001e for e e e he it is now 7:00 and we'll call this meeting to order uh roll call shows that all five board members are here and one student board member here is here and the other is excused uh has this meeting been posted yes it has all right we'll uh start off with the Pledge of [Music] Allegiance I pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all all right are there any Communications tonight there are vaping is a significant Public Health concern and unfortunately greenell High School like many other schools is experiencing an increase in students vaping vaping is illegal for teens recent suso reports as well as data obtained from the
002youth risk behavior survey and the greenell health department indicate there is an increasing number of students using Vape and vape products during the school day use of Vapes is unhealthy and in violation of the school handbook and athletic codes a code of conduct to deter vaping in the bathrooms and ensure that all students feel safe using the bathrooms at school Greendale high school has begun using the assistance of Vape detection tools on February 14th 2025 the Department of Education issued a dear colleague letter regarding compliance with federal laws based on the recent EX executive order the letter specifically states that funding may be withheld if schools do not comply with the law the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction published information on the potential impact of loss of funds which is on their website Jonathan Mitchell
003has compiled local information regarding Federal funding in Greendale Schools Federal funding amounts to approximately 5% of the overall budget Federal funding is administered by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and paid to the district as a reimbursement this time green schools is in compliance with the civil rights laws referenced in the dear colleague letter and all federal laws and we will continue to monitor the evolving interpretations to remain in compliance in greenell schools all students belong and are empowered to learn grow and engage as part of a global Community this mission statement along with our vision cultivating excellence in every student our guiding principles for the school district we work each day to meet all students needs for safety and learning with policies in place to support this if you have questions concerns or needs
004needs please contact me or any of the members of our school team over 150 people attended the inaugural event of the Greendale Gala and many shared excitement and enthusiasm for this new collaboration between the Education Foundation the Chamber of Commerce and the Village of Greendale Joe buos was honored as the spirit of greenell by the village and the greenell Education Foundation raised over $4,500 in donations through the Raffles and silent auction thank you to those of you who were able to attend I working with each of the organizations so that we can reflect and improve on the event for next year congratulations to Brian Johnson greendale's varsity baseball coach Coach Johnson was selected by the Wisconsin baseball coaches association for the 2025 ethics and coaching award this award is presented for character integrity and respect
005not only to opponents but officials fans and all athletic staff in the state it was presented at the Wisconsin baseball associ coaches association Hall of Fame banquet on Saturday February 15th also congratulations to greenall High School cheer on their State Championship win in the traditional category at wacpc this weekend the team earned the highest score across all divisions and this is the first time that they have taken the title in this category this decade the district would like to thank the greenell Education Foundation for Their donation of $1,000 to the district for student meal payment support and that concludes my communications all right thank you uh I'll go over to you Nick perfect yeah so Greendale High School Deca is currently competing in the state competition in Lake Geneva this Monday through Wednesday and is
006where Noah is at this time the high school student council executive committee recently met to discuss planning end of year activities and our next steps for various committees and the ghs spring musical Adams Family is set to take place in the ghs auditorium on March 7th 8th 14th and 15th at 7:00 p.m. and March 9th at 2 p.m. that concludes my communications all right thank you you moving on uh comments or questions from visitors not seen any uh moving on action item to approve last our last meeting's minutes uh before we do a motion does anyone have any comments concerns no all right looking for a motion move approval of the February 3rd 2025 regular board minutes as presented in agenda item 1.1 I second all right we have a motion a second still no
007questions or comments All right yes yes yes yes um yes motion passes U moving on to monthly financials yep uh monthly financials were provided through the end of January 2025 um I can point out some highlights from that information uh we're uh uh seeing an increase in revenues uh in the operational fund so they we have uh the impact of the operational referendum and the reduction of debt prepayment so when we account for our January tax receipt there's a larger percentage of um revenues that we've accounted for in our operation fund year-to date um I would point out our non- referendum debt Fund in fund 38 um there we have some funds that are within our special education fund that are going to be transferred um via our flowthrough grant to pay for um payment
008of our um loan State trust fund loan that covers renovation of the reset space so that's a little bit lower than it was year-to date last year um other than that the last remaining item was our fund 99 which is our Cooperative fund and that just has to do with timing of payments for member districts and I know as of this evening we've collected all of the signed um contracts with those schools so that's accounted for and now it's a matter of getting those final payments accounted for in our system on the expense side uh we are where we would expect to be at this time of year in fund 10 at 40.9% of expenditures um the fund 39 referendum debt is a little bit higher but the dollar figure is lower overall that has
