001I shouldn't do anymore. I couldn't make it. flag song. So, we'll turn the time to Everybody. Hallelujah. Glory. Are you I am happy. Thank you. >> We appreciate you coming to sing and drum for us tonight. Exactly. Yes. Thank you for getting >> We shake hands. Thanks for coming. >> Thank you. instructor. >> Thank you all. >> Thank you. >> He's only been here. >> Yes. virtual. >> It makes such a huge difference when we have our students come and perform. It just brings I don't know, they just bring a special um the atmosphere just they have a powerful spirit that they put off. So anyway, I'm so grateful that they could call and do that for us tonight. Moving on, Carson, do we have anybody signed up for public forum or board comments? No.
002>> Okay. All right. I'm moving to section 2.2, staff recognition and student recognition. Um, first of all, we haven't been here since Al and I. Um, I just want to thank everybody who went out of their way to represent Todd County in an amazing way at LNI. Um, Tim would like to say something and then we have a special recognition. Did you come on the floor now, Tim? >> Thank you. You know, our I want to congratulate one of our staff members that uh goes through a lot and uh he's sitting right there. Um, we all got calls from everybody thanking us for the bonuses. one day be should be thanking that man right there. He's got the most difficult job in the school district. He puts up with a lot and I appreciate you,
003Chad, for what you do for the school district, especially funding for Ali. We just talked about that recently that Todd County, without Todd County, there would be no Ali and this man plays an important role in that. So, I want to thank Chad for his hard work and keep up the good hard work, Chad. >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Tim. Um, what we would like to do now, we have a special recognition to make. Um, the Todd County School Board would like to recognize Becca Walking for his outstanding performance on the spring 2025 South Dakota math assessment by earning a perfect score. So, we'd like to have him come up. We have a certificate for him. >> Take a picture with you. >> Okay. Congratulations. We're very proud of your hard work. All
004the schoolboard members would like to shake your hand and we'd like to get a photo with you. And if your family would like to come up afterwards, that would be amazing, too. Would you like to come up >> right in the middle of this? >> Oh, you want us all up there? >> Yep. >> Stand in the front. >> Yeah. Right in the front. >> Yeah. >> Go over it. Can't go under it. There we go. >> I might just have you move back for me. Can I? Yep. Thank you. >> Awesome. Do you want to get mom and dad up here, too? You need to get your mom and dad. >> Good job. >> Proud of you. Awesome. >> Congratulations. What an accomplishment. Very good job. >> I can't wait to see where he
005goes in a few years. >> Yes. only manager. >> Anything I did. >> Well, we've got all our board members. Thank you. >> Have a safe trip home. >> Um, all board members are present and accounted for. Um, is there a recommendation to adopt the agenda >> for the January 12th, 2026 meeting? Did you say adopted, Chris? >> Chris, go ahead and I'll second. >> And you'll second. Okay. Motion by Chris, second by Mark. All in favor? >> Yes. >> Um, we're moving on to section five, reports and presentations. Um, I'd like to turn the time over to Roberta. Not much to report since um we're just coming off of Christmas vacation. The semester did end last week. Today is the first day of the second semester. I did provide you a comparison of the
006two quarters attendance data. Um and a quick update on the calendar committee. We will meet on Wednesday and the survey information all went out. a lot of information back from staff and that's all staff support ESP I mean it's everybody >> um certified um but not so much public there's like what I say a little over 110 responses >> what time is your committee meeting >> 4:30 >> four >> yeah I took off at 3:30 >> yeah four >> four >> okay >> um and what we'll do is we'll review the data um and then the groups will get together with their represent representatives that they have. Um, and then we'll meet almost weekly after that until you're ready to approve the calendar. >> That's really it. Real quick, I promised you guys a report
007on the building stuff. We had met with the architect last week. Mike came from high school. Roberto and I, we brought a representative with him. The architect did also. So, Mike had a homework assignment. He got that done the day on. It's going to be a little longer to get a proposal together for you guys, but that's going on in the background just so you guys know. >> Okay. >> Because we originally said we'd have something today. >> Yeah. I was hopeful to have something today. >> It's very possible the architect wants to come and meet you guys to make sure that he tries to clarify because this is a very complicated deal when we start doing little peaceful stuff that we're >> he might be at the next board meeting. >> So, think of
008maybe. >> Yes. >> And this is the same group that came to present to us before. Okay. All right. Any other thing to report? >> Um the literacy grant. You see the budgets there. Um the leads that are on the there's so there's a literacy grant our literacy team. There's seven of us I believe >> um that are doing a lot of the behind the scenes work. Um and they will come and present at the next board meeting. Um all that what it all entails for us over the next >> year for sure. >> All right. Moving on to 7.1 the consent. >> Could I ask you something on board discussion items? >> Yes. >> Um I was just curious you had sent out a a memo a email reminding us of our board responsibilities.
009I was just curious why that was sent out. Is there a reason for that? Yes. But we'll talk a little later about that like to unless you guys want to talk to exact talk about that. >> Yeah. >> And is this where you wanted to pull out action items? >> Yes, I do. I was just going to go into the action items first. I um I need to hold item. It's the section I on volunteers and substitute. I need to pull item three. I would like to recuse myself from that. Um if anybody would like to recommend to approve the consent agenda at this time, they may do that, but I'll just pull that one and then we can vote on that one separate. I have to recuse. >> Yes. >> You would like to
010make motion to approve the consent agenda by Chris? >> I'll second. Second by Amanda. >> Yes. Yes. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, moving on to 7.2. >> Oh, no. Excuse me. >> Got to do the with J. >> Yep. >> Motion to approve. >> Yep. >> Motion to approve J. >> Make the motion. >> Second. >> I'll second it. Vote >> motion second. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Yes. Yes. >> Motion car. Thank you. 4 Michelle. Um, moving on to 7.2. It's recommended that to add the following schoolboard policies as submitted. Um, these are all changes that um came with some new rags from for criminal background checks. It was stuff that we didn't even have. So, >> reading on the purchasing ch um Is there still a requirement for three quotes
011over $10,000? >> It's actually different than that. >> What is it now? >> What this policy? Well, >> there's a bid process. First of all, 50,000 and over. Um below that, it's even below $10,000 per our schoolboard policy. We're still actually getting quotes. >> Okay. >> Um I believe that policy is at 5,000 right now. I'd have to double check. >> Right through. Now, this this policy very specifically here goes back to the ESSER funding and all the various rules that while the school district followed, we didn't have a school board policy. >> So, for an audit that just got completed, this was the only binding there was was in order to get this into schoolboard policy. >> Okay. Just I was reading through it fast and I just didn't see any number of quotes
012that they used to do like a federal policy. Anyway, that was a question. >> Okay. Um Okay. Moved by Mark. >> Second by Chris. All in favor? >> Yes. >> I'm moving down to 7.3. Recommendation to delete the following schoolboard policies as submitted. The GDB E1, GDB E2, and the GD GCDB memorandum. I was going to say we just don't need them. >> Second by favor. >> Okay, moving on to um we need to have executive session tonight for South Dakota codified law 12521 on personnel. Um, is there a motion? >> Make a motion >> by Chris. I'll second. >> Second by Amanda. >> All in favor? >> Yes. >> Oh, excuse me. So, we will going be going into executive session at 5:47.