001Pledge of Allegiance. >> Approval of the agenda. >> I'll make a motion to approve the agenda. >> Second. It's been uh motion to approve and a sec a motion and a second to approve the agenda. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Motion carries. Uh let's see. First up isformational items. Winter weather procedure. H. So Haime and I had and uh Sean had a meeting last or a couple days ago I guess right Sean it seems like last week right Haime and we went through our procedures and upd did he's going to share some things that he's working on as a new director and so forth. >> Uh you want to turn green? Is it green? And then probably pull it closer. I gave everybody a map of where we go. The
002instead of driving away all the way up on top to Patterson, I just call uh their transportation director because he lives here in town, but he drives up there every morning. So, that's my first call. And then, uh, some of the local police, local PD, one of the sheriff guys in town. I've been, uh, made a list of everybody I call or I'm going to call and go over that, what the road conditions with them, get some advice. Also, I'm working on getting uh one or two of the state patrols members down at the scale uh to have them maybe if they're west of us, talk with them and see uh what the road conditions are coming that way. Everybody, there's a map. The routes that we change when road conditions are bad are the
003two up on top, one and four, one that goes along the river, route eight, and then the route that goes up north because it's kind of windy windy roads, dips, and all that kind of stuff. So, that's not a big change. It's just they don't go down certain roads and parents bring the kids to the corner, they jump on the bus and then it's kind of just be makes makes it a beline faster for them. So we risk the chance of them getting stuck. The alternate routes up on top uh they instead of going down and picking up students that are in the middle of the wheat field, they come to the corners like where the radio station is, some of the onion warehouses. uh this kind of streamlines it so that we don't risk
004the chance of any buses getting stuck like they have in the past. >> Most of our procedures that we've done the way we call the parent square notifications, the social media notifications and um our notifications which we'll talk about when we get a little closer to directors and administrators and so forth is not going to change. Those procedures will remain the same. just so everybody has a piece of mind. Most of the buses have automatic chains. Just flip a switch, they engage. Um the ones that don't, we have uh regular cable chains that we strap on. They're pretty safe. The drivers are can do it themselves or myself or the mechanics install them for the drivers before they take off. It all depends on what the road conditions are like, but everything is really safe
005and up to date. We had to buy a couple sets of chains for the new buses and some other chains that were got wore out last couple years. That's where we're at on all that. >> So, we if we're open for questions or whatever, but it's just more informationational information for the community and we normally send it out, we start the initial notification the first week of November and then when it gets close, we'll do another one like or when we start seeing weather change, we'll do another one. and try and notify according to >> Yeah. And Kim and I start talking at 5. I'm on the road at 4 3:30. >> Anybody have any questions or >> I think the other piece to note um for those who are listening or may come back
006and listen, I personally am part of a three three different text message groups. So I message with our partners to the northeast or excuse me the northwest, right? So Mapton, Grand View, Sunnyside because we have students and families that are in that area. Then I work with Joe West um from Patterson and Pete Peterson from Kaib because we're real close. And then I work with the Tri Cities group because that's also where a lot of our staff come from. So we're trying to manage all of that together. So, um, that's why it starts at 5 and we are committed to having a decision out by six. Um, I just want everybody to know is listening, we do everything in our power to never send students home early. It's really problematic. We always get a hold
007of families, right? I mean, there's obviously extreme circumstance, but we don't. And then the other one is we work really hard to watch the weather trends. If we do a two-hour delay, we try and stick with it and not change it to a closure. Um, but as we know, we have some wind patterns that impact that. So, >> great. Thank you. Any questions? Students, you have any questions? >> All right. Thank you, Em. >> Uh, next up, is there anybody signed in Blake? All right. All right. Now is the uh hearing from visitors uh addressing the board. You may present a concern to the board during the time reserved for hearing public comment. If this is the case that we ask you prior to the start of the meeting, sign in noting the topic you
008intend to address to the board. Come to the microphone up front um and state your name. Do not reflect adversely on the political or economic view, ethnic background, character, or motives of any individual. Do keep your comments concise, non-emotional, and brief. The board is interested in hearing your concerns and your compliments, too. It is best to call the superintendent's office a couple days before the meeting. If this isn't possible, you can ask the board president to recognize you during the hearing section. And we'll go for uh 3 minutes per person for a total of 21 minutes. Uh first up is Tessa Stanganger. Hi guys. >> Oh, will you >> that shot clock? >> Okay, >> back again. I'm here to discuss the um cell phone school policy. I think we really need to look at
009it. I think if we act like these kids are young adults at the age of 13 that can make their own medical decisions, their own medical choices, why can they not use a cell phone at lunchtime? I understand the high school has different policies than the junior high. I think that who are we protecting here? Are we protecting the school? We're protecting students. Like, why are they not allowed to use their phones at break and lunch? When you go to work, you're allowed at lunchtime to use a phone, but at a public school that is not private, we're not allowing children. Who are we protecting? I mean, are we trying to stop the filming of things that are not supposed to be happening, or are we just trying to cut off all communication here? You're
010not also realizing that it's causing hardship on single families. Um, maybe families that work swing shift or nights and that's the only way they can communicate with their kids is a lunchtime text or phone call. I think you guys really need to start looking at things and not following suit just because that's what everybody else is doing. Um for me um my family I am lucky there are two people but it's not always that lucky. You know you have to reach your kids and we live in a different time. My oldest is 21, my youngest is 13. And I've went through a lot of changes in schools and this is probably one of the policies here that I think is the most ridiculous policy. I get class time but lunch and breaks I don't think
011it's right. I think you guys are acting like you are parenting the children when it's not your job. Um I'd also like to talk about bathroom break passes. I think that you guys need to come up with a better system to hold teachers and students more accountable. Bathroom privileges are not a privilege, it's a right. And teachers telling students that it's a privilege and not a right, I have a problem with. I'm going to save it for a later time and date. But I really think you guys maybe need to look at a different system where it's either going to the the child's email or the principal's email to see if these teachers are deleting these bathroom passes or what's really going on. It holds both people accountable, not just he said, she said. That's