009to do with low a lower um debt prepayment that was set aside in this year's budget Capital expansion fund is at 27% um that reflects the final payment has not been made on the boiler project that was done here at the high school um that project's now finished so in the upcoming months um I would assume we'll see a bill for the rest of that project as that's now completed and then that'll um get caught up uh capital projects fund the budget overall was lower and those projects have mainly been completed so that's higher as a percentage um our food service fund we've talked about in previous months that there were capital and Equipment Investments that we made there and then our community service fund is running below um the year-to-date expenditures and Mr broad's
010done a really um good job of tightening up uh that budget and watching that really closely um and we have some larger Investments that we will make toward a year end so when we think about the approved JC Park project with the playground that'll not be installed until later on in spring so we're not seeing the expenditures for that we've signed the contract and have that equipment on order and then fun99 that Cooperative just varies based on what's happening within the the co-op and what's been approved month to month but we have a procedure for how that's done amongst the school district members to get those expenses approved so with that be happy to take any questions the board has about the January financials any questions for Jonathan not seen any thanks all right uh
011we will move on to approving the checks and dispersements no one has anything to add we'll look for a motion I move the approval of the checks and dispersements has presented agenda item 2.3 for1 m9166 18 cents I'll second all right we have a motion a second yes yes yes yes I'm yes motion passes um moving on uh personnel there are there are two teacher resignations this evening uh one is a retirement and one is a resignation both are listed as resignations because neither qualifies for a local benefit but one um does qualify for a state benefit and we're looking for approval all right thanks uh before we do a motion no comments Kathy did you no okay all right we'll do a motion I'll make a motion to approve action item 4.1 the Personnel
012I second all right we have a motion and second looking for a roll call yes yes yes yes and I'm yes motion passes moving on uh replacement of network switches so this was presented at the last board meeting Network switches are part of the technology infrastructure that is on uh cycle for replacement uh there has been some delays in the cycle as we've been working to manage the budget but it is critical that these get replaced um and there was a bidding process that you reviewed last time and we're looking for approval this evening no one has any questions we'll look for a motion to approve I move approval of the purchase from Source One technology for $188,300 as presented in agenda item 4.2 I second we have a motion a second looking for a
013roll call oh we have a question just a comment um Dr mik we talked about this today there were three bids on this and um we um maybe Jonathan would be the one to answer this but we have uh accepted the lowest bid but there has been a working relationship with this company before there has been and I did additional research on this after the board talked about it at the last meeting um the vendor that they're the manufacturer of the equipment each of these companies has to go out and seek a quote and so um the um first one that gets that quote from the manufacturer may get a better rate on the equipment the wholesale cost of the equipment itself so I know there was concern about the disparity in these quotes and
014so that's a factor of what the pricing is being quoted by the manufacturer themselves to each of these companies um but Source one is one that we have utilized in the past have high Comfort level and believe they have the most information about our Network system in terms of being able to bid this accurately thank you yep all right looking for a roll call yes yes yes yes and I'm yes motion passes um approving the charter school in Grant application so uh this has been on the radar as a possibility over the last uh several years last at the last meeting I presented the format and the structure of the proposed Charter School uh a charter school of this nature Works under an independent board and that board has enters into a charter with the
015school board uh the intent is that this charter school would be an instrumentality of the district which means there's an independence independent governance board and that that board sets policy and um makes governance decisions for the charter school and the greenell school district employs and pays staff directly uh so it is uh there is a relationship between the board of the greenell global and the school board there is a relationship between the district and that staff work for the greenell schools uh in within the charter school um so that is part of what is getting approved here is that you're approving a relationship to be formed between greenell Global's independent independent governance board and the greenell school board and you're also approving uh the second component is for grant funding uh there is grant funding
016available through the state of Wisconsin it is a Federal grant uh to establish Charter Schools uh and that Grant at this time as we're looking at the Grant application intending to submit for planning it is 125,000 but as we look at some of the implementation it may exceed that 150,000 for the board so our first round of Grant application will go in on Wednesday of this week uh and we need approval to do that so those are the two things you're approving um Mr Del pante is here this evening and he was not able to attend the last board meeting he has been instrumental in communicating and working with uh the individuals who will be forming the independent Charter board um in vetting ideas and collecting information and I just wanted to give him an
