001I'd like to call this uh regular school board meeting of the DC Everest area school district to order. First up, roll call. Shannon >> here. >> Katie >> here. >> Uh Ye >> here. >> Larry >> here. >> Josh. Ben >> uh present virtually. >> All right. Josh may join us virtually. Please stand. I am here. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Hey, Lindsay. >> Yes. >> Josh just Josh just texted and said he's present, but he's unable to to unmute and talk. >> Okay, we will add that to the notes. Um, next up, I'd like to mo uh make a motion
002to approve the agenda without item 9D. I'd like to postpone this item to our April meeting to help us better understand the impact of the decision, compile a list of questions board members have, and understand any other options with their with this decision. Is there a motion to approve? >> Oh, a motion >> or I mean second. >> You made the motion. >> That was mine. >> Second. >> Uh any discussion on this hearing? None. This requires a voice vote. All those in favor state I. >> I. >> Any opposed? That passes. Next up is public comment. At this time in our agenda, we have time set aside for public participation. We value your input and interest in our school community. It is important to note that we welcome differences in opinion and recognize that
003we are all here because we have a vested interest in our children and in our schools. We would also like to remind you that schoolboard meetings are for the purpose of carrying on the business of the district. They are not public meetings but official business meetings held in public. The public comments presented before the board reflect only the view of the individual speaker and not the board or the district. Anyone wishing to address the board should have registered their intention to participate upon their arrival at the meeting on the signup sheet at the door. As a reminder, our public comment policy states participants must have a legitimate interest in district business, such as current district residents, students, parents, guardians, employees, or contractors of the DC Everest Area School District. Participants will be recognized by the
004presiding officer and are asked to please state their name, address, and group affiliation before beginning their remarks. To ensure that board meetings are conducted in an orderly and productive manner, all public comments are subject to the following time. Each statement by our participant is limited to three minutes duration and should address topics within the legitimate jurisdiction of the school board. If a speaker continues past the expiration time, I will ask the speaker to stop and leave the podium. The public comment period will be limited to a total of 30 minutes unless extended by a motion. Conduct. All remarks should be directed to the board and not to the audience. No one may address or question board members individually. Speakers must conduct themselves with respect and civility toward others. Prohibited conduct includes conduct which is disruptive
005to the meeting, interferes interferes with the ability of others to observe the meeting or speak to the board or interferes with the ability of the board to conduct business. This includes conduct which is abusive, harassing or threatening and conduct which includes the use of vulgarities or profanities. If a speaker violates this rule, you will first be given a warning warning and then may be asked to leave. Board response. Concerns raised tonight will not be addressed at this meeting unless they fall under an already approved agenda topic. The concerns may be added to a future agenda at the request of any board member. Topics for discussion. No person addressing the board should initiate charges or complaints about individual board members or employees or students of the district. Such charges or complaint should be presented directly to
006the superintendent. Uh recess. In the event an individual's conduct causes a disruption to the board meeting and the board cannot continue its business, a motion may be made to declare a recess. With that, we do have one public participation comment. Um Kyle Robbins, come on up. Um, >> you may begin. >> Okay. Um, was item 9B I didn't have the agenda packet. Was item 9B the cash and loo items? Okay. Excellent. Um, first of all, I just wanted to say that's what I'm here to address is the cash and loo items. I was going to ask the board to postpone at least um their decision tonight. Um, we didn't get a lot of information as the affected people until about 7:00 this morning. So, thank you for that. Uh, I do appreciate uh that. Um,
007I just want to speak out in defense the cash and loop program. Um, my name is Kyle Robbins. I'm a Jan custodian at the middle school and the high school here at DCE. Um, I'm a proud husband of Jodie Robbins. She's a special education teacher at Evergreen Elementary. Um, the best uh elementary and best special ed teacher in the district. Uh, I'm partial. Um uh I just wanted to say that uh we are one of the 47 not individuals but families um that really are affected by the proposed elimination of the cash and blue program. Um these 47 families really represent some of the best and most invested employees that you guys have here. You have families of like generational um people like I mean there's sometimes three generations of people working here at the
008district. That's something that a lot of places would be very proud to have where you would recommend this to your child and your your grandfather worked here, whatever else. I think that says a lot about our culture here and uh just how how great the district really is. Um I just wanted to say uh that a lot of these employees, the 47 families run everywhere from administrators to teachers to salaried staff to support staff to food service. It's a little bit of everyone. Um, four years ago it was implemented and it was to a lot of fanfare. People didn't really understand it, but I think they really saw the benefits of it and I think it's really a great program. Um, I know we did it to kind of consolidate expenses, but one of the
009byproducts was that if you had a spouse that worked in the district, well, you also got the additional payment, which has really helped in the last few years with medical bills and things like that. And since we've switched the health insurance plan to the Aspirus plan, uh, sadly, I know that was a cost-saving measure, but costs on my end have gone up. The same doctor visit in November that I had was $161 for the walk-in is now $220. At the same Spirus Hospital, the same doctor. Um, these costs have risen for everyone. I I'm aware of that. Um, but, you know, the extra money it helps and I think that money is going to healthcare and it's going to some of, like I said, your some of your most invested families here in the district.
010Um, I think that, you know, to make a financial decision, I I know the future years here are going to be challenging. Low enrollment, um, you got student behaviors, you have there's a lot of things that make a school district what it is. And we have to plan as best as we can as the board and as staff members to kind of prepare for the future. And I honestly think it would be a mistake to eliminate this program because it fosters what we want, >> Kyle. That's three minutes. >> Okay. Sorry. >> Thank you. Uh, next up is the consent agenda. Is there a motion to approve the consent agenda? >> So move. >> Second. Uh, any additional discussion on this? >> Can I remove item? Sorry, I wasn't in the right spot. The >>
011Roman numerals give me trouble. Uh, the Stark College now items. >> And make a motion to approve the consent agenda with those removed. >> I I'll I'll I'll make that motion with a friendly amendment, you know, and um we're just including what Katie said. So, as long as Larry's okay with it. >> Item L. >> Larry, >> will you second that amendment, Larry? >> Yes. >> Otherwise, we're No. Um, with approving everything without the uh without um with the exception of item L. >> Yes. Yep. >> Otherwise, we'll have to do an amendment vote, and I I don't want to do that. >> All right. So, there's a motion to approve the consent agenda without item L and a second. Any additional discussion? This requires a roll call vote. Uh Shannon, >> yes. >> yes.
012>> Uh Larry, >> yes. >> Josh, can you speak? >> Yes. >> All right. Ben, >> yes. >> Uh Katie, >> yes. >> And I vote yes. Is there a motion to approve item L? >> So moved. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Uh, this requires a roll call vote. Shannon, >> yes. >> E, >> yes. >> Uh, Katie, >> abstain. >> Larry, >> yes. >> Josh, >> yes. >> Ben, >> yes. >> That passes. >> Next up is reports and considerations. Was Shannon. >> Uh, I have some information. Uh legislation's been proposed to require all school boards to adopt a policy that would prohibit pupils from using wireless communication devices during the school day from bell to bell, meaning that all day long, no exceptions. Uh the legislation would supersede
0132025 Wisconsin Act 42, which was passed earlier this session. However, uh WASBY is not supporting this bill as schools are already able to make this decision if they so choose. Um, COSBA National Conference is this week. The executive director, Dan Ross Miller, will be attending along with WSB President Sandy Anderson. And as an FYI, you have a print out of an op-ed written by executive director Dan Ross Miller on school funding. And that's just for your information. And that's all I have. >> Thank you, Shannon. Next up, season 9, Larry. >> We had our season 9 meeting Wednesday, March 4th up in Tomahawk. We had a presentation uh on CTE, good old career and technical education by Miranda Ritker who used to be here with us and uh so she's up full-time now doing that.
014We were sharing that service with CISA 8 between 9 and 8 and so nine has had enough demand and it was a nice step I guess for uh Miranda. So she made a presentation of CTE which you know we have a a big strong force of here and so that's a uh was a lot of things that I had heard of before and uh was well received by the board because people realize that uh that's just becoming a bigger and bigger part of of education these days. Um the other comment here there's a lot of things in my notes but the CISA 9 uses stutter as we do as many companies do they got a 4.81 81 average, which puts them in the national fi top 5% of service agencies. So, uh, and Dallas is
015a a big proponent of, you know, we are what you need us to be, and every year it's something different. We need more of this, less of that. And so, he jumps through hoops pretty much. And, uh, uh, so we gave him a really good rating and, uh, uh, a reasonable raise, which is part of the agenda as well. But uh so they're they're doing well and and getting good marks from everybody they talk to and uh next week next month they're going to have boardman call there which is always you know the lawyers which is always an interesting exercise for the uh stasis. Um he also reorganized into his system implementation team his sit team which is kind of a condensed version of his department managers. he had too many meetings with too many
016people, you know, and so he's trying to distill that down and and parcel out from that meeting to try to save everybody time from sitting in meetings as we all know how much fun that is. So that's my report. Thank you. >> Thank you, Larry. Next up, student representative Eva. Um, the twoe stretch for spring break started with juniors taking their ACTs yesterday with sophomores and seniors having off, which was very enjoyable to having a day off during this long stretch. And spring sports are starting up as winter sports had just finished up their season. This weekend, our band will embark on their trip to Ireland in which they will visit numerous historical sites and play in the St. Patrick's Day parade there. Um, mock trial and forensics had their competitions this past weekend with
017mock trial had their state and forensics had their districts with a variety of students making it to state for forensics and BA Fritz receiving the courtroom artist award at the state competition at mock trial. Also, raise your voice had their a trip to Madison for youth advocacy day and talk to legislators for school mental health services. And to wrap up, quarter 3 does end at the end of this month, which you may know, which is the 27th. So there will be many students studying for tests and waiting for the spring weather to come back to us. Keywords come back. Uh next up, superintendent report. Dr. Nye. >> So imagine was last week. We've got a little uh prop coming from there. So thanks to Jason Jablonsky and Ellen for figuring out a way to get
018that thing to stand up there. and Katie and her daughter, I think, were the decorators. But, uh, parking lot was about as crowded as we've ever seen it. Over 3,000 people, we think, um, at Imagine. Great reminder of all the things that happen really outside of the school day. So, um, per our education foundation president Lindseay Lewitzky, uh, 66 clubs and performances um, coming together. So, huge number of staff there in addition to lots of great student participants, but then lots of families to see um all of those uh little future evergreens and and moms and dads come in. It's just it's a it's a great night. Um uh the event received over $35,000 in community support and ultimately 15,000 of that goes right back to those clubs u as a thanks for making that
019night happen. So, appreciate everybody that uh comes together. So, fun fun night I'd imagine. uh less fun uh budget and staffing update. So um definitely uh lots of challenges right now as um if you read the article that Shannon passed around, it does speak to the reality that DC and lots of districts are facing. Um Kelly highlighted at our last meeting that we've got about a million dollars in reductions uh coming into this next school year. That number comes from a combination of declining enrollment enrollment which uh reduces our overall revenue and then increasing costs on pretty much everything that we buy from pencils to paper clips to pencils, paper towels, you name it. So, um the reality is that our investment in people we know is our our most important uh factor in the
020student experience. And as we have fewer students, we'll have fewer staff. Um that is uh definitely a reality for us and I've tried to be very straightforward with our staff about that. Um that means that this particular budget year in this staffing plan uh we'll see about 8.0 FTE across multiple categories um less. Last year it was about the same number a little bit more a little bit less. That's sort of our reality um for the uh foreseeable future here. Um, I looked to Jeff because Jeff has a planning spreadsheet both u section numbers at the high school and elementary numbers and um he kind of refers to the hot spots that are on there and he's got multiples of those. Um, and we're when you start to see numbers drop, they don't fall in
021this perfect way where it's a real clean easy decision at any level. Um, so unfortunately it it I think the way our formula uh sort of has some assumptions underneath it that there'll be this one forone kind of drop off and it's just not a a clean experience. So um so the combination of that funding and the cost escalation that's happening for everybody. Uh FTE reductions alone are just simply not going to balance our budget. that that combination um pushes us to have tough conversations and really examine what's closest to the classroom and uh the reality is when you get beyond staffing conversations, there's uh less available um there's not a lot of fluff. So, uh we're having conversations around things like our family back to school purchases. Not something that we're um happy to
022no longer be able to provide families, but last year we removed secondary purchases. This year we're removing ele elementary purchases. So, um we know we've got great community support on that example. Fill a backpack, fill a need will help for those that need it. Um but we've appreciated the opportunity to just erase that. Um it also leads us to benefit conversations. So, I know we removed an item from the agenda tonight. Um, I just want to examine or acknowledge that, uh, when we make these decisions, um, we're doing everything we can to stay as far from the classroom as possible to protect people and quality benefits. In a moment like this, um, I think you're starting to look at, um, the impact and reach of some of those benefit decisions. So, um, looking forward to
023an additional conversation to give you background on that and other decisions that we're making, but know that we're in an era, um, of education and an era in DC Everest with declining enrollment that we're going to be making those tough um, decisions going forward. So, we'll keep you informed um, and uh, do our best to take care of our our people, but we are we are shrinking. So, lots of tough conversations happening. So, uh, we are just just shy still of balancing our budget. So, uh we will present you a balanced budget, but uh uh not quite there yet. So, um on a more fun positive note, uh I want to thank all of our students and staff that were involved in state superintendent underly visit. Um Larry mentioned u CTE celebration uh up at
024CISA. This was a similar uh opportunity for us with a kind of a smaller scale, but to have an audience with a number of um cabinet level state folks and talk about um things that we're really proud of uh was was super super fun. So great opportunity during CTE month to c celebrate those programs and uh all that they do to prepare kids for their life beyond uh the high school beyond DC. So um we have two dates that we would like to throw out to you as a continuation of our facility study. So, this is fun. Last time we did it without Ellen, so I feel so much more comfortable. Like, I had the training wheels off before and I'm glad to have her support. But 4th and the 11th, would love to have
025you check your calendars to see if May 4th or 11th, we would be in a position at that point. Uh we we intend, assuming you uh we leave tonight with an approved survey, that will launch that survey, have that feedback, and that would be a part of that conversation to continue the facility discussion that we've been having. So, um, how about Oh, Madame President, May May 4th, May 11th. Um, anybody have both work for them? >> Both don't work. >> That is not really the answer we're looking for. Okay. So, neither there kind of back to the drawing board. I think I do think we Is there any flexibility? Are those hard nos? >> Um, both of them are out of now. >> Okay. Those are hard nos. >> Okay. Well, that didn't take long.
026We'll >> well well we don't need to wrestle around if neither of them do we we don't the only we had one other one on there originally we were talking about but that one I think is a conflict on Kelly's side and Kelly needs to be in the room for that conversation. So so we'll we'll go back we're going to look at May dates and know that we're um either we'll call or we'll email and follow up with the call. So >> is anybody out of town any other time in May? So that we don't even suggest >> Tuesdays and Thursdays don't work for me. >> If we do the if we do May 6, 13th, uh, or even the 27th, those would work for me at this moment. Sorry. >> Yeah. No, go on.
02727th. So six and 13 I think >> and 13 was a no-go for >> Kelly I believe. So >> yes, >> how are your weekends looking? >> Friday night >> day lights. >> I could do the 18th because you said that uh Lindsay, you said Tuesdays and Thursdays doesn't work for you, >> right? So I could do this >> 18 18 >> 18 for you. It's a board meeting week. That's the only downside. You get a 1820 two nights >> 18. How about our virtual colleagues? How's >> May 18th look like? >> 18th looks okay for me right now. >> Josh. >> Oh yeah. Josh, you're good, huh? I'm good. All right. Let's go with that then. So May 18th it is. Well, the mic wasn't working before. Sorry, Josh. >> We had planned Yep.
028>> an email on the I got it queued up right. Thank you. >> Um we had I think we were looking at another 5 to 6:30, 5 to 7. So 5:00 start. Is that okay? >> Yeah. >> Okay. All right. And then um on uh last two items on my agenda were uh things that you've got background on. I think we've got a date correction that what's on the agenda. You got information from Ellen already about um the community connect event on April 15th. And that one is um community connect is uh community members who don't have a direct DCverse connection. Uh one of the things that Ellen kind of stumbled into as we're trying to promote that is just reaching out into our volunteer database. So they're connected to us but they're folks that
029typically don't have children in our schools. They don't work for us. Um so um going to reach out to invite them in. Uh and then connect and collaborate are more established partners. So, a lot of people that we work closely with are business affiliates and uh looking forward to um sharing the cool things that are happening with kids, but also a heavy dose of an update on our facility study. So, looking forward to the opportunity to share what we're up to there and talk about how we can partner better. So, that is my report. >> Yes, legislative dinner, which you got background from me on as well, April 20th. So, >> uh thank you, Dr. Dr. Nye, any additional questions? All right, next up, unfinished business professional exchange summary. Dr. Nye. >> Yeah, so we
030have um an opportunity. I'm going to let our tech crew kind of cue this up, but we had um 20ome staff members that chose to select in an opportunity to go across the district. Um and we were very straightforward with them. um this is really an opportunity to explore things that are happening instructionally in other parts of the district that they don't typically end up in. So um principles uh helped facilitate both the visits in classrooms um amazing opportunities. So uh Rothschild uh Weston uh junior high school really appreciate those principles and their teams just opening the doors wide open and uh giving staff an opportunity to see. Um I'm going to let them talk. There's a couple of slides. It's we've got we really looked at editing down um people's perspectives, but I'm just
031going to let them talk for themselves. So, couple of slides we're going to these were the debrief topics and they're going to be embedded in what you're going to hear from staff members. So, really nice uh reflections and we'll let them share. I just want to thank DCE for the opportunity that we had as um a community to head into some other classrooms in levels that we're not uh familiar with or maybe used to teaching. Um so I had the opportunity to go into some high school classrooms and some junior high classrooms and I jumped at the chance. Um, I think that we can learn the most from each other. And you know, years ago, 20 years ago, when I started my career, I taught at a middle school. And I'll be honest, I was
032pretty judgy. Um, I was right out of college. And I couldn't believe how kids could come to sixth grade without being really fluent readers. And then I taught first grade um when I switched to DC Everest. And it was a very humbling experience. And I think from that transition, I really learned that we have a lot to learn from each other at every step of the way from preK up to graduating. Um, teachers are amazing people and I jumped at the opportunity because I feel like uh we don't get a chance really after student teaching as a classroom teacher to really go into a lot of other classrooms. So I think that DC Everest out of the box thinking to give um staff members an opportunity to kind of dive into someone else's world in
033an area that you know these teachers are passionate about, learn from them, uh take some strategies from them, I think just was a really great opportunity. So when I actually visited the high school and the junior high, um I had a lot of takeaways. I was very impressed honestly at just all of the opportunities and seeing that firsthand especially at the high school because you know the the vast electives that kids can choose from um is really awesome. When I went into Dogren's business class um there was a tech uh a person from the tech there uh signing kids up for dual enrollment classes. So that was really cool to see firsthand how that was just intertwined within the day. Um, I also sat in some classes that were AP classes, right? So, giving kids
034the opportunity to to take those credits and, you know, and and maybe not have to pay it quite so much for college, which is always a factor, um, because they already can take care of some of those classes in high school. Um, seeing staff members shine in these areas that I'll be honest, I was learning right along with the high schoolers um, and junior high kids in some of those classes. So, really cool to see. And then especially I loved seeing uh my kids that I had. Some of them I recognized, some of them I didn't recognize right away, but many of them that were jumping at the chance to kind of reconnect with me in the hallway or in their classrooms um and just kind of touch base because I haven't seen them maybe
035since, you know, they were an elementary student. Uh, so that was really cool to see even some of those kids that maybe struggled more with dysregulation at elementary to see them thriving and seeing all the work that they put in in their education and all the teachers that and staff members that cared about them along the way. Uh, just really cool to see where they're headed and that they were so excited to tell me about, you know, they're going into criminal justice or they're going into the culinary arts or um, one of the former students that I had uh, was fixing one of the teachers cars, right? uh during the school day that was there. Like that's so awesome, right? To be able to pave these way for different paths. I have to tell you
036honestly that having three kids in the DC Everest district, I was also really happy uh to see that this is where my kids are headed. Um I have a junior high, a middle school, and an elementary uh child right now. And I just was really impressed at the rigor um just overall how those classrooms felt in the massive amount of learning going on at the high school and junior high as well as all the things being taught in elementary. Um but maybe you know in those areas that I don't see every day because I'm not in the junior high and the high school. Um and again the opportunities but just the engagement, the high level of expectations um behaviorally, academically, I was just really proud um that I work for this district, right? And that
037I get to see my kids grow through this district. So thank you DC Everest for the opportunity. Um, I hope we have more opportunities like this and we are definitely spreading the word, the people that uh were we're part of this because I think when we can step out of our own comfort zones, we learn so much from each other and we don't even really have to travel always outside of DC Everest because we have a wealth of knowledge here. So, thank you to everyone. Um, appreciate the opportunity and I hope there's more to come. Hi, my name is Wendy Vesper and I'm a special education teacher at DC Ever Senior High School and I was part of the teacher exchange program where I visited Western Elementary School and visited kindergarten and the second grade.
038I will be quite honest, at the beginning of the day I was feeling quite anxious, but the positive energy I felt when I entered the kindergarten classroom made me feel right at home. I was really impressed with all of the early learning that was going on right from when the kids walked in the classroom. It wasn't just academic learning. It was also learning soft skills, how to be kind, how to take care of your things and put things away. Um, it was really refreshing to see not just academic skills. It was fun to see kids at a very early learning level where they were just learning letters and phonics sounds and then later on in the day to see those same skills be being worked on um, at an elevated level. I also really enjoyed
039getting to see the second graders um work on a civil rights unit where they got to um I got to witness them um doing an I wonder journal where they wrote about um the civil rights time frame. And it was just so interesting to see their different perspectives on a situation that took back way that took place way back in history and their perceptions of that time and the empathy that they felt for the people that they were reading about at that time. I thought that the experience reinforced the importance of early education and laying that foundation for students at a young age. And I guess, you know, to see it like at the beginning of their learning careers, cuz I see them at the other end when they're exiting and leaving school. Um it's
040good to know that they they're getting such a strong foundation right from the beginning. Um I guess my biggest takeaway from the experience is boy I have a huge respect for the work, the energy um that those elementary teachers have. Uh those kids are high energy and you got to be on all the time. Um, but it's such a great energy and I'm really glad that I got to experience it. I think the things that I'll use just from what I saw in my own teaching is just remember that every day is a new day and um that positive energy can really like light up the classroom um no matter what age students are. and um learning when learning is fun um kids want to engage and um take part. So um thank you for
041this experience. I really appreciate it and I hope that other teachers um get the opportunity to participate in the future. Thank you. My name is Kayn Barry and I teach fifth grade at Riverside Elementary. And I wanted to share some of my takeaways from the professional exchange opportunity in which I spent my first half of the day at the senior high school and my second half of the day at the junior high school. I gained a lot of perspective in my time doing that experience. The first takeaway that I have is that in teaching fifth grade, I don't get to see my kids year after year as they progress through school or any year for that matter as they exit um elementary at that point and head to the middle school. So other than the
042occasional visit that I have in transition, I don't get to see my kids at all as they progress through school. So, it was really neat to have the opportunity to see some of my past students and to gain some insight into maybe they had some struggles with me and to see how they're navigating that as they move through school and to just get that reassurance that they're okay. It may be prevalent in other ways for them. I don't think that their all of their struggles necessarily disappear, but just to kind of see how they're navigating, um the classes that they have, the choices that they have, and the developmental shift that happens. Another takeaway that I had is just that it's important for us to get out of our own silos and to gain that
043perspective to also see how does what I am doing now impact them later like how does that content cycle back how does that content um how what are some of the foundations that I'm laying right now that will come back um in secondary and and I saw a lot of that. I saw I was in an ELA classroom where they were having discussions and reading articles and um having conversations and discussing vocabulary that I'm talking about now. So, it was really neat to come back and share with my fifth graders how that's that that is cycling back and I was able to share the classrooms that I sat in and what I noticed and able to make that connection with them that what we're doing today is intentional. It's purposeful and it it it is
044helping you. like it is something that maybe they don't see the relevancy of now, but like it's something that is going to cycle back in their education and it's important that they're learning these skills now. So, I appreciated the opportunity to make that connection for my kids, too. So, I was just very appreciative of I think that perspective is so important. We are working together. We are all in this for kids and it's important that we're seeing how our work fits together and kind of where kids are at in the different developmental stages of life and how we are all a part of getting them to this point where they are able to go out into the world and be successful. So I appreciate the opportunity. Thank you. Um, and I hope my takeaways give
045shed some light on um, how this can be a valuable experience for everyone. Hi, my name is Nikki Matthews. I'm a third grade teacher at Weston Elementary and for the job shadow experience, I had the honor to go to the junior high. My highlight from the experience was continuing to see that community that Everest is so good at building. Um, I joined the district two years ago and I continue to be amazed by the opportunities that students and teachers alike are given uh to really get to know our colleagues, to get to know our school community. Um, and so it was really great to be able to bounce ideas around with secondary staff and get to see some of them in action. Um, because those kiddos that I have in my classroom now will be
046up there in a couple of years. And so being able to make those connections was really great for me as a teacher, but I think also long term for these students. some great perspective shared and it's amazing how yeah just different buildings they learn so much and that's a positive for all of our staff. Um thank you for that. Uh next up new business uh item A approval of building budgets. Dr. Strike. >> Yes. Each year we bring to you the building allocations for the following school year as part of budget planning. Um so not many changes with the process. We do use our second Friday count of the current year to help project. So as we have declining enrollment there are adjustments made to the number of students. Um we made no change to
047the per pupil um amount that has been flat. This will be the sixth year um as well but seems to be sufficient. So um looking for uh recommend that the board approve the building budgets for the 2627 school year. Is there a motion to approve the building budget allocations as shown in the background for the 2627 school year? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Shannon makes the minutes. Motion by Katie, second by Shannon. Any additional discussion on this? Uh this requires a voice vote. All those in favor state I. I. I. I. >> I. >> Any oppose? That passes. Next up is the parent survey. So, uh, we whittleled down, uh, options at our workshop and so from 17, uh, down to one general direction that we're heading. And so, uh, there's a sub question
048within that that we're going to talk about, but, uh, what what originally was launched as a very extended survey, um, is quite focused. And so, Kelly's been working with school perceptions to help us, uh, launch that. and she's going to take you through what we have. Uh we recognize there may be edits and uh at the end we'll uh adjust and go forward from there. So I'll turn it over to Kelly. >> Um so just a reminder that this survey would be for and there is a paper copy right in front of you because I know it may not be as easy to see on the screen as well. Um working with school perceptions. This will be launched um to parents and staff a separate survey so that we can look at parent um results
049as well as uh staff results. Um we there will be some um basic for for parents we simply identify which uh grade levels do your kids attend and which buildings. So we have perspective that way. We are going to use each year we have done that sutor survey. Um we're going to have a few of those similar questions just so that we can get some um longitudinal data on some of that and then we'll dig into facility planning. So you can see with page one, this is just highlighting that 2018 was our last referendum that we were on track under budget. Um we do um just recognize that the or in a reminder that GTCC um was done without local tax dollars as a reminder. Um, and we lay it out there as you can
050see that um, any projects that need to do to the junior high would be difficult to do with an operating um, our within our operating budget. Therefore, um, we're considering pursuing a capital referendum. Page two, you will see this is we did our best to capture the talking points and notes from the work that we did at our board workshop in February 16th. So before getting into questions, kind of highlighting the three primary options that we looked at, reasons for why um we eliminated two of those options or decided not to pro um pursue those, the direction we're heading, some of the benefits of those um of that direction, and again kind of the idea of eighth grade going to middle school, um nth grade going to senior high. Ultimately, we landed on just simply
051asking what comments, questions, or suggestions do they have about that change? Um, after outlining that change with the junior high. Um, and then we get to the pool question. So, we kind of explain the age of the pool, some of the challenges with that, um, give the estimated cost to do that. Then you can say, what advice would you give the district? We give the options of continue to maintain invest in the current pool, explore building a new pool facility that you wouldn't support either option or just not sure maybe that not a strong opinion. Again, we'll collect comments, questions, suggestions about the potential for a pool. Um, after our board workshop, I should have maybe started with this too. when we decided that um at this time anyways we would not pursue any uh
052capital referendum type projects for 4K we were we were debating on putting some of those questions to get feedback from families we opted not to include in this survey because we're kind of building the story or need for capital referendum we didn't want to confuse our families and parents so we'll likely do something um to and we also want to make sure that we understand um that we're hitting the right demographic traffic of parents to a 4K. Um some if they haven't had that experience or it's been a long time, they may not have perspective or understand. So we're going to probably pause and do something in the fall to get some feedback on families for 4K. So decided to pursue junior high only add that pool question um gathering feedback on both for um
053direction. The plan just some of the logistics of the survey um the plan is to launch it short right after spring break. First, the district would send a message just so they don't think this is junk mail that we're partnering with school perceptions, the survey is coming. Would launch on the 9th, we would close it on the 27th, and you would get results at our May workshop that we just kind of set for May 18th. So, that's the timeline of of where we're at. So, it's a quick overview, but I don't know. I'll pause questions. I don't know if you have anything to add, Dr. Nye. Questions or feedback on that? I mean, I'm fine with surveys. It seems like everyone needs a 30- secondond video these days before they're pretty confident about that. I
054mean, is there a way that we could work in literally these bullet points into a 30- secondond video that we're kind of putting out and like sharing like information that way so that and then a survey is coming with your thoughts or opinions on that like kind of lead up to that survey type of a thing. Just >> my thoughts. >> I have a clarifying question. So, regarding the swimming pool, are we talking about location in this survey or >> we Yeah, we purposefully were cautious about that because we want to bring you um we know the numbers are the numbers regardless of where you build um we do try to acknowledge that if we were to do new construction that there would be some level of donations sought. Um, I would say uh in
055practice and whether this makes a survey or not, we we could put that in there. But we don't see um if the community gets uh if we're going to extend community use, which we think we should if there is a a new pool, a new build would that community should get some additional benefit beyond what we get instructionally and from athletic perspective, having it anywhere other than over here would be near impossible to manage just operationally. So, um, so we we purposely did not identify a location. We other than saying that the current pool is here, but in practice, if we're going to extend community benefits, it's going to be over here. So, we could put that in there. Um, but I don't want to get ahead of you as a board. >> And just
056to add to that, I'm fairly I want to look at the exact wording because I know we thought a lot about that in terms of I think we said could have community use, right? Not to say for sure um as well, but that it likely or could. >> My feeling is just that it might matter on the community feedback feedback where the location might potentially be >> and what community uses. I mean, community use could be open swim and is that really valuable to anyone? Probably not, right? But if it's, >> you know, used for swimming lessons and I don't know. I'm just throwing out things that pools are used for therapy and you know what? Just like have a list of including but not limited to >> which may include. >> Yeah. Which may
057include. There you go. Just to get people's ideas cuz broader community use after we just said it's used for FIAD and the swim team, people are like, "Okay, well I don't swim. You're going to have open swim. Great. Like I'm not going to swim laps there." So it's not of no use to me. Do you think we should ask a question about that? Like are you interested in community use if it included XYZ? Do you know I mean just to see the >> Yeah, just use swim lessons or >> Yeah, swim lessons for sure. >> Helpful feedback. One thing I noticed even though I've read this a thousand times, I realize we have again the effort to be transparent because we know the pool we're very direct, right? our first priority is addressing addressing the
058aging junior high, but we had pretty animated conversation about the pool. So, we felt that's how it ended up being kind of this standalone question. So, in an effort to be transparent, we put a price tag on there, but we don't have a price tag on the other part. So, it does shine a different light when I read it kind of with fresh eyes as if you're reading it. So, I don't know how you feel about that as board members. I kind of feel like it should be admitted, but I feel like that's also could be perceived as less transparent. So, I guess open to your opinions on that. >> I I would say having it on there with the filling in the current pool that to me gives the impression that it wouldn't be
059at that location. >> I don't I don't know how you read that, but >> see what you're saying. >> More confusion to see the number. And yes, it's an estimate, but if we're not sure because we don't even know the location and we don't even know, I mean, it just feels like that's preliminary to get to put a number on it in my opinion. And the junior high doesn't have a number too, right? I mean, then you got to add the junior high number. >> Yeah. If we we go down that road, we'll have an opportunity to fully educate and provide more detailed numbers that people can adequately respond to. >> Would you also then to Shannon's question? Well, yeah. So, you drop the asterisk part, right? The filling in could go away too because
060that would add to the potential confusion. >> Okay. >> So, don't add a cost to either. That's what I'm hearing. Okay. Because the other conversely we could do a cost of both. >> Yeah. So you're thinking no cost at this point. Get feedback. >> I think it's so variable and so up and down. I mean there's a big significant difference between all the numbers that we looked at in that workshop. And if we hone them down a little better then we can figure it out. >> So I hear some adjustments to the back page. um addition of an introductory video that maybe we would send in that free district communication I think. >> Yeah. >> And other other feedback. >> So, um we we do think at this stage it's important to for this to
061be an action item and for you to approve it, but I recognize that you're you're approving a concept, right? Because we're not making all those edits on the fly right now. So, your motion may want to acknowledge that and leave us a little room to dot some eyes and cross some tees still. >> So, I would make a motion that administration take the feedback provided by the board at tonight's meeting and update the survey accordingly so that we can get the results in time for our May workshop. >> Is there a second? Second by Larry. Any additional discussion? Hearing none, this requires a voice vote. All those in favor state I. >> I. >> Any opposed? That passes. Next up is the contract with CISA 9. Dr. Lindell. Welcome. >> Yeah. Um, a contract that
062we sign every year with CISA. Most of the things that are on there are specific to being a member of the uh CISA organization. So, um there are a couple additional items on there. Um sort of like project search for example um some OT headings, OT hours that are on there to um that that are additions to the uh the traditional contract. Is there a motion to approve the C9 contract as attached? >> Move approval. >> Motion by Larry. Second. >> Uh, any additional discussion? Hearing none, this requires a voice vote. All those in favor state I. >> I. >> Any opposed? That passes. Next up, reminder, item D has been postponed to April. Please, if you have questions, please submit um your questions about this item topic to uh myself, Dr. Nye or Dr.
063Strike and we will compile those questions to adequately be able to answer in April. Uh with that item D, we already did said time and day for May workshop, which would be May 18th. I wrote down >> to 5:00 >> at 5:00. Uh the election canvas will be held April 13th at 9:00 a.m. at the DC Everest administration building. This isformational only. Uh petitions and communications as submitted in your background. Future meeting dates. Wednesday, April 15th is the regular board meeting, the legislative dinner. Monday, April 20th, please notify Ellen if you will be attending. I will be at the Boston Marathon, so I will not be there. Um regular board meeting, Wednesday, May 20th. And with that we will adjourn. Thank you for attending.