001Never done this before. >> All right, it's huge. Not here, not here, but I'm going to call this West Lake uh Board of Education meeting to order. Uh please call the roll. Lim. Present. Brown. Here. Fenukin. Here. Craft. >> Present. Mr. Pernot is unavailable this evening due to a work commitment. Correct. Next item on the agenda for this evening is the Pledge of Allegiance. If you could all stand and join in the pledge. I pledge 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. Thank you very much. The next item on our agenda is our mission statement, and I will go ahead and read that this evening. We educate for excellence, empowering all students to
002achieve their educational goals, to direct their lives, and to contribute to society. I'll go ahead and read our vision statement for our our district also, and that is that the West Lake City Schools will provide a dynamic student-centered learning environment. Our district will be characterized by high achievement, actively engaged learners, mutual respect, shared knowledge, pursuit of new skills and capabilities, collaborative learning, willingness to take action, a team commitment to data-driven continuous improvement, and tangible results. Uh next item on the agenda for this evening is the acknowledgement of visitors. Welcome. Welcome. With that uh we'll move right in to the approval of the agenda. Can I get a motion for the approval of the agenda, please? >> Second. Approved by Mr. Craft, seconded by Mr. Fenukin. Please call the roll. I do want to note real
003quick, uh typically we use BoardDocs. Uh BoardDocs has been up and down all day and we and we got to struggle with it. The agenda that's in front of you tonight uh was uh hand uh put together on Word. So, everything from the agenda that we posted over the weekend is on there, uh but it's in a different order. So, as we go things if if people had looked at Boarddocs, it's going to look a little bit different, but we tried to make sure everything's covered uh in the same uh format. So, just to clarify. Thank you. Great. Thank you very much. Uh to call roll, Craft? Yes. Nuken? Yes. Brown? Yes. Lam? Yes. Motion carries. Thank you very much. This will lead us into recognition and informative reports. Uh the first item under that
004uh in the agenda is the Westlake High School internship program. Sure, I'm happy to introduce Mr. Bob Patton if you want to come on up here. Um this is a program that is probably 2 years old now. Yeah. This uh this is the second year. >> Yeah. Second cohort coming through with the internship program. Concept behind this is to get Uh well, here's what we knew. We knew we had uh a very talented high school students and not one dimensional. Um and and we offer certain tracks that we have within our high school, but our students have so many different interests, whether it's in business or medical or arts or other type of thing, we we can't possibly house everything. So, to create an opportunity for students to be able to go out and get
005real world uh experience in these different um fields, we thought would uh be incredible. Mr. Patton took this over. I think maybe started with 11 students who were brave enough We had I it started actually. >> Seven. Seven students last year. And and then it jumped up this year to how many? Uh we ended up with 17. I we have two I think we have everybody here except two. Two kids got actually weren't in school today. They were sick. They emailed me and said they couldn't come. But, I believe everybody else is here. >> It's it's a group that it's a a program that grew immensely and I think the students are going out there and getting incredible experience and Mr. Patton has been uh the person driving it. Uh finding these placements, making sure
006all these things work out, and um he's done a great job with doing this. So, with that, I will turn it over to you to explain who you have in which program. >> Yes. Uh thank you very much. I I I I'd like to say this, you know, last year we came with with seven kids and we presented and we had those kids here. I would like to thank them because they were the ones, I think, that came up and sort of convinced these kids to do it and that has kind of carried this on. I thank you guys for creating it. I remember when Mr. Wilson called me and was like, "Hey, do you think you could get something like this off the ground?" Didn't know exactly what 100% what he was talking about
007at that point. Uh but, you know, we researched some schools that have it. Um I would say it it was a it was a pretty good leap for you guys to do it, mainly just cuz a lot of public schools don't do this. Um there's a lot of private schools that sort of have these kind of connections and have these sort of business connection programs. Um A lot of Most public schools do not. Um so, for us to do it and for us to sort of get this off the ground, the kids that we had in it last year that convinced these guys to do it, and the kids, all of these guys, with their experiences, what they did, um they sold it to the kids that are doing it next year, and I think
008I I know some of you guys know, but um we've got like 40-some kids signed up for this next year. Wow. So, yeah, that's testament to like all these guys selling it. And basically, talking about their experiences, talking about what it is that they did, um and I think most importantly, from year one to year two, and then next year, every single person that has hosted our students basically has agreed to host our students again and has kind of grown with it. Um we've got the And again, this is a testament to these guys, like we've been able to do some other stuff. Uh a couple of weeks ago, we had Polaris uh Megan Keys from Polaris came in and did like a job training with the kids for next year. We're already kind of
009meet with those kids. Tomorrow we have a group of We have seven people coming in. Uh Mr. Mayberry's one of them that's coming in tomorrow. We've got mock interviews going on with all those kids tomorrow. Mainly just because the program's grown so much and we've got we we've had to go out and obviously get quite a few people to host our students. So it's probably going to be a little bit more competitive as we kind of go through this. But it's been um it's been really good. Like all the hosts that have done it for the for for now the couple years. Um the experiences that I think a lot of these kids have had been pretty unique. Um again I I the some of the things and some of the conversations that I've had
010with the people that have hosted our students have been fantastic. I've gotten emails and some calls from just people doing some pretty awesome stuff. I would love to uh you know, I would love to have them talk a little bit about uh introduce themselves, where they've done their experience. They can talk a little bit about it and then I can sort of fill in. I I don't they may not know some of the things that I know about some of the hosts that have reached out. We've had some pretty cool stuff that has happened with some of these guys throughout the course of the year. Um so I I will it doesn't necessarily matter where we start. Uh in fact Jenna, we'll go Why don't we go this row and then we'll go this row.