017opportunity to kind of walk you through what steps have happened over the last two years uh to arrive at the design of the charter school that is being uh brought forward is it on should be we're good now hi everyone uh thanks so much for having us here and for considering this um proposal that's before you um we started these conversations two years ago as Dr mid midic said and I think the the big Catalyst for those conversations was just um recognizing that there are um you know there there's another need in our community possibly for some educ for some options educationally for some students especially families who live in Greendale but may not call Greendale schools their home and so we looked at some options and I think um you know a charter school
018or some type of flexible learning option was always an option that we had um at the Forefront and we were considering a lot of um we pulled together a few key stakeholder groups over the past year um it would be a stakeholder group of Staff members and then this past fall a stakeholder group of community members who really just gave us some thoughts on what would be um another option for families and it could be Greendale students who live in Greendale but they open enroll to another school it could be Greendale students who I'm currently homeschool who might go to a parochial school or could be an option for students and families who are looking to open en roll into our district so um what some of the things that we really learned over the
019past year um especially from the key stakeholders we T talk we talked to is flexibility is really key families really love learning flexibility and so to students um they also like being able to along with that um kind of control the pace of their learning and um they like to to to bring that forward and they like to be able to to learn and pro to learn and move forward kind of at their own pace um but there's also still you know with the flexibility of this would which would be primarily a virtual school there's still a desire to have in-person contact face-to-face contact which is also really key and that's a key proponent of this school too is it's not just here's a Chromebook and go and plug away at a program it's opportunities
020for students to come here um or to come to a place in the community to receive learning coaching um to receive seal um instruction and to um just really look at you know all those other aspects of being a student too so it's a it's been a great process um it's been great working with Dr amidzic and the team and um I I really um can't advocate for this enough because the more options we can put out in the marketplace for schools here in Greendale um will continue to be a destination district for families and for students for sure so we're happy to answer any questions but what we're looking for is uh the board to take action to approve the formation of the charter school as an instrumentality of the district and um authorization
021for administration to apply for the grant um I just want to say that I think this is a fantastic idea because it does provide flexibility for parents um my my middle daughter is benefiting immensely from Online High School and it is it is completely changed her from you know a kid who wasn't quite sure about being in physical school to thriving in online high school so I think it's a great opportunity for kids and I'm glad that we're bringing it Forward does anyone else have anything to add just a quick question so if the grant does not get approved do we still are we still planning on going forward uh yes we would be planning to go forward um if it would be a little more sticky uh to do um what we know is
022that the funding for the charter school will be self- sustaining uh moving down the line as we've looked at pricing for uh seats within ASU uh prep Global and the cost of that instructional course those courses and that instruction which is a combination of synchronous um lectures one time a week and then online coursework but the lectures are recorded so we've looked at all the pricing and it is self- sustaining uh so what we might have to do is scale back on some of the professional development and build it while we're flying rather than having that that early launch of the information of the training and the practice um and we may have to do train fewer people initially and then do some work to bring them up to speed until Revenue comes in for
023membership in the school just had a question uh first of all is this a competitive Grant like are there only a set number of districts that are being considered for this it is a a competitive Grant uh we don't know until the Grant application period closes how many schools have applied uh for the funding that is available but there is a sizable amount of grant money available and so it's possible that we could be funded at a partial amount of our request if there is um more Grant applications than available um but this is something that we think we we should get funding for but it is competitive and if there's a lot of charter schools that are looking to launch we may not have access to some of the funds okay and then uh
024on that note thank you for that um with this this is for the planning correct this is correct planning portion um I want to first of all um highlight that I think it's important that there's an seal planning component in there I think with uh virtual learning a lot of times that could can be a missing part with the in-person um opportunity so I appreciate that uh you're looking into that so that students who may be interested in having that personal approach can do that um did I had a question regarding special ed as it um pertains to this particular Grant um well this grant is for the planning but if this were to go through would there be special ed funding for students that would be virtual so the charter school right now we
025have not designated how many regular education seats and how many special education seats would be available that's something that we will determine uh before we mark it to the general population for seats in the charter uh the funding would be the the funding mechanism for uh students receiving special education services in a charter school that's an instrumentality of the district would be the same as our regular schools okay and then what is the plan to um once hopefully we get this grant but moving forward with this um how do we Market this to the community so the marketing materials will be the this first year we'll be doing some direct marketing to a number of groups uh one group is a group of students who are currently registered as homeschool students within our district District
