001like to call this meeting to order. Please stand for the pledge of >> allegiance. Is there a motion to approve the agenda? >> A motion to approve the agenda. >> Been moved and seconded to approve the agenda. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Motion carries. Now I'd like to recess the regular board meeting and open a budget hearing. Is there anybody here wish to speak on the budget? Anybody online? Nope. Okay. With that, I will close the budget hearing and reconvene the regular board meeting at this time. Do we have anybody signed in? Okay. uh protocols for addressing the board. You may present a concern to the board during the time reserved for hearing public comment. If this is the case, we ask that you prior to the start of
002the meeting sign in noting the topic you intend to address to the board. Come to the microphone up front here. Um 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 session. And we will go for uh three minutes per person for a total of 21 minutes. Uh first up is Mandy Stevens. We apologize for the cables hanging down. We had a training, so you'll just have to kind of ignore them. >> Make sure the green lights on
003and go ahead. >> Okay. I want to address a critical issue in our district, one that directly impacts our students, our staff, and our compliance with state law. At Heights Elementary, students are receiving 60 minutes of physical education per week. At KRV Elementary, they are receiving 45 minutes per week. Both of these fall short of the 100 minutes of PE per week required by Washington state law. This is not a gray area. This is a clear matter of legal compliance. Our district has con constant um consistently emphasized to teachers the importance of operating within the law whether that is in grading curriculum or instructional practices. Yet here we are as a district choosing to turn a blind eye to a legal requirement that affects every student in our care. That inconsistency is concerning. This is
004not simply about minutes on a schedule. It's not it's about whether we are providing students with a well-rounded education they are guaranteed. Physical education is a legal requirement because it is essential to the student health development and academic success. When we short change students on PE, we are sending the message that their physical health and lifelong wellness are not priority. And this issue doesn't stop with PE. When we look at the broader picture, the same lack of prioritization affects the art program and the library program. These subjects are not extras. They're part of a complete well-rounded education. They are where students develop creativity, critical thinking, and love of learning. When we in when instructional minutes in these areas are minimized, our students are the ones who lose. What makes this even more concerning is that
005the problem is not equal across schools. Height students have 60 minutes of PE. KRB students only have 45 minutes. This neither meets the legal requirement and that means that we have an equity issue on top of a compliance issue. But the inequity doesn't stop there. We are also not equitable with the state standard. Washington requires that every student receive 100 of minutes of PE weekly. Height students are only getting 60% of that requirement and KRB students are only getting 45%. This means that no matter which school a student attends, they are receiving less than what the state guarantees them by law. So the issue is twofold. We are inequitable with our district. We are inequitable within our state with our state. I urge this board to act now. Our students cannot afford to wait another
006year for compliance and our district cannot continue to ignore the law. I am asking you to commit to a clear plan that ensures every school in our district gets as close to the full 100 minutes of PE per week as required by law and that we also address the gaps in arts and library instruction so that our students receive a well-rounded education they deserve. This is not just about minutes. It's about equity. It's about legality. And most of all, it's about what's doing what is right for our kids. Our students are counting on us to meet their needs. Not partially. >> Your time is up. >> Sorry. >> That's all right. >> Not fully and not starting now. Starting now. >> All right. Thank you very much for coming. Anybody else? Blake, anybody online? Okay.
007Moving on. Student representative reports. You guys should have a lot for the first couple days of school. Samantha, go ahead. >> Yes, we're each covering lots of stuff today. Um, so first of all, school started yesterday. So, it's going good so far, I hope. Um, I have made a Microsoft form kind of similar to last year's Microsoft form that was shared with the students for them to put in any inquiries if they have any questions or any comments that need to be brought up to the board. And so I have made posters that I am planning to get approved tomorrow so that we can put up around the school. We've never done posters. Last year the student representatives um used like a thing in they made their own digital poster and put it into our
008school bulletin but I think using paper posters would be a great way to catch the eye in the hallway. I am also working on an inquiry box for the office. So, if they want to put any suggestions or have any questions, then they can go up to the office and they can drop it in a little box and we'll check it weekly for students if they have any anything to bring to us. Um, and I'm also planning on getting that approved by the office tomorrow. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, >> um, so unfortunately our administrators decided not to go through with the freshman orientation. Um but leadership is currently planning freshman camp which is to take place on September 12th. Uh our our administrator for this is asking ASB and leadership um all of last
009year's leadership class so about 50 students to help out with this. So it should be pretty good. Um my second thing is kind of controversial. There's been a lot of backlash about the cell phone policy from both teachers and students throughout the school. So I just thought that I should bring that up. But yeah, >> Olivia. >> Um, another project we are working on is that we are starting to discuss sorry implementing college and career resources in the high school. Um, Ezrey and I went to Topenish High School once and they gave us a was it Topenish? Yeah. and they gave us a tour of their school and they had a whole like college and career center and it was staffed and obviously we can't staff ours but if we could just maybe part of
010our library or work with our administrators and implement something like that and then both sports have started and they're going well and games will start soon. >> Thank you. Uh any questions? I have one. Oh, go ahead. So, I think a lot of people um feel as though like as high school students, we need to start learning to manage our own time. And so, removing the cell phones as a whole prevents us from developing those skills of learning to manage time with technology. So, I feel like a lot of people just want it to be altered um and a little bit more meaning. So, what what would you say as far as like more see? Because the way I read it, you've got the ability to use it before school, at lunch, in between classes,
011then after school. And I'm not like coming at you. I'm just like that. That's the way I read it. So, like my initial thought is like, well, this is great. Kids will get in the classroom, put the phone away because that's what they're there to do, I guess, would be my rebuttal to these folks. Um, so in my I think that it should be the rule should be crafted on the specifications of each class in. So like currently I'm in a class called business operations which is basically designing t-shirts to sell to our students and staff. And part of that is going on Pinterest and getting different like different sites and getting inspiration. But our school technology does not allow us to go on sites like that. So it would be help to have another
012device that allowed us to do that. But I also recognize that in classes like my algebra class that obviously bumps should be put away and you should be focusing on the content. Am I am I wrong in remembering that in the policy though a teacher is allowed to direct a student to to be able to use a device personal device. I imagine reading that Okay. >> I believe the piece was in there was in case of emergency or in a like a severe emergency situation, but during class time it was none. And I think there's even language in there and I'd have got don't have it pulled up in front of me so I can read it. But and and I understand about Pinterest, let's just use that one as an example. um that they
013would use their Chromebooks to do that research or whatever schoolisssued device they have. So um something to consider that we can talk when we have our first student board rep. They're called white lists. So, um, it's it's difficult because there are things on Pinterest that could technically be it not school appropriate, but there are ways that we can whitelist certain things, meaning make them accessible so they don't you don't get the little blocked symbol up. Um, so those things could be done and when anytime something's new, we do have to work through the growing pains. Um it is you are correct that we all of us I'm using my schoolisssued thing to record this meeting right so does that make sense so there are times and places um so and hearing you loud and clear
014>> great thank you any other questions appreciate the the feedback on that so yeah thank you >> moving on to Discussion items. Proer school district brick cashless event ticketing. Mr. Jackson >> they do have the document in front of them. >> They do have it. >> It's me again. I'm back here again requesting the use of digital ticketing. Um at least uh thinking about a little bit more for at least 202627. Um I did a little bit more research. Again, this is the FAQ sheet that I provided last year around the same time. Um there's been more and more schools that are transitioning not only to digital ticketing uh but also concession stand uh ticketing. That way, uh, food can be brought out quicker. Folks aren't standing in line as long at football games, volleyball
