001Board members are present. Kristen Settles excused. We have both student board members and we will stand for the pledge of >> 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. And we will begin tonight's meeting with the spring athletics and activities commendations. >> We have some pretty amazing accomplishments to celebrate this evening. And we will begin with the theater. The Jerry Awards are a high school musical theater honors program in Wisconsin that celebrates and recognizes excellence acting as the state's equivalent to a state championship for high school musicals. Every year, educators and industry professionals evaluate performances from over 100 schools statewide, culminating in an award show. Trained reviewers and arts professionals attend and evaluate musical
002productions throughout the school year, offering valuable feedback and scoring to students and directors. The Greenell Theater Department was recognized with the Jerry Awards for its two musical theater productions in 2026, Alice by Hart and Chicago Teen Edition. Students participated in the Jerry Awards program held in Madison at the Overture Center on June 7th. Alice by Heart, the school's winter musical, received an amazing 13 Jerry's, including outstanding musical recognition. These individuals uh individual roles also received acknowledgement from the Jerry Awards. Outstanding lead performance, Fiona Glorioso. Uh outstanding lead performance, Lucy Merml. Outstanding supporting performance, Roslin Crello. The Spirit Award to Norah Griffin, the Spirit Award to Camden Schilling, and outstanding musical direction, Mr. Jeff Shetszky. The musical production of Chicago Teen Edition also received outstanding ensemble recognition. And additionally, these individuals were recognized for their work
003in the school's production of Chicago Teen Edition. Uh, outstanding lead performance, Clara Vabota. Uh, outstanding dance performance, Khloe Gibson. Outstanding dance performance, Casey Lamb. the Spirit Award, Valerie Brockman, and the Spirit Award, Lucy Merml, and again, outstanding direction to Mr. Jeff Schetszky. So, I would like to welcome them up to the front for some commendations. There we go. All right. Thank you for supporting program. earlier on. >> Wonderful. All right. >> What? >> Oh, not not as much. All right. And then we have uh some athletic awards to give out. The track and field team had an outstanding season with a lot of qualifiers. Some seasons will go and have only a couple of qualifiers, but this year we had, I believe, 17 might be there in and around. So, um, the track and field
004team had outstanding performances at sectionals to qualify for the, uh, state track and field championships at lacrosse. The girls 4x200 meter relay team took third place at sectionals with a time of 1 minute and 46. That's right. 1 minute 46 seconds. Congratulations to Riley Gleing, Addie Patnode, Eevee Bach, and Aviana Jones. Uh, the boys 4 by 800 meter relay took third at sectionals with a time of 8 minutes and 13 seconds. Congratulations to Gabe Anderson, Noah Fryin, Austin Pachinella, Sebastian Langenfeld, and then the boys 4 by 200 meter relay team took third with a school record of 1 minute 28 seconds. Congratulations to Lucas Reichart, Eli Paul, Sean Lee, and John Lopez. Um then at the that's the boys at the state level they were highly successful um with we had Jonathan Lopez placed fourth
005in the 100 meter dash with a temp time of 10 seconds 10.79 seconds. Uh his performance also placed fourth on the all division all state performance list which is outstanding. Uh Lucas Reichart, Eli Paul, Sean Leebel, and Jonathan Lopez placed fifth in state with the 4x200 relay with a new school record of 1 minute 27.41 seconds. And their performance also placed them fifth on the all division all state performance list. And then Gabe Anderson, Noah Fryin, Austin Pachchinella, and Sebastian Langenfeld placed 20th in the 4x 800 meter relay with a season best time of 8 minutes. and 12.39 seconds. So, congratulations to our boys team. We'll start with them. Oh, Logan, I missed you. >> You forgot one. >> I did. >> Where did Let me find that. P vault with a jump height of
00613 feet 9 in. That is impressive. And I know we were excited to add PVA just a number of years ago. So congratulations, Logan. It is. They didn't forget you on here. I just missed it because I was reading around the boys first. So let's see what we have. Logan, are you the only one here from the boys team or do we have others? What? Okay, come on up. Did you unite? school history. >> Nice. Congratulations. And now for our girls team. Um, we have Congratulations to Eevee Bach for taking third. Is this the state one? Hold on. I have to review this. Nope, this is it. Sectionals. Um, Eevee took third in the 3,200 meter run with a time of 11 minutes 38.49 seconds. And then we also had Addie Patnode for becoming the
007sectional cha champion in the 800 meter run with a time of 2 minutes 22.06 seconds. I believe Addie had a record as well. Then in the girls 4x200 meter relay, the team took third place at sectionals with a time of 1 minute 46 seconds. And I'm dropping off the fraction of seconds, but I know that matters. Riley Gleasing, Addy Patnode, Eevee Bach, and Aviana Jones. Uh, with alternates Abby Loafy and Trinity Brown. And then, um, at the state meet, um, Eevee placed 23rd in the 3200 meter run with a time of 12 minutes and 8 seconds. Um, and she got third place among all freshmen in the race, which is outstanding. And then Riley Gleasing, Addy Patnode, Abby Loafy, and Aviana Jones placed 14th in the 4x200 meter relay with a new school record of