026um another group is students that are um participating in the academic enrichment programming through the field Workshop who may be entering grades 6 through 12 um one another group is those students who are open en rolling out to a virtual school in another District um letting them know that there's an option here in their home District that they can consider uh so those will be the the key marketing strategies and that's a population of about a 100 students uh then we'll o be looking to market the uh information on our website but those are the ones that we target through direct mailers and uh direct communication and there's a a goal of 50 is that what I'm understanding the target population will be 50 or 60 okay and then capping off at a 100 did
027I see that the first year we will only open 60 seats just so that we can get a handle on um the impact part of the reason that we want a small uh group to implement is one to iron out what issues we might have in that process and two to make sure that our brick and mortar schools have capacity for students who are electing to take the two inperson classes without over uh overloading our classrooms and making sure that when we do that and we look at the percentage of students choosing inperson classes as a component of their participation in greenell global that we have capacity within our brick and mortar schools to handle the additional students great and um to Echo what um board member um said I think this is really great
028in terms of innovation I know that's one of your evaluated um points that we have um and I think Innovation is really important and um I I just I I support this and I appreciate the work that's gone into it with everyone and Chris I know you brought some expertise from waaaw with you my understanding is from your own a little bit yeah yeah so thank you for that yep the only other thing I would add and I talked to Dr mic about this today and I think I brought it up at the last meeting is um uh the field Workshop does a great job of bringing people who are online like to have in-person experiences and all that um so thank you for that uh I would also like the charter school to consider
029opportunities like you know prom the musical and it would be great if these kids could walk at graduation because one of the things that is sometimes missing from online school is that ceremony the independent Charter board will be convening um in the next couple of weeks and as they're building their handbook that will be something that's taken into consideration yeah and I think too there's a desire to still have like they're a student of greenell global but they're a broader student of the Greendale community and so when we talk about things like co-curriculars and all of those things I mean we still have to talk about what that would all look like but I think that would be a goal of ours in the future as well I just had a question question about Staffing
030the program as far as like is the school looking to pull potentially as some current like District Educators or there be like a process of hiring an all new set of like uh success coaches and instructural staff or has there been discussions of that yet yeah there's been some discussion uh we know that we'll need a minimum of a success coach and then we may have some additional people Services guidance staff that would be used initially but the online instruction through ASU is Teachers hired through ASU uh so those teachers would be live in our conversations with ASU there was a question about how many students are in an online course for ASU per teacher and they said that their normal uh workload is the same as an in-person so they typically if they're a
031full-time teacher have between 150 and 180 students in their group and that is so that they can do some face-to-face video um supports with their students and when they're in their classrooms uh for the once a week one hour lecture that is video live synchronous that uh students have an opportunity to participate and get to know their teacher so um we don't see a need to hire for the academic courses that will be taken through ASU did prep digital or prep Global that that would be um provided by ASU as part of the contract that the independent Charter board would uh engage with so we are not seeing a high volume of in-person Staff but a number of targeted staff members that build those relationships and deliver that inperson community building that happens sure and
032and so that ASU Community is that's what meant by the uh salary and benefits for instructional staff that's just what made me ask is in the budget that's what so they'll be they'll be um it won't be a bunch of full-time staff but for example um not sure but Mr Del Ponte for example might be the administrator responsible for greenell Global but it's not going to be a full-time position so it may be a percentage of his contract so but even if he's spending 10% of his time uh leading greenell Global as an administrator he would need the training so we'll need there might be 10 people who touch it but in terms of full-time staff might only one or two fulltime got it thank you one sorry one quick question just kind of going
033through everything do we provide internet access if the kids do not Choose Or if they choose to do green Deale Global and they do not have at home internet access is that something that the school's providing or yes so when you see on the um budget within there it says uh Capital objects and it says Chromebooks for 60 students with 25% overrun and then facility infrastructure that would be a component there is to make sure that we have internet access um and all the network stuff switches and all that stuff that I don't quite understand yet but um you have that access at home to make sure that there is access okay and that is part of uh the Grant application is how will you ensure that all students have access do we have any
034examples of districts around us that are using a ASU for this purpose no we would be the first right now uh if anyone in the state of Wisconsin wants to um use ASU as their um instructional resource uh they would have to self-pay there's no way in the state of Wisconsin that it would be part of a public school thank you if I could also just say too like from a Innovative value ad so a couple things about green doll Global that that really stand out would be I think the ASU partnership um and the opportunities not just for um you know in this case 610 or 612 education but also starting to work on college courses as well um but the other thing too is blending the model of virtual school with in person
