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TCSD Regular Board Meeting Aug. 25th, 2025 @ 5:30 PM

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YouTube / Todd County School District
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2025-08-25
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Todd County, SD
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2,558 words · about 15 min
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2026-07-02

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001Longest minute ever. >> Great. >> All right, it's 5:30. I'm ready to call our meeting to order for this evening. Um, I'd like to stand have us all stand for the Lakota flag. [Music] [Applause] We are We We are [Applause] [Music] all [Music] [Applause] Jesus. We are [Applause] now [Music] >> I didn't see any public sign in there. So, I guess we'll move along and adopt the consent agenda. >> Did anybody have anything they wanted to >> Oh, I'm sorry. Um, okay. >> So, let's see. The Roseford Elementary entered a float in the RST there and they took first place in one of the categories. That's exciting. >> Is anybody else want to >> Did you Okay. And uh we don't have any student recognitions yet. I'm assuming >> student recognitions come at the end

002of the month. >> Okay. Um any additions? Anybody have anything they wanted to >> I just wanted to bring up that um we talked about in the last meeting about maybe going to the schools and stuff like just to do a visit. >> Mhm. >> I just didn't know if we like take like the mission schools like in September and then maybe October do another set like Rosebud Springer Dog or something. >> Was this from the conversation we were talked about having the meetings at different schools? No, we're just going to go and visit the school and see >> maybe, you know, we can use a suburban or something from the school and just all go or something >> if that if you guys are open to that. >> Yeah, we can. >> It was

003brought up something like that in that book study that we did. >> Yep. >> And so thought it was a good idea. >> What do you guys think? Tim and Chris, >> what did you want to do? Just go miss >> just visit and see how things are going there. you know, it's the presence of the board in the school, I guess. >> Yeah. I just we got to be careful here when we do this because >> because if we all vote together, then it's going to be considered >> agenda. We have to have it's it's a regular meeting. It's a special meeting if you do that. And then >> y >> we're going to have to have let the principles know why we're there, >> what's the purpose of the meeting. So, we have

004to have all that. >> Yeah. If you want to go visit, I mean, you guys are more than welcome to go anytime. >> I mean, just let me know because and I could probably just do a general statement to all of the schools that, you know, the board is wanting to be more visible. >> Yep. >> So, if you see them come to your school, just >> I just figured they all go together is, you know, almost try to, you know, show them that we're all working as a team. I mean, that's what we want to do. Okay. >> Maybe some of the new board members haven't seen some of the new additions have the new schools, have you? Right. You guys got to tour some of the new ones. >> Yeah. >> I haven't

005been a heat dog yet yet. Not the new school. So, >> okay. >> I was in Oak Creek on the building phases of that, but never after it was done. >> I'll put together a schedule and you guys can take a look at it. >> Yeah. Okay. issue. >> Is there anything else? >> Um, section F number six in the adopted agenda. I want to excuse myself in that one. >> Okay. >> So, I'd recommend just pulling pull that one out. So, everything else that would be more. >> Okay. So, is there um a motion to adopt the consent agenda with the exception of the agenda? >> Hold on. You got to adopt the agenda first. >> Oh, yeah. >> Okay. You guys work with me? >> With with your changes. >> With the changes.

006Okay. >> Some of the bills seven on the attached PDFs or whatever. >> Mhm. Some of those are kind of outrageous with the HVAC stuff. Almost be cheaper if you just hire a HVAC guy full for full staff for how >> we would agree. >> Yeah. >> How much that is, >> but I know there's been >> and that's I don't know. I know some of that stuff is expensive, but some is it all just parts or is not It's all over the board as far as what gets done through the company. But it's extensive. Show you better history. >> I've only seen it for two, three months. >> I'll show you questions you're ask. So I guess >> Okay. I just wanted to anybody else wanted to pull. So um is there a motion

007to adopt the agenda >> With the changes. I'll second. Okay. And all in favor? >> Yes. >> Okay. Then we're moving on to the superintendent report. >> I gave you my reports. Um but we have Kevin here and when we have people come to do their reports, I'll let them step into my time, but everything I wanted to share with you is here. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Okay. Um, what I did is I I came up with a a listing of quite a few of the things that we've done over this past past year to to improve the safety for our children, staff, and business. I'll just start going down. If you have any questions, just let me know and I'll I'll go from there. Um, we have another guard. We have a

008new position for the middle school which we needed. So, now we have a guard on each wing during transition. um plus the staff. So, it's it it helped. It will help. They also have poor metal detectors for the middle school and we're starting to check the bags just like at the high school. Uh the kids are coming around, you know, we're not allowing any liquids that are not sealed like in bottles and stuff. So, they came around really good. We we're not having as many issues as we first started. So, um that's good. um radios. At the end of last year, we had, I believe, 12 radios because the older radios are starting to to malfunction. They're they're just getting old. So, we got those and we spread them across the the board. I got