011I I hate putting you on the spot Jenna, but you're going to start us off here first. Come on. Hi, my name's Janine. Um I did my internship at Gorman and Kraus. It's a public accounting firm in Westlake. Um I didn't really get to actually do accounting obviously since I don't have a degree in that, but I worked with HR there and a lot of the work I did was within like marketing and just like the other like behind the scenes stuff that you don't get to see. Like I've sat in on many interviews which was is favorite part of it. Like just seeing the process, like phone screenings, and then them coming in, and just like the questions being asked, and then um I worked on their newsletter that would get sent sent out
012monthly for like their accountants. Um and then I also worked on helping uh renovate their uh internship page on their website. I sat down with the head of marketing there, and um I basically led the meeting just giving my thoughts and ideas on how we can improve it. And then I also uh they have a smaller company within called DMS, so I did a lot of work with them, too. Um I helped them in um with like clientele passwords, and like just like their client work in this like one app called One Password. I don't really know how to go into detail about it. It's kind of niche, but um just like kind of doing work with them. I did a lot of stuff for them. Um I also helped with um trying to kickstart
013off their uh cuz they don't have a website, so kickstarting off their website, and maybe getting um them a few interns. Um for accountants. And yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Great. Why don't I Magaly, what if you you guys you guys can both come up? Magaly, maybe you you two come up together just cuz you guys kind of These two had a unique experience this year, so that the two of them were at UH Hospital here in Westlake. Um and they also did something with a guy that I know, uh Dr. Brian Harmac, who is a plastic surgeon out of the East Side. So, they kind of split their internship a little bit, so that's why I think it it probably, you know, a little unique what they did. Hi, my name's Rashida Sherbino. I'm
014Magaly Carbutes. And for splitting it at University Hospitals, we started with shadowing like medical specialties, and so we got to see like radiology, um ortho, and just different medical uh specialties in general. And then also, we got to do patient care like an experience, and so we directly interacted with patients through this care companion program, and we got to ask how their experience was. And then we also got to transport them and ask them how their day was going. And then we also through that we we looked at the business management side of it, like with front desk. And they showed us like the statistics behind how the hospital is doing in general. Yeah, at UH we saw a greater variety of professions, and we were also able to do little projects like um I
015designed the program for volunteer appreciation week. Um we would check expiration dates on medical equipment, um little things like that. And additionally, um me and another student volunteer, we made a volunteer newsletter that we sent out monthly for UH so that um volunteers could be up to date on activities and new events. And then for our Dr. Harmouch's plastic surgery, we got to sit in in cons- consults and like see direct patient experience as well. And then we when we went to the Brain and Spine Surgery Center, we got to view um different procedures like deep facelifts, brow lifts, lip lifts, and then in-office procedures when we were at the office as well. Yeah, and this was uh very cool because normally you wouldn't be able to get into the operating room unless you're 18.
016So this was a great opportunity to see things while we're still in high school and um no more going to college. Super. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. Hi. Um my name's Marisa Hughes, and I did my internship with the Footpath Foundation. Um as many of you may know, the Footpath Foundation is an organization devoted to engaging underprivileged kids in Northeast Ohio and um engaging them in nature. Um with this internship, I I knew I wanted to do the program, but um, Mr. Patton didn't have many like marketing ones, which is what I wanted to go into. Most of them were medical based. Um, so I went out and looked for my own. So, I first started like looking in marketing firms, but we're in West Lake, so obviously there aren't very many. Um,
017so then I was like, "Oh, like maybe I'll look for a business to do it for whatever." Um, and then I found the Footpaths Foundation. So, they're a non-profit, so marketing for them is obviously different than marketing for like a company that is for-profit cuz you have to manage like the different cycles where you're like advertising to your donors or um, like fundraising specifically for the kids. Um, with this I started out by helping them with like most of their things because um, when I started out we were in the phase where we were like presenting it to the donors and trying to get money. Um, so I helped out with their They had a big banquet. Um, I helped out with just setting up like little like things that we were mailing out. Um,
018and then towards the end of the year I set up an Instagram account where I highlighted um, like other organizations like them. Um, it's called Nature of Ohio and yeah, just like a little blurb per post about what this organization's doing, how they're helping the environment. Um, and then I also did a few I also piloted a few organiza- or a few like fundraisers myself. Um, I did a drive at the high school for um, like travel-size toothpaste, um, toothbrushes for their camp that they do for the kids. They do like a summer camp with where they like take them out in nature and it's a really great experience for the kids. Um, and then I also did a dine to donate at Shake Shack, which went pretty well as well. Thanks. Thank you. it's
019And I I will through her uh, they're going to host a kid next year through her contact, which has been Right. pretty common. Like I I'll I'll talk as we kind of go through that. That's been a common thing where we kids have gotten their own stuff. And then through that, I made contact or meet with people and it's solely because of like their work. Like, "Okay, hey I went and got this." And then they've been kind enough to kind of step in and host their kids. So, Marisa is one of the ones that did that. So, go ahead. I I'll say it uh the jar is also She did hers at the same place Ryland did. She's one of the people that got sick and she was not able to make it today. Uh
020um my name is Ryland Eckel. I did my internship at Northshore Endoscopy and Gastroenterology, which is right down the road on Columbia. If you guys have had a colonoscopy, there's a probably a good chance I was there. Uh luckily, I didn't see you guys specifically do it or I'd say it'd be awkward. But uh part of my experience was sitting in on procedures and but I also got to see a lot of the business side of running a private practice because it is a private practice despite being located in that in that Cleveland Clinic facility. It's its own privately run uh medical facility. So, when I went into the internship program, I knew it was a great opportunity to boost my resume and put it on college applications to get into programs and schools that
021I want to. So, I wanted to specifically do business because that's what I'm interested in majoring in and like Marisa talked about, there weren't all it was mostly medical options and I was uh relying on Mr. Patton to find me an option. So, I took the the private practice option because I got to see a lot of the business sides of what it takes to run a private practice like that. Uh I did most of my work with the chief operating officer of Northshore and the clinical administrator. So, with the clinical administrator Mark Abbott, I got to see all the day-to-day tasks of what it takes for managing uh schedules and billing for the all the physicians that uh do their work there and then with uh the chief operating officer Chris Wayner, I was
022able to go and then sit in on meetings with companies like Johnson & Johnson where they would go and just sell the drugs that you need for practice like a colonoscopy. I also have taken classes at high school like AP research and AP seminar which are both research papers that you have to write. So I was also able to see the research side of what it takes to run a private practice. They have two They own two research foundations that they do there where they can sign up patients that come there for free testing and you can get monetary benefits from that. So I got to see all the aspects that take into getting patient confirmation that they're willing to participate in a study and then the billing aspects of getting the patients where they're
