, if if the issue is do we really need the performing arts or is that the right space or is that's the maintenance or whatever, you could say yes, the appeal is approved, you're going to get the grant, and then when we go into that process of what is it, you guys could sit down and hash out is it classrooms, is it an auditorium, is it It can be [clears throat] It was going to be a gym. It They don't
050tell you what the space is. They just tell you how you have to build the space to make it safe, you know, to have the square footage and make it safe. >> Is this Is this a wild thought? Um and I'm going to ask you what would the >> [cough] >> the same square footage at the round school cost to build today? Meaning that if you in essence did a fast forward on the what was originally our 20-year replacement of the of the round school and built that instead. >> And the whole thing built to the the level of the shelter? >> Well, I I have no clue for cost, but I just the what if. >> A lot. >> [laughter] >> I mean, way more than I was thinking if this was a shelter
051and you guys need six classrooms, you know, that you might get that lot, but that's nowhere near because right now and Jason, you're running what? Three classes at every level and that starts at 4K. Yeah, two fifth. >> Fifth grade. I mean, even >> That's That would be a It would be a very significant square footage and I would never sell you to build that whole thing out of shelter. I mean, then the the grant would make no sense. >> I mean, I guess you would it even invalidate the the grant meaning that if you actually did a uh a structure, we had talked about adding something to the middle school and you were going to build your classrooms, but now it has to be the FEMA structure, could you ever add on to that
052in the future? >> The FEMA structure? >> Yeah. Yeah, you just the rest of it wouldn't be, right? The shelter is the shelter. If you go into Darlington shelter when you enter the the what I would call like the airlock, the front uh vestibule area, the gathering space, that's not a shelter. The shelter doesn't start till you walk through those precast walls into the gym. So, yes, you could add on to it and it would just be non-FEMA at that point. >> But I'm just >> I think you got to make sense of the number, right? The grant's not going to get higher than the eight >> [clears throat] >> million and I think you get much beyond that, then you don't have the match money. So, you're really talking about a 10 million dollar
053project and I would guess a new elementary school, to be honest, Gary, is 30. >> I would well, I have no idea, but I was thinking that in terms of what building needs the most updating or improvement, it's the elementary and and if we started on that by you know, we'd kicked around maybe adding, you know, classroom space to to the north of the middle school. >> Right, on the west >> So, if they could be classrooms and and they could be shelter level classrooms. So, it it doesn't have to be a performing arts center. I guess that's what I'm saying in the 90 days. All that happens in this next 90 days is they say yes or no. And then I think you guys have the information in front of you to to make
054a decision, you know, we're going to accept we're going forward and then you guys got to get down to the nuts and bolts of what you guys prefer it to to be. >> What's it cost to write the appeal or to do the appeal? >> Nothing? >> No. >> That's what I was wondering. >> Yeah. I think it the only cost I think I saw was it's a 100,000 for the gray architectural drawings or something. >> That was a that was in our additional cost. We weren't sure how much gray was going to have to write, but now when we looked at all the projects that they have to draw, it's nowhere near that. Correct? That was a placeholder. >> Yeah, that had nothing to do with the shelter. The 100,000 and all the extra
055projects was like if we did this library >> Oh, okay. >> There's the gray would have to draw and resubmit it to the state and that was just a budget for assuming that we would need some of their services, but I don't think we need much to do the outdoor complex if you guys want to move forward with that. >> Okay. Sarah, thoughts? >> I can't think of a reason that we don't wait a little over 90 days for 8 million when we don't have anything missing. >> Kyle? >> I Yeah, I mean I'm hearing all that. I I could I was with Hadley and Joe. Like I could go both ways on that, but uh I think just understanding that we still have a decision to make after that 90 days. I I see
056it being a benefit to wait. Especially if it's not costing us anything to do the appeal. >> And I don't think it cost anything on the as Angie asked. >> It's not going to delay anything. >> Yeah. >> It's not >> That's huge. >> pushing back on any of that. It might give more clarity >> Yeah. >> in the end. >> Okay. Well, we will readdress this in our agenda when we vote on the appeal. So, um then I believe it's Brett's turn for the construction project >> [laughter] >> updates. >> So, um I'll just relay any questions you guys have. We, as Chris said, very fortunate that uh Guy and um Jill. >> Jill. >> Sorry. Uh we're able to help us get in and get going early. I mean, school just was out