009u 15 on order now and we're looking at maybe 12 of them going to the elementary, you know, for custodial uh administration, um the nurse. So that way if something happens on the on the playground, we can just call and we can we can deal with it right there. Okay. Over the over the summer, we did a lot of lighting. We load up the crow's nest. Um we're putting cameras up on the crow's nest here at the high school um field. We had quite a bit of vandalism going on, you know, turning on the water, turning on the lights. So hopefully this can circumvent that. Um we're getting we had we're going to get some more lights and maintenance. They've been walking in and just going through the vehicles. So we got more lights. We

010have cameras out there. Um the supply office, if you drive by and notice, it's lit everything up. We just stopped a lot of especially people going back there and doing what they do. Uh we have on we just came in probably last couple weeks ago. We got 46 more cameras and they're going to be distributed um Spring Creek Lake uh the middle school here at the district office and with whatever blind spots that we have that we need to fill, we're going to go ahead and do that. And with the cameras, they're all centered with it. So if uh let's say we need a a report for law enforcement, they sign for the it straight from it. So we have one one central area with except for Rosewood now because they have their own um

011so we have more control over the camera system. Um we had we had worked with rules but I I believe it was safety and dams that we talked to. They helped us barricade the the elementary um roads up there. So and then they actually had their own security. So, they would drive through and drive, you know, and we we check it in the mornings and at night. Um, we're still working on with Alice protocol. So, that's still the training, but we're going to be using the I love you guys poster. It's less confusing. So, we're just integrating that into it, and we're going to be going over that throughout the year with each school. Uh we we've done a lot of painting just the safety stuff, you know, as far as the parking lots. Uh

012let me see. We're going to be doing a lot more uh security with all all our programs, basketball games, anything. We're going to start doing that. Last year, we we sent our complete team to St. Francis with that with that. I'm not sure if we're going to be doing the same thing, but you know, when it comes up, we'll we'll figure it out. Keep our all our kids safe. >> Kevin, if we come to that situation, you we're going to work with the St. Francis. >> Mhm. >> Yes. Um I have I have contact with Leo constantly. So, he and I worked together before. So, we share information that if they go into secure or whatever they're using, they let us know right away. They'll let me know and we just spread the word. um

013signage. We're we're working on signage for all the all the buildings that have we have to have um surveillance. Uh we have to have drug and alcohol free or weapon free. So we're working on that to because it is a a standard we have to have uh certified deescalation and restraint training. Okay. What we're working on is we're trying to deescalate before before anything happens and we're going to we're going to be that's going to be part of the training that's going to be coming up here Friday. Um we're not going to go into detail as far as hands-on. Um, we need more trainers basically, but um, we're going to focus on deescalation. Um, verbal deescalation is is is going to be one one of the big things. Going back to the Alice protocol, one

014of the biggest thing that I'm I'm pushing is shelter in place. Um, and it all depends on on the which school the age bracket. Um, I would rather have the elementary go shelter in place, try and catch this before it gets inside the school. Um, because I don't want to be moving a bunch of little guys, you know. Um, high school if something goes on, uh, we have have it down too where we have rally points, places where the ambulance will be waiting, um, and stuff. There's quite a bit to it. Uh, I meet regularly. I when I come in to check in here, I go and check on my guards. Any updates um any situations that are going on in the school um is is where I'm going to be if if something's going

015on at one of the schools majorly. I'll be there. Um I'm not sure. Are we doing the sheriff as SRO? >> We're getting closer. >> Okay. um is it to me just the presence alone is is going to be really really good. Uh we're going to be providing training and updates throughout the year just like the training this Friday. You know, I I'd like to do it, you know, give everybody a chance to get get this done. And what I wanted to do is that at different times is maybe if they wanted to meet me on a Saturday, I would sit down and I would go through the the active shooter, the Alice, the any of the the things that they they're interested in. And I think that's pretty much what we got going so

016far. >> But this is a constant thing. We're we're constantly changing trying to update um train. Are there any questions? >> Sounds like you guys have been busy. >> Kevin, is there any changes to your protocols on who could view the security footage? >> I was just going to mention when you mentioned cameras to um familiar yourself or refresh um the electronic surveillance policy we approved last >> last year. >> Okay. What what's in place with that is okay. So each individual school has the lead administrator will turn around and say, "Okay, I'm allowing these three individuals to to view the counts >> and it's view only. They can't change anything. They can't erase anything. They we just view only." So, so we have that set up so nobody can say well you change this

017or and any um any thumb drives that we give like to law enforcement they sign for so that when we have our own evidence log >> you know so so we're we're working with that um again view only I think all the administrators are part of it and then they select whoever within at school. So if they're gone, they can come up, review it, mark it, let us know. We can get the thumb drive out to them. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Y >> and we don't have an SRO through the tribe anymore. >> We don't we don't Okay. >> Are they're pulling pulling back on it? I I have to find good. >> We haven't received. >> Yeah, we Yeah, we haven't received that. It's an open year, but we're hearing it is. >>

018Do you think it would be beneficial though to get an SRO over hiring? I mean, costwise having more security rather than just one SRO. >> Have we that about that? >> Well, we've we signed theou already with the city, but now we're just working with the sheriff. >> So, now we're just working on salary. >> Yeah. >> Where's a good landing landing place? So >> I think having an actual officer is better than having >> more security. One officer probably outweighs >> I think the thing that threw me off though was the Facebook post that said that there's not really much that they can do. It's just their >> they can detain. >> Okay. They can detain >> you have as a police officer. You have a duty to act in any in any situation