023paid for and testing out new drugs and all the research that goes into that side. The biggest project that I myself did was if you've gone you get a packet with which is a couple pages of a prep report which tells you you need to eat this before drink this do not eat for X amount of hours. What I did was I digitize all of those as I have a new system where they put screens in the patient rooms. So I made all of those into QR codes which are now helping eliminate their cost of buying so much paper cuz they have so many patients that they need to give the packets to obviously to prep for the procedures. So yeah, I would say the internship is a great experience for me. Definitely helped me
024get into I'm planning on going to Michigan State University and it was definitely played a vital role in me getting direct admit to the Broad College of Business business there. So yeah, it's great experience. I highly recommend it for any students that are looking into doing it. Thank you. Yeah, they got their their Husnia and then Ryland and I, one of the probably one of the best emails we got. You got What was What was the actual event that you guys helped host? It was a Northeast Ohio Letter Alliance event. It was a gala. Yeah, they ended up they they were asked they ended up kind of taking their own time and and went and kind of helped out with the event and I got something back from Mark and Chris and then I also
025got something back from the person who was running the event to Mark and Chris about them. So again, it was a it's good way to I think represent this program, Westlake High School, the community. I mean it was really it was about as good as an email as you can get from that standpoint. Got it. Um my name is Elena Pugh. I did my internship at a rock climbing gym in Elyria called On the Rocks. Um I What I did there, there were a couple different sides of it. Um My favorite personally was the youth programs. Um While I was there, I shadowed um their intermediate youth um like their coach for about 6 weeks and then I took over her class um after I got to know the students and um the methods that
026she uses and stuff while she was studying abroad. Um So I learned a lot about um behavior management and like how to communicate well with the parents and also um there were she kind of taught me how to um sort of design the programs to meet the needs of the individual kids. Um There are things that I did while I was there um I was a route setting intern. So if you've ever been to a rock climbing gym, you'll see that all these giant walls they have plastic rocks all over them, but they change on a pretty regular schedule and um there's a big market for people who are good at setting the routes in a way that's challenging and interesting and um that's something that I wanted to do while I was in college
027as a way to make extra money and I didn't know how to get experience and because of this internship program I was able to work with the setters there and now I have been invited to work with them over the summer which I'm very excited about because it's a way to get my foot in the door. And um this wasn't part of the program but as another like benefit of the program is I met some people and they ended up taking me on my first outdoor climbing trip so I got to see like as good inspiration for stuff that I could use in route setting. Um seeing the actual rocks. We went to um the New River Gorge in West Virginia for a weekend about a month ago. Awesome. I'm going to University of Michigan
028and majoring in biology. Um I'm thinking about becoming pediatrician or something so my experience with the youth should help with that. That's all. Thank you Claire. Hi. Uh my name is Claire Pieratt. Um my interest for this program lied in art which is it's kind of difficult to find an internship in art so I had to do a lot of cold emails myself. Uh I wanted to be on a side of art where I wasn't necessarily constantly creating cuz there's a lot of opportunities like that but I was also in AP Art Studio and I didn't want to overwhelm myself so I would decide ended up working with a non-profit called Spaces Gallery that hosts a variety of artists. Their main mission right now is focusing on artist resident programs with four things that where
029artists basically stay in a little apartment that's in the gallery and make art for that's for that space and for specifically that event. Um my main thing they asked me to do there was to uh document all of the artists they had worked with in their CRM customer relations management system named MonkeyPod, which is a CRM thing for nonprofits. And I pretty much I did went through their entire website log. So, when I started it was 2025, but logged all the current artists as well. So, I essentially did logged everything from 2026 to uh 2002. Uh they do have a little bit more or to do on that front, but that's a lot of progress made. Uh I also helped with various events they hosted and prepping for those. Uh I also was at the
030front desk a lot of the times. I was talking to people about the art. I've talked to the artists. I've helped with installation. I've helped with teardown even. I As part of my internship there, quite literally, they needed to take down drywall and I was handed a mallet and said, "Go take your anger out on a wall." Quite literally. Um it was a great opportunity and it taught me a lot of the back end of how galleries work. I got to see in progress kind of There was a um residence that was being juried at the time called Echo uh that they're working on for 2027. And while I wasn't directly involved in during that process because it's mostly their board of directors, I I did get to see some of the submissions and talk
031through with my coworkers. Cuz I I was working with a few other people. I was working with the head of the director of the gallery, Peter Brooks, um the curator, Tea, and then two people that did like very similar things to me, um Marshall and Celeste. And people There was one person who ended up getting a job opportunity, I think at the Kennedy Center in graphic design, but yeah. And just doing all of things, helping out there, kind of a little bit being a task rabbit in a way, help with sending out mail, a lot of like this person's no longer address is no longer correct. I have to now go into the system, see if they have an email or phone number with us, otherwise I for a little bit they were having me
032try to see if I could research people's addresses and as someone that's taken way too many cybersecurity classes thanks to my parents and um just kind of knows the reverse engineering of the fact that your address is public information, kind of trying to find especially if it was someone that who had donated within the past seeing if I could reverse um search from the previous address their current address. And then we eventually changed that and I helped format reformat their systems in a way that was more readable. I did documentation on how exactly this program works cuz it definitely has its uh like any software, it has its limitations and its experiences. On top of that, I have been also working at the Cleveland Museum of Art on with the currently under creation fellowship, which
033I've been doing through every year of high school. I did this year as well. That's an entirely separate application process from the internship. However, it does count towards my hours and we're working on a uh basically a small show that's going to be in the basement of the art museum. And the ceremony is May 15th for that opening and we're also uh working on a gallery guide for the latest exhibit there uh Martin Puryear Nexus. And we actually got to write a letter to Martin Puryear um and while we weren't able to see his reaction, he said that he really enjoyed it. So, yeah. Excellent. Thank you. I I Claire's another one. Obviously, like my contacts are pretty good, but I don't have a lot in the art world. Uh she obviously got that on