057last Wednesday and we are completely demolished on the inside of the shop. All If you haven't been in there, the block walls are gone. It's wide open. Um so, we'll start cutting up the floor slab next week to reroute some plumbing. Um for you guys that have looked at that and from others, two new overhead doors, big glass overhead doors that enter uh one is the ag area and one is the uh more of the weld shop area. So, we have to open up that the front face the south face of the building gets re- resided. Obviously, the whole building gets reroofed, which should start here in the next, you know, I would say by the 1st of July or so, we will be reroofing and that'll come all the way over here. Um hopefully,
058the buckets will be gone out here by the end of summer. So, um um So, we are also uh kicked Carrie out of her office and uh we all the ceilings are down in the two locker rooms. So, because the commons area um is much higher than the existing locker room roof, we're creating snow drifting onto that existing roof, which wouldn't have been planned for. So, we are adding structural joists up in the uh current joist spaces. Um so, we had to drop all the ceiling and as you might be aware, too, as you leave uh the end of you know, what I would call the Pedagogy uh, gymnasium that what was the school before that 2005 edition. There's a firewall there. So, the choice was either move the firewall forward or sprinkle. So, the
059reason the ceiling's down is that whole the whole addition is got an automatic fire sprinkler system in it. It'll be the first in the school. That extends back into the current locker rooms and bathrooms. So, the other reason we had to drop the ceiling down. So, ceilings are out. Uh, we're working on the structural right now. As soon as we get that up, they'll run those sprinkler lines and uh, and there's the little HVAC stuff up there and then we'll hustle the ceilings back in before August. Uh, so, obviously, making progress to be ready when school starts in shop and uh, the mason is complete with all the bearing walls. Uh, we have poured the wrestling room floor, they poured uh, the public bathrooms and the trainer's room today. Um, they should finish the roof
060over the fitness center. Um, got a little delayed the last two days. Um, roofing wasn't real good the last two days, so they'll be back next week and finish that and that will only leave the commons roof um, to be done. So, I would say within the next 3 weeks we'll be completely roofed. Um, and by then almost all the slabs poured as well. So, uh, sprinkler system, all the piping is up in the gym. Stairs are in, so you can walk upstairs and look at your big air handlers uh, if you wanted to now. Um, starting to run the ductwork through the gym, starting all the electrical conduit runs for lights and powering all of your basketball hoops and all the things that go in the gym. And uh, as the slabs get poured,
061the mason has a few interior masonry walls, but they should be down to just brickwork by the early part of July and then they'll brick the two areas outside the front of the wrestling room gets brick and no, I'm wrong in that. The fitness center gets brick and the front of Carrie's office and the restroom and um, trainer area gets brick and then the wrestling room and the district office have a metal fancy metal panel on it as well. So we'll get started in that in July on those exteriors so hopefully when the kids come back the exterior's wrapping up. And you'll see a lot less trailers and traffic around here and get the south end of the parking lot done. It's progressing very well. They're very pleased with Mason. They've done an amazing job.
062The workers have done an amazing job so take any questions anybody has. >> Great. Well, sounds like this has all been going very well so far. >> held up good yesterday better than most of town did. Knock on wood. >> So I think the next thing that we want to do that we talked before at the board level and seems like everybody wanted us to to move forward with a resurfacing of the football fields and a total replacement of the track. As a reminder the track is about 22 years old. Tracks seem to last about 20 years. That's how it goes. So we'll have to tear down to the to the base and and rebuild it. And you've got to do the football field first then the track. You can't do the track first and
063then football field cuz then you'll wreck the track. So now what we want to look at is some timing options. And Carrie's here just to kind of give some perspective from the AD cuz it's going to have some scheduling issues and problems. And Brad's here to talk about kind of what those processes look like. And then we want to talk talk a little bit about the timeline so what that is kind of >> I think what we've said in the past is I mean we just have to decide I don't think it's possible to do this and never lose track or football or parts of it. So my thought process is your 26 schedule is already set for football. 27 games were set already too so obviously we're not doing anything this year. The idea
064would be to come in after the 27 football season tear out the track regrade the field and get it to grade, and then hopefully build the base of the track before frost sets in. Then we would come back and not schedule home track events in the spring of '28 and complete the asphalt work, the seeding. I don't know if we're going to irrigate. I guess those are all things we would check as part of the budget and the pricing. Um and try to be back ready here in then because '28 is not set. Could try to push back some of the home football games to the latter part of '28 and try to not schedule early home games in '28 to give the grass a little bit more time to seed in and take on.