035and so when you talk about the value that this has and kind of the things that make it stand out those are the two I think primary things is um that partnership but also the ability for us to um engage with students person as well Mr D something I brought up at the last meeting when we discussed this was um kind of like the reverse of the idea of how virtual students could take classes here would be the possibility of inperson Greendale students could take some of those college courses for credit and what like the financial implications that might be for the school sure so I I would think I think our goal in year one is to just build that foundation with the markets that we are focusing on but if if we can
036build that found and I think opening it up at some point in in the future would be a goal as well so we're looking for approval any other questions all right looking for a motion I'll move approval of the charter school and Grant application as outlined in agenda item 4.3 I a second Mo have a motion a second we'll look for a roll call yes yes yes yes I am yes motion passes thank you very much thank you yep thank you thank you uh moving on to the last action item uh oh no I'm sorry uh we need to approve uh parent Transportation contracts so this is uh required by law uh that when we provide transportation to our public schools for students that we are required to provide transportation to our students choosing to
037enroll in private schools uh we have elected to do so in the most coste effective way which is to contract with parents and uh we need approval of a payment totaling $1,547 60 to be paid to parents for the first semester if we don't have any questions we'll look for um was that a question I I do have one question in in a apologize if I missed it um there was not a link that I saw to payment one and I don't know if that was in our board packets because the students are listed by name uh that is student records and so that's why it's not publicly posted or available if you'd like to see the backup documentation we do have it available in the office okay and it what was the amount again
03814,000 54760 looking for a motion I move approval to release payment in the amount of $1 4,547 60 for parent contract trans Transportation as presented in agenda item 4.4 second you got it all right we have a motion a second uh looking for a roll call yes yes yes yes um yes motion passes uh Al now the final action item uh the 20 2024 2025 budget amendments I'm going to turn it over to Mr Mitchell to walk you through it yep so there were three attachments that were provided in that background document I'm looking at the second um document there and I can probably bring it up on the screen um but the anticipated revenues for the operational fund are staying at 38,2 48,900 but we're making a transfer there uh between different Source uh
039codes uh for special project grants in miscellaneous of $939 on the expenditure side making various um transfers based on budget updates and so that covers um both um uh finalized Staffing grants that have been updated or other special projects that we run where individual budgets have changed since the board approved this in October the net of all of those changes is a net of zero so revenues and expenditures are staying the same for the operational fund within the special education fund there's a budget adjustment of a $100 um and you see that going in and out so the net change there is zero for the expenses and then the Cooperative program fund so that represents our Woodland conference budget and so that was updated after the board took action on the budget in fall and
040so this reflects what was requested um by the Woodland conference so would that happy to answer any questions that the board has any questions for Jonathan no did you have one there oh thought you put your hand up all right no questions thanks Jonathan so motion yes we need a motion looking for I move the approval of budget amendments as presented in agenda item 4.5 I'll second all right we have a motion in a second looking for a roll call yes yes yes yes and I'm yes motion passes moving on uh risk management report so once every other year we do a report to the board talking about risk management programming within the school district so we're trying to do is highlight what we're doing as a district to protect the well-being of students and
041staff we want to ensure a safe learning environment we also want to minimize legal and financial liabilities for the district and promote a culture of safety so we think about this in three areas what we're doing for preparedness prevention and response and so if we're thinking about preparedness we're thinking about ongoing staff training and safety drills that we're doing we think about prevention we're going through and doing proactive safety walkthroughs and follow-ups as well as investing in physical security upgrades and then from a response perspective going through thorough accident investigation and response with any action steps that we need to take from those accident investigations so provided in your report is information that we've shared previously share information regarding our property insurance workers compensation and liability insurance and what those Trends have been over the
042last 5 years the property insurance we've had a loss ratio of 19% and that's just one claim that we had um over the winter break uh um 203 22 23 22 into 23 oh uh Miss fater was the principal at the time at that building where that happened so she may have PTSD from that event it did go into her office at the time um but that was one big claim and so what we work on with our um our broker consultant is making sure that we minimize the impact that that loss has had um given all the other work that we put in Risk Management um and um response to accidents and the fact that that was the only loss that we've had over that 5year period of time um from a workers compensation