034her own and they they have just through this. I don't know if we'll have anybody next year, but they have also agreed, "Hey, we would absolutely take somebody again." So, uh the Mukesh Manoharan, and then same thing, I'll have the two of you at Blue, I'll have you guys come up next. Oh, hi. My name is Mukesh Manoharan. I did my internship at the Greater Cleveland Partnership and Highland. So, the main goal of the Greater Cleveland Partnership is to promote like businesses in Cleveland and show like high schoolers like what opportunities Cleveland has to offer. And if they would do this by hosting webinars, in those webinars, I worked as like a tech facili- tech facilitator, where I'd like make Kahoot! questions before like the actual presentation to see like how much high schoolers knew
035about these companies in Cleveland. And as a facilitator, I would like interview the hosts from these companies like how they got into their field, like what they do in their job, like the skills they need, and what major they did, and like any certifications that helped them getting into this job at this company. Some of the companies that we worked with were Lubrizol, Nestle, and Land. And uh we also like went to like a lot of events like the Ohio Insurance Board meeting, where we talked about like how the insurance uh like world could like improve or like a benefit by having high school interns work for them in the summer. And my my other internship at Highland, they would have programs that run every Tuesday uh called the High-Tech Club, where they would take
036kids from 7th to 12th grade to teach them how to code for free. And they were looking for teaching assistants to help like their staff like teach the kids or like just like help like stay one-on-one with the student, help them code their own websites, and that's what I did at Highland. Thanks. >> Thanks. Through him, uh uh the contact, Highland's going to post a couple of our kids next year. So, got that through Akashi and his sort of experience got got his contact info and what Let's you come on up. You guys cool? Hi, I'm Somya Patel and I did my internship at Blue Technologies. Hi, I'm Alyssa Bond and I also did my internship at Blue Technologies. So, basically Blue Technologies is a company where they put together printers and copiers and I
037worked in their HR department. So, basically I worked on spreadsheets mostly and they would have me check over the spreadsheets like if they're active still or they're they were closed and they also had me check their records if they were paying too much for some com- to some companies and then they would help me and if I ever needed help I would just ask them and then Um so, for me I uh worked in the accounting and the sales department at Blue Technologies and um like Somya I worked mainly in Excel, so I got a lot of experience with that software and uh some of their other assistants like the automate. Um and so, one of the biggest projects I had was this contract rate schedule where I basically went through all their um contracts
038for all their machines that they had and checked to see if there were rate schedules at um that kind of showed like how they would bill certain clients and things like that and if they didn't have a rate schedule, um they were basically losing out on revenue. Um another thing I did was um check to see if various contracts um had expired too. Um so, I helped them out with that and um and yeah. Yeah, these guys both I I think good I will sort of Alyssa to start with. Not her first choice was not exactly what she wanted to do. So I'll give her a tremendous amount of credit to kind of saying, "Okay, you know what? Let me throw myself into this and do it." And I don't you I don't know if
039this is something you want to do moving forward. It probably isn't, but that's okay. I mean, I think that's something that is positive also. I I mean A learning experience, right? >> 100% I know I won't want to do this going on, but I think we've all been involved in positions like that and it's it's helpful. Yeah, so I will give her a tremendous amount of credit for doing it. And Sam did not say this, but he turned what he did this year into and they have a Blue Technologies has a pretty extensive intern college program that they do and he did pretty good job. So much so that he's going to start getting paid and he's going to go back and work for them this summer. So again, pretty and I think he'll have
040an opportunity if he would like to pursue that in their college intern program. So again, I think it was pretty good experience for both for for for different reasons. Um who else is here? Thank you. Thank you. Hi, um my name's Marina At the Milk and I interned at St. John UH Hospital. When I went into the like experience, I thought it was going to be like me like working with a doctor mainly uh because that's what I'm used to in other interns where I go to like the clinic and I interact with the doctor, but this experience was different because I actually got to go around the whole hospital and like each department. Um and I got to like shadow people I would usually not like like people throughout the hospital. So like it
041gave me an idea of like the hospital as a whole. So I got that experience and I got to see what different people get to do in the hospital. Um, one of the things I enjoyed doing was a I think it was art therapy because um, I got to go into patients' rooms and one of the things I did was on draw the patient. Um, and she liked it a lot. I'm a person who likes art a lot too. So, it was a really nice experience because um, she really enjoyed it and I heard that she like was talking about it after too that and she wanted people to see it. So, interacting with the patients was really nice. Cuz you get to see them um, when they're really not feeling well, but when you
042go in there, they um, like one of the patients we went into um, with art therapy, he started talking um, about other things. That wasn't about art therapy. He wanted to like talk to people. So, it was nice uh, interacting with patients who don't get to see like a lot of people sometimes. Um, and they talk to you and they want to interact. So, that was pretty nice. Um, and yeah. So, that was it. That was really nice. Well, that's great. I don't know what what what Yeah, Christine. Uh, we have another one who also kind of went out and got her own and then this is going to turn into Christine got this and it's going to turn into somebody that's willing to help. So, Good evening. I'm Christine Matsui, uh, senior at Westlake
043High School. My experience this year was with veterinary medicine, which I've always kind of like had this dream like, oh, I'm going to be a vet and this experience kind of confirmed that for me that this is a good career option. Um, I reached out to a bunch of different clinics with emails and I heard back from Center West Animal Hospital, which is really close by. So, maybe if you have a dog or cat, you're a client there. And I'm working with Dr. Manny Bay and Dr. Laura and it's their private practice there. Dr. Manny Bay has been practicing for decades. He's a very experienced veterinarian. And they're great people. It's been cool to meet them and kind of get the inside of what vet school was like, what their undergraduate experience was like, how
044it is like running their own practice, and the workload, and all of that. Um I also had another experience with uh equine veterinarian in Medina, Dr. Gebhardt. Likewise, it's also her own practice. It's her house, and then like the laundry room is converted into her clinic. So, she does small animal practice, and then she has a truck, and she goes out and does farm calls with equine medicine. And it's so different, and it was kind of cool to see like the diversity within the field, how many different animal species, like how you can specialize. And it's I think given me a leg up on figuring out what I want to do, and definitely given me inside information about the vet school application process, um getting connections already, and like building up my shadowing hours to
045be more prepared when I apply. Thanks. Thanks. So, Sarah has a unique experience, too, cuz she's done kind of two things. She worked at a hospital, and then uh is also uh at West Lake City Hall with their with with uh Jordan Schwenler, who's their kind of social media director. So, again, very unique. She kind of did did a little bit of both. Yeah. Um Two ends of the spectrum. Yeah. So, hi. My name is Sarah Mussini. Um I originally started this internship program thinking I would do something medical related because that's my interest. Um so, I reached out to a family friend of mine, and secured a position with her just observing, um just shadowing her around. She's a nephrologist, so she was working with the um the kidneys. And so, I got to