015games, uh, wrestling events, and basketball games as well. Um, some pros to it. Uh, lines move faster. It's more cost efficient. Uh, less hours for staff repairing cash boxes and also safety for, uh, uh, event staff workers carrying cash. For example, my first year we were playing Sunnyside football and I was carrying around $10,000 in cash. And I'm not really that afraid to carry that much cash, but I know other event staff workers might be afraid to carry that much cash. And so just protecting our event staff workers is something I think we should be uh or thinking on. And then uh just following daily deposits is another huge thing for ASB laws. uh when you do these uh events digital ticketing wise, everything's deposited daily, which is following ASB law. So again, just as
016a discussion item to see whether or not um we can start to move a little bit closer to uh what more and more schools are doing. Again, just asking. >> So I did a little research. Um, as we as we move forward, um, I think there are two other schools in our SEWAC league that are attempting to go fully cashless. Some are just going to cashless for ticketing, but some of the two more are either at their board this week or or next looking to go cashless completely. Um there would always be um in our superintendent meeting this morning, there would always be an exception that one person could do something with, right? You don't want to in oh I don't know grandma and grandpa come from Spokane and that type of situation. We don't
017want to keep that individual from there. So there's always a solution, but slowly getting the community and everyone to understand that we have gone cashless is a is a way that is going with the future and a lot of it is related to payroll to hours of manpowers to count the cash and the law is very clear that cash must be counted in balance and deposited within 24 hours. And so we kind of get away with it from Saturday night to a Monday morning, but it's almost impossible from a Friday night to a Monday. Um, so it's there's just some real difficult pieces here. As we talk about our financial measures, the overtime piece comes into play here. Some different pieces that way. I have a kind of a couple questions. Um I think we
018might have brought it up last year. I know we've got, you know, the golden age pass uh for those that are 62 years and 62 years old and older. Um, but I I think it might be bene at least I think it'd be beneficial to be able to have somebody come in and buy like a season pass to football or a season pass to basketball where they, you know, we've got the number of home games. I mean, yeah, you can prorrate it because you're getting that money up front, whatever that might be. But I think it might be beneficial for those that do attend a lot of games instead of having to go online and spend 3% every single time they want to attend a game that they can just come to the district, pay
019whatever dollar amount that is to have a season pass for that, you know, those athletic events. >> And I can definitely do that. I know Afreda does that. Um, I can talk to Brian Johnson about that. He's their ad and he makes various different levels of passes. So he has football ones like you're just saying, he has basketball ones and he has a full like I think all season pass. And so there's something we can think about that for that as well. But he did say there there was a few years where they did lose out on some money for ticketing because they did offer passes instead of just a game by-game single ticket type of thing. Um but that's definitely an option with Goat Fan. It's it's pretty simple to do. I think about
020kids too. You know, you go you go with your friends to the game or, you know, you don't necessarily plan ahead of time. And I I understand the convenience. I understand the money saving of it. I just think we're not necessarily in a community that is always carrying a debit card. You know, I send I send my kids with friends to go to, you know, I give I give her cash. I don't I don't give her my debit card. There's not enough Skittles supplied at a football game. But and those would be my concerns. That's not something that works for our >> Yeah, I would agree with that. I think there has to be some way to pay cash and maybe just making it more um convenient with the the cards, but lessen the amount
021of cash and that would be less of a risk. But boy, I think it we need to have that available. I use it. This is kind of out of the box, but like can't remember where I was recently. It was like a cashless place and if you didn't have a debit card or a method of payment that was electronic, there's like a machine you go to and you stick your cash in it and it spits out a card and then you can go use your card to purchase things. Not sure if you've ever heard of something like that, but maybe it's a solution for getting cashless. >> I don't know what a machine like that cost or you know, but brainstorming Any other questions for Jackson? >> I I I do like your idea about
022the season passes. Uh I think that's a great idea. Um as as I said last year, I'm not a fan of cashless society, so I would not be in favor of going cashless, but that's my thought. But thanks, Jackson. I I totally understand the ease of it for sure. >> I'm assuming this will come back at the next meeting. We really just wanted to get a a feel of what was going on and what we kind of could try for the 2526 school year and trying some promotion of ordering tickets and the two lines at the concession stand. So if you know that this is the cash line, this is the non-cash. I wasn't going to use debit or credit card, but this is the the non-cash line. So we can kind of look at
023what the line speed looks like. What does it right? What are the pros and cons of each? Um I'm thinking too kind of like if promoting it like this is your fast pass like Disneyland used to have the fast pass. You because it is faster if you've prepaid your ticket and you walk through and you're not waiting in line to pay. So, I wonder if it's not a matter of just not like really just heavily promoting the electronic pay and this is how you you get your tickets and if someone gets to the door then you make accommodations. But I think that um continuing to promote the cashless I think many many people will do the majority of people are doing that. Um a lot of our kids are walking on the ASB but a
024middle school student wouldn't be walking in with the ASB. Like I think that's like the idea. this is the fastass line and just continue to promote that and as we shift and it just may take time but I know it is hard. I know like if it was my parents who go to a lot of games they go by the pass um but if they didn't I mean they walk around with a credit card and a debit card but probably not into a game like they're leaving that locked in the car probably but don't look for their car and break in and steal their debit pass. Um, but I think for them that's like a stressor too to have to pre- buy that ticket. It's the getting the pass is really the key. And it
025doesn't necessarily have to be much of a discount in getting the pass because I think there's also the advantage of the people that don't go to a game, but you still got the ticket money for it. >> Um, I was just thinking too about another cashless thing I've seen. Have you been to a concert at the gorge? They have these wristbands and they you end up scanning them at the point of sale. So you just connect it to a debit card or a credit card or load money on it somehow and then when you go up to purchase something you scan the wristband. Again, I don't know how much that costs um as far as you know district wanted to use it. But it seems like something that you could easily you could give your
026kid their wristband. You're going to go to this game. I'm going to put $10 on your wristband and then you have money to spend. So again, I don't I don't know anything about it, but might be worth >> and that's why we brought it up as a discussion item. And we challenge anyone who may be listening tonight or have had other ideas or worked in other establishments that have had things like that. We would like to hear ideas and suggestions. >> Students, you have any thoughts, opinions on I guess there's Yeah. Um, well, thanks Jackson. I appreciate you coming in. Oh, next up is the procedure for policy 3246 student and tele telecommunication devices. So, as just to bring the community or anybody who's listening up to speed, board set policy and then we always
027run the procedures by so that you're aware of them. The administrators Diana kept worked on this. We used other procedures and so on and so forth from other districts to help. Um, one of the things as you read this and look through it, we're not trying to or our goal is not to make this punitive. I mean, there is there do have to be consequences, but it's not designed to be punitive per se as much as it is here's the way in which we're going to manage this. Um, we would like um I don't know if it was Ezra or Sam who said like sometimes there's classes where maybe you're not what we don't want to do is hate to use the word pit but pit um everybody likes this teacher because they let you
028use your phone and they don't like this teacher because they don't. So we've tried to take that out of the hands of and we just by setting the policy and now we're trying to give a tool. Um Deanna was instrumental in this. What other pieces? Well, but I mean what other pieces did you come up when you were having the administrators? >> I I I actually has been more in talking to teachers what Ezrey spoke about that there's times where they have them use their phones for certain purposes. I know that can become very gray and difficult to manage like you know okay here's the time it's over. It's a way like not having gray area. And I think that's ultimately in the policy and procedure we were trying to prevent was gray area so
029that doesn't make somebody the bad guy and somebody the good guy. Sam and I were talking earlier and we were talking about maybe making a video or talking to students about cell phone etiquette and kind of talking about how to use them and teaching them those them those skills because I feel like that's where our problem lies is just students not understanding how to be respectful with being in the possession of a cell phone. I all I wanted to shake my head and say yeah and I think >> I think that goes for adults though too, right? I mean, if you can go if you go out to dinner, it doesn't matter what restaurant you go to and there's a table of six. They can be six adults or it could be, you know what
030I'm saying, and everyone's on their device and there's no communicating. Every once in a while, you know, I'm texting with Michelle because we're talking about Jason right here, right? And there's just not the conversation and the and the dialogue, right? I'm I'm joking, but I'm serious, right? Like, we don't have dialogue. And we're losing that as much as we are we're losing the ability to converse, the safety of conversing, right? So, and I think the other part that um Diana brought up was so it's cell phone time in class X. What percentage of the students in the class, right, are really using it appropriately and which time what ones are not? And there's no way to monitor that, right? So it's really difficult and unfair to a teacher if they get accused of well you
031like her and you don't like me and you've heard it you've been in classes right so that's what we're trying to prevent and I think ultimately the goal of the policy is about kids being able to focus on their education it's not about taking cell phones away um cell phones are a big distraction in school they distract kids in class I'm sure you guys have seen like the teacher who said turn on your turn it I've seen this multiple times, but a teacher that told how high school class to turn on their cell phones so that they could hear it and they just tracked all any of the texts, phone calls that they got and it was hundreds in a class period. Hundreds. So, it's really about not distracting from your education, not about taking
032cell phones away. It's so that we can focus on our education and and not be distracted by what, you know, someone's texting us or those kinds of things. There is a purpose technology. There's a purpose for technology and it has its place and has place that's not appropriate. We're all sitting on some form of technology right here kind of. So I think that's probably one of the best statements actually I've heard you say in a long time. It's not about taking the phone away. It's about focusing on education. Well, I think the other thing that comes into it is that there's, you know, there's when laws are made or rules are made, it's for the people who are abusing. Sadly, people who don't abuse it still pay the price. That's but there still has to
033be that that hard line sometimes that you just say, "Nope, because 50% of the people are going to abuse it. We have to take it out for everybody." So, it's sort of one of those things, too, I think. The only thing I would say is the number is wrong. >> Oh, 45 versus 46. >> Yeah, we >> any other questions or comments? that comment section talking about use of the high school or the school administrator authoriz Moving on to action items, frontline recruiting and hiring time and attendance. >> So, we notified you of the answers to the questions um about the contract um and now it's just up for your decision. Um, and the financial cost is there and it's just basically an action item for you to make the call on. >> Any questions
034on on that? Um, I, you know, to be honest with you, I think at this time, you know, considering where we're at financially, I think this is something we should postpone to a future meeting, um, or future action items. So, I at this I I don't know if there's I'd vote to not approve, but >> I would for So, it's been moved and seconded to not enter into an agreement with frontline uh students. >> All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Post. Motion carries. Thank you. Or motion fails, I guess. >> Oh, I hear. >> Oh, yes. I'm sorry. I just I have it on recording here and I want to make sure you have it documented correctly. So it Yes. Thank you. >> Um moving on to the consultant service
035agreement with Paul Buck and Elizabeth. I never get it right every year but Steer >> Chelsea >> I'm here. >> Okay. Um this is just our we typically do an annual assembly with um Cowboy Book and our kids love it. He does music um plays a guitar and just provides them with another musical opportunity. So >> questions for Jesse >> did this come out of your building budget? >> It's coming out of our ASB. And then is this taking the place of any programs for parents to attend and to present at a later date? >> Um, no. Are you can I ask a clarifying question? Um, so it's not going to replace a music program for families or anything like that. This is a student activity assembly type thing. will not replace something like that.
036>> Yeah, we've done this the last few years along with all of our other activities, too. So, this is not replacing anything. >> Yep. Questions for Jess? I move to approve the consult service agreement with Paul Buck and Elizabeth Steerling. I'll second that first. Michelle been moved and seconded to approve the consultant service agreement students. All those in All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Motion carries. >> Thank you. >> Uh next up is out of state travel for PHS band choir to Southern California. Mr. yours. >> Good evening. Thank you for having me. Um, I'm here to request that you approve of our spring break trip in 2026 for ban and choir to head down to Southern California. It's a trip that we've done every four years except we were
037delayed one year when COVID happened. Uh, the goal is to provide one of those bigger experiences every four years. every student coming through the program has the opportunity to go through. Not everybody goes. Uh this year we actually I have 68 students in the room as of right now with high school band and we're anticipating about 40 to 45 of them will go. So typically it's about twothirds. Um it's an expensive trip which I also know because I'm paying for my daughter and my wife to go as a chaperon. Um, and but I will say having gone as a student I was in high school going from the parent perspective and as a teacher perspective, there are so many things that they get to experience with that that they really can't get locally. And for
038some of them, this will be a trip they'll remember forever. Uh, they do their own fundraising. We have opportunities through Proer Music Boosters. they contract directly with the trip company for this. Um, so we don't have the same liabilities necessarily if it was a ASB trip. And the example I give is four years ago there was an Alaska pilot straight and we got stuck in Southern California an extra day and the trip company covered that extra night in the hotel. They got us back. They and we rerouted to Seattle instead of Yakima. They got us a charter bus back over and so they were able to take care of those details that I on my own absolutely could not have. And so I I'm glad to answer any other questions that you might have about
039the trip. I've got detailed itinerary as much as we have in there. It's all subject to change. Questions? There's four performances that you guys will be doing. >> Uh yeah, our goal is to be able to do four performances. We've already been approved. We have to audition for each one. We The band's already been approved for the Disney performance. Uh choir, we're still waiting to see exactly how many students because there's minimum numbers for some of the performances and if not there, there will be alternate spots. I believe we've already been approved for Universal. That'll probably be a joint performance. And then Farm and last time we went to the Veterans Home of Los Angeles and performed there as well. along the university comic as well. So, >> I just think it's a really cool
040experience and I'm glad you put it on and I hope it goes on forever and ever. >> Questions, students. >> I'll move to approve out of state travel for the future and expire next year. >> You go, Lisa. It's been moved and seconded to approve out of state travel for PHS band inquires to Southern California students. >> All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. I. >> Motion carries. Thank you. Thank. >> Uh next up is a consultant service agreement with Tri City Thunder. This is pretty standard. We do this regularly and Jackson headed out. So I I don't know that there's much explanation. If you need it, we could >> I would move to approve the consultant services agreement. Tri city thunder. >> Second. >> I I had one question. Is this
041the only time that we're going to need this for cross country for the season? We only have one cross country meet this year home. So I believe that's correct. >> Right. >> So cross venture just because it's one time. Okay. >> There's only So we would have another one in the spring for track. >> Yep. >> Uh it's been moved and second to approve the consultant service agreement with Tri City Thunder students. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Motion carries. Moving on to the proer education association ratification package. >> So just to clarify for people who are listening and so on and so forth, each um our last major contract negotiation um that contract expires in 27. Okay. But we do what's lang what's what's called language openers. They don't um
042I don't want to say ever, but this don't involve many. This one does indirectly in a sort of way. Um and we've fixed the um language. Um we did some language in section 4. Um assignment and transfer language. We had some an issue this year, so we fixed that language. Um, and then, um, the payment, there was a little bit of stuff about dates. Um, if you remember, we've talked a lot this year about cash flow. And so, this one is to when you do work from the start of the school through whatever you want your time at a certain time. That's in section 11, right? So that we're not paying all of the extra time in June every year. So that's where that comes from. So it doesn't really impact what we pay. It
043just is how and determine which we pay it. Um the calendar um section 14 uh is I don't know Dan might have to give me the history on why the calendar language there was a statement in there and we've taken it out. >> Okay. So the history is um as the resident historian uh there was there is sometimes a conflict with the Ben Franklin fair because of when Labor Day lands. Um we spoke to I had actually Sean tried to reach out multiple times to and didn't really get a response on her question but I spoke with Rick Flet. He says very few students, we have very few students participating at the high school level and so the request would be because if we keep it in then it pushes a very late start date
044and very late into June. Um so students are excused if they're at the fair. There's you know they can make up their work if they're at the fair because it's excused and it's for a full credit. Um so uh so they asked to have that removed and so we did remove that. This goes back to Ray told I would just say >> so the the statement used to say it would start the week before Labor Day. >> Well, sometimes that's late in the month and sometime I mean you know sometimes Labor Day dates like this year is on the first right but some years it's sixth or the seventh and so it's like once every six or seven years it's initially an issue. And then moving on, instruction. This staff development section was modified. Diana
045can give you a little bit more history than I can this year. The the PA graciously um this was part of theirou, but we wanted to clean up this language. um the $500 um pays themsself for for different things, but it cannot pay for travel, flights, meals, so on and so forth. So, we're hoping that the $500 really is for the cost of the class, cost of the registration, and or it's July and you're going to take this two-day online class and it could pay your technically pay yourself your salary to attend. And then artificial intelligence, this is a big I don't say a big, nobody really just knows the world of AI. Um, and so we've allowed some lang not allowed, we've put some language in the contract to start working on on how
046to manage AI. >> Great. Thank you. Any questions for Indiana students? Are we intending at some point to work on a district AI policy? >> Yes. And I'm going to be very transparent when I say this. So many people are working on it from the federal government to the state government to individual big districts. Some of big districts even in our area in the big three, they have their own legal counsel that work for them and work in their office. We're going to let them tackle some of this. Um, and then we'll piggy back and then we'll bring things to you when when we have enough sample examples or samples is what I was going to say because the it's just so it's uncharted territory and there's really been precedence set and we I I
047don't think proer really wants to set precedence in the in that part. So, I think we're going to let some of the big three tackle it first. >> I agree. It's pretty fresh. I think, you know, once some people start putting some things out though, it'd be great to have consistency, you know, teacher to teacher. So I did want I did learn something today in my superintendent meeting. um a superintendent so you know a public records request can come and they for example could say I need to uh review Casey's use of AI and then I would be have to say this is my chat GPT account this is when I've used it um here's the support I've got and here's how I've taken document that I've used and they modified it or released it
048as my own. So we are being told that as from the superintendent from OSPI that we'll need to be prepared for that. So so it's only just beginning. >> Any other questions? the $500 per teacher. I'm assuming that's built in already. >> Yes, we're just clarifying the language in which it can't how and where it's used and it's also an MOU this year. They're not. >> So, the teachers have and their contract language also that it can accumulate like if they I didn't use my $500 last year. They do still have anything they haven't used over the past three years. It's accumulates up to four, but this would have been the fourth year. That was new language a few years ago. So we have teachers that have no dollars and we have teachers that have
049$1,500. So the leases have a portion in the budget to accommodate that. We we we don't have even clo close to 100% of teacher usage in a year. Sometimes teachers save it up if they're going to do a mast's or something because tuition's expensive. Um but yeah, there there still is funding and there still will be teachers are able to use it if they have not used all their money. question. >> What is at the bottom this three reopeners in addition? >> That's in our current contract language. This is the three. So each year we sit down and and it's um you know bargaining where we bring something to the table that this was a problem. the length. But for example, the dialogue gets to the number section 7 assignment transfer was something we brought
050to the table. So we have three openers that we can use in addition to the calendar that we can legally talk about and openly talk about to rectify each year be when we're not in a big bargain. I would move to approve the Proser Education Association ratification package. >> Second. >> It's been moved and seconded to approve the ProEer Education Association ratification package student. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Motion carries. Thank you. Next up is out of endorsements. >> Uh so this is the teacher Evan Swornen I spoke about last time. She was on the emergency cert, but she passed her test and she got her regular C, but she is teaching special education. She's going to be entering a master's program to get her special a her special education
051endorsement. So, I had to bring her back as because now she's out of endorsement. Yeah, she has to be approved for that. >> Make a motion to approve the out of >> second it. It's been moved and seconded to approve the out of endorsement students. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Motion carries. Uh, next up is a local education agency consolidation account plan. OKAP. >> So, um, we're required by OSPI uh, when we have schools that are in improvement, which we currently still have three. when the new accountability measures come out, we'll see if any of our schools come off of that list or go on. Um, uh, we are required to do the plan. They have a lot of other questions kind of thrown into this. It's kind of
052a thing OSPI does. Um, but basically our, uh, two priority goals we're working on is helping our math and our ELA teachers, actually all of our teachers, uh, work to differentiate their instruction so they can reach all of their students. um 10 common the the core instruction. Our goal is that we're reaching 80% of our students before they walk out the door. But that doesn't mean I taught one lesson one way and all and 80% of my class got it. It means that I might have had to pull a small group. I might have had to work with these two students individually. So I might have had to put in some specific types of instructional strategies. We just did a training on what's called UDL, universal design for learning that is supposed to um for
053teachers to plan in ways to reach all of their students in a lesson, not just maybe 50 to 60%. They kind of always did it. So, this is our required plan. We're required to do um it is part of the OSSI school improvement that we're not getting any money for anymore. Plan is complete in it. questions to approve and second to approve the plan. Excuse me. All those in favor signify by saying I I motion carries. Moving on to first and second reading policy certainly excuse me and telecommunication devices. So you may wonder why is this that we just finished um we want to be very clear and transparent. This was brought up by administrators and there is one syntice that it says um really just a comment and a word two words but we
054felt we needed to clarify we see it written differently to before school between classes during lunch and after school. Um um as a past high school teacher and a past high school principal um what we did not want to happen was um somebody say you can't be on your phone in the hallway give it to me between classes. Um not that that's how our teachers talk to our students but we didn't want that to be a a gotcha. Right. And what we just talked about earlier when we were talking about the procedure, we're wanting to focus on education in the classroom. We're not trying to take away cell phones. I think I once again I'm going to tell you that's probably I might say that many times. We're focusing on education, not taking away cell
055phones. And so that was for the change. And what I'm asking you to do is if you are in agreement um to do a first and second reading so we can make this change as soon as possible in our handbook. >> I make the motion make the motion for the first. Nope. I actually just did have a I wanted to circle back to Alisa's question earlier though about the or if a school administrator authorizes the student to use the device. So would that mean like they need permission from the principal? They cannot have the teacher say get out your phone and use it to get on. Right. That's correct. So it would have to be a case by case. Mr. Bailey would have to teacher X would go to Mr. Bailey and say we have
056event today whatever something and he would choose to do that. Um it's really entire in intended to be like emergency. Yeah. I guess my concern is like I don't want to tie the teachers hands if they do need the students to use their devices for educational reasons. So, I guess as long as there's a way for like a teacher to approach Mr. Bailey, obtain permission like I'm doing a lesson on this day and and that will be up to the administrator. Once again, just like you and I don't want to tie the hands of the teacher, we also don't want to tie the hands of the administrator to say, um, I think there's work around here to this. I >> I'll give an example actually and that actually came from my husband. My husband teaches
057our students who are learning English and he goes, "What am I going to do?" I have them use Google Translate a lot and I teach them use Google Translate because they have to like they'll be on situations and they don't know what someone's saying or they don't know what word to use. So, we just kind of talked about it. We've not come up with a solution. I'll say I'll leave that up to Mr. Bailey because that's his principle. But, I can see those things being those could be some challenges we'll have to overcome. >> Yeah. I mean there's certainly going to be some scenarios that happen but that's >> no um I agree with a lot of what has been said here today but what I basically reason I wanted to speak today was we
058do want clarification for students on what is appropriate and when it's appropriate and basically what we're saying is that when you're in class it is inappropriate to use your cell phone that's what we're saying it's inappropriate to use your cell phone at that time every other time we are going to be okay with it before school, in between classes, at lunch. Those are your times to use the cell phone. But when we get in that classroom, that is a place of learning. That is what that space is intended for. As teachers plan for situations like that. Uh Miss Flores, Mrs. Flores brought it up earlier. I think Miss Casey actually maybe said that. Um the white list, she brought up the white list. Uh we made this comment in our uh mandatory days with staff.
059That same question was brought up. I the intention is is that no we do not allow students to use cell phones at that time. Let's get it cleared and whitelisted so that you can use it on your Chromebooks because we are we spend a lot of money. We have a lot of systems in place that use technology and we're saying it is appropriate for you to use your Chromebook. It's not appropriate for you to have a AirPod in you listening to music on the side. It's not appropriate for you to be on your cell phone. It is appropriate for you to be on your Chromebook if it's whitelisted site. So, let's whitelist it as we plan. >> My experience a lot of times in like English classes, we will use utilize AirPods just to like
060help I don't know what the right word is, but help get those writing get that writing flowing. And I've found that that's really beneficial just to like block out the rest of the classroom and that honestly makes me more productive. So I know that you can connect your AirPods to your Chrome, but that is so I don't know if we could do something with that. I just think that there is a possibility for that technology to be helpful in the classroom and to benefit us with our education. >> We we don't disagree. However, we don't know what you're hooked to. Does that make sense? We don't know whether it's hooked to your backpack in your I mean to your cell phone in that's in your backpack or to your Chromebook. Olivia, um I have a
061question more on the phone usage side rather than the headphones. So like in my math class, um if I sit in the back of the classroom, sometimes we get seats, new seats every week and I forget my glasses a lot of the time. So I will take my phone and there'll be there pictures. that I can take from the It's not mentioned that we're I think we all make sure I is a great thing. I think it's associated with Assistance call. time. So that October 31st Saturday heard me speak. Thank you. I should Right. Yes. Yes. Hello. What are you doing? >> Um, I move to approve first reading of policy 3122. >> I second it. been moved and seconded to approve first reading of policy 3122. Uh students, all those in favor signify by
062saying I. >> I. Motion carries. Next up is vouchers. And I would like to pull check number for a separate vote. You just do it. >> Huh? What's that? >> You should do that. >> Yes. Um, anybody have any questions on vouchers? I had a another follow-up question on the Gator. Do we send those out to bid or is it part of the vehicle purchases through the state? I think Delise is going to have to answer that. Yes, we did get bids, but I don't know how it's how it works. So, Disease, do you know the answer on that one? >> Um, I don't. Andy actually is the one who got bids on these with the for the new Gator. >> So, we did have three bids, but I don't know. I So, we have
063multiple bids. So, we did through the bid process, but I just don't know which one it falls under. >> It does not fall under our TVF rules. Okay. >> Because even though it's a licensed as a vehicle, it's it's not a transporting students, right? Not in that category. >> Okay. >> So, I had had a question on 911484 that I asked Deise kind of late in the day and she was going to have the girls pull it and get back to me in the morning. So, like >> could you tell me what the the Deise What is it for? Um, it's it's a it's a check paid out to Proer School District. I'm assuming it's a reimbursement of some sort, but the girls used a revenue code. Um, which which is typical if we're charging
064a particular program for something, but I just don't have the background information on it to to say for sure what it is. So, we're going to have to wait until they can pull that in the morning and then we'll have an answer for it. I guess procedurally not sure what to do not knowing about that one. >> Um, >> not knowing if it's accurate. We can always change a code. It's It's very easy to change a code if it's not coded to the correct thing. >> Okay. >> As long as it can be changed. So, for the record, >> Michelle, will you please say the check number pretty loud again, please? For the record. >> Oh, it >> or warrant number. >> I have to use my technology here. >> 911484. >> Okay. So, for
065the record, we have been asked to provide documentation and make sure the account coding process is correct on that check and that will go in the minutes and then we will go accordingly. Thank. >> Oh, I see. Any other questions on vouchers? >> Well, I move to approve vouchers. >> I I did have a text that um some people are having hard time hearing on Zoom. Okay, >> last minute. We got a first and a second, right? Second. >> Um, students, all those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Motion carries. Uh now I will ask for approval of check 9 or I move to approve check number 911463. >> Oh and I'm abstaining from voting that recusing myself. Okay. >> Right. Uh, it's been moved and seconded to accept check number 911463.
066Students, all those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> And Michelle recused herself. >> Thank you. >> Um, okay. Moving on to 11 is declaration of general fund financial emergency and implementation of financial austerity measures. >> I'll do my best. Um, we had this very similar letter last fall. Please make get. what are we going to get >> back to that level? And so, um, a couple that are on here that are, for a lack of better words, I'm going to say controversial in in nature is G. Um, so the no CT team athletics at the high school level unless coaches association agrees to anou for each by each sport for coaches contracts. And I want everybody to understand this is really amazing. This is about like the pea and them giving up
067part of their contract for this year. We have some amazing coaching groups that have said we need C squad athletics because the freshman or the underassman or I guess it could be any student but a C squad athlete is a very important part to the growing of a of a program. And these coaches have said, "Okay, we will give up part of our salary to be able to pay the third coach so that we can have as many players playing as we can." And that has happened. So the pieces that we want the community to understand is the district is still paying for our officials. the C squad teams, freshman teams, whatever particular sport you're in and how it's link the language is um can ride with the C team, I mean on the with
068the bus um they'll be able to go. What we're saying is they cannot have special busing to an event. So, I'll just give an example. Sometimes in preseason, a C squad will go to tournament X while the varsity and JV go to tournament Y. We can't have that because that's causing extra mileage and extra cost in transportation. Um, so I just want everybody to really understand early last spring the coaches association and I we sat down well Jackson Hawk a bunch of people not just me and said okay what can we do to make this happen? We had so many community members reach out and said Cquad athletics are super important to the growth and longevity of our program. And so this was a great compromise. It was a way to say to the community
069students matter, kids matter, but at the same time financially being fiscal fiscally responsible, we had to say something in athletics had to give and this was the compromise. So I I just wanted people to really understand that. At one point we said if there were the numbers and if we had the fiscal means we could bring CEOs back. So, some programs have the numbers, some don't. So, they would not have their third coach, but we don't have the means to fully pay those third coaches. So, that's what that one's about. Um, we did um reduce no. So, the no additional middle school athletics, there will be two in teams in seventh grade and two teams in eighth grade, just not the combo team. And then um I think the rest of it is pretty self-explanatory.