065And then I think the logic behind that was you're giving up multiple home football games, varsity and JV, and potentially middle school if on field, versus one week that you have track meets. That was a busy week. You're going to have a big one and then your conference meet, right? >> There's more that we potentially I didn't look that far ahead, so I've got to check who's supposed to host. >> So the thought was the balance there's less, you know, um giving up if we if we lost one track season here for hosting at home. So that was kind of the timeline that we had kicked around if you guys are ready to say go and we would have to probably get with POB who did the civil design and draw this up so I
066can bid it. Um so we could do that yet this fall. Get the numbers and be ready to go next year in '27 on kind of that timeline. That would give Carrie some guidance to start thinking about '28 and in football and and uh >> Well, we also talked about with football, and he's right, it affects more of contests with football. I mean, I would not want Kim Matthews to think in regards to talk how track is cuz it could we could be hosting more. It affects track at a heavier level with practices. You know, we have other schools that we allow to come to our track to practice because you're not going to have any knees left if you have to run on the street for everything. That is a creative challenge. We would
067have time to check in. I mean, I we're in good standing, at least I think we are with with Hazel Green. Um it may be a rental situation if we need to use their track for certain nights to practice or it might just be a friendly agreement. But has used our track in the past. I don't think they're building a track or anything at this point. But that is a challenge for track. They would have a lot to deal with [clears throat] with the number of kids that they have had participate including middle school. Um where we would go, how we would do that. But it gives us time to look at what those options would look like. Um and and hopefully have that set. Football-wise, I mean the dates would have to be considered
068immediately cuz we will schedule out 2 years. So next year there will be a 2028 um schedule and there's not going to be too many schools when I say, "Hey, you're going to have to host this game and this game." cuz who doesn't want to host, right? I would just be very concerned over is this a sure thing that we can make sure we get at least, you know, we can't say to the other schools that are scheduled at the second half, "Give up your games." cuz it's not their problem. But that we get some home games and be able to have potentially a homecoming and a senior night um and if there's a playoff. >> That would be the opposite, right? Is you could cuz 28 isn't set yet. You could say we're just
069going to give up the football season and run track in 2028 and as soon as track season is finished tear it up. You don't do the work in the summer of 28. You just know way you'll have If you're laying turf, that's one thing. So you think about Flatville and that huge scramble. If you'll remember in the paper getting it done for their homecoming, but they were laying turf. They had to worry about the grass coming in and growing correctly. So, I would say if you start it after track in 2018, you just give up one football season and then you would not lose any track seasons. So, that would be the alternate way. >> Brad, would it even be possible and I don't know timelines for for a project like this. Would it even
070be possible if we're talking the 2018 season that Perry's scheduled the last 2 weeks in August for home games, the first 2 in September home games and then we say September 15th we don't have access to that field anymore and they come in and tear out the track and do the field. Would they be able to get that track done? Now, obviously the grass couldn't be played on, but could they get that done so that track could practice that time? Is Is that a reason? I know a lot of it depends on when it snows and the weather, but is that something that we could think of cuz cuz now home football still gets their home games and track has the track to practice in, but I don't know if that timeline would work. I
071don't know how long it takes. >> The the risk would be just what you said. I mean, there's been years where they won't pave after the 1st of November because it just be got cold early. >> But if we gave them until September like >> Yeah, just how long to grade it and get it, you know? I mean, it seems reasonable, but it >> If it was just the track, it might be >> Do you remember how long the track took last time, Perry? >> I don't remember if they tore it up. >> 2 days ago. >> Actually, I do remember too. Um >> That >> I think that's a Can't you ask a former I mean, I was a track coach, but I don't >> Well, that that also if we if we ended
072up with a post season game, it would take us out of a home field advantage. I mean, we'd have to play a post season game somewhere else with that that idea. >> That's true. >> football field be done this summer and then the after the football games, you know what I mean? Like once track season's over, do the football field. Then once football's over, start track. >> I don't think you could grade it and get the grass, you know, to the level that they wouldn't completely tear it up. I think one game, and if it especially was rainy, it would be destroyed. >> So, do you think all that equipment we're using to on the field is going to wreck whatever track's on there? >> Probably. I mean, you could bridge up over it, you
073know, and and try, but >> So, what I'm hearing, Brett, one of the options is track would lose their season, and we'd have to try to find locations to practice. And then football would potentially lose maybe the first couple home games. Correct? I mean >> Just by schedule. >> By schedule. >> Just by scheduling push them back to to give some free board to time. >> Or the other option is track runs its course, and we have football kind of lose its season. And I'm not a good person to ask cuz my son will be impacted by all of us cuz he'll be a senior that year. So, you know, the thought of not having home football games is a personal thing for me. On his senior year is tough, but um but he's also
074in track, too. So, he he does both, so it's a little bit. So, I don't I don't know. I just I I like the idea of balance of both, you know, if we can play in the middle of the playoff. I get the Yeah, it's a lot to think about. I mean, which direction to go with it? >> Yeah, someone someone's going to feel left out, and we don't like to be the people that say, "Well, you're going to feel the impact of football more than you are track." And let talk to a track person. >> Yeah, vice versa. >> But at the same time, football has a practice field that could use some work. That we talked about that, too, that if they were going to lose their field, they're going to need a
075better practice field area. Is their construction going to be on that practice field at that point? We don't know that after tonight's discussion. So, yeah, it's >> Yeah. >> it's tough. It's a It's just a window, you know. >> Mhm. Just as reference cuz you guys all know I'm from Patuxy, so they completely redid their entire athletic complex. At the time they started they didn't have softball field there. It was just a base a really bad baseball field. And the football field completely regraded the whole thing and they lost an entire school year of everything. Played a whole season on the road in football, played an entire baseball season traveling on the road. And and softball wasn't playing up there at the time, but by the time it was all complete then they were all