012all I got. Thanks. >> Thank you, Tessa. >> Blake, is there anybody online? Thank you. All right, that concludes our hearing of visitors. So, thank you for that. Uh, student rep reports, >> Samantha. >> Yeah, I'll start. I just wanted to talk about some exciting things that we have coming up for Proer High School. This Friday, we have our college and career fair, which we're all very excited about, and we'll be having 48 vendor boots from different specialties, jobs, colleges, and that'll be a very big thing for us. We also have for the very first time an industry panel in the auditorium where we will be having seven people from different fields talking to students and asking answering questions that students may have for them. We are also having a blood drive on October 31st
013if anybody would like to donate from 11:00 a.m. to 400 p.m. and you must be 16 years or older to donate. >> Yep. Thank you, Ezra. >> Um, so fall sports are preparing to head to districts or most fall sports and then leadership in ASV are planning pink week. The recipients are Asus Silva and Madison Bagwell. >> Thank you, Olivia. >> Um, as you guys all know, homecoming was last week. I think we'd all agree that there was really good participation and it was a good week overall. Um, and then tomorrow there sophomores and some juniors are taking the PSAT test. >> Thank you. Any questions for student reps? >> PS at the high school. >> Great. Thank you. Appreciate it. >> Uh, next up is discussion items. Uh, school building reports, House Middle School,
014Michael Denny. All right, I wrote this in size 10 font, so we'll go quickly here, but I don't know that that works that way. Hold on a second. Here we go. All right, so the first two are just a thank you to the community and the board. Our chiller was in place um last spring. This summer um everything got up and running this fall. I didn't field 8 to 10 questions a day about it's getting warmer in my classroom. That was awesome. Um, the only time we had an issue was the power surge the other night. Tripped a few of the breakers and so they had to get it started back up. But other than that, it is amazing having that up. Vestibules great to have in place. Key cards, the doorbells working, all that
015kind of stuff. So, I'm going to go pretty quick through the rest of it now. Fall sports just finishing up. Last thing happened today. Um, we had some amazing work um as far as success on the field, as far as wins and losses, but more importantly were the lessons that were learned on and off the court being part of a team and the work that they did. Um, winter one will begin tomorrow. That will be boys basketball, um, girls wrestling and dance. Um, just want to talk real quick about the facility. Um, we partner with a lot of of folks to help the school, but we try to help out um, local organizations as well. Um, our building is open 7 days a week now. Um, we're done with uh, sports about 5:00, 5:30. We
016begin allowing in um, teams to use the gyms in the fields. They're there sometimes. I think um Crystal's son will have practice there this week until 8:30 or 9:00. So every day 7:00 a.m. till 9:00 p.m. we have pretty much every Saturday there's something there and now Sundays there's something there. So in addition to uh having six classes on the gym plus feeding three um different lunches. Um we have all that. So we're trying to balance out that um you know what we take in versus what we give out and and and give a good product for that. Um sixth grade is adjusting to life at the middle school very well. Great group of kids. is we just had sixth grade camp. We got a $5,000 grant for that to help offset the costs. Then
017the people who run the camp called us the other day and said, "We found funding, so we're going to do one in the spring again." So, we can do both of them again. We didn't think we're going to be able to do that, so that was awesome. Fall conferences were attended very well, even though it was a three-day weekend, and I think some people made a nice uh trip out of that. Um, as good opportunity for some great conversations um from both students, parents, and staff. High school and beyond plan, we're hitting those um starting next week. We just met with teachers today. um that is something that they're going to begin taking an interest survey which then leads them to careers which leads them to um programs and um uh trainings that they might
018need to have for those. And so it starts here um and that go it'll go all the way up through um high school where all the states all using the same plan. So if a student moves in or out they'll be able to take that plan with them. So we're excited about some of the work there. Just finished spirit week. We paired up um to coincide with the high school's um uh homecoming. So, we had a rigorous uh spirit week last week, but then we jump right into starting this Friday through next Thursday is Red Ribbon Week. And we have a dress up theme every day for those five. Plus, we have some after school um sessions that were able to do some work, but it's um mainly designed to promote drug prevention, healthy lifestyles,
019and positive decision-making. So, we partner with Thrive for that, and they're a huge driver of that work. So, um leadership class is already working on Veterans Day assembly plans. Um hope to have them in for breakfast and into our assembly. um to thank them for for everything that we've got that they've given us through through all their sacrifice and what they've given. Uh Thanksgiving, we're already working with our partners from the community to get um turkey meals and dinners for our families. Um we have monthly incentive rewards assemblies, student of the month, um trying to recognize the great stuff that happens every day at school. Crystal has been um working with community partners and some of our staff to get our garden club going. There's an area of grass um next to the portables between
020the buildings that gets mowed. It's watered. So, we're going to take some of that out and um we're working with Andy and the maintenance crew and we're going to put in um I think it's close to 30 raised garden beds are there. So, hoping to make better use of that and really work that into our science and some of our other um classes. Um I hit through Oh, perfect. I hit pretty much everything on there. Any questions on what I just threw at you at 100 miles an hour? Thank you, Michael. Any questions for Michael students? >> Great. Thank you. Appreciate it. >> Thanks, guys. >> All right. Next, next up is food services director Darlene Marl. Thank you. >> Good evening. I want to do a recap right quick on the conference that I
021went to in Spokane in July on the 29th through the 30th. The theme of the conference was the magic of school nutrition. We have breakout sessions and in the breakout sessions some of the things that we learned was the K12 funding, the budget. We heard from the superintendent, the business manager, and the food service director of Northshore and got a better understanding on how the budget worked for the school. We also had a class in a dash of teamwork and a pinch of passion that we learned that we're all on the same team and we need to be supporting one another. We also learned lag which is love, acceptance and grace which we all need to keep in mind. We also had uh the OSPI team was there and they have a new program called