019regardless of jurisdiction. Once once a tour tribal officer arrives, then that the sheriff would have to step back, but he's there to keep the peace. And that's that's the really big thing that we're looking at. >> Can you still detain people? >> Can who? >> Can you? >> No. >> Um I was going going to talk to the the new chief of police and see if we could do be before we had special commissions. There was only two of us and we were able to sustain in the event of an emergency. Not >> we could not Yeah, we'd have to they have to re reach that criteria. Um the security guards at the tribal building have that commission. >> Um what we did is we went through the courts and if we had to write

020a report, it went straight to the courts. It didn't go through the law enforcement side. So they they pulled those when every time we change the chief of police things change. So >> it's been quite a few years since. >> Yeah, it's quite a few years. Probably eight years. >> Okay. I was just curious. >> I mean it I think it would be beneficial. I mean >> because you could write citations only. You wouldn't be carrying anything on your belt, >> you know? You just have that the power to >> power and protection. However you want to say it. certain >> how soon reward it for you know >> I would say within the next it depends on the cities because whoever applies for it they have to vet them out and that's kind of

021lengthy >> but I mean we we still have a pretty good relationship with the PD with a couple incidents we've already had they're here >> right away and it's the same and this police officer does really good with the kids. >> Is that something we can look into trying to get you commissioned or is that >> I I'll I'll set something up with chief of police and then I'll bring back bring everything back and we can >> Okay. >> I mean because it'd be nice to have just someone else other than >> with a little bit of authority more authority. I mean, I'm not I don't think we got to worry about the little kids until you get to high school, middle school, you know. >> Yeah. >> If you guys think of anything, you

022can email me. Um I'll answer to the best of my ability whatever whatever questions you have. >> Thank you. Thank you. Questions. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. So, we're moving on to We don't have board discussion items, do we? >> No, I got a couple. Okay. Does Bobby need to address the board for something? >> No, I just made some recommendations and I just thought >> Okay. Did you interrupt? >> Um, got some for Chad. >> Uh, Rosewood School is the playground. Everything all done there? >> No, I don't think it is done. >> Okay. Just checking to see how I think I heard it's supposed to be done beginning of September maybe cuz EP stopped in while you were gone. >> Oh yeah. Yeah, it is. I mean that was what >>

023Yeah, >> what we were originally told was that it was all set up. >> Yeah, I know there's quite a bit of equipment there. >> Yeah, >> I think everything's been delivered pretty sweet. >> Oh, I do have one uh the facilities. How is that coming along? >> We're going to visit We We only had the one admin meeting um because the last admin meeting was planning the ed camp. So, at our next admin meeting, then we'll have a conversation to start that. >> Okay. >> But like I said, we're right now we're good with fall sports. >> We just got to get ready for the winter ones. >> Okay. [Music] >> Where we at with the basketball coach? Is it still advertised yet? >> What you see advertised out there is what's currently open,

024which will change by tomorrow because I think we got a few recommendations, >> but we're down to about four or five positions left open, including that one, >> which is pretty darn good. >> Which one is that? >> Talk about like those surveys of the four or five day school weeks and that >> the per the policy, those conversations start happening in the 27th. >> Okay. >> We have to have the first meeting in >> February, January. It's not >> I'm good with everything. >> Did you have any other thing Mark? >> No, I'm Tim. >> No, I'm good. >> I'm good. Thank you. Okay. Shall we move on to the consent agenda? Um, we're going to pull >> F6. Um, would anybody Is there a motion with the changes? changes as >> Second amendment.

025>> Mhm. >> All in favor? >> Yes. >> Okay. And then we pull out the >> We have a motion. >> Motion. >> Is there a motion for F6? >> Second. Okay. Second thing. All >> in favor? >> Yes. >> For zero. >> Okay. >> And then we move on to personnel items. Um, no meetings or events. I did notice that there are some other hearings that got student names that got added on to here on September 3rd. There's a hearing at 5:15 and 5:45. And do we need to go to executive or anything today? >> No. >> On one thing on the meeting, Robera, when was we set up for the board training? >> September 16th. >> September 16. >> Yes. >> So that's what we were saying is >> that's here, right? >>

026It'll be in here. >> Okay. September 16th. >> Yeah. I got to confirm because he was torn. He didn't know if he could get here cuz he wanted to start it at 4:30, remember? >> So, I'll get back to you up in Alina. >> That's a training. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> With uh another school lawyer. >> Not a lawyer. >> Just used to be the executive director of >> Associated School Boards. Bless you. But he knows his staff. >> Yes, he does. And he's funny. >> Tomorrow night we got our >> Wednesday 27th >> is the next time we get to sleep. >> And we had another hearing added on to that. It's 5:30 and 6. >> 5:30 and 6 >> on the 27th. >> It's on the >> Yeah, I was just saying

027>> Okay. to the >> and it was our first home >> and then the 2019 >> first home game football game this week >> game is on Thursday >> Friday >> according to the one it's on it's on Thursday night >> most games

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