070I'd be happy to answer any other questions or deletes or anything else in the immediate. And then in the forecast for the year and what we're planning to do and um the short-term goal, the midterm goal, and the long range goal are all there written. and they're similar, but they're different in nature because we're we do a great job as a board and as as a team. We should be to just under two uh I think it's 3.17%. Is that right, Diss at the end of this and then the next year should take us back in the realm where we should be. >> Great. Thank you. Any questions for Kim? Yes. So what would it look like? Fundraised specifically to send their C team to like a specific place because I know for soccer there's
07160 girls trying out this year and because C team ne basically never travels with JV and varsity they're looking at just not having a C team at all. >> Okay. >> Because there wouldn't be a post. So sitting right here tonight, I don't know all of the WBO rules off the top of my head. So yes, teams could raise their money. It would be done through ASB, but as you know, as ASB people, right, there has to be student driven requests to raise that money. Students have to approve to spend the money and then we have to um pay for it accordingly. So the answer to your question in a nutshell in a simple way is yes. ASB money cannot be used to pay salaries. So they can be used for uniforms, balls, I believe
072travel, do you know? I believe travel can be spent with ASB money and officials. The only thing I know absolutely certain cannot is salaries. So, um, without being technical and sticking my neck out there too far, the answer to your question in a nutshell is yes, you can raise for those, um, events or sporting events. >> Good question. Thank you. Any other questions? Michelle, >> can I add one more thing before I call for a vote? Um, so ASB, the student bodies in all of our buildings have access to their full funds. That is student money for student resources. Um, I've talked to a couple board members and some principles. This is everything from the Princess Theater events at the elementaryaries to Starbase Reese to steam activities or whatever. So, we're not this austerity measures
073does not impact that. I just want to make that real clear for the for the record. FFA, any of those types of things. And then categorical monies that Mr. Gilman and Deanna um manage, they will make the call on whether that falls within the appropriate budget. And we know that we cannot spend $1 out of basic ed out of those categorical monies. Great. Thank you. Any any questions for Delise or Kim? Anna, Kevin? So, um just to clarify this C team because so theou was passed by the coaches association. >> Yes, they actually each team each actually not team each sport and then slash team. So, for example, girls basketball or boys soccer or whatever, they each wrote their own and we already have the contracts in place, theus in place. >> Okay? >> So,
074every coach already knows what their salaries are and what they've given up and what they've kept. And it's a one-year and then we will reassess this in the spring depending on how we're doing budget-wise. >> Okay. So the the team cut is essentially just no soccer C squad traveling by themselves to East Valley to play >> or basketball or >> or if they choose Yep. Or if the particular sport or team has chose not to do that, then they would potentially run the risk of cutting, right? Does that make sense? If the if the sport and the head coaches and the athletic directors say uh we're not willing to give I don't that sounds so negative but they're not really willing to enter into anou like that then we as a district are only paying
075for two coaches. Now if they have a third coach who volunteers or a community member that's fine also right we're just committing to paying for two coaches other than football and it's just a different mathematical equation but they did cut one coach out of football. So, are they allowed to provide their own transportation? That's really touchy. The answer really is no. You can ride home, but it's it's a touchy situation. >> So, some districts are doing that to try to cover costs. It just does put the district at a lot of it's a liability because you have a lot of people partnering up and we also have kids that families wouldn't be able to take them. So, um, the transportation for our own liability is much better and safer for us if we provide it.
076And then kids are only supposed to road ride home with their parent, which is, you know, a natural liability. You take your kids. >> Yeah. It would be kids drive like kids could drive themselves. Then what happened? >> Yeah. Because we have neighboring districts right now that have there is no transportation at all for any athletics of any age and they're all providing their own and it's They're struggling with with six kids getting to go to sporting event X and there's an accident, who's liable? >> Talked about funding through ASB. Is this something if boosters have capacity for giving that funed through boosters as well as ASB? >> Or I had a phone call with part of the booster group this evening and we're going to have a meeting. Um, I'm going to prepare everybody
077that um, if you remember last, well, I'm going to say last spring, but it might have been like the fall before, remember we had a donation for the boys baseball shed and then we had to buy a girls softball shed. So, the gifting and the donation of money comes a title n issue. So, if we had an agreement with boosters And it would never be this, but let's say they gave us $20, then each club would get five. Each sport would get five, right? Or if there was a boys and a girls, then they would each get 10, right? Because I don't I think we're responsible for title N even in a gift. Thank you. Another question. So even if even if we were able to have all of our teams travel on one bus,
078would it even be possible to have three soccer teams on one bus? >> Space-wise pro it doesn't probably make good sense because obviously littles can sometimes fit three to a seat and and it wouldn't. Um, so then it would probably be, you know, how I'm not a very good soccer I in my head sh seeing what the sidelines looks like, right? >> But you would be maybe having to do like what Shear does when they travel. They only take they have a traveling team that's smaller and then that rotates. >> Okay. >> Or and I think um JV and C Squad if somebody crosses over, right? Yes. Those kinds of things. So there would have to be some creativity in that so everybody could ride on the bus. And then also much like here, do
079they have three at least two fields or if not three fields where everybody could kind of play at one time too, right? To be able to get before dark and all those pieces. There questions, comments? I move to approve the declaration of general fund financial emergency and implementation of financial austerity measures. >> I'll second it. It's been moved and seconded to approve the general fund emergency financial emergency implementation. Students and that's what all those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Motion carries. Uh next up is the resolution 1325 adoption of the 2526 budget. >> I'll start Deise and then you just interrupt me please. >> Okay. >> So um last year we learned a lot when we did this resolution last year. As you look through the resolution it discloses what our
080budget amount is. Um we um followed the recommendation of the district um the board of directors at our last meeting. There was a little bit of dialogue that went on about um the amounts. The other thing to note is that um what is in this resolution is the general fund, the ASB, the capital projects, the debt service fund, and the transportation vehicle fund. And Delise can talk about any one of those that you wish. Um, that's what's in the resolution and that was the reason we did the financial austerity measures first because this would put us at below our board policy and the F195 is up and current and Delise we got that all straight right. What they have is a the current copy is accurate. Correct. >> Correct. Yep. And then the MOC attachment
081is just a a rule that we have to follow for notification that we are spending above and beyond what the state allocates us for MSOC. So to clarify for people who are are listening, our materials, supplies, and operating cost money that we get is X number of dollars and our budget is spending Y dollars. So we have to disclose the difference between the two. Any questions for the lease? Kim. So, >> just to be clear, the Mog what we're going to spend on Mox is 8.7 million, right? But the state's only given us 3.4, >> correct? >> Clarify that. >> Yes. >> And I think that's and thank you for bringing that up. The people who are listening tonight need to hear the amount of money that the state says it takes to operate this
082bill, this district's budget for operating costs versus what we're what it really takes to spend. And then we've been cutting and cutting and cutting. So I just want everybody to hear that that's a big discrepancy. >> Well, I think it's, you know, clear to point out that our just our insurance cost is almost a third of what the state gets gives us just insurance. >> Just under $1 million this year. Well, I move to approve resolution 1325, adoption of the 2526 budget. Uh, this is a roll call vote, but I'll ask students. >> Perfect. Michelle, I >> Brian, >> Frank, I and >> I two will vote I. Uh, motion carries. Thank you. Um, moving on to consent items one through four. >> I would move to approve the consent items. >> It's been moved
083and seconded to approve consent items one through four. Students, all those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Motion carries. Uh, that concludes our action items tonight. Moving on to reports, Mr. Gilman. Um, couple other things. Uh, we're finalizing, uh, surveys. We finalized that today for Panorama. So, student surveys will be going out again. Um, we've been working on instructional calendars and and trying to finish those up. Uh we've scheduled the pack general meetings and officer meetings and um so those will be published and then uh we got our federal grants. Yeah. So we're working on those. >> Thank you. >> I'll just add finally to we got our federal grants finally. Um we had a lot of training in the last couple weeks. We had training for our new teachers and uh
084edge our ESAs. We have one new school psych. We did um a universal design for learning that I refer to training for all of our certified staff last week. Um we also trained our new teachers on our American Reading Company, our K through8 um curriculum for for reading and I pulled some data for Kim the other day and I looked at where we were in the fall of 21 and we had 21% of our students reading on grade level and at the end of last year we had 59% of our students reading on grade level. So, um it really is working and we have um another probably 30 plus percent right right below that right on the verge of reading on grade level. So, I was pretty excited to see that um big jump and
085we continue to improve and grow. Um we had training for Panorama, our uh Kevin referred to the surveys. We did training for our administrators, our counselors, our interventionists, our instructional coaches, our special ed teachers so that they know how to use the system to track and monitor students that might be our most struggling students. Um Kevin is learning grants um with my support. Some of it is uh trial and error and some of it is he just needs access to the same things I do, but we're getting there. Um Emer 3 is set up and working. We're still working on some glitches with um some accounts. Uh some of the accounts going over Sean and has been working on this with me and with Emergent 3, that's our emergency response app. Um it's it but
086for the most part 95% of our staff are connected and get the alerts. And if you're ever with us um and you hear like it sounds like a submarine diving, that's because someone's either having a drill or actually um has an has some sort of lockdown or other sort of emergency they're they're doing. So that seems to be working quite well. Um and then uh also helping with payroll. Kim and I are learning payroll. Um 35 years, why not? Um, and then if you are available tomorrow night, um, the Court of Dreams, uh, ribbon cutting is tomorrow. You can see it out here at the Boys and Girls Club. They put that out that put was installed pretty quickly, but it's looks really cool. And according to the email that Natalie Averella sent me, it's
087the first one in the state of Washington. So, if you're available for little fun ribbon cutting tomorrow, I think that's at 5:30 tomorrow night out here at the court. Um, thank you, Deanna. Kevin, do any questions for for the students? Deise, did you have anything uh to report on? I know you've done a lot lately. >> No, no, not tonight. I will I will sit this one out, but we will have uh we're getting started on year end already. Um, so that's really fun and exciting. And so we'll start rolling those reports out and talk about where we we end up at at the end of August. So excited to to see that. But um looking for for a new payroll person. Um so if you if you know anybody um encourage them to to
088apply on our website. Um and yeah, just just surviving the the start of the year. >> Great. Thank you, Deise. Kim, you're up. >> Well, uh we've talked a lot tonight, so I'll see if I can put this in a shorter version. So, um, long story short, um, when we initially bought the White Church, there was a little glitch in some of the titles. So, we had to go back and, um, find some names and people. So, I think that we, Travis Davis, the our realtor, and I solved that today, and we found the person. So, we're still shooting to sign title over on or do the title documents on the 5th of September. So, nothing has stood in the way. I will keep you posted if there is, but um, you know, if you
089don't have a clean title, you can't sell some. So, we got that worked out. Parcel B, which is the lots over by KRV, we had an offer. We did a counter and then their offer was was withdrawn. Um, and then, uh, two showings at Grant Property this week, so that was encouraging. So, we'll see how that goes. Um, I really want I've said it a couple times tonight and I'm going to say it again. It really takes us all to take cuts and make a fiscal be fiscally sound whether it's the coaches the teachers what they did the principles in their days every I mean everybody security um so just so many things right um but I think it will be fun for me not probably next spring but a spring from then to say
090we are in the right place and we've done the right things and we've you've heard is right size. We've done the right things and I will be with a clear conscience that we go to levy in 2027, but we've done the right thing for the proer school district. So, I want to go there. Legally, we have one public records request that it has to be completed by the third. I think we're ready to go. We do have one case that's continuing. It's not real deep, but we do have to follow our rules and regulations. Um, I do want to address the elephant in the room, the release of the banking information that almost everybody in the whole community knows about. Um, I do want to let you know that we met with our insurance company,
091we met with legal counsel, and then we met with um, Mullen and Coughlin, which is the legal side of any data that we have for our insurance company. I met with them today and the exposure as we originally said was quite small but I want everybody to hear if you hear something or see something you need to tell me um because I need to manage it appropriately. Um Deanna joked about being payroll. Diana and I are becoming payroll experts. We're doing direct deposits and we're learning how to balance and we're going to put payroll in and and together with our ESD partnership with 123. I do want to publicly acknowledge um u Mrs. Tamar Burns from ESD 171 out of Wan that my partnership and friendship and my peers Trisha Shock and Michelle Price out
092of ESD 171 superintendent and their physical specialist. I don't know that we would have made this payroll that everybody gets on Friday without their help. So, it really is nice to have professional peers you can call on. Um, I do want everybody to know, um, until you have a mistake in life, you don't know how to keep them from happening. Um, so for the record, I am the one who approves a board packet. Um, I approve the line items and who's going to speak, but I do not meticulously read every attachment. And I will let you know that that is no longer the case. I now have read every document that's in tonight's board packet. And we have a second set of eyes that peruses them for we have some keywords that we do in
093a rubric. So are their names and phone numbers? Are there addresses? Is there any personal information so that we can do that. So um we have some checks and balances in place so that that potentially never happen. I can never say never happen again but with everything in my power will not happen again. um facilities. I don't know notice, but Hustle Middle School and the high school lower parking lot got some stripes out there. Um yes, baseball and softball parking lot will be next. Um but we're trying to get things done. Um but a maintenance crew took it upon themselves to rig and figure out an adaption or adaptive piece to our field sprayer. They're now doing and following lines. So, we're not paying well, we pay for painting their labor, but we're not paying
094a company to come in and do that. So, that was really positive. Um, I did, uh, we did the punch list on the tennis courts and that field area. There are still some items to fix. So, the retainage will not be released until those items are fixed. Um, the new stadium light, I have not seen it at night, so maybe tonight it'll be dark enough I can see it on, but is now up. It's the one behind our biker ticket booth bottom that will now face the stairs so we have better light there at night. And the elf grant, we're super excited about that in our Boys and Girls Club facility. Um we have our first meeting um we have a touchbased one to tomorrow's Thursday tomorrow and then we'll do start the construction planning
095meetings. um leadership um the superintendent advisory council which is very much like a pack meeting. Well, it's superintendent advisory to ESD123. I don't know if I'm excited about this yet, but I'm the president-elect, so we'll see how that goes. Um just one more thing to the plate. Um we are fully staffed for teachers and par profofessionals. We are still looking for an athletic trainer. We are looking for a payroll officer, excuse me, officer. if you know anyone with payroll experience, but we're really looking for somebody who has under an experience working with a staff of 350 or more. Um, we really need a payroll officer, somebody who understands that. I do want to let you know that we received some information about what we should look for in this person. Um, and payroll experience and
096understanding with DRS and and taxes and things like that is actually more beneficial in this side than the school experience. Um I visited three or five schools on the first day and a couple more today. Things were working pretty smooth. We do have we're working with some stuff on bus routes. Really it's um our partnership with Boys and Girls Club is super important and we're trying to figure out way to have enough space on the bus, but that's always changing, right? And so figuring that out and then they're coming off and coming up. Is it fifth? I don't know what's the one that runs right here that turns into Patterson. that bit that turns into Peps and making sure we're dropping off in a safe location. So, we're working through that. Um, I have to
097say great visibility by our new special services director, Dr. Allen. I don't know if she's still there. There she is. Um, I think she made everybody's day because she brought full-size candy bars to all of her special shel um partners. Yeah. Oh, and I got one, too. So, I got a Milky Way bar so I was not hangry at the end of the day on the first day of school. Um, and then, um, Mr. Gilman, I can remember being in his shoes the first time I wasn't the building principal. And when you're going from one position to another, it's almost like you're lost. You don't really know where you fit, what your role is, um, he's been, he had a student from Witstrand who's now going to the middle school. An example of that is
098he's helping that student with transition. He's showing up. He's making sure he's communicating. and the work that he's doing inside the instructional piece for D. So Diana and I can be payroll people. Kevin's having to take care of instruction. Oh, um it really does take all of us. State, right? Monday, right? We'll have our bus and our trailer really quick. If you're right, if you want to do the candy thing, you have to walk. You can't throw it from the bus or the trailer. Little caveat this year. Um Rotary meetings. Um, the garden party is back. August 30th, Saturday. Chamber of Commerce events are still going on. I spent my time taking tickets at Spirit of the West last or on Saturday night. Um, it was pretty hot, but uh, we we made it. Um,
099and then I'm the red and white committee chair. So, um, and I'm going to make this publicly announcement tonight. We have Kellen Moore's high school jersey number 11 with his signature on it for auction and Kirby Moore's jersey with his signature on it for auction. So, it's pretty big deal. And I went out on a limb and I sent an email to the NFL Hall of Fame and to the NFL uh to the New Orleans Saints and said, "Are you sure you don't really want his jersey?" to see if maybe we can up the price of that jersey a little bit. So, we'll see what we can do. You know me, I'm not afraid to ask. So, we'll find out because someday or maybe I want to buy it and then someday I'll sell it
100to them. We'll see. Um, >> so anyhow, there's lots of fun things going on. Been a long meeting. Um, but I really do appreciate the community and the work and um I do want to say one more thing. We had a student's bicycle stolen um from the middle school yesterday and thank you to our police, our staff. The person has been apprehended. We do not know if the bike is back because um when things are stolen, they're often sold faster or pass hands faster. We get it back. But I want to tell the community, if you see something, say something. The faster you say it, the faster we can respond. And now this person is in custody and hopefully the young man gets his bike back. Um, also Diana mentioned it's called eent 3. If
101you hear it, it's called E3. That is a way that we communicate communicate with our first responders, both fire and police immediately when something happens. Um, and oh, and Benton County Sheriff. So, um, it really is stepping in the right direction. And I want to tell you, Blake, um, when I walked in today, I said, ' Blake, how was your first couple days? And he said, Kim, you know, it's the first year in a long time. We haven't moved a building, moved an office, moved to whatever. And I think most everything worked on the first day. So, um, I I think we are stepping in the right direction. So, thank you everyone and I'm sorry I took so long. >> Great. Thanks, Kim. Any questions for Kim? All right, board reports. Michelle. >> Um, I
102don't really have anything. I'm just really excited to see all the kids back at school. Um, everyone's coming out with smiles on their faces and thankfully for me, you know how much I hated middle school drop off like that. How's the middle school pickup drop off line just drove me crazy. But now I have one at the high school so I get to park in between on the street and I don't have to deal with any of that traffic. So, I'm a really happy mom. Um but anyway, and I am really thankful I saw two at least you you probably there but at the PHS um open house night helping out um just helping make sure everyone could find what they were looking for and answering questions and I really appreciate you guys being there.
103That's all. >> Thanks Michelle. Brian, >> um sounds like um kickoff school year has been good. So hopefully you guys will finish up the week um in the same manner. Uh, I do want to thank Mandy for addressing the board tonight in regards to the uh, art library and PE requirements. Um, I'm sure that'll get uh, attention sooner than later. Um, and I do want to state thank uh, our student reps for your guys' in input on the cell phone policy, the excused unexcused absences. Um, it's awesome to have you guys as vocal as you are and we we do really appreciate it. So, thank you. Frank. >> Yeah. Just I want to thank you guys too. You're doing a great job. Um and also I want to thank those all those who are sacrificing
104you know or doing extra things to make this budget these budget issues work. Um this is not easy. Um but I just really want to acknowledge and and thank people for making sacrifices. Sorry, please. >> Well, I brought a list and I hope I I didn't forget anybody and if I did, you can just call me names on social media. If that's the case, please feel free. I think um in talking with our budget and cuts to having having to be made fundraising in the community by everybody is going to be so important by the different buildings, by every sports group, band boosters. And I would just really encourage people um to you know our PTO does so much to support enrichment programs um grants hopefully to continue more arts programs and continue continue on
105that program with the princess. Um so just made a list briefly of things businesses that are supporting and also um you know when you're sitting at the art frighter on Friday night and you see the the banners that are out there by businesses please make sure that those are the businesses that you're going to. Shaker Cherries does a lot in this community and supports and so does Becky's coffee shop for pancake stand again booster red and white knife September 20th now I have to get okay um you know here here for Dentil's family specs the hall family the Browns family the coats family those are families that have you know take a lot of pride that they have donated to this these community this community for over 40 years northwest farm supply grocery outlet Mustings
106for Mustangs United good neighbors abbreviated CGN does a lot of grants for this community. Um, Julie Ministries, HOBS, and just, you know, when someone's selling a candy bar, a box of oranges, just you try to, you know, do everything we can to support and plan ahead and just support your community as much as you can. >> Thank you, Alisa. Um, well, I can't say it better than the previous four. So, um I do want to, you know, just kind of driving around before school, I did notice, you know, the grounds are looking better. Um so, you know, the maintenance guys seem to be on it. You know, our irrigators are on it. So, um I think for the start of the school year, I think everything looks very well. So, I appreciate that effort. Um
107we've been here long enough. So, I'll stop with that. Um Oh, yeah. We've got a meeting tomorrow uh 4 pm. Uh it's a special board meeting uh for a budget extension for the ASB fund at 4 PM on it'll be here and in Zoom or just >> we technically I will be here >> and open this room like always and and then whether you're here in person or on Zoom um it's will be quick um but we do have to have it completed before the end of the month >> and then uh after that regular board meeting September 10th 6 pm right here in this room Thank you all. This meeting's adjourned. >> And now we sign.