043level we're at a loss ratio over that 5year period of time of 24% that's a really good loss ratio to be under 25% so of our premiums um losses of $144,500 ation um due to that low loss rate and so that's something that we continue to work on through all of our risk management strategies um liability insurance is the highest so that has been losses of 117% so we've actually had higher losses than premiums the losses there 23644 um that includes both legal um costs and expenditures over that 5year period of time as well as um uh liability losses and that covers our vehicle um insurance and so any losses that we would have for vehicle damage are also included and that's occurred during that fiveyear period of time so despite that you can see
044that that premium for liability insurance has been relatively stable over that 5-year period of time we maintain a good working relationship with Community insurance and we partner with them through that worac Cooperative so we are having conversations weekly we had conversations with them today and um continue to do that and they recognize that we have solid programming in place and they want to help us as well to ensure that um that ratio becomes more sustainable um but that we continue to have solid risk management programming within the district so with that happy to take any questions that you have about risk management that we have in the district any questions for Jonathan I'm not seeing any okay thanks thank you all right we'll be moving on to the second trimester District scorecard review so so
045we have our district uh Department short cycle updates in this board packet and there are four business services communication human resources and people Services um um next week you will hear from the schools which will focus on some of the student achievement work that has been happening uh but for tonight the district departments are here um Mr Mitchell has agreed to share his and then you can ask questions about any of the four although Mrs Bernett is at a federal funding conference in the Wisconsin Dells which makes Mr Mitchell really happy I like it that we're doing risk management make sure we don't get in trouble with our federal grants so I appreciate the team taking the time on that so I'll keep this very brief um just two items highlighting the board public policy
046priorities and the upcoming state budget discussions and then a federal funding update and I know Kim talked about that earlier and so we're thinking about how we allocate our resources in a way that's going to make a difference for kids and that's what this is all focused on um the Greendale schools the board's public policy priorities these three are three that we will likely highlight the most as the administrative team um but we will share all of the public policy priorities that are highlighted um I did finish the the presentation today so this is posted on our District budget website um but apologies it wasn't in the packet ahead of time I got it to Christie so we can get it to all board members but what is linked in there the board um public
047policy priorities and those are also posted separately under the board web page um but the three that we highlight on the most are the inflationary increase to spendable revenues as well as Market adjustment um going back to 2009 the second one a minimum reimbursement of 60% for special education and English as a second language and then three the need to support um initiatives for Teacher Pipeline and the challenge that we're having to get an applicant pool for the positions that we have available within the school district this is a familiar chart um we shared this information with the community when we had budget discussions a year ago and leading into conversations about the operational referendum and the gap between inflationary costs um versus actual spendable revenues provided since 2009 and that that Gap had grown
048to $3,380 so as we've been having conversations projecting forward for the new banum we're now talking about the 2526 and 2627 um budget years we have a link where we've provided our estimates of um what those inflationary increases would be over the next bium and we come to is that that Gap is going to grow another 200 $100 from $3,380 to 3578 um given state law currently has 325 per student and so that's not going to meet um the that CPI calculation uh that indexing calculation would come to $418 per student in 2526 and $430 2627 so again getting us to about a $200 difference versus what's currently in law and that's us estimating based off of uh current trends in inflation special education reimbursement so the board's talking about uh advocating for at least
04960% reimbursement so that state reimbursement rate back in the early 80s so 1981 was at a high of 67% and that decrease from that period of time all the way to the 2018 2019 school year down to 25% that was the low and at that time the state started adding additional revenues to special education to begin to bring that number up um the current law for this last year called for 33.3% um but based on the actual claims uh was slightly lower and the reimbursement this last year was 32.4% so we always receive revenues a year in a rear so if we tried to use that 32.4% for what we would receive during this year we would be at2 m8173c it will likely be below that because costs are increasing each year so if it's
050a fixed pot of dollars there's usually more expenses coming in so that percentage will likely tick down slightly but we won't know that until the end of the year so that's at 32.4 but if the state were to reimburse us this year at 60% of what was spent last year we would be at 3, 855,000 so you can see the net impact there is nearly $1.8 million on the budget at a 60% reimbursement rate other update we want to provide was Federal funding so in total the district receives over two $2 million annually and it's coming from sub buckets the biggest buckets that this is coming from are our title programs which is the every student I've got it here Elementary and secondary Education Act and then the individuals with disabilities and Education Act idea
051for our flowthrough funding those are the two biggest buckets um but then the third biggest bucket would be there at the bottom the USDA and the meal reimbursement we receive for our food service program we we also receive a large amount of funding for Medicaid and that um goes through both our regular education fund and special education fund depending on timing of the payment eate is technology funding and the board just took action regarding one contract related to eate and that had a match of $94,000 and then Carl Perkins the district's part of a Consortium where funds are pulled together between five different District dists for a full-time staff member that's focused on youth apprenticeship and so we share that with another um another four districts so those are examples that's not the full list