046see a lot of patients. It was It was pretty sad, actually. A lot of patients on their deathbed, um which was very different than what I previously did. It was a lot heavier. Um, I saw a patient who um, she was on dialysis and she had a fistula in her arm and I was able to like feel the fistula which was really interesting because I didn't really get to have that kind of contact with patients. Um, so I got to do that. Um, but it was mostly just observation based. Um, I started the internship at City Hall with Jordan Scheffold because I realized I wasn't going to finish my hours with the one I was currently doing. Um, and there was a lot more involved. Um, basically I was kind of just like his partner
047in crime. I was following him around. I learned a lot of photography actually which was very interesting. Um, probably something I'm going to use in in the future. This was mostly um, technology based and it wasn't really in my area um, of what I wanted to do but I thought it was very eye-opening. Um, another project we did, we started on, it's still in the works but um, we're planning on doing this um, augmented reality kind of thing where you have you have the maps of the city around. Um, but we wanted to make it more accessible to everyone. So we tried to like like create a QR code, you scan it and you can like move it around like your phone and see like things like how the city was in the in the
048past, how it might be in the future, things like that. So it's it's a big project. It's it's just one of the ones we're doing. Um, but it's still in the works. We're still trying to figure out some details. I mostly did the research aspect of it. So I um, looked at all like I I went to the library. I looked at all the textbooks and all the things about West Lake in the past and everything and I kind kind created this whole like portfolio of what the information that he could put into the augmented reality thing. So, that was that was a good experience I would say. I was really happy with this internship and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to do it in the future. Thank you. Yeah, we have
049watched Sarah's experience with Wellesley I got to meet with Jordan a bunch of times. They're we're probably going to have a bunch of different departments at City Hall next year. I know the engineering department Jordan's obviously going to do it again and I believe we're going to have two more. We're trying to get everybody but we we've had some conversations through her and then through Jordan. He's been he's been great. He's actually going to participate tomorrow with the mock interviews too. But I know like he's been super impressed cuz when Sarah went into this she did not say this like she had no background whatsoever in so any of the things that she did and she kind of threw herself into it and Jordan could not have been more impressed. I do think that's one
050of the reasons why he was I came you know what let's get involved. So, by all last. Hi, my name is Viola Maltsi. I interned at Wellesley Family Dental Care here in Wellesley. Um, during my internship I got a I gained many areas of exposure in different departments at the dental office such as front work, operations, patient care, and clinical procedures. Um, the best part of this internship was honestly the different connections I made in the dental office. I it was such a welcoming and interesting experience all at once. Every time I walked in the office I put on my clothes and I stepped into a room and I got to see something new every single day. And since it was a private practice I got to see kind of the spontaneity of everything like
051such as new treatments, new patients, new um, ideas that the dentist or other professionals have. And some days, um, I also had, um, some hands-on work experience, as well. I assisted, um, dentists in their dental procedures. So, I would take on the role as a dental assistant sometimes. I also assisted in patient care. So, I would, um, kind of bring patients in their room and aid of them in that way. And I would also foster a relationship with a patient, such as asking them questions and, um, bringing kind of patient, um, care and advice into action for the dentist to come in. Um, honestly, this internship was great for me to utilize my, um, previous, like, experience, such as I, like, I volunteered at hospitals before. And taking this approach to dentistry made me like,
052stronger in my, um, kind of interest in patient care, since dental is such an intricate way of looking at patient care, much different than hospitals. And, yeah, it was a great experience and I definitely would, I'm going to pursue, um, health sciences in Gannon University. So, yeah. Excellent. Thank you. >> Thanks. Thanks. That's it for everybody here. I I I think everybody, you know, in the room, and I'll wrap it up with this. I think it's pretty easy to see why they they've done a good job of being representatives of us. Just the ability to come up, speak, and and give very coherent, really, really clear answers about, like, the experience and what they did and what it means to them. And I think the biggest thing is, like, what they did to basically sell,
053you know, to go from the kids we had last year were great. These guys did a great job and that's why we have 40-some kids in the program next year, uh, because of them and because of their experiences and their ability to basically communicate with it. Which, you know, I've this is 30 years in education for me. Um that's not always super easy for high school kids to be able to do. It's to get up in front of people or to get up in front of their peers and talk. So, I mean, the through them um you know, we've gotten a whole bunch of other experiences. Um you know, we said this last year with having the seven kids. I felt bad for them. I kind of feel bad for these guys cuz we're going
054to get better with this and the whole our hosts are going to get better with kind of understanding the experiences and how to make things better. Um more people are getting involved with it, you know, Ryan said that like last year, we only had a couple of like business type things and next year, I have a laundry list of businesses that were that are going to be involved. So, I you know, I that's kind of the growing pains of it. Like with every time you go through, kids have the experience and then you're going to get be able to get more people involved. So, like I they they've been they've been great. So, I mean, I I publicly would like to say thank you to those guys for basically kind of getting this off the
055ground and kind of getting this to where it's at. So, I appreciate everybody's time. I know we've got some teachers here that probably do not want to hear anything else from us cuz they would like to I've been in your spot many, many, many, many years ago where I had to look at the parent like They're like, "Okay, you guys done? Get out of here." So. One more thing real quick before you leave, if we could get all the kids up, we'll take a group photo with everyone. >> What we could do that. Um what I would love if I could, my report is next and I'm going to start with a video that I would it's like a 4-minute video that I'd like to show the students because we're talking about adding another opportunity
056next year and I'll just like to know if like like that you don't have to go person-by-person, but thumbs up, thumbs down if it looks good. So, if you Before you go, if I could just in my report, I'll just show a short show a short video, explain what it is and uh just kind of give me give me a little instant feedback on if this looks cool. I mean I'll wait. Then then you can do a picture. So we're good Bob. Thank you very much. Awesome job. Great program. Any other questions from the board for Mr. Pat? Thank you guys. >> Thank you. Thanks. So that will lead us right into the superintendent. >> Well, how convenient. So here's what I want to do. We approached by the city and um there is an