022power up your program with nutrition education and each month we meet on a zoom with about 20 other directors and we set our own goals on what we want to do. And one of our goals is going to be engagement with our students and visibility and communication with staff and community and students and staff inspired lunch and recipes added to the menu. So, we thought we would uh put it out there to the public and get some ideas of what they're cooking at home and maybe bring them into our program. So, that that was the conference. So, this is what's going on in our department right now is um many people don't realize that we're the largest restaurant in town. We serve about 15 to,600 students every day. Recently, we had the Ben Franklin Health
023Department make surprise visit inspections to all five of our schools and each one of our school received 100%. Also, um I know that our enrollment is lower this year, but that hasn't affected our program when it comes to feeding our students. At which Strand, our breakfast numbers have increased by 58%. And at the middle school is also has increased by about 25%. And at our high school it has increased by about 25%. Um this year is our second year that our department has received funding from the department of agriculture. We got a grant for 1,400, no excuse me, $14,000 to buy local produce and meats. And next year, the year of 2627, we have $8,000. In um we're having our intern from CW come on November 10th and she will work with us for six
024weeks. and we're going to be working on our power up program goals that we have set with OSPI. Any questions? >> Any questions for Darling? >> Thank you, Darling. >> Moving on to the next discussion item is review of policy 2333 flag exercises. So I have been asked by community members um staff members and others to review our flag flying policy. The uniqueness of that is there is no real flag flying policy just the reading or the pledge of allegiance portion. There's nothing in our policy anywhere about even our proer mustang flag or our um I just P um MIA or Washington say there's nothing in there. So I am asking um if you wish to look at this what you have in front of you is our current policy and the WASDA policy. Um,
025Selena Swornen, my administrative assistant, and I have also looked at neighboring districts and districts of similar size throughout the state, and we have not had any luck finding anything that is much different than this. And so, I'm I've been asked to bring it to you for open discussion with community. This is a discussion item. It's not a decision-making item. So, this that is why it's here in front of you today. Guess my first question um you know is it standard practice at all the our schools that we do the pledge of allegiance prior to the start in the first class >> I think we're following all of our current policies quite well >> and every school does it uniquely but we are all doing and I see them shaking their heads So, and I think
026Mr. Demi shaking his head, we got everybody out there shaking their head. So, I think we got pretty much everybody covered in one way, shape, or form with those. So, those parts I think our sporting events, our assemblies, all of those things are there. Um, meetings, I mean, I think it's it's a a standard practice for our district. So, I don't think that's of question. an example. Um, oh, let's let's use something. We can use the Mariners and the Seahawks, right? They have a 12 flag. They fly them. It's part but it's not in any of their operating procedures, right? That's part of a marketing scheme, not scheme, but a marketing plan and so on. Um, do do you think, and I'm not saying yes or no, but do you think if we're going to
027fly the PMIA, Michigan action flag, the black and white flag, or the state flag, does it need to be listed in our policy or is it social norms that they're flown? Does that make sense? What I guess I'm asking. So I that's what I'm asking is do you think this needs to be worded any different? And if not, it's been in place for a long time and we don't need to we don't need to mess with it. So sometimes as a superintendent you're asked to bring things forward and that's what I do. >> I mean I guess in you know, my opinion, I think it's probably h it's worth having a a continued discussion. I mean, if if the rest of the board feels that way. Um I think it could be a very long
028discussion. Um but it's something we want to tackle. >> Yeah, I think um yeah, something something to look into. Um, but yeah, I think I mean as far as discussions, yeah, this thing could be blown open pretty big. So, um, I don't I' I've got a couple districts to reach out to, but um, I think Kenowicks also lists the Washington state flag as well. So, I don't know if that's also something to put on people's minds as far as getting back to this at a later date. I think that's the Washington state flag >> and and that's um in this RCW here. I just want you to know it's not by words in our policy. And so if we want to list the that I'm that's I guess why I'm bringing this up. Do we
029want to list the flags? Um, so >> I am glad to hear that we are doing the pledge of allegiance. So that's good. >> Michelle, any thoughts? >> Yeah. >> I mean, I think without really understanding um the thoughts behind whoever brought it up, who wanted the board to discuss it, it's hard to know what it is they want us to address. I mean, I'm happy I'm happy to talk about it. Um, I don't know how to address someone's concerns if I don't really know what they are. >> So, the the concerns are um one one concern was we're flying a Mustang flag and is it sometimes higher on the fold than other flags? That was one concern that came up. Do we have a policy of how the flags are to be flown? That
030was one that came up. Um, do we fly um do we have any policy about a confederate flag or the P flag or do we is it is it considered a freedom? I get an emails not often but right I refer them to the policy but can they put them in their pickups? Can they fly them? Right. And those are personal spaces and yes they can fly them. It's a It's I'm not an attorney, so I don't want to even pretend to sound like one, but those are their rights to put something in their vehicle or on their bar windows or whatever. Do Do we allow I don't know. I see FFA here. Do we have a policy about flying an FFA flag or a whatever? Right. Um right now, was it is it okay
031to fly a Mariners flag? And if you were from Toronto, was it okay to fly a Toronto flag in your classroom? I mean, I'm being silly here, but trying to make a point. Do we just say no flags other than do we you know what I mean? I don't know. So, I'm not trying to make a mountain out of a I'm just trying I've been asked to bring it forward and so on and do it. So, it's it's all different kinds of flags and do we want to address and do we want to have it >> specific? And so like one question was asked of me is it appears from our home that the Washington state flag is flying higher than the United States flag. Well I can assure you sir right blank that that
032is not the case right from the ground from the right. Do you know what I'm saying? We have things like that. Now it's not a policy but I can rest assured that we're doing traditional standard blood protocols. But do we need to address other things? I don't know. >> Um, so would this be a a policy question or more of a procedures? >> Well, I think there isn't really a procedure for this policy number. So then cor technically we could find we could work towards a procedure which would not necessarily involve the board because the board doesn't make uh always make the procedures. we do them and we try and inform you and so if that's the request then we can work at writing something procedurally and bring it to you for knowledge and information.
033I mean there's different things ways of which I can handle it. I just need to know if this is something of importance to you that you wish to for me to address. So, I I guess my two cents is like I feel like the policy probably covers what the policy should cover. Um, but if you get a lot of questions about ambiguity and how that's applied in our district, then maybe a procedure is a better way to address its specifics about all these various questions. I >> mean, and Jason, I think you're right. If you get into trying to address this in policy, it's going to be long and complicated and there'll be lots of things that'll be overlooked and um it could go on for a long time, >> right? >> I agree. I
034think it's a matter of should the Mustang flag, you know, the US flag should always be the highest and the flag iced question. I think otherwise the pledge right that's fair, you know, I think if if we were going to do anything to this policy, maybe outlying, you know, the state flag might be prudent. Yeah, but yeah, maybe we can bring it back for a discussion. >> So, I need a little tiny bit more guidance. Do you want it on each agenda or do you want to do some research and then tell me and then I will move it forward to a discussion item again? >> Let's um and if everybody's all right with it, maybe we could shoot for the um like the first or second week meeting in December. Does that work? >>
035Or just even >> just for discussion again. >> Okay, >> that work. >> Okay, December, >> I will put it back on the agenda. >> Great. Thank you. >> Uh, next up is for I guess I should ask the students. Students, what do you what do you think? You good with December and moving forward? Okay. And I am actually going to challenge you if you have if there's any student discussion about that, I'd really you'd like to hear it. >> Uh next up is review of policy 4268 facility rental rates. >> So at our last meeting we just had a discussion and we agreed that we should look at possibly modern updating I hate to use raising but it is raising the fees and bringing them more current. So, we've done some work. Um, so
036the things in yellow, the bright the fill boxes in yellow are actual changes. There's a little bit of formatting. We did add a column to the right. Um, normal workday was how we defined um because that doesn't constitute overtime. Does that make sense? and then after hours or weekend. Um, and then from there, I think it's self-explanatory. A couple things. Um, one of you had brought up it just used to say wired microphones. It didn't say was that one or 100 or whatever. So, we didn't change the price. We just had it added per microphone. Um, and then the video projector, grand piano upright, we did those. Um the green room we decided to use the terminology the same as a classroom fee because that's a spa it's a classroom space. Um and then we
037added per in front of platforms coralizers table and chairs right so we reduced the price on the table and chairs and we did it per table or per chair much like if you were having a wedding venue or something like that. Um then we have run into um problems with getting keys returned. So we did a no key return fee and then a stage um includes setup and takedown and delivery. Um I'll just give you an example. Sometimes um an a group needs to borrow a stage. They have a facility but we're one of the few organizations that have enough stage or risers or whatever. And it's not just something, you kind of talked about it, that we can just go throw up, right? It's a it takes it takes a crew. And so that's
038how that was done. We did um even though it's in Yel, it's kind of a little bit harder. Deposits will be required and estimated fees over $1,000. Um I don't know what your thoughts are on that. This is still a discussion, right? So, but you asked me to come up with some different things. Unlike fees will be added to balances after 90 days for non-payment. And I'm open for discussions. And oh, I I want to give a couple more. Um, there was a question. Why are the kitchen fees different? We actually happen to have our food service director here. It really has to do with space and the cleaning and the extra things. A Witster kitchen is very different size than the high school kitchen. They have the same most of the same pieces parts
039but the leaning in and sofa. So that was a reason for the differences in spaces. Oh, and when we um I I just want to um most of them you'll notice that the after hours or weekends are time and a half. The only one I personally really struggled with was the gyms, gymnasium in the commons. They're just so big that I didn't know if time and a half was enough because of the amount of work. But if we're paying we want to cover our overtime costs, it may need to be at time and a half. I just wanted you'll notice it says $50 an hour um on row three and then $100 for weekends. It's the only one that's not time and a half, I think. So, does that make sense? So, I just I'm
040open open for discussion and I think you guys have these in front of you this right or all meaningful. Most of the time these relationships we've built through time and we build them afterwards because the number of hours they estimate on their facility request how many hours and then we give them an estimated cost. But let's say their event was really big and it took them longer to tear down then it's based on the hours of actual use or maybe it was a blizzard that night and their performance was really short and they shortened it up. So most of the time we just bill the next working day after the event and I don't know 99% of the time we get the check in a very or payment in a very timely fashion question about
041this is specific to the auditorium or anyone special other specializing microphones at this time but specific to the auditorium do we have we have a requ use school district run. >> Um the answer in a nutshell is yes or official training. >> Okay. So um I'm trying to think of we often have volunteers who can help with drama and those d those volunteers could be parents or past teachers or whatever. They have experience operating that equipment. Um Sean is here most of the time. Israel is assigned. Well, not assigned, he chooses. We don't make him go, but he is often the one who does. And so we I would say 90% of the time, plus or minus or even more, we have someone there. And they are often working alongside group. Um, I think the
042question I had before was the deposit. Uh, I almost think that I think for anything that we do, it it looks like there's a $150 cleaning fee >> on everything that that's the minimum deposit. Okay. Um and then yes on the no no key returns you know most of our buildings are key cards or whatever those things are if they don't return them how does that function as far I mean can you cancel it electronically >> yeah but most people aren't just trying to get in the building they're trying to get in another space which most of those are key Okay. >> So, they might need a key card to get in the front door, but they're going to have to have a key to get in the >> storage closet or something. >> Yeah.
043North. Yeah. The north gym or the right to get the access those kinds of things, band room or whatever it is. >> And I do want to share $500 is not even close >> to the recoring project that would happen. It's actually designed as a deterrent to make sure we get the key because I don't think anyone I think it's only happened one time since I've been here. Somebody lost their but they lost their keys, their car keys, their house keys, and our key. That's very different than oh my gosh, I keep forgetting to bring it to right at some point. You don't return the key whenever you're getting charged. So, there's always human elements and pieces that we work with, right? But if I'm gonna use this gem, my history, my historian here, how
044many keys do you think there are for the legacy? Oh, yes. My legacy historian. Um, how many keys do you think are to the old PHS gym? Thousands. Oh, sorry. Right. And so like we we are working towards rekeying the gym because I honestly believe that sometimes I come by here at a Saturday night and I see the lights on in the gym and things going on and I'm like looking through my things. I didn't remember anybody being here, right? And I'm not saying they're excusing it or they're destroying it or vandalism. >> So I think we that's the piece of >> So what is the cost? Well, I'll tell you a little story. So, um, it was at Old Grand View High School and I was the principal. It was graduation 2017 maybe and
045I lost my keys and Brad Shre, yes, if you're listening, Brad, I'm telling your story. He threatened me with a $15,000 bill to re key the building because I had the master key. So that meant every single door would have had to been moved. So no, we don't give up for facility rental a master key. But if we have to re key the key to two doors to the auditorium, the back door to the auditorium, the doors to the state, whatever, right? It's I I think 500 somewhat. But then I have to recut every key that you have that has that code or I have to cut every one of our staff member who has that. So we really just want the keys back. Um because I don't think we could I mean right I
046mean it it is a very problematic situation and so maybe the lost key is a bigger fee but I just am saying it's generally as a like a lot of things as a deterrent. Please just bring your key back. >> Hey Brad, if you're listening, you can tell that I'm telling the true story. >> Any other questions, comments? Students? Well, I think uh I think if we make those changes, uh I don't know. You guys good with the $150? >> Yeah, I think that's good. deposit for everything. >> Any push back on the not time and a half on the gym costs or any other do you want everything to be time and a half or one and a half times for the weekends and nights or is it okay as it's presented? I think
047that that's what covers our cost but that's what covers our costs of the cash. >> Yeah. So like this one is this one's not. So I'm asking >> So if you look at line four, right, >> it says $75 an hour for the gym and 125 for overtime, which is not time and a not one and a half times. So used to time for pay, but but the others I've tried to do that some a little less. Do you just want it to be one and a half times? >> Okay. with those corrections. Am I got your blessing to bring it back for first? I >> think so. All right. Any other questions or comments on that? And moving on to action items. A gear up trip to Vancouver ambassador training. >> Jose, are you
048on? I can do this on his behalf. I just I was giving him the opportunity. Um Gearup has been a great partner of ours for a long time. There's no expenditure on our part. Um does that make sense? There's there's no cost to us. It's funded by Gearup, but because they are traveling and so forth, we always bring the travel requests to you and it's overnight. crosser. >> I I think I to me it looks like they do the be doing the same thing as before. They're taking a charter bus. So, and the one to eight students, they're probably going with other that's what they normally do to save cost is go with multiple districts. >> Couple other schools out of the Trace Cities on their way through whatever. Yep. Yep. Any questions on this?
049I move to approve the Gear Up trip to Vancouver Ambassador Training. >> I'll second. >> It's been moved and seconded. Students, all those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Motion carries. >> Moving on to secondary science adoption recommendation. Uh, so this is back. Uh, we had this at the last meeting. We gave a little more time so so that some of our board members could review materials. Um, I do have here with me Lacy and Megan. Yeah, you guys can come right up. Lacy and Megan both teach science at the high school and I asked them to come in case you had any questions or about their thoughts on the on the adoption. Um, but it's the same as what was presented the last time. Uh, we did uh put out a new
050notice and a new email. We didn't have anybody come and review the curriculum or request to um outside of our staff that has and board members that have >> Okay. Any questions on this? >> Well, I I did get a chance to to review it and I think it looks pretty good. So, I mean um so I'm assuming you're all on the committee and >> so good job and thank you for taking the time to to tackle this. >> Well, to be honest, when when they wanted delay at two weeks. Last time I said, "Well, we've been waiting like 20 years, so we're two weeks probably isn't going to matter." So, >> Diana's been fantastic helping us work through the process. >> It's been a process. Yeah. >> Any other questions? >> No, I'll thank
051Jason and Frank for tackling those books, though. >> It was a good read. I forgot how heavy textbooks are. And thank you guys for talking through all this too. Appreciate. >> Well, I move to approve secondary science adoption recommendation. >> I'll second. Oh, yeah. I'm great with it. >> I am so good with this. >> There's been a motion and a second to approve the science adoption. Students, all those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Motion carries. Thanks for coming tonight. >> Thank you. Thank you guys. >> Feels like a very big ac accomplishment, ladies. >> Thanks for coming and good luck with the new new curriculum. >> Okay, moving on to vouchers. Any questions? If you have any questions on Dodgers >> um on general fund for check number 911 831 to
052Wina Group. >> So they are our owners rep group that manages like the tennis court and whatever and you're seeing it now as it had been a delay in payment to them. >> Um they will still be on with us as we do our early learning facility and so forth. Um so that's what that is. And then on the transportation for the buses, >> um, >> that comes out of our transportation fund. >> Okay. >> Not out of our general fund. That's what our depreciation money comes in and it goes into our TDF fund and that money was there. >> So we have the the 223 listed as bus and then another 223 listed as buses. >> Well, I don't know. There's two buses. So one bus for 223 and the second bus for 223.
053I don't know why the verbiage is the way it is but there are it's bus one and bus two. Okay >> and they I have seen and I have verified there are different serial numbers. So >> number any other question I had a comment. Um, I know we're seeing a lot of these today in this packet, but it seems like the descriptions have changed a little bit. Um, they're more generalized, not in the detail that I think we've seen in the past. >> Okay. >> Um, for instance, you know, there's a lot of them that just say building maintenance. And granted, you can go through and look at what building, but you know, sometimes we'd give at least a little bit of description if it made sense on on some of those, but that's >>
054So, um, keep in mind that Abigail's moved into doing this and she's been doing a lot of it with the support of Duro Drew is also here in our in the meeting, um, for us who's our ESD support person. So, that's something we can let Abigail know that just to give more detail because I think she's it's kind of new to her. Okay. >> And maybe also Heather, I don't know if part of it comes from >> a little bit. So, yeah, we can work on that. >> Um, is there I don't want to have to create a chart and codes. I don't mean that way. But like because I think there's only so many characters and then it goes to the second line, right? The expense. So, we'll maybe we'll I'll send you in
055like when I do my weeklyformational thing um what the advice we're giving and try to figure out a way to put like maintenance fence posts. >> It might have also been what they chose to print. >> Oh, >> because I know like well like for instance I'm looking at 911 832 to higher plane. It has gym floor cleaning and maintenance and I think that's adequate enough right? Um, but when you go up to um let's just look at it's in the I mean you got a whole line that just says custodial but Walter Nelson and company but >> if we don't know who Walter Nelson is then we don't know what >> right I mean or the next check up to Valleywide it says building maintenance but is is it really building maintenance if it's
056>> Valley would probably be fuel program >> and then looking at the report I think it was it looks to me be it's in a different format than what we've had before. >> Okay. So I think it's probably what they chose to print. Maybe not necessarily a change in what they're actually entering. So we'll just have to we can look back at old packet and see there's >> and we can adjust and build a report that's got the information that you're asking for. >> Thank you. And I think some of it has it just >> yeah seems a lot of anyways just general. >> Any other questions? Students, you got any questions? >> Well, I move to approve vouchers. >> I'll second. >> Been moved and seconded to approve voucher. Students, all those in favor
057signify by saying I. >> I. Motion carries. That concludes our action items tonight. Moving on to consent items one through three. >> I make a motion to approve the consent item. >> Second. >> Then moved and seconded to approve the consent items one through three students. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Motion carries. Moving on to reports. Director Grants Pip. Um yesterday we took the planetarium to Mapton and were able to show the planetarium to their kids uh K through nope not K not K first through sixth. So that was a wonderful experience. We had three high school students that led that and um led the different sessions with the kids. We had Thinky Maps PD that was um done by our coaches and and Lurel kind of led that um
058with the training of training of trainers model that they provide. So, um that that happened today and then we'll follow up again next Wednesday. Uh the T pep grant went through and that was awarded um we hired our grant graduation specialist tonight. So, thank you. Uh and then social emotional surveys um close with the students. We're going to Diana and I have a meeting with Panorama and then we'll have some PD next month around that. um to expand that and a parent survey is still open. So if you hear this, please um visit our website. We have that on our website to to uh participate with the parent survey. >> Thanks, Kevin. Any questions for Kevin? >> Thank you. >> Are there reminders going out to the parents to complete that survey? >> Um Jalisa
059sent out a reminder on Friday. Okay, we're going to try to do uh the go back old school and do a text reminder. She hadn't done that before, so she's working. >> It went out on parent square last, right? >> Yeah. >> So, we're going to try a different method this time. >> Yeah, we did get more because of that, but we would like more still. >> Thank you. Uh Diana, >> um so we uh have been doing a lot in the office. I've been in the office a lot. I was out in the building today actually enjoying some thinking maps training with the coaches. Um I was pretty excited. Aurelia is back work back at work and that's been great. But um I I hired subs so I was pretty excited about that. Um
060Raul Gerola and Abigail, you know, u moving into their new roles or starting brand new with this. They're doing really great um and learning and just I've been really impressed with both of them. Um, I want to thank Janelle and Andrew from ESD123 because their support and the work working with them, they've been wonderful to work with. Um, we are working on some efficiencies and improving our systems in our office. Uh, there's a lot of um, our files, there's so much paper we have to maintain for every employee. Like my personnel file is this thick and we have to have in paper and um, so sometimes finding things is a little bit challenging. So, we're working we're actually going to go on a little trip to uh visit another district just to see their systems.
061They have a good organized system in Sunnyside. So, we're going to go visit them um with a handful of us in the office uh just so we can get some good ideas to improve our system. Um we had best mentor training for new teachers yesterday. Uh the coaches also helped lead that. Um and then today a great celebration at the end of each fiscal year. So, we're kind working to close out the fiscal year and was working with Drew from the ESD, Andrew and um with Abigail and um we do what's basically called recovery. So, if there's some grant balances that we need to spend or can spend and if we have appropriate expenditures that can be moved out of basic ed, we can move them. And today we increased our fund balance in basic
062ed by $215,000 by doing that. So um so we were able to spend money uh that we in a really effective and efficient way but also um to help our overall fiscal situation. So >> and so because that money is already spent that doesn't change what we call cash flow but it but it does say okay we took we have this balance sitting in this account and now we're taking it out of the other end. So it's a a very positive thing and we're going I want you to know like fine tooth comments I can give you and how that would work. One example is we brought bought pride materials which is our um reading intervention program that addresses dyslexia and reading and we had spent some funds out of one of my basic edet
063accounts and so we moved that into lap because in reading intervention is appropriate lap expenditure. The other thing that we've done and we have not previously done this, this is new for us because we had a pretty large balance in in bilingual um but if we have teachers who are supporting bilingual students who even it so we have our dual language program they have to have a bilingual or an ELLL endorsement we're able to move some of their basic ed funding onto the onto the bilingual grant and that's how we're able to recover that money. >> Any questions for Diana? >> Diana, >> thank you. Um, you want to go first? >> So, um, I think we can do Drew, you're on. >> Yes, Kim, I'm here. >> Okay. So, um, the student enrollment report
064is here. I'm happy to say that, um, we're up a little bit. Um, our budget was 22 Oh, goodness. 72. 227. I just like, you know, it's coming out of your mouth and it's like it disappears. 2272. So, we're pleased with where that's at. Um I I'm trying to stay class half full type person. Um Drew and I um Drew, I might have you do this portion, but Drew and I and Abigail went to the county. We go on the third Tuesday of each month and we went um and Drew, what would what would you say the mood of the meeting was? Um, I thought the meeting went really well. The county, um, their biggest thing is they just want to know where the district is at. Um, what are they planning to do to
065kind of improve their financial situation and, you know, if there's anything the county can do to help as well. So, it's really just a working relationship that they want. Um, they just want to be informed. So, I thought it went really well and, um, Kim and I both felt a little better going into this one than last one, so that was nice. Yeah, this one didn't work quite as bad as last month. Um, but I will give everybody who's listening an example. Um, we have a beautiful high school and we our goal is to take or take care of all of our buildings, but I'm going to use the high school as an example. Um, I don't know if you know this, but um, we try to wash the windows twice a year. Okay? Once
066in the spring and once right before school starts. Each time we wash the windows, it's $13,000. We're not washing the windows this year. We jokingly said, "Well, we do have a spider cobweb type issue. Could we rig up a uh air compressor and could we do some work with blowing and and doing some things like that that we could do ourselves?" And when I said to the county treasurer, "Well, I want you to know, Mr. treasure, if you're driving by and you see cobwebs, I want you to know that I'm doing the best part of this and I think he appreciated that. Correct, Drew? >> Yes, he did. Yep. >> Those are just Halloween decorations right now. >> Um, so I I what I guess I'm trying to tell people is we are looking at
067every single thing. Uh Sean is sitting here today. her team had put in a purchase order uh for some desktops that were so outdated they wouldn't take Windows 11. And we got down to where we wrote the not necessarily the person but the position using each machine and we said okay we're gonna we're gonna fund these four out of ASB and these two out of CTE and we're going to do this and so we decided when we're all done I think we reduce the order overall by two >> but in the end Sean sent us an email that said she thinks she has a cheaper option so just wait >> so so she's crossing so so that's the kind of stuff that's going on. We literally are saving every single penny that we can. At
068our director's meeting, Darlene and Sean are both here now, um we talked about um aerosol window clean. And at some point for if you've ever been into our generous closets, there's the units that hang on the walls with the chemicals in them and then you turn it on with the water and it puts the proper portion of chemical to water into your dispenser, your mop bucket. They've been there. They're some like them, some don't like them. But we're not going to buy any more $263 cans of spray from window cleaner. We're going to use the window cleaner. That was one of the examples that he used at the director's meeting. So, that's the type of stuff we're doing. Um, Drew, um, we also, um, worked with Janelle and Drew today. We're finishing, um, payroll has
069to be posted by Friday. We will have, um, account cash flow numbers for you for an accurate report by Monday and they'll distribute that out to you. >> Thank you. Any questions for Kim? I do have a question on the and I know we've probably this a million times, but >> it's so hard. >> Our uh TTK enrollment went up 042. How does that work in the month of October? >> Well, we have some smaller students. >> No, just kidding. Good. Uh it's possible. So with with uh our transitional kinder uh sometimes we have a student that might start because of their situation on a partial schedule and then build up to a full day. Um some of our kids coming especially students that might be coming out of our development of preschool or some
070others like coming a full day for seven hours a day to start right off the b start off you go to school. I mean for many of our students I know um they can get overwhelmed and so sometimes we start so they would only be a partial FTE and then could grow to a full FTE. >> Would that same hold true as you go through all the grade? >> Yes. Yes, it can. >> Okay. >> Because we have students that um might based on their occurren situation, maybe a medical situation or something attend part day. We have a handful of students that might be homeschooled part of the day and come for certain classes. Um, yeah, there's a various situations. And then of course at the high school you have that, >> you know, maybe
071they've finished all their credits but one class. Yeah. >> With families. >> Yeah. >> Doing what's best for students. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Great. Thank you. >> Uh Laura Kim, you're up. >> Okay. You know, I always do my report. I know. Um, let's do property. There's been no real interest on the Grant Avenue property. We did some get a call of interest for the land parcels. they have a meeting with the city. So, we'll see how that goes. I mentioned the county meeting, so I don't need to do it again. I gave you the examples that are on there. Um, I do want while uh Drew is still on ESD and well, Drew, but ESD123 and I asked for a budget extension from the state of Washington. Um, and they the budget was
072initially due and complete. So, it goes from us to ESD123 to you to OSPI. We've asked for that extension. Well, they were gracious, but they gave us a whole 14 days. Um, so um we have our board meeting on the 19th, so it'll um go from us to the ESD for approval to you and we'll still meet the deadline of the 21st of November. Um, so that's going on. I'm happy to announce there's nothing pending or open in legal cases uh facilities. We did meet with Architects West today um to um discuss windows and some doors and stuff in the early learning facility. Uh we'll be doing a meet next week. Um I do want to talk to people who are listening. It is a very strict budget. It is 1.057 million. And so what
073we will do is we will bid it out what's called basic or bare bones. That would be the U drive, but just what needs to be built. And then it's called add alternates. So an add alternate would be fancy cubbies or counters or playground equipment. What we want to make sure is the facility is built under budget. And then as that progresses, then we can do the add alternates. Um I do want to let you know um the rock work in the islands will begin soon. And you're going to say, "Well, Kim, you just said we're trying to cut everything. the cost of putting the rock in, taking out the irrigation, not mowing, right, is less expensive in the long run than mowing all of those islands. So, that work is what something you'll be
074seeing going on. And winterization, they're blowing out irrigation lines and so forth. I did get to attend one Rotary meeting. We've had great meetings, uh, meet and confer meetings with the PSSE and PEA. We're talking candidly and open about our financial situation and with that all the toughs of tough decisions. Um we did meet with um and Kevin was on the meeting with me today. John Steach is his name. He works was a part of CE um and we're going to have a tool that he is refining. I can even let Kevin share it because he's seen it for just a snippet but for just a few seconds today. And it really says it's a tool that's if you're into Excel and spreadsheets, it would be your world. Um, and it says if labor and
075industry goes up one penny and you change it to one penny, it shows the total financial impact to the whole district or if you increase by 0.1% or you reduce something. What the total goes and here's what the impact and it gives you a negative, a positive. Um, and it has all of our staff in by position. What else, Kevin, would you add? >> Yeah, it goes everything. So, the contract, everything that's in the contracts are are on that. So, whatever that calculation is that we we change and it could be different calculations um impacts the whole spreadsheet and which gives you your bottom line. So, it's like real time data once you put it in. There it is. You can see the impact >> and you'll get it. You'll get it. So you can
076at home say, well, is Kim making a smart decision by blank or is the district making a good decision? And the nice part about it also um is if we say, okay, we've got to do X with staffing or Y with staffing, we can literally either identify the actual person by title um and or their ID number. There's no names in their ID number. Um and what if if they if this person retires and this person comes what is the impact to their budget? Um another one is example like Kevin said if the contract says we want from overload at overload is now at 20 right $5 per. So if we change that to four and nine, what would that impact? Right? Because it'll show what we spent on overload pay in the past. Things
077like that. So it it just whenever you change one of the cells, it will give us information. So we're really excited. Um really look at Kevin. He Mr. Data over there, Mr. Excel. He's he's like >> as soon as I we finished the meeting, I went walking around over to I'm like, where did you find this guy? because I I was I I was fascinated by it. It was pretty cool. >> So, um yes, it is very intense, but he's done it enough like he mentioned other districts, so we'll leave nameless, but he says um they're paying $28,000 more than the state is giving them per teacher, this particular district. And he says, I can tell you down to the penny what you have to do to save $1,000. Right? like he and he's done
078it for a long time and he does it across the state. It's used mainly he invented it or not invented created it to use as a negotiation tool for both sides. Like if somebody asks for something he says well that doesn't impact a lot that's an easy thing to give. Um so it was great. Um, let's see. Transportation, Tyler Technology, if you remember the grant for the software routing, I have to say I got in on a meeting. Oh, hi M there. Their schedule, their um list of training is like sometimes twice a week for the next 12 weeks, right? I mean, it's it's intense, but Right. Yeah. And so, and we're going to take as many as we can and train it, cross trainin it. Um, and it in a in the strangest way,
079it's much like what just we were talking about, right? It's fine-tuned. They've worked with our fire. They've worked with our county with roads. So, like if you're putting in a new road, the minute that road is approved in whatever county, it updates it in the system. So, we're super super excited for that to happen. Um, so we're getting there. And then Diana mentioned it and I'm going to mention it. We call it the onion. So, Deanna and I have been doing we feel like task oriented people. Um, but what we're finding is we ran things through a process or an in operation, but until you sit down and literally do the task, we didn't realize either what we were asking of our employees or what we should be asking that we weren't asking. If that
080makes sense. We didn't we didn't know what we didn't know. And so >> started with the filing as an example. The files are Yeah, we have five fi five separate files for a certified employee. >> Five. >> So, you have your HR file, your hiring file, >> your if you have a medical issue, your payroll file, like it's that's one of the things it's crazy now. um it's not quite as many for for classified, but I think that doing the payroll stuff and doing me recently the HR stuff has been the best and worst experience for me in the last in the most recent years of my career because I come away going, "Oh my god, this is not we have to make changes. We have to move into the 21st century. We need to
081be doing things electronically. This this this isn't work. This doesn't work." to the point where um I when I was talking to one of our employees, I'm like, I am sorry that this is what you've been dealing with because it's um uh like there's just so many systems we need to upgrade and efficiencies that need to happen and it's not something one person can fix. I I was talking to a few of our ladies today and just saying we all are going to have to work on this um to get everything in a really good in a better place. So, it's you can come in and it's not hard to find things and it's not, you know, I it's very hard to describe, but it was very good for both of us to do it
082because we see like we have to make changes. This is why our employees um are might be struggling or why they might be frustrated or it's taking them so much time to do certain tasks because we don't have the efficiencies built in that we need to have. >> Drew, are you Drew, are you still on? I see him, but I just don't know. Um, so let me just show give you >> Yes, I'm still here, Kim. I'm sorry. >> No, that's right. So, he was working with Abigail training our fiscal specialist and he was watching her. I don't know what you were doing something with grants and he said something like, "You're doing it here and here and here." He's like, "You don't need to do all that, but we're gonna Can you remember what
083it was, Drew? what we were. >> Yeah, it was it was posting the the grant revenue each month and then moving it back to the the month of when the expenses occurred versus just posting in the month the revenue was received. So most people just post in the month it was received. The only time you would move it back is if you're crossing fiscal years. Um and so some of the reports just had three four entries on it and it's just leaves more room for error. So, it's just a simple we're just going to do one entry a month and then if we cross fiscal years it might be one extra entry but we're not having all this extra entries on you when you're going to run your reports. So, it'll be a lot cleaner.
084>> Um, another thing with me getting involved in looking at cash flow, I have to say I you know me I'm a open book. I didn't I don't know that I saw the impact of I mean I'm I have an accounting major right but the difference of using a curl method and cash methods and different things and what those impacts are um also with us doing payroll and working with Janelle you know did more of the actual work but together in the conversations when we make a decision for example I mean my contract at the end on after May 30th before my last paycheck, I say, "Do I want to get cashed out my vacation time?" Let's just use that as an example. Well, that impact is huge financially. Well, if you have all 200
085of your teachers doing that in June, right? So, there's some language that we could build into contracts that would help that. Or um oh, another one is we have supplemental contracts. Let's see. Do I have a teacher in here? So, like if you have a supplemental contract for Oh. Oh, they left CTE. If they're certain size, you get it in two payments. If it's bigger than that, you get it in five payments. If it whatever. And she goes, I've never seen a district everybody gets one 12th of your supplemental contracts every month and you get 112. If it's $12, that means you get a dollar a month. If it's $1,200, that means you get $100 a month. And we have so many spreadsheets trying to say, okay, this is more than $2,000. It's divided in
086two or divided in six, and this one is less than this amount, so we divide it in two. And this one we pay in one lump sum. And it's it's actually so somebody who does the negotiating, I don't think of it as a problem, but I didn't realize what it was doing to the staff. Does that make sense? So when we are moving forward with this >> but to be fair we didn't bargain that >> it wasn't us. >> No but I ready. Um but what I guess I'm saying is until you do the physical work you don't see the impact that you're doing to your staff. Does that make sense? So what we're saying now is we're like, "Okay, we're gonna talk about dividing every single supplemental contract by 12." And then it nobody
087has to remember, nobody has to make a mistake or not make a mistake, but keep these fancy charts that you Right. So I just want everybody to know that. Um you'll see me at more a few more sporting events as we're wrapping up the season. I've been to Rotary and I'm hoping to go see the Adams family. I think this is last weekend, right? >> The last weekend of this version. Oh, >> high school student. >> Oh, yes. The third grader. >> Yep. But anyhow, I'm hoping to see it. So, I'm trying to get out there a little bit more, but um really sad about the Mariners, so I have to say that at the end. No more baseball. >> Um well, thanks. Any questions for Kim? >> Yeah. >> All right. Next up is
088board member reports. Sh. Well, I did go see the Adams family gambling and it was good. So, I hope people can get out there to see it um this last weekend. And Alisa, thanks for mentioning that there's another version that's just the high schoolers because I thought this was it. Um so, now I'll have to go see it again. Just the high schoolers. Um it was really cool to see the pickle ball court hopping this evening. It was packed and um I just thought that was really great. See our community out there enjoying it. Um, I also wanted to just mention Friday the PTO is putting on a harvest festival here at the old high school from 5:00 to 7:00. It's free admission, love games. Um, so please come out and support PTO. And then
089Tessa, in response to your coming to our last board meeting, I did take it upon myself to kind of survey a few of the kids at the middle school about if they thought they should have cell phones um, primarily at lunch and at Refus. I was honestly shocked. Not a single one said yes. Um, every single one of those students said, "We really like that no one has cell phones. Our friends are playing with us. They're engaged. They're not on their phones." Um, for some kids that don't have phones and others do, they feel like it's it levels the playing field and they're all together. Um, so I'm going to continue to engage them in conversation because I did say things like, "Well, like what if you have to get a hold of your parent?"
090Um, and they acknowledge that like, you know, you might have to check a text. But overall, I was really surprised to hear that at least none of the like six I talked to said that said it was a problem. So, I did follow up and I and I'm going to continue to have the conversations with them. I actually wanted to see if the um leadership team there could could ask some questions, too, because I do think there's always room to grow in a policy like this, especially at the high school, too. Um, so anyway, I I appreciate you coming in, expressing your concern and just wanted to let you know I was paying attention, >> right? >> Yeah. Thank Tessa for coming in again and thank you from Michelle for doing that. Um, I think
091it just shows at least it started some dialogue and hopefully I mean obviously nothing's going to get fixed tonight, but um hopefully dialogue continues and both sides will I I don't know hopefully come out to where everybody's happy. The bathroom policy I I have no idea how that works. Hopefully if kids got to use the bathroom they're allowed to use it. And if that's not the case then yeah, we've got some issues there. So hopefully again conversation will come up and hopefully be resolved. Um thank you transportation department uh for all you guys are doing. Um, Jane, I apologize for not getting back to you, but thank you So, I think uh he'll be a good voice um moving forward on that. And uh Powderpuff last week um I got to participate in the refereeing
092of that. Uh there was some talk early on that it was going to be cancelled and I I don't know what the hub of was but um I I can honestly tell you this is probably the best year ever as far as juniors, seniors, those girls were actually complimenting each other working together. So just a a kudos to everybody that was uh participating that night. Appreciate you guys. That's all I got. >> Right. Lisa, >> congratulate our homecoming queen. >> And then I wanted to say how wonderful I thought the choir sounded. >> I'm so glad you brought that up. >> It was really lovely. They um really grown the program this year. It's so nice to see a nice big group out there and I don't think I think um I said how wonderful
093the National Honor Society was and um always just a nice night spread but students are so rising. I I knew that only certain people of a certain age would understand that reference for students. Later I'll talk with you about a show our grandparents watch and thank you for those that came in today and be a part of this meeting and those online. uh move our next meeting will be November 12th uh regular board meeting right here at 6 pm. With no further business, this meeting is adjourned. Thank you. So