076back there. So there's just always something they have to give to gain. You know, it's it's inevitable. It's it's hectic around here right now. You know, everybody's making some sacrifices to get to the the end game which would be a field that's much safer than what you have out there right now and much more representative of what you want your facility to be. And the track needs to work. You know, we patched it to spring. >> two years. >> Yeah. I mean, it's dipping in >> It's already at 22 years. Is it >> To get two more years out of it? >> You're putting band-aids on the track right now, to be honest. This is a necessary thing for but I see >> Here you are Brad, what do you guys think? Do you think
077you have an opinion either way? I mean I mean have you talked to >> I was ready to go after football this year. >> Yeah. >> I have my own reasons for that, but let's get it going. But I don't think that's going to happen. I mean, that's rushing it, too. But with it being in the future, I think both programs are aware that you know, they're going to be impacted and we just do our best to make sure that whichever, you know, if it's football that has to be on the road for certain amount of time or potentially even more, you know, they're going to be fine with it because they're going to they want to play football. >> Right. >> Can they still practice without their field? And with track again, like I
078said, it isn't as big of a deal to to have home meets. Um booster club would have say that's not true cuz they make a lot of money in that concession stand at our track meets. Um but it's more of the practice. How do you help you know are you going to transport us? We're going to have to support that as a district, you know, financially too. Where do we need to take you and you know, the inconvenience of parents maybe picking up at a different location. So, a lot would have to go into just the you know, all of the details with that and puzzle pieces, [clears throat] but I think it can be done. And I would hope that you know, Southwestern would be one of those um places that we could investigate
079you know, how can we share some space? And it may not be every day, but but it does need to be done. And I don't think it's it's not I've never been here when they worked on the football field. I don't know if it's ever been done. That means 30 years, so almost 30 years. So, it's been the track or >> Yeah, I I was just looking through to see if I could find them. I know I talked about it in one of our track practices. Um, the last time the renovation had been been done with that, but >> Well, I remember getting it back for the mile for volleyball cuz the girls were extremely excited that we had the track. There's no lines, we can't run on it. >> [laughter] >> So. >> AFS
080did that last resurfacing and I don't remember what he said. Uh, he recalled doing it. >> Yeah, I remember the year. >> Predates you and I being part of it, so that was the rubberization. It The ones that hatched it this year for us. >> Yeah. >> They had done that rubberization. I think he said at least 15 years ago. >> Yes, so that would have been 12 or 11 or 12 maybe. I mean, I think for anybody that goes to football games here, if you just look at the field, you don't even you don't have to be an engineer to look at it and know that that field is not graded well. It's you know, it I think there was a lot of fill put in there, that's what I understand from past history
081and it's just it needs to be regraded. There's no question about that. >> So, do you think in July we should come back to the board with like three options? One is kind of like, hey, we're going to lose this season. One is we're going to lose this other season and then the other one, let's talk to the guy from PLB and see if that's even remotely possible. If we can end football a little shorter and then maybe get the the track a little later. >> How how much is the the infield and the track? Pretty critical, but the football >> Well, there's some there are some homes that you you're not even on the infield. So, that's So, it wouldn't be an You wouldn't want to host a regional or and not have the
082space, but they don't need to be on the infield to get to where they need to get to. Except for the high jump. >> Yeah, let's come back in July. Let me think about it, make some calls. I tried it. >> Cuz they might tell us that's impossible timeline don't listen to me. >> Right. Cuz the three options is one or the other or both. >> I think we'd appreciate that if you could come back with some good some options for us to consider and or then vote on. Okay. All right. Thank you. And moving on to board reorganization format. Yeah, so this is really um which way do we want to do it? I think is the first part of it. Do we want to do the traditional make a motion to second and
083then vote yes or no or this and this is the only time we can do that, make just open nominations and then everybody gets one if there's three people nominated, everybody gets one vote until we have majority. I mean, I guess from Angie and I's conversation um I think we we can have I thought liked the fact that you know there's a president you know, we're going to open nominations for president and all the nominations are made and there's no second required. And then they'd close and you'd vote. Then you'd move on to vice president etc. And or I thought that you know if having them you know, something maybe put in the policy that actually says that's what we're going to do and that we don't require second for instance and that you could
084vote for yourself so then there's no tie issue. Um and I guess I maybe even suggested be referred to the policy committee to write that or come back with that policy to the board. >> Yeah, so Rick, our legal counsel, said like if you want me to because he kind of wrote a narrative and I said well if we want to put this in policy, he said well NEOLA probably doesn't have that specific but I could write that for you and then we would just bring it up at our next policy committee which would probably be in August. >> I think the only thing that I was I'm looking for is clarity and consistency. You know, we have had multiple different variations of it over the course of the past years. And I also think
085I honestly I felt awkward at last meeting because we didn't even know who we were voting for. You know, so there were things that we just really you know, want to make sure we're representing you know, we all have a consistent process that we're following and I believe that I wrote all that too that he shared and that we're not having arbitrary decisions. You know, like this year we're going to do it this way and next year we're going to do it next year. The other thing in all of the information you was him that gave all the examples or was that you Aaron? Cuz there was a lot of examples in the middle schools and like >> That was him. >> I mean there was so many in there from this district does it
086this way with [clears throat] you know, secret ballots or called secret ballots or ballots or whatever and this district does it this way and the but the the the consensus I think was is there just has to be this really a solidified agreed upon direction moving forward. That's so we're not in a position where we're confusing and we're confusing to the community on on what we what we end up doing. >> Cuz we do have a policy but there's just there's nothing in it. So we could put all those things in that policy and then we could just have that as a refresher the week before the meeting and then everybody knows and there's no uncertainties. >> And I like to also have verbage before the actual vote announcing the process in which we are
087going to be doing it. >> In the action agenda. Yeah. >> Or to anyone who is present. >> Yes. >> That explains what is going on and how the process takes place. >> And I like what Gary said too. I I would like the idea I like the idea of perhaps taking it to the policy committee cuz then we can review all the information that we received from legal too and decide what fits our district. You know, we don't have to do what I don't know what's in Glorious was all these different school districts were. I mean we don't have to do what any of the what pieces seem to fit best for our district and that it's consistent there and as board members change, you know, it's still the same that does not change.