0081 minute 44.12 seconds when it's a record. I think I have to say that part out loud. And I that's what I have for the girls. Did I miss anybody? They did not put that on my list. Addie, did you break a record at state with the 800? >> How did you get DQed? >> All right, come on up. Congratulations, Not here. Come on over. And then we have three athletes that are not in attendance this evening, but it's worth noting that we had one tennis player singles qualify for state, Thomas Hanlin. Um uh we had one state qualifier for golf, Logan Noak, and we had one state qualifier for bowling, Jack Dicland. Uh Jack actually did very well at state and uh we'll look forward to congratulating him at a future meeting. Oh, are
009you here, Jack? No. Is Jack here? No, he's not. I don't I didn't think I saw him. So, congratulations to them. We'll get them their certificates. That completes the commendations and I will start with communications as soon as I can unlock this. Okay. Uh, Greenell Global Academy was awarded an implementation grant through the state of Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction for $720,000 over the next three school years. This is very exciting news and affords the school the opportunity to truly invest in building a strong experience for students with a desire to do school differently through flexibility and time, space, and pace during the school year. The charter school board is currently in Oshkosh attending the charter school summit. And congratulations to the graduating class of 2026. We celebrated in a beautiful and warm Saturday event
010at Gavinsky Stadium. Additionally, the graduating class of 2030 celebrated their transition to high school in a ceremony last Thursday. And finally, we have a couple of donations to recognize. The uh GHS robotics fundraiser received a $1,000 donation from Sosa Johnson family and an anonymous donation of $800 was made to the district to cover unpaid school fees. Thank you to both of those donors. And that concludes my communications. >> All right. Thank you. And uh we have uh some new student or a new student board member. So we'll let you guys kick off your updates. >> School is officially over. Students finished exams last week Wednesday. As exams are being graded, students have been receiving their final grades for the semester. Graduation was Saturday the 13th, where seniors and some juniors who graduated early walked the
011stage. Spring sports have also been wrapping up. Track and field returning from state and girls soccer playing their last games for the season. >> Lily has some things to say after you approve her. >> Oh, sounds good. All right. So, we will uh begin approving the meeting minutes from the June 1st meeting. Uh I think we can skip the >> Seeing none. >> Yep. >> All right. Uh looking for a motion for meeting minutes, approving them. >> I'll move the approval of the June 1st, 2026 regular meeting minutes and close session minutes as presented in agenda item 1.1. >> I second. >> All right, we'll do a roll call. Yes. >> Yes. >> And I'm yes. Motion passes. Uh moving on to the monthly financials. >> Monthly financials were reviewed at the board finance committee
012last week Wednesday. We're presenting information through the month of May. This is the 11th month of our school year. So, we're getting towards the very end of our financial year and um already starting preparations of the financial audit which will cover the financials through the month of June. So, we talked about this last week at the board finance committee. Um our operational expenses are just about um $300,000 ahead of pace for where they would be at this point last year. Um, and that aligns closely with just the budgeted increase year-over-year. Um, we reviewed revenues and expenses. There were no questions or concerns from the board finance committee, but I'd be happy to take any questions that the board has this evening. >> Any questions for Jonathan? >> I'm not seeing any. Thanks, John. >> Thank
013you. >> All right. And then we will approve the checks and dispersements. Looking for a motion. >> I move approval of checks and dispersements in the amount of $2,491,8368 as presented in agenda item 2.2. >> I'll second. >> All right, we'll do a roll call. >> Yes. >> And I'm yes. Motion passes. Uh moving on to new business. We need to approve the student board member, the new student board member for 2026 through 28. So the student board member selection process begins with an announcement from Mr. Lotus to the current 10th grade students of the opportunity for a that there is a vacancy on the board and there's an opportunity students apply and the students who apply then go through an interview process with the school board president the building principal myself and the c
014the continuing student board member which is Maddie. Uh, and the committee selected and recommends approval of Lily Anderson. >> All right. So, we're looking for a motion to approve. >> I will move approval of the appointment of Lily Anderson to the school board member um, students to school board member for the term of July 20th 26 26 through June 30th, 2028 as presented in agenda item 4.1. >> I second. >> All right. All right, we have a motion in a second, so we'll do a roll call. >> Yes. >> And I'm Yes. Motion passes. Did you want to say anything? >> Sure. Um I'm My name is Lily Anderson. I've been at GHS for the last two years. I just finished my sophomore year. Um I'm really excited for this opportunity. I think it's a
015very interesting opportunity and I'm looking forward to um be able to participate. So, thank you. >> Yep. Happy to have you. All right, moving on. Uh we need to approve the math curriculum. >> There was a presentation by uh the committee at the last board meeting and u Miss Wilson or Dr. Olsen, I said that wrong, is here if you have any further questions, but uh we recommend approval of the math curriculum for grades 6 through 12. >> All right, we are looking for a motion to approve. I move approval of the adoption of Desmos Amplify and HMH into math for the 6 through 12 instructional materials as a primary resource for math curriculum at the secondary level for this curriculum cycle as presented in agenda item 4.2. >> I'll second. >> All right, we
016have a motion and a second. If there's no questions, we'll do a roll call. >> Yes. >> And I'm yes. Motion passes. Uh moving on to the 2627 board meeting dates and calendar of reports. >> The there were was a discussion about some adjustments and changes to the calendar and the calendar of reports. Those changes were made um and it is presented as amended based on the discussion at the last meeting. >> All right, Kathy. >> Yeah. So, I was going to um recommend or request, I guess, if I could um if we could change the October um I'm just looking here. Hang on a second. October 26th meeting to be instead held on October 22nd. I do have a conflict um where I have to be at another budget hearing that night and I
017would like to be here for the approval of our budget. >> So the you said the 22nd. What day is that? >> It's a Thursday. >> Any discussion? >> Wait, you want to have the board meeting on that Thursday? >> On a Thursday for the budget. It's the budget meeting. >> Yeah. I would have to look at my calendar, honestly. I think one of the items for clarification with that is we recently talked at the board finance committee about that being the night that the finance committee would review the budget. Yeah. >> So I'd just be looking for direction from the board like if we should move that to a Wednesday in that situation. We were trying to avoid conflict with the library board. So I think that one because it'd fall on a third
018Wednesday. we were moving that to Thursday. So, I'd just be looking for direction on what we should do because we did look at those dates last week. >> So, you're having the meeting the 21st of October. >> Uh, we could move the board finance committee and then it would just conflict then with library board for >> Yeah, I'm not available that night either. >> So, you can't do it? >> I can't Well, I can't be there Wednesday for the finance committee meeting because I have another commitment. He's going >> and Thursday was the finance meeting that we were going to have for the board meeting on the 26th, >> right? That's what he just said. Just >> clarifying about question about another date for the finance committee. Did you say Tuesday? >> Would Tuesday the
01920th work for that? >> I'd actually have to do Monday the 19th. One of the challenges with the um October meeting date is state timelines and deadlines. So, in order to finalize the budget, which is the important action on October 26th, um it's required that we have numbers back from the Department of Public Construction, which they commit to returning to us on October 15th with the accurate membership counts, which makes it very difficult to turn around the timeline and have things ready within 24 hours essentially to post publicly. So that is why the meeting has historically been um for as long as I can remember on that fourth Monday. So if there's recommendations on how to turn that around. Um Jonathan, >> if you're saying the 19th would be committee meeting and 22nd would be
020board meeting, that means we would share information with the committee either Friday afternoon or Monday morning. And then we'd go through all that like at the meeting on Monday. And then I would assume we could post it Tuesday for a Thursday meeting so that they could review it before posting. Um that I can make that situ I can make that timeline work from my end. >> How's that work for you guys? >> I'm trying to >> Brian's looking too. Maybe if I can't make it, he could make it. So it's not such a rush for Jonathan. Sorry, our schedules are a little crazy. >> And we also don't know Christie Kristen's >> no avail. >> Can we kick this? >> I mean, maybe we just wait. >> What? >> Yeah, I was going to say,
021can we kick this can down the road and approve it? What I'd recommend is that you approve it tonight as posted on account of the fact that um you don't have a calendar set for the next meeting unless you approve this. So you could approve it with the opportunity to amend the calendar at the next board meeting. >> I think we need to do that because Christiey's not here either. So >> yeah, >> at the bare minimum at least approve the July calendar date. Were there any other issues, Kathy? >> Um, no. That was just the only one. And I I appreciate the grace. I know we've adjust it for other things. So, appreciate you guys considering it. >> What is the um due date for that budget to be done? >> What do you
022um you'll have approve? They'll be a preliminary approval at the annual meeting in September. Um, but the final membership count is taken on the third Friday of September. And then once that membership count is submitted to the Department of Public Instruction, they take those numbers and they determine state aid numbers. And that's the information that we get back on October 15th. So the turnaround time for the business office to process >> I mean that meeting could go later into October if you're asking that question. >> Yeah. I'm just wondering >> time later that week that would work. if it would go like a Wednesday that week or >> 40 >> the following week >> like the 28th 27th or 28th >> that would work >> 28th of September you said >> no October >> October
023>> 27th >> I understand your question the statutory timeline to have it finalized is November 1 so it must have done before November 1st So it' be that Sunday. So that later that week we could still do. >> Yep. >> Okay. >> Yeah. I will not be there the 28th. >> No. >> What about the 27th? >> I have rehearsals. I'm in that that other group. So it's kind of like my other job. And most evenings, Tuesdays and Wednesdays are booked. >> Well, why don't we just approve this and then we can come back to it. That way Christie can look at her schedule and we can >> do it later. >> I will if um the calendar is approved I will put it on the June the July 20th meeting to revisit the October
024business meeting date for consideration. >> Does that work? >> Sure. >> All right. All right. Well, then we'll just do a motion to approve the uh calendar and then we'll come back to this. Yep. >> On the 20th. >> Okay. I move approval of the 2627 calendar reports as presented in agenda item 4.3. >> I'll second. >> All right. We have a motion and a second. If there's nothing else to add, we'll do a roll call. >> Yes. >> No. >> And I'm Yes. Uh, moving on to the 202526 budget amendments. >> So, this was presented at the last board meeting and was reviewed last week by the board finance committee. Um, it includes a budget transfer to reflect the additional one-time funds from the village TID closure and that one-time payout of $711,000. Um,
025as part of that, the realotment of those dollars, a portion of those funds are being used to maintain the board target of a operational surplus of $400,000 for this year. Um, and I would also point out that there's an aotment for $100,000 to transfer um, funds from fund 10 to fund 39, the referendum debt service fund for future management of tax levy andor prepayment of that debt. And there's also 75,000 that is set aside to prepay um debt for um prior criculum purchase and athletic um vehicle loan. I'd be happy to take any questions that the board has about the budget transfers. Since we're into June and the financial year ends June 30th, this would be the last adjustments that we would make this year for the budget. >> Any questions for Jonathan? >> I'm
026not seeing any. >> Okay. >> All right. So, then we're looking for a motion. >> I move the approval of the 2526 budget amendments as presented. Agenda item 4.4. >> I second. >> All right. We have a motion and a second. We'll do a roll call. >> Yes. and I'm yes. Motion passes. Moving on to approving the independent hearing officer. >> This is an annual appointment. Um, and we use an independent hearing officer for expulsion hearings. We have only needed to use the independent hearing officer once in the six years of the relationship. Um, and we recommend approval of uh service agreement with Molina Pianc so that should we need her services in the coming school year, she is uh approved. >> All right. So, we're looking for a motion to approve. >> I'll move
027approval um to appoint attorney Molina Pyontech >> Pontek to serve as independent hearing officer to the Greenale School District for the agreement presented in agenda item 4.5. I second. >> All right, we'll do a roll call. >> Yes. >> And I'm yes. Motion passes. Uh next up is approving the medical advisor. >> Uh similarly, this is an annual appointment. Uh and there we recommend that we continue our relationship with Dr. Sarah Yale. She has been very helpful um and has a strong working relationship with our school nurse. >> So, we're looking for a motion. >> I move the approval of Dr. Sarah Yale as the medical adviser to the Greenale School District for the one-year period of July 1st, 26 to June 30th, 2027 is presented agenda 4.6. >> I second. >> All right, we'll
028do a roll call. >> Yes. >> And I motion passes. Uh moving on to the preliminary budget for the 26 27 year. >> This was presented to the board at the May 18th meeting. Um, since then we received a couple additional pieces of information that's reflected in the budget. So, the link to the all funds budget summary has been updated. Those numbers in blue are where we had changes and I'm just going to go over because there's just a couple of those quickly. Um, we renegotiated property insurance for the coming year. So, there's an overall savings within our property liability work comp insurance of $44,000. Um, we um uh adjusted the revenue projection based on additional open enrollment seats that were approved at the last board meeting. Um so based on assumption of how many
029of those seats we anticipate being filled. Um, we also received final information from our health benefit consultant on our insurance renewal and um have added an additional expense cost of 219,000 to benefits to cover what they anticipated final renewal will be and have added um the remainder as contingency to um salaries and the amount amount of $94,000. So there were those four changes that were made um since we last spoke about this in May. So as part of just the annual process of having a budget in place for July 1, the board takes action on this preliminary budget. Um and then in August um the board comes back and uh reviews revised numbers that would be included in the presentation for the budget hearing and annual meeting. At that point the budget is presented to
030the community and then as we talked about um a couple agenda items ago in October the board approves the final budget for the year and a tax levy. So this budget is our best assumptions. Um but this is a holding uh budget because it doesn't reflect final numbers that we'll receive in fall regarding property valuation and final number of students that we're using for revenue purposes for revenue limit and open enrollment. >> All right. Thank you. And we are looking for a motion. I move the approval of the 2627 preliminary budget as presented. Agenda my 4.7. >> I second. >> All right, we have a motion, a second. We'll do a >> one real quick question. Um Jonathan, do we are we in for any sort of grants or anything for next year? And how
031would would that impact the budget at all? >> Yeah. So if we're um uh the biggest uh grant opportunities we'd be looking at one is we talked earlier about the charter school grant for Greenale Global. So um nothing is reflected here in terms of those revenues and expenses. There's a minimum enrollment threshold that needs to be met and that board is likely going to do additional work to revise the budget that was presented. So, that will likely um be updated and will be the the district will be the fiscal agent for um the the charter program. So, that's one. The other major grant opportunity we'd be waiting for is the school violence prevention grant. So, that is one that we wrote for um I think it was about $275,000 total last year that as of
032last week that had not been released. Um but we had submitted that grant around this time last year. So, we'd be waiting for information on that being released, but that um was in large part investments in physical security upgrades, the grant application that we wrote last year. Those would be the biggest two. And then there's some other mini grants that we either um uh have annually or may be exploring. Um the only other big piece that I'd be thinking about is we have a projection for how many dollars would be left in the stronger connection grant. This is the second year of about a two-year program and that was a $300,000 one-time grant. The district has the ability to continue to spend funds through September 30th. So, we have some planned expenses that are built
033into this preliminary budget, but if there's additional carryover, we may be adjusting um for that remainder and we would spend down those dollars before the end of that grant in September. I'm not sure if that hit on the question you were getting or if you had anything else you were thinking about. do. So, we we don't in these assumptions, we're not relying on those grants at this point, right? They're it's >> uh to summarize, um we do not have anything built in for the very recent approval we just got from DPI on the charter school grant. None of that's built in. There's nothing on the school violence prevention grant because we can't apply for that yet. We do have assumptions built in for stronger connections the spending that we would do next year because that's
034a grant we already have in place. >> Okay. Yeah. Perfect. Thank you. >> Thanks. >> Any other questions? >> All right. Then we'll do a roll call. >> Yes. >> And I'm yes. Motion passes. And next up is the international travel trip. Uh per board policy, any proposed travel to destinations outside of the United States require board approval. Uh recently the Greenell High School marching band was invited uh through application and acceptance uh was invited to perform in the London New Year's Day parade which is a very largecale parade um on New Year's Day in London um attended by the royal family. So the uh proposed trip is outlined in the board packet with a tenative um itinerary. It is coordinated by the parade hosts in England. So it is not uh an RFP process
035or a process by which our local um providers plan the trip. It is actually planned by those in London with some flexibility around the itinerary. there is an estimated land package cost um and then there will be additional costs for transportation to England. So uh it is recommended that the board approve the opportunity for international travel and with approval um I will meet with the band um staff to review some of the details and address some of the questions around fundraising and costs. >> Thank you. All right. So, we are looking for a motion to approve. >> I'll move approval of the 2028 student travel plan to London as presented in agenda item 4.8. >> I second. >> All right. We'll do a roll call. >> Yes. >> And I'm Yes. Motion passes. And approving
036personnel. >> It is uh um a lot of approvals at this time of year. So u we recommend approval of all components. Uh we did discuss the compensation in close session at after last week's or two weeks ago meeting. >> All right. So I look for a motion to approve. I'll move approval of the teacher appointments school psychologist resignation teacher resignations supplemental compensation adjustment for paraprofessional staff 202627 educational support personnel wage schedule and the 202627 supplemental compensation adjustment for food service staff as presented in agenda item 4.9. 9. >> I second. >> All right. And we'll do a roll call. >> Yes. >> And I'm Yes. Motion passes. And moving on, uh we will hear about the district scorecard review and strategic priorities. There we go. Uh so the process by which I I just
037want to review the process by which the board sets strategy for the district and how those um man how those become goals that are then um used to drive instruction and practices in the district. So in 2021 the board approved a new mission statement all students belong and are empowered to learn grow and engage as part of a global community. Um and then a new vision statement about what we're striving to become was adopted. At the same time, cultivating excellence in every student. Our uh building leaders and our leaders in the district do use this information to ground everyone in the uh mission and vision of the district before every staff meeting um and the work that we do because it is important part of our strategy. Then as part of that strategic planning process
038in 2021, we identified four major areas that the district is responsible for and within that six strategic priorities were identified. We have used those six strategic priorities to set annual scorecard goals to make progress towards the overall priorities in the plan. As uh last week I sent invitations, the board has directed administration to uh work to revisit a strategic planning process. Uh and we have met with Dr. Lee Pritzell and Dr. Shannon Donley uh to begin that process. It has been determined that the mission and vision identified in 2021 will remain consistent. Uh and so what the work will be of the strategic planning process this summer is focused on what are those strategic priorities. Are they staying the same? Are they changing? And what will they look like going forward? So as we review
039um those strategic priorities and the scorecard goals that are aligned to each of these strategic priorities for the 2526 school year um the first strategic priority is around learning growth and engagement and it is to provide every student with access to a challenging balanced and equitable education that sparks curiosity and engagement. This year those targets were focused specifically on increasing uh the percentage of students meeting proficiency um in or grade level benchmark standards in the areas of math and English language arts at the elementary school and those common grow those common assessments at the end of each unit. We did achieve that 10% growth across the elementary school and at the middle school and high school we did see gains. However, we fell short of that 10% goal and did not achieve that 80% mark
040where everyone was focused. This is on our classroom benchmark assessments. Um, and the goal is being measured on state standardized assessments which will be embargoed and so as soon as those become available, we'll be doing an academic benchmarking report to report those performance scores. In addition, but as we look at the five-year spans, that target helped us to focus on some additional improvements to student outcomes. Uh and the first one was we increased access to the honors standards for 9th grade English, science, and social studies which resulted in a significant increase in access to college level coursework including increased percentages of students taking AP classes, passing AP tests as well as UW transcripted classes and associates degree access as well as apprenticeships. In addition, over the last five years, we have approved new standards aligned
041curriculum with standards aligned to assessments in English language arts and math, uh, rebounding to prepandemic levels and established and maintain collaborative teams to collect and analyze student outcome data and adjust instruction in real time to be responsive to student learning needs. you've heard are almost every team of teachers that have come before you to share their points of pride have a conversation about PLC's and that PLC is a professional learning community and it's a process of reviewing data making instructional decisions in real time and making those changes. So because of this priority we've made some significant improvements to the student experience. The second strategic priority is around preparing students with the skills to explore and be ready for the college andor career path of their choice. This year um there was a target to increase
042the number of the number of exposures by 50%. We did not increase by 50% but we did increase by 25%. So we had nearly 25 individual student experiences with mentors, career speakers, and field trips. Um, Maddie had made some recommendations as we were working on that strategic priority this year um around adding additional optional experiences during flex time and there were a number that were added um although not as many as it did not help us to achieve our 50% increase but we did make some increases in opportunities and access for students. Over the course of the last five years we've launched the academic career planning scope and sequence. We adopted character education. We increased participation in the trades, manufacturing, apprenticeships, and dual enrollment experiences significantly. And we maintain post-secondary persistence. So, we have seen
043fewer students going to four-year institutions for post-secary because they've made some choices based on experiences in high school. But those that have chosen post-secary have um persisted in their post-secary endeavors. The third strategic priority area is to strengthen our relationship with families and community to promote a sense of belonging, mutual respect, and safety for all families inclusive of all racial or ethnic identities. This year your the goal on the scorecard that was set by the board was to um increase the two-way communication and as such we launched a branded Greenell schools app. there were 93% of families that registered and 73% of total families are actively engaging uh with the average of 700 messages per month. Um and what you saw in the packet was that 84% of families believe that the communication with the
044district um that they know what is expected and are at a high approval rating of communication. Over the course of the last five years, this goal has helped us to build a series of community connection events celebrating uh several community cultures. And we've engaged in community building activities by adding community circles for adults um and for adults at adult and family events at every school. The next strategic priority is around providing appropriate training to support student well-being and staff to meet the student mental health needs. This year that goal was focused around ensuring that we onboarded the number of new pupil services staff members with research-based training and there were a number of trainings completed this year um based on researchbased protocols that all have names and then a handbook has been developed for them
045to maintain consistency with those practices. And over the course of the last five years, we've trained peer leaders to lead campaigns to build resilience for students through a hope, help, and strength approach. We've partnered with private counseling services to provide medical care through on-site clinics to minimize the stigma and reduce absences to re receive medical support. And we adopted a character education curriculum to provide staff with resources to teach expected behaviors in schools. Fifth priority area is around recruiting and retaining quality staff, including staff representative of our students. This school year, we focused on reducing absenteeism from the classroom. And while we um maintained our absences, it looked like there was going to be a reduction. Um but at with the absences near the end of the year, it was a flat absence rate. Uh
046but there is a recommendation that will come come before you in the handbook presentation next month to encourage a reduction in the staff absences. And over the course of the last five years, we've maintained a retention rate well above 90%. We've recruited experienced professional staff and we've trained administrators around bias to ensure that qualified candidates are not screened out inappropriately and candidates of all backgrounds are interested in applying in the Greenell schools. And then the final area is around um managing resources responsibly by supporting innovation to remain competitive and a district of choice for families. So this year we did establish a charter school uh as the goal had set out and we received some significant grant money. We just got word of that last week. And then finally um you had a goal around
047increasing fund balance by 1% which is 400,000 and the budget is remains projected to um transfer 400,000 into fund balance which would achieve the board target of 15%. So the strategic planning process has resulted in some significant shifts over the last five years uh successfully. So as we work to move towards this proc process, there is a strategic planning event scheduled for July 8th. Um I know that we will look for some representation from the board. Uh and it is I think that um Rob would would be looking to appoint or ask people to participate in that event if you're interested. And I believe I um let everyone know through the district update that they could volunteer if they were interested in doing that. Um so I'm happy to answer any questions about either the
048strategic planning process or the scorecard from this school year. >> Any questions? >> All right. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. And then we will move on to board committee update. Does anyone have anything to share? >> I have a couple for the committee. The CISO1, we had our annual meeting um for the majority of us for the one day a year. Uh they reelected Chris Finch as head of the board this past year. And then Karen Molonus from Whitnol um was and Erica Seammenson were both elected onto the board. And then there was one open spot that Mike Sprag was voted in to fill in the remaining year. So one of the interesting things on the school board area for CISA 1 is our local contingent with Whitnol and our group has
049a majority of the board seats. So very locally well representative. >> All right. Anyone else? >> I just have one thing. We had our um board of directors meeting for WASBY this weekend and I'm happy to report we did vote to not raise um the membership fees for um schoolboard members. So, it's going to stay flat as it has been. Just know that districts are struggling with um not having inflationary increases and we discussed that that we'd like to retain our membership. So, it's staying the same. >> All right. Thank you. And moving on to board calendar. >> Between now and your next meeting on July 20th, we will obviously have the 4th of July. Uh and we will be at the Lions event as a group, not conducting any business on July 3rd and
050participating in the parade on July 4th. Um and beyond that, there is uh Stevens Point Convention Center. Is that the WASB? >> Um, yes, that is WSB League. >> So, I don't know that we'll have a quorum there, but we will. Um, there will be board members participating in that event. And then obviously, as I mentioned, July 8th, uh, there will be a community strategic planning event where um, a quorum may be present. Although we do not want to dominate the space, we want to make sure that community members have a chance to lift their voices. So, >> all right. Thank you. And we can skip questions from visitors and comments and we will adjourn and come back on the 20th of July.