057organization out there called the American Exchange project. And what this is it is a program for seniors who students who are just graduating from high school. And we would if if we do choose to move forward with this, it wouldn't be for our graduating seniors this year, but for next year. Seniors would graduate and then they would have the opportunity to and it's a really cool concept where you spend a week and they try and choose a location in the United States that is very different from where you grow up. So if you are from a real rural area in Oklahoma, they may send you to New York City. You know, if you're from a suburb here, they may send you to another place in the video. kind of explain a little bit, but it
058is a one week opportunity. They pay for all the costs. And really the concept is you know how there's the foreign exchange programs where people would go out of the country where their point is there's a lot of diversity within our country. So to then they they organized this um program. Do you have that you want to throw it up there and and you can watch this quick video. So, it's 2 minutes 41 seconds. American Exchange Project >> The American Exchange Project >> It's called the American Exchange Project. >> It was honestly the best experience of my life. We at the American Exchange Project have created a first of its kind, free, domestic exchange program. We send kids in the summer after they graduate from high school on a free week-long trip to an American
059town that is radically different from the one that they grew up in. Then they go back to their own hometowns and they give their version of the gift they just received. I've always grown up in rural Texas, so I'm super excited to experience it in New York. If they come to Kilgore, we really try to immerse you in the country way of life. We work cattle, we ride horses, we ride ATVs. Boston, Massachusetts to Sheridan, Wyoming. Dodge City, Kansas up the road to Palo Alto, California. The swamps of Lake Charles, Louisiana. Go to the glaciers of Anchorage, Alaska. It was something that pushed me out of my comfort zone. It's something that made me who I am and made me like see things in a whole new way. Okay, 10 seconds. This program gives students
060the opportunity to soak in a brand new culture without ever leaving the country. You might be surprised at just how much change actually takes root. The best things about this program are just kind of understanding that we all want to get along. We're trying to find ways to connect to each other and the best way is just to go talk. It's also a chance to just get practice of going outside of your bubble that you grew up in and experience a different reality. Our dream is that senior exchanges become as common to the high school experience as the prom. All it takes is a little bravery and the belief that most Americans are good people. And when it goes well, we're reminded that we're all in this together. Now that sitting on the cliff made
061me nervous. One of our kids wrecked it. That's why we're rock climbing. Yeah, they're weirdos right into rock climbing. be into that. So, um, to give you a quick insight to the that is the the city of Westlake Mayor Clough um contacted us saying that, you know, this company has reached out and wants to choose Westlake as one of the 20 cities in in Ohio to participate in this, but we would part need to partner with them because we would have the kids in the organization in place to do that. And when if you were to do it and you you go, you spend one day of fun, one day of community service, one day meeting with like local leaders, and one day meeting with like a workforce development to see what type of jobs
062are in the area industry and that sort of thing. So, it's really broken up into some uh cool things. And then their ask is when they have people come, they would then have people come to Westlake and do the same thing and you don't have to host, but they would ask that you would participate. You'd like to to help show people around a little bit like that. So, um that's something we're really interested in and it goes into this concept of we can only show you so much during the school day within the walls of Westlake High School, but with the program that is now open um with uh Mr. Patton is doing, you're seeing so much more that you wouldn't see during, you know, your general school day. And if we take that one
063step further and then allow kids after they graduate or young adults after they graduate to be able to go out and do something like that, we think that would be pretty cool. Um students, do you think that's something that would be good or thumbs up, thumbs down? Would you be Okay, that's something that pretty universal there. So, um anyway, thank you for that input. We'll talk about it a little bit more, but uh thank you again for everything you did, taking the time out of your evening to share that with us and being trendsetters that uh is going to lay some great foundation for students that come after you. So, um please feel free to go, but as Mr. Lamb said, if we can pause the meeting for a moment, Mr. Hopkins, and then just
064uh uh take a picture, that'd be wonderful. >> Great work, everybody. >> Thanks. >> All right, so Thank you for Thank you for that to for that I can kind of connect that to the internship program. Just a We're not going to take a vote on or anything, but any feedback in regard to the Westlake schools partnering with the city to to move forward with that type of exchange program. >> It's a great call. This is years ago, but we were involved in a similar program. This was international, but we had a group of Brazilian students come here for about And I I think doing that domestically, I think it's an outstanding idea. I think our students would get something out of it. Students coming here would get something out of it. I I think
065the video speaks for itself. I think it's a great call. Good. Agreed. Oh, and I agree. I mean, just the real world experiences is just amazing. Yeah, you can like was said, you can read about it in the books and see pictures about it, but to live it is just amazing. Yeah, I love the idea of just the way they say it, going to a place that's radically different from where you grew up. Because we do end up in our bubble and and we know what we know and and to get out there and to even do it just you don't have to leave the country to do it. And and I thought and I kind of watched that and I'm like, what a cool concept. I wish they would have thought that earlier, but
066they thought of it now and it's moving forward and we have the opportunity. Well, thank you for your feedback. I appreciate it and uh I will I will let them know that we will move forward with that. Um So, the next thing we have on our agenda is we do have Well, and I was also notified again that Taylor is here tonight, but she was already approved on a previous agenda, but probably wasn't able to have make it. But I mentioned before that she has been working for us in in title, but is moving into a full-time position into fourth grade ELA. And then we have Samantha who is also here, Samantha Glass. She is also going to be taking on a full-time position as an intervention specialist at Westlake Elementary School. So we do
067have two candidates who are brand new to well, kind of brand new to the Westlake schools. I'll start with Kendall. Come on up and we'll Now I say that Kendall's kind of new to us, but she did do her student teaching here at the high school with Christina Mars, but she is coming on to replace Ray Moore in our science department. Kendall, can you just introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about you? Yeah, I'm Kendall Cook. I'm finishing up my masters of education at Ursuline College right now. I Like he said, I worked with Christina Mars all this school year. I also do link after school, so I see the little ones, too. And my background is cell molecular biology, so that's my undergrad experience. And you started off in research, right? >>
068Yes, I worked at research at or I worked in research at the Cleveland Clinic. Thank you. All right, welcome. Any questions for Kendall before she we let her go? What made you change your career trajectory? While I was working in research, I actually worked with students with disabilities on the side. And I just got a lot more enjoyment working with students one-on-one, so I made the switch. Excellent, makes lots of sense. Yes. Thanks, Kendall. Any other questions just to keep pulling her back there as she's trying to No, we don't. I was just kidding. I was just kidding. Thanks, Kendall. Jordan, come on up. And this is Jordan Ruth. She is coming to us from the Kent City Schools as an intervention specialist at Dover Intermediate School to partner with Shaylee Lintner and Rachel Stanger.