052of everything that we have but those are examples of what is covered and that's the bulk of the funding um that's coming through from federal funds so the key points with that as of February 3rd all claims are up to date for requests for reimbursement we know that there were questions from uh the board regarding that and ensuring that the district is up to date with requesting any funds that we can uh the board took action this evening regarding that eray contract so we will take action to sign that and push that forward tomorrow to ensure we meet all the deadlines and as we receive more information if anything does change regarding um our federal funding we will bring that back to the board and share so on the scorecard on the scorecard under District
053priority 6 uh we have established a board finance committee to extend the engagement in District budget and share Collective Insight with State lawmakers all with the goal of continuing to present a balanced budget and so Jonathan short cycle is updating you on the progress that we've made towards that goal to date and so the other three reports that are there have a similar purpose and if there's any questions for Jonathan or um Julie Kitty are open any questions I'm not seeing any thank you very much all right we'll be moving on to uh the first reading of the policy updates policy committee met a number of weeks ago and these the policies that are brought forward uh are part of NE recommendations some of them were simply um consolidating and increasing Clarity some are new
054there is one in there that I would like to highlight uh needs to still be um worked on with medical uh with the medical adviser and that is policy 5330 um one of the things that Neola brought forward is that a number of districts are beginning to stock inhalers so our current policy allows us to stock have stock epip pins and to have stock uh Narcan and so some districts are now starting to with the prev the amount of asthma that might show up uh without knowing it that some are stocking in inhalers uh for that purpose if someone were to have a sudden asthmatic attack that they weren't aware that they had so uh I am working with the medical adviser to determine if that is something that she's recommending but it is uh
055drafted in the policy here is that something we'd have to bring forward for future considerations since it is a state there's a state statute and bylaw for it as an open order uh yep so that is what Neola how niola has put it into the policy and I'm just verifying with our medical adviser that she is in support of adding that so and then if there's any other policies that you wanted to walk through or had questions on no I just want to mention that the program the policy for programs for gifted and talented has been Rewritten um so you might want to look through that one anyone else have anything to add any questions all right I'm not seeing any thank you so we'll bring that back for a second reading at the next
056meeting and I will have a firm answer from our medical adviser at that time all right thank you uh moving on to Tasha's legislative update okay um guess there quite a few updates um there's been some education bills that have passed the assembly this past week um one is um regarding the DPI and their uh scores for the forward testing as well as for ACT Testing um the this bill would state that the DPI must use the same cut scores ranges and descriptions as used in the 2019 2020 school years um for the ACT and prea they um this bill includes using the same assessments and standards as the 2122 school year um and they also want the verbiage to go back to below basic basic proficient and advanced um there's another part of a
057bill um stating that uh requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit use of wireless communication devices during instructional time and I think we already have a policy that kind of addresses that um they there's another bill that's heading to the Senate to require cursive writing um and including that in the standards but if I remember correctly our new CK curriculum includes cursive okay um in the beginning of year 27 and 28 schools will need to include a civics class for their graduation requirements um another one and I think we already do this as a district make curriculum and instructional materials available for school district residents for um review um and then the last one was that school districts must spend 70% % of its operating expenditures on Direct classroom um expenses and the annual
058pay increases for school administrators would be limited to the amount of um the teacher pay increases otherwise uh there's two people advancing for State superintendent that's concerned utterly um there was money allocated for early literacy initiatives that we know about and it was stated in the um update that will most likely revert to the Surplus in the state and then there's another um bill out there that's mandating schools um to allow access for federal groups and Military for recruiting and so they're looking at like other areas of recruitment like Girl Scouts scouting of America um and I do believe schools are already um required to give that information or can we op optt out do you know Dr mic say that again that part about the Girl Scout oh the federal groups they're the bill
059is mandating school access um for different groups to look for like military recruits and they mentioned like Girl Scouts and scouting of America for like groups that have a lot of students yes they can have access to directory data but uh families have the option to opt out okay all right and I think that was it for my update just that one can I ask one question did you have a bill number for that forward um Act was there a certain bill number for that I didn't write the bill numbers down that's okay thanks all right thank you U moving on to board committee updates so we have the finance committee that um we have spoken with the members and so I don't know if you want to walk through with the board um under