088You know, that piece stays the same. I think is that is what my um proposal is for that. >> Would it So is that okay with everybody if we would refer it to the policy committee and then it comes back to the board with that language? >> You know, it's perfect. >> Yes. >> And then I and I guess I would like to see a it actually say voice vote versus paper ballot or however you want to say it. >> He just gave so many examples in there of like how other school districts have done it differently. >> It basically looked like you can do it however you want to. >> It just had variations on like everything and so yeah, but the the consensus was just having something solid. >> Okay. I'll let um
089Steve know our our new policy guy. Thank you. Um then that leads us Brody, can I ask what your agenda item is, please? >> Um attending sports while being virtual. >> Okay. Um I'm I'm willing to I'm going to give you this if that's all right. And we'll set it you get 3 minutes, Brody. >> Yeah, should I go up there? >> You can You can right there right there wherever you're comfortable. >> Good evening. Thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight. My name is Brody Steffes. I just completed my sophomore year at Appleton. Previously, I attended Cuba City School from 4K through freshman year. I'm here to respectfully ask the board to reconsider the current policy that prevents virtual learners to from participating in WIAA sports. For those of you who don't know
090me, I'm a dedicated student athlete who participates in AAA hockey, a sport that is not offered by our school district. This level requires frequent travel throughout the season. In a traditional school setting, this often resulted in significant missed classroom time. Last year, I was forced with a difficult decision. Leave my hometown school or play at hockey at a lower level and give up opportunities that could impact my future. Virtual learning provided a solution. It allowed me to meet my academic responsibilities while continuing to pursue my athletic goals. I have demonstrated that I can be successful in virtual learning maintaining strong grades while balancing the demands of high-level athletics. My goal is to return to Cuba City. However, under the current policy, I will not be allowed to participate in sports. I believe that is the
091wrong choice to place before students. Participation in school athletics is much more than wins and losses. Sports teach resilience, teamwork, communication, discipline, work ethic, respect, sportsmanship, confidence, and leadership. All qualities that benefit students for the rest of your lives, regardless of whether they learn in the classroom or online. Virtual learners are still members of this community and still are students of this district. They want to wear their school colors, represent their hometown, build their relationships with their peers. I know there may be concerns that allowing virtual students to participate in sports will encourage more students to leave the classroom. Speaking from my own experience, I would much rather attend school in person. I miss the daily interaction with classmates, teachers, and when I return home in the spring, I attend games and cheer on my
092old classmates, but I would much rather be participating with them than sitting in the stands feeling like I do not belong. Allowing academically of eligible virtual students to participate in sports will not take opportunities away from others. Instead, it would strengthen students' connection to their school and community while recognizing that learning can successfully take place in different environments. Education continues to evolve. Families choose virtual learning for many reasons. I ask the board to reconsider a policy that supports students across both inside and out of the classroom. Please give virtual learners the opportunity to remain connected to their school community through athletics. Thank you for your time and consideration. >> Corey, thank you very much. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. That was excellent. >> Very well done. Very very good. >> I want to commend you
093on your self-advocacy because most people would come in here and have mom or dad talk. And I want to commend you for that. >> Thank you. Good job. >> This will be on the July agenda. We'll be talking about virtual learning. We'll kind of recap how virtual learning went, and we'll be revisiting the handbook to see if there are any changes. So, >> So, you're >> If you're able, come back in the July board meeting, please. >> All right. >> Okay. >> Thank you. Thank you, Corey. We will let you know one way or the other after July. We know that you're interested in it. All right. >> You did a fantastic job. >> Great job. >> Sharing out the perspectives and the positive reasons. Can I just >> Can I just ask a few
094clarity questions? So, you went virtual >> Yeah. >> so that you can play hockey. >> Yeah. >> Is that correct? >> Yeah. >> And you are doing that you chose that because it was taking you out of the classroom too often. >> Yeah, so I was missing too much school, so I just decided to go online, so be easier to like travel and stuff. >> So, >> And this >> Is it kind of the hockey the 12 months thing or is it just seasonal during this >> It's just seasonal, so when I come back, I would like to like play spring sports. >> Okay. Thank you for sharing that. >> And you're going to be a senior next year? >> I'm junior. >> Junior next year. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> You guys are
095welcome to stay the rest of the meeting, but if you want to get up and leave, we totally understand. >> So, can I just ask [laughter] I want I'm sorry. When did you come back for spring? Like what what time frame? Was it March? >> Yeah, I came back in March. >> Okay. And that would have been before baseball started and before Okay. All right. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Moving on then to new business to approve the date and time of the July uh board meeting which is set for the 15th at 6:00. Um Aaron in his message had said that was also to keep it a fun night, so do we want to move it to the 22nd? >> I'm I we can keep it or move it to the 22nd. I'm
096free both. >> I was going to say I'd make >> I think I'm good with that one. >> It would make no difference. >> It's fine. >> Switch it. >> I can do the 22nd virtually. I mean, I could be in virtually the 22nd. >> I'm not available on 22nd. >> I can do either. I can do either. >> I can do either one. >> So, everybody but Sarah could make it? >> Either for sure or >> or something. >> For the 22nd. >> Yep. >> Okay. So, would somebody move with that change then, please? >> What time was that one? Was it 6? >> 6. I will move to approve the July regular board of education meeting for July 22nd at 6. Is there a second? >> I'll second it. >> Kent? >> Yes.
097>> Schweiger? >> Yes. >> Joel? >> Yes. >> Barth? Yes. White? Yes. Boden? >> Yes. >> Andrews? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you for considering that. With the sticky note, I appreciate you doing >> Yeah, they pushed it They pushed it out on Facebook really well. We saw that. I'm like, "Oh, wait a minute. I recognize that thing." That's good. Approve the renewal of the WIAA high school membership. >> Yeah, this is something we uh do every year. We used to have a sheet um that we would bring in here, but Carrie says now everything's virtual, so we don't have a sheet. Um but it just says that we're going to be a part of the WIAA. >> Okay. Would somebody move? >> I'll move to approve the renewal of the WIAA WIAA
098high school membership as presented. >> Is there a second? >> I'll second it. >> Kent? >> Yes. >> Schweiger? >> Yes. >> Joel? >> Yes. >> Barth? >> Yes. >> White? Yes. >> Boden? >> Yes. >> Andrews? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Item C is approve the purchase of Ford Transit van. >> Yeah, this was presented to the buildings and grounds department and was budgeted for this school year. We wanted to wait till later in the year to see where the budget was at. It's a 10-passenger van. And um we got five different vans that we looked at and we will be trading in We'll be trading in one van. We'll be selling one van for scrap metal cuz it it shouldn't be driven. Um we're hopeful that we can get it offsite, but
099it might have to be towed. So, we'll be getting rid of rid of two of our vans and getting this one and this was the all-wheel drive, which is really helpful for some of our teams to travel in the in the winter. >> Questions, Lord? Hearing none, would someone move? >> I'll move to approve the purchase of a Ford Transit van as presented. >> Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Kent? >> Yes. >> Schweiger? >> Yes. >> Joel? >> Yes. >> Bart? >> Yes. >> White, yes. Boden? >> Yes. >> Andrews? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> These are approved the addition of of expired technology equipment purchase procedures to the school district handbook. >> Yep, each year when we kind of retire some of our devices, we've got some staff member who
100ask if they could purchase an old one for a personal device. We usually bring that to the board and in talking with our tech guys, other some other schools have done this and basically when the tech department says we're done with this device, we don't need it, if someone wants to purchase that, they can. Otherwise, they they just wait till our recycling company comes and then we we recycle some of those. So, not really a financial advantage or disadvantage here, but it does give staff the opportunity to buy something they used ages here. So, $100 for a device if it's 5 years or older, 75 if it's 7 years or older and then $50 if it's 9 years or older. So, this just would put it in our handbook and allow staff to do that
101without bringing it to you guys every year. >> Any questions or concerns? Motion, please. >> I'll move to approve the addition of expired technology equipment purchase procedures to the CCST handbook. >> I'll second. Kent? >> Yes. >> Schweiger? >> Yes. >> Joel? >> Yes. >> Bart? >> Yes. >> White? Yes. Boden? >> Yes. >> Andrews? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Then the E is approved to change to part-time wages for substitute and summer only workers at 2%. >> Yep. So, last year we did this for food service. So, this year we're kind of matching what we did last year with the other substitute and and the summer part-time workers to make them more consistent with other positions. So, this was uh figured out in the budget moving forward with these these raises, but we
102did two last year and we're going to do this one. >> Questions? Hearing none, will someone move? >> I'll move to approve the change to part-time wages for substitute and summer only workers at 2% as presented. Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Is that Julie? >> Yes. >> Kent? >> Yes. >> Schweiger? >> Yes. >> Joel? >> Yes. >> Burke? >> Yes. >> White? Yes. Boden? >> Yes. >> Andrews? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> F is approved the FFA officer retreat for July 19th through the 22nd at Castle Rock Lake. >> Yep. This is another overnight trip, so it's got to go to the board for approval and both Chris and I recommend that you approve this. >> Will someone move? >> I'll move to approve the FFA officer retreat for July
10319th through the 22nd at Castle Rock Lake as presented. >> Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Kent? >> Yes. >> Schweiger? >> Yes. >> Joel? >> Yes. >> Burke? [clears throat] >> Yes. >> White? Yes. Boden? >> Yes. >> Andrews? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Item G, approve the five-year transportation contract with Wargo. >> Yep. Anybody from the communication or the transportation committee want to kind of give an overview of the process? >> I'll let Dan. >> Uh so, we had interviews Tuesday evening uh with the three companies that uh, had put in, answered the uh, the bid process. Um, and uh, we think they were all very well qualified. Uh, probably would all do a good job. Uh, we thought that uh, Warco stood out above the other two and that's
104uh, who we were recommending as a as a committee. >> Yeah. Really no bad interviews. They all did really well. Came down to I think the deciding factor was probably who's going to be ready July 1. And um, we felt that Warco had already had the building lined up, had already talked with some of the employees about hey if if we get this bid, um, can we count on you as workers? And um, so that was kind of the I think that was probably the deciding factor. Financially they were all really close. >> And we feel very comfortable that hopefully uh, uh, this will improve our bussing situation and uh, I think as one of them said uh, make it a issue where we don't hear about it. >> And and we did have several
105drivers that came and listened and they were um, they were pretty unanimous. We didn't ask them to vote but they were all saying very good things about Warco. >> And we had about five or six drivers here for the meeting. >> Was there any I mean, was there a bid comparison like a difference between a significant or was it mean like talking like significant >> two >> Yeah, so it >> two 83 >> Like on daily routes. One was 284 and one was 287. >> Okay. >> You know, I think overall Warco was the middle >> Okay. >> uh, of the three bids. Uh, but they were the only one that stepped out the five years. The other two bids had a three-year price >> and then two years and then fourth and fifth was
106up to CPI. >> So five-year locked in. Like this is locked in with Warco for five years. That's not going to change. Okay. >> And we went with Davis for a three-year because they were a newer company. Most schools go for a five-year bid because it's an a really big investment for companies to get all those buses, so they want a 5-year. And with all three of those, you know, they they're pretty solid com- good companies that have been around here for a long time. >> Okay. >> Um so, we both went with the 5-year. >> And do they include the fuel or not? >> No, we buy our own fuel. Yeah. >> That was in the bid that that the school district bought the fuel with all of them. >> With all of them.
107Okay. >> That was in the middle price-wise, but they were only about 6,000 more than the lowest. >> But this was a >> 5-year and they were locked into 5 years really. >> We had a We had a hard price for all 5 years. >> And then the other ones were 3 years, but then 4 years really. >> CPI We had 4 and 5. >> Got you. Okay. >> And one of the questions there and Ed supplied Ashley was kind of like at the end of the contract if you're looking at the next one, what would what would make us make it so we would want to sign with you again? I mean, I liked their answer and it was basically, well, we hope that, you know, we prove that you would want us and
108plus we need a contract beyond 5 years really to make money. It was like, if we're going to spend 2 million to bring buses in here, we're not going to make too much until like the second contract. >> Yeah. >> Are there other questions? Otherwise, uh um Dan, would you like to make a motion? >> I will make the motion. Uh I will move to approve the transportation contract as presented. >> Is there a second? >> I will second. >> Kent? >> Yes. >> Schweiger? >> Yes. >> Joel? >> Yes. >> Barth? >> Yes. >> White? Yes. Boden? >> Yes. >> Andrews? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Item H is approve the submission of a FEMA appeal related to the denial of the 22 brick grant for the Cuba City community safe room project.
109>> Yeah. So, we we've already discussed this. I'm I'm trying to predict what everybody will vote, but I'm not sure. Um Um again, like I think Julie said it better than I did. I don't see what the downside is of waiting an additional 3 months when it's not going to put us behind anything. It doesn't cost us anything. It's It's another look, so that would be my my last and final push to to please uh vote yes on the the appeal. Would somebody like to move? >> I'll move to approve the submission of the FEMA appeal related to the denial of the 2022 BRIC grant for the Cuba City Community Safe Room project as presented. >> I'll second. >> Kent? >> Yes. >> Schweigert? >> No. >> Joel? >> Yes. >> Barth? >> Yes. >>
110White, yes. Boden? >> Yes. >> Andrews? >> I will say yes. >> Motion carried. >> I is approve the summer library media specialist positions in extra duty schedule. >> Yeah, every year I've been here and every year I've been in administration, um there's always a library media specialist 5-day summer contract to come in and weed the books and take care of some of the library things that you can't do when you're in there. So, they've always put in um a letter and I bring it to you and and ask for that. I'm just asking, since we put all that work into the extra duty schedule, let's just make that in the extra duty schedule and so they can count on it. They're not having to ask for it every summer. >> Are there questions regarding
111Would someone move? >> I will I'll go ahead. >> I will move to approve the summer library media specialist positions in the extra duty schedule as presented. Is there a second? >> I will second. >> I'm sorry. That's on to me. >> That's all right. >> Kent? >> Yes. >> Schweigert? >> Yes. >> Joel? >> Yes. >> Barth? >> Yes. >> White, yes. Boden? >> Yes. >> Andrews? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Moving on to personnel, A is approve the hiring of Mrs. Christine Hicks as a new uh middle school math teacher. >> Yep. This position became open when Mr. John Search resigned. Ms. Hicks is a former employee of ours teaching high school algebra then she's taught I believe middle school math for about the last 8 years and a resident of our
112district and we're really happy that she applied and we're recommending that you guys approve her hire. >> Would someone move? >> I'll move to approve the hiring of Christine Hicks as the new middle school math teacher. >> Is there a second? >> I will second. >> Kent? >> Yes. >> Schweiger? >> Yes. >> Joel? >> Yes. >> Barr? >> Yes. >> White? Yes. Boden? >> Yes. >> Andrews? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> B is approve the hiring of Mr. Scott Galtrey as the elementary school second shift custodian. >> Yep. This position was open when an employee resigned and this position um will actually begin June 15th. So the um I believe that's next Monday and I recommend that we approve this action. >> Would someone move? >> I'll move to approve the hiring of
113Scott Galtrey as the um elementary school second shift custodian. >> Is there a second? >> I will second. Kent? >> Yes. >> Schweiger? >> Yes. >> Joel? >> Yes. >> Barr? >> Yes. >> White? Yes. Boden? >> Yes. >> Andrews? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> C is approve the hiring of Evan Matthews as the new fitness center supervisor. >> Yep. Evan is a Cuba City High School alumni. Tim believes he'll do a great job as a fitness center supervisor. Um Joel had asked a good question. So right now we have fitness center super like he might work two nights two hours each as somebody who's there in the fitness center supervising. The thought with the new fitness center is that we want to have more of a um 24-hour not 24-hour but more like
114an access where people can with a fob get in before school and after our athletes are using it. And so that the question right now, we're not set up that way, so we we still will need fitness center supervisors. But, the the obvious question comes in, when we get that ready, do we still want to have some supervisor hours and some not, or are we just saying no? So, that's not a question for today, but know that that's going to be coming um when when we get uh start working on some fitness center policy and and um like how we're going to have that work. So, just keep that in mind. >> And that that is fund 80? >> That's fund 80, yep. >> So, this is not that, though. This is just so >>
115that. This is we're set up this way right now that somebody generally these people are people who studied um some type of fitness or human performance at Plattsburgh, and we get them and they get some experience here, but then when they graduate, they're gone. So, that's kind of what we're doing right now. >> Is there a motion? >> I'll move to approve the hiring of Evan Matthews as the new fitness center supervisor as presented. >> Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Kent? >> Yes. >> Schweiger? >> Yes. >> Joel? >> Yes. >> Clark? >> Yes. >> White? Yes. Bowden? >> Yes. >> Andrews? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Uh committee reports then, budget and finance. Is there anything, Erin? >> Nope, not yet. >> Uh building and grounds, I think we probably
116covered that for tonight, unless there's something somebody [clears throat] wants to add. >> When's our next meeting then, Erin, for that? Is that the 8th? >> Yep, so that would be >> That's 2 weeks before that. >> In July, and then then it would be 2 weeks before that meeting, so >> Look. >> I think it's the I got it for the 8th. >> Okay, yeah. >> And what time? >> 8th at 5:00. >> 5:00. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Personnel, I don't think there's uh any meeting needed. Policy, >> I put it on to August. >> August, okay. For the next meeting. Uh technology and transportation. Thanks to those members who met uh uh Tuesday night on the transportation part. So, I don't think there's anything needed going forward at this
117point. Um finance or fine foundation, I can't even say it. Um I don't think there's anything >> Nothing now. We're meeting tomorrow. >> And I don't have anything for C 3. So, I would take a motion to adjourn. >> I will move to adjourn the meeting. >> Is there a second? >> I will second. >> [laughter] [clears throat] >> All in favor? >> Aye.