069So I'm Jordan Ruth, so I'm currently at Kent City Schools. I'm in the middle school. I've worked in a cross categorical settings and I'm currently in more of an inclusion setting. So, this is the most intense setting that I'll have endured, but I'm really excited about it. I'm excited to see the fifth and sixth graders. I've worked in sixth grade a little bit. So, yeah. I loved being in Dover when I was there for my interview and I'm shadowing this Thursday actually. So, I'm really excited about that. Thank you. >> Any questions for Awesome. Thank you. Welcome. >> Thank you. All right. Finally, I know Mr. Lamon and I had a question or a conversation prior to the meeting. Um you know, on a very serious note, you know, we were reminded again about school
070safety and unfortunate situations and not that you need moments to re-emphasize your dedication and persistence with school safety, but I think the key One of the keys to really look at this is that there's not one fix. There's not one thing you can do, one thing you can purchase, one thing you can say to really reinforce the school safety or the safety within your schools or your community. It's a layered approach. With things you can purchase and and even just having that culture, which is why we look at the PBIS, the positive behaviors in there. We want to make sure that we have a culture of safety where if people are concerned or about anything that they report it. We have systems in place, whether it's our administration, our social workers, our counselors. We have
071a lot of different things. We have the anonymous hotlines. You can do it via phone, via email. We have our Gaggle system in place, that is actually a software that gives us alerts based on anything within our system, our Google system, that is either searched on or spoken of or talked about or put in a slide or a document or a chat. We have all of these things in place, but we really need to make sure that everybody's looking out for each other. And if you do see something, please share it with an adult so that we can address these situations. And and it's something we're not done. We have a great partnership with our Westlake Police Department. But again, school safety is not just having an officer in every building. It's about the fact
072that when we do have something reported, we have a detailed threat assessment system that's in place to see if it was just a casual comment or if it was something that is a deeper concern. So, there are so many different things that we try and do, but it does take everyone to do it. It's just again, another reminder to please stay vigilant and look out for each other. So, that's my report for the CPAC. >> Thank you. Thank you very much. That'll lead us into the treasurer's report. Thank you, Mr. Vice President. To be honest, I have no report other than what I have on the agenda. So, we'll go over that shortly. Great. Thank you very much. This will bring us to our first opportunity for hearing of the public. Hearing of the public
073is on the agenda. The public may address the board during the periods the meeting is designated for public participation. Each person addressing the board should give their name and address. If several people wish to speak, each person will be allotted 3 minutes until the total time allotted is used. During that period, no person shall speak twice until all who desire to speak have had the opportunity to do so. The period of public participation may be extended by a vote of the majority of the board members present and voting. With all that said, do we have anybody that wishes to make any public comments? Not seeing any, that will lead us into the approval of the minutes. We have two sets of minutes that we're going to approve this evening. We had a special meeting on
074March the 9th and a regular board meeting on March the 23rd and it is my understanding that we can vote on both of these together and it can just be a voice vote. >> Correct. So, with that said, all in favor say aye. All opposed? The ayes have it. That will lead us right now into our treasurer's recommendations. Thank you again, Mr. Vice President. Tonight I just have two resolutions in front of you um that I know if you have any questions, please let me know and then the second one is at our last meeting our work session we had Mr. House present about our capital plan. One of the items that he had brought up is the opportunity where we could get a bus that's on a in stock on a lot that we
075can buy at last year's bid price still and so this is the formal approval allowing us to purchase that that one bus. So, I think Mr. House explained it but if you have questions I'm happy to answer those for you. Um if there's no objection from the board, those the two items can be combined into one vote. Okay, thank you very much. Um I move to approve treasurer's recommendations 5A and 5B. Who will second? Second. Uh moved by Mr. Kraft, seconded by Schlifka and Give a vote, please. Discussion. Oh, discussion. I'm sorry. That's all right. A little rusty. Did you get a discount since it's been sitting on the lot? No. Got to discount on the letters. I It It isn't the fault of the receiving rich. Something that's cheaper than the new starting price.
076And And just because it it's been It has been on the lot a little bit, but it has been sitting there for a year. As they've been produced, this has just come in, and it's one of them that that it it's a vehicle that meets our specs. And therefore, because it's available, we have the opportunity. So. Any further discussion? If not, let's call the roll. Craft. Yes. Brown. Yes. Finucan. Yes. Lamb. Yes. Motion carries. Thank you very much. That will take us into the superintendent's recommendations. Thank you. I'd like to start by recognizing gifts and donations from our generous community. Uh Lehman Foundation on behalf of of Mr. and Mrs. David and Sedlowski donated $3,000 to the We Play for Three Ali Sedlowski Memorial Scholarship Fund at West Lake High School. Uh Cybertek Insurance Partners,
077um attention Mark Grimm, donated 24 spring-themed goody bags to the special education home rooms at West Lake Elementary School. And Barbara Sewick donated $110 to the Leonard Sewick Memorial Scholarship at West Lake High School. We thank everybody for their generous donation. Uh letter B on our agenda is what we referred to in regard to the hiring of uh some new positions, um with uh Kendall Samantha, Victoria Lewis, um and Jordan Ruth. Victoria couldn't be here tonight. She is actually a uh band teacher in Van Wert. So, it is quite It is over on the Indiana border. So, she could not make it here for this meeting. She will come to a future meeting, but we are very excited about Victoria. Um fully vetted by our very detailed music program. And if you know our current
078instructors in our band and orchestra area, they uh really have a high standard and Victoria is wonderful to meet and we you will be able she will come to a future one, probably when she doesn't have school and uh be able to meet you at that point. Um letter C are some uh approved we're approving and dissolving some job shares throughout the school district. Um letter D uh approves the employment of the following licensed summer school staff and uh Ryan Morgan and Isaiah Patton. Uh letter E we have some classified staff members being approved there. Letter F is uh payment for hours worked beyond the contract for um uh for classified staff members. And there's just one on there. Uh letter G is resolution to approve employment of some classified substitutes. Thank you for signing
079up. We always need classified substitutes as I'm sure our elementary teachers can attest to. Um and then letter H um is approving the project link handbook. And letter which by the way, project link and even looking at camp link it is it is filling up incredibly fast and I think we're going to have the largest camp link that we've ever had this summer. Um letter I resolution to approve on Q here project link camp project and camp link personnel. Um let's see. Keep moving on here. Letter J um athletic supplementals to wrap up our school year. Uh K I have to approve a volunteer for the Westlake High School instrumental trip to Orlando. Um, letter L is to improve approve uh, a an overnight field trip um, for the high school vocal and choral music
080departments. Uh, letter M is when we're getting into the uh, chaperones and stipends for the Washington D.C. trip that is upcoming. And letter N is the approval of a a contract with the Educational Service Center for their positive education program and that should be all that I have. Um, if it is okay with uh, the board uh, letter A on its own and then letters B through N I am completely fine with bundling together. Great, thank you very much. And we have a motion for uh, letter 6A. So moved. Second. Moved by Ms. Finucan, seconded by Mr. Strong. Please call the roll. Discussion. Oh, discussion. Thank you always to our generous uh, citizens for contributing to Westlake City Schools and I um, think I've been particularly I know Mark Grimm is part of Rotary along
081with us and uh, so on that. And uh, actually uh, Mrs. Siwik was uh, second grade teacher for the district and she was the other second grade teacher when I was going through Holly Lane Elementary School. And I think Mr. Siwik uh, Lynn Siwik was uh, guidance counselor if I'm not mistaken in the high school. So, little bit of history there at Westlake City Schools. Excuse me. You said you're pretty young. Pretty young, please. Holly Lane, what's that? There's a fan in over there. >> Got it. Is there Not real. Not real. We're writing to Bruce. Um Well, that's great. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Like uh Craft said, so with that said, uh do you want to call the roll, please? Newcomb? Yes. Brown? Yes. Craft? >> Yes. Lamb? >> Yes. Motion carries.
082Thank you very much. Uh do we have a motion with regards to items 6B through 6N? So moved. >> Second. Discussion? Welcome. Um one thing I I just wanted to make sure I know that uh the uh letter letter K, that person had already been vetted prior to going on to the trip, so that was just a formality putting it on the trip. That's correct. That was a fault. And then also um Don't worry, Zach. I'm voting for the field trip to New York. Which I'm looking forward to cuz I have chaperoned the last two. So any other discussion? Not hearing any. Please call the roll. Craft? >> Yes. Newcomb? Yes. Brown? Yes. Lamb? Yes. Motion carries. Thank you very much. That will take us into our second opportunity for public uh discussion or public
083hearing. If there is anybody that wishes to speak, please come to the podium. Not seeing any. They walked out. I gave a thumbs up and said they could go. I talked to him beforehand. Said, "Please after your vote, go." Uh not seeing anybody wishing to uh speak. Uh uh, the last Next item on the agenda is board comments. I'm always uh, filled with pride and uh, it was great to hear uh, Mr. Pet class of interns uh, speak today. Always super impressed. Um, I um, it's always good to hear from those who loved what they did and those that, you know, found out that you may not want to do this for the rest of my life. Uh, but it what a super experience. I was pleasantly surprised with all of the patient and client
084interaction. Um, I I think about when we many times uh, my firm will have summer college interns where somewhat um, uh, it many times that that takes a lot for us to give up that contact with with clients and their patients, but it was super good to hear that our students are having that interaction as well as a professional interaction. I know um, Mr. Wilson and I after OSBA or during OSBA uh, hearing from another program out there of of interns and seeing ours grow. Um, this particular program uh, was somewhat um, student run. Um, with students reaching out into the community uh, within uh, inviting students to participate. And I said, "Mr. Wilson, you know, we it are we we need to get students involved." And he said, "Craft, we're we're way ahead of
085you. We're we're we're doing that already." So, it's a lot of fun just to see um, the program growing and and just all the opportunity our students have which is super. I think if I have anything else. They are presenting for Rotary on Wednesday. >> Thank you. Now, I won't be there. I'll be Columbus with Todd and Bob Wilson. >> to be there. You and Bob should be there to represent. >> See what we do that. American Exchange we chatted about. Oh, um, Westlake Educational Foundation yesterday posted the Spring Fever Fun Run. Uh partnering with Kiwanis for the pancake breakfast. Just a a super event bringing community together, raising funds for the foundation. It was a celebration of family, citizens, students, teachers, staff. It was awesome. Um Mr. Craft, do you have a question about
086the run? In what place did you come in? Um I don't know. I didn't Oh, come on. Go ahead, bring it up. I don't I have no idea. I was a I was a runner. For for I wish I could have In the old men's group, I came in second. Okay. Good. I mean I wish I could have been there. I was at my son's baseball game. Gotcha. But I was thinking about you. Overall somewhere somewhere in the 20s, I think. Thanks for asking. The best The Best Buddies Friendship Walk is this weekend at the zoo. So, I'm uh looking forward to participating. Yeah. >> you're going to be competitive in that, too, right? >> I got to walk fast. I got to walk with these arms. Really fast. Yes. Absolutely. And um uh celebration
087of uh teachers and staff, of course, uh the first week in May. Do you have anything planned for that week? I know many times we're greeting students and uh I I should I should say teachers and the rest of staff, all of staff, um happy to the various uh uh schools. Any thoughts on that? Yeah, I I would love to do it again. Yeah. Anyone available in the in the mornings? Yeah, I will make myself available. All right. Super. Hopefully. Yeah. Let's Let's Let's chat about that. Sounds good. Excellent. And we celebrate our our teachers and all of our staff. Think uh there are a number of things happened since the last time we met. I I don't I missed the last meeting, so I don't know if the green and white review was brought
088up, but I heard nothing but great things about all of the acts and all of the performances by the kids or students at the green and white review, so congratulations to them on that. Sure. I would just echo what Mr. Crassin about Mr. Patton. To to go from here's an idea and he stuck with it after the first year and then and now you're seeing what it is after 3 years. It's coming up board, so. We're going to have to get to a point where like he said, it's going to be more I don't know how many more he can take. Well, that's the thing I but it is it's great to see somebody who's been with the kids Right. being with them for so many years, taking on a new initiative like that and
089just running with it. I mean We have another one here and Jen Williams switching from special ed to social studies. We have Darlene Fasceusco in the middle school, Meg Sherman. I mean that's one of the things that has been really really cool that I've and I'm glad you brought that up because I think that's something I've seen more in the past few years uh about people coming in and just reinventing Yeah. uh themselves in different ways and the enthusiasm that comes from them. Like you know, putting Jen on the spot, watching her switch and and it was like it was like it was a brand new person, you know, in inside there and Yeah, but a brand new it would start branding her. Yeah. And I I think I wanted to urge my colleagues colleagues
090to um do it because I think sometimes you feel like you need to stay where you are because it's still up here and you know, the first couple of years when you first start out it's 223, it's stressful learning everything, but um it helped me grow as a teacher and it gave my students um the opportunity by myself is like I'm going to use five times. So, it was very time-consuming for me to do so. So, um I would encourage more people to and take but take the risk. You won't regret it. Yeah. I would agree. Thanks. Didn't wasn't able to make it to the fundraiser yesterday, but I did uh volunteer at the food drive on Friday at the YES. Um good turnout, especially Thursday night. There was a big drop-off. So, you know,
091as always, thanks to the PTA for kind of coordinating everyone that donated. Try to the food pantry appreciates it. And and the service center is over there behind the wreck, but um yeah, it was good turnout again this year. So. Great. If there's nothing else, we'll move it on to board items. Uh first item under board items is the second reading of policies that are listed uh there. Any questions concerning those policies? I've provided summaries, so if you do have any other questions after reading those summaries, please feel I brought it. Feel free to ask. Great. That'll lead us into a resolution to approve board policies that are uh listed within our agenda. Uh do we have a motion? So moved. Second. Discussion? Not hearing any, please call the roll. Graff? Yes. Mugens? Yes. Brown?
092Yes. Wamp? I. Motion carries. Thank you very much. That'll lead us into uh adjournments. Do I have a motion to adjourn this evening's meeting? So moved. Second. Any discussion? Thank you, Todd, for recreating the agenda. I know that was 80s and jumped in. Uh Kim Collicker jumped in. And a lot of people recreated something that needed to be done quickly. We have fantastic people who were exceptionally helpful to this together very quickly. Wonderful. Please call the roll. To adjourn at 7:17 p.m. Brown? Yes. Craft? Yes. Finucane? Yes. Lam? Yes. Motion carries. Thank you very much. We're adjourned. It'll be very good. Oh, wait. I forgot that