060policy what you will be who is being appointed to that committee and uh the first meeting will be March 13th 12th 12th thank you yeah so the uh members currently uh we have one vacant spot with a progress or there's an offer in progress uh but Brian Bach will be the chairperson uh Jonathan Mitchell will be the director of Business Services Tasha Hughes is the board member uh Dr mizik is the superintendent um staff representative is Aaron schle from canabury kindergarten teacher uh the second spot is vacant um and the six Community representatives are in no particular order uh Bill Hughes Marty jenak no Noel jores yanish Amy pavella Dan Griffin and Michael Nook yes very cool does anyone have anything to add regarding their uh committies um we had a park and wreck meeting
061that was cancelled um because of the snow uh but two big things that um were shared just pull it up here on the email uh trick-or-treating will be October 26th from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the community center playground uh that is expected to have the equipment uh the new equipment come in sometime in late March and then the Demolition and replacement of the equipment will be as soon as the weather breaks so that should be up and running hopefully by uh mid April to early may all right uh that will take us to Kathy oh board professional development did you I will I um I was not planning on necessarily saying too much I U provided each of you with a flyer um after the convention I attended a session with the Wisconsin public
062education Network I have actually gone to some of the summer Summits that they're involved with I spoke with Christy about it a little bit but um it's not something I'm saying uh suggesting we as a board necessarily sign on to but um individually if you're interested they do um some advocacy as well obviously we have our board priorities so I I think we would want to stay in line with that but um I didn't know if anyone had any questions about it um it was just something I wanted to share they have school districts that sign on as partners with them there are several districts in throughout the state that are partners with them Dr mic and I talked a little bit about why that maybe isn't the best thing you know for us we
063we are doing some other advocacy with s swsa wasbo and so forth um so I just wanted to put that group out there and see if anyone had any questions is so is this group something you join like WSB so it's not not um I don't know Dr mid if you want to speak to that um it it's a group that's doing advocacy um it's supposed to be nonpartisan um I had some conversations that um sometimes it does seem like there is some partisanship um to the work they do but it is um by and large supposed to be to support Public Schools um you can donate to the organization and donations sometimes are met as membership that was it know if anyone had any questions they they will oftentimes at convention have uh speakers
064come in uh they did have Dr Jill underly come to the last event um and spoke at at the night of the State Convention just talked about some of the initiatives with the state all right thank you all right um last up Board calendar so it's a short week we our next meeting is a week from today uh between now and then there is a Black History Month Celebration at College Park on Thursday evening um there is a blood drive at College Park on Friday if you'd like to participate and then on Saturday Greendale Middle School is hosting its first forensics meet so there will be in years no like ever um we've hosted forensics uh performances by our students but this is a competitive meet that brings in students who are on the forensics
065team from other schools so it is the first competitive meet hosted at Greendale middle school and that is happening on Saturday so if you want to see some students speaking uh you are welcome to stop by so all of those are public events at which a of the board may be present but no board business will be discussed is that something that uh some of our English teachers had it up or how did that come to be um the green Dale Education Foundation supported the launch of the forensics Club in 18 2017 2018 uh and so they have been um they've fielded a competitive team it is part of the Wisconsin league for uh forensics and a lot of middle schools will host meets but we just attended the meets there's a state competition in
066the middle of March and we had students qualify every year um forensics meets hosted on site is a fundraiser so the coaches for The forensics team that's been in place for since 2017 or 18 said we'd like to host a meet so that we can raise funds to support our program um and that is how it came to be so if you would like I don't think they're still looking for judges but typically when you ATT attend to meet or host to meet you have to bring a set number of judges and so if you're at all interested in being trained as a judge at some point in the future you could judge for forensics so those are the items on the calendar all right thank you um additional comments all right I'm going to
067I'm going to have to read it all right welcome to all those who will be speaking this evening we would like to remind you that school board meetings are for the purpose of carrying out the business of the district they are official business meetings held in public through school board bylaw 016 7.3 um the board allows citizens to make comments by scheduling two opportunities on the agenda to receive citizen comments persons wishing to address the board are asked to come to the podium and state their name and address for the record comments are limited to one time individuals who will be speaking will be limited to three minutes citizen comments are limited to a period not to exceed 30 minutes in accordance with the intent of the open meetings law Please be aware that although
068the Board of Education welcomes comments from the public it cannot discuss or debate items brought up during public comments board bylaws require that all comments are directed at the presiding officer who is me comments must also refer to items within the legitimate jurisdiction of the board as the presiding officer I may interrupt warn or terminate comments when the statement is too lengthy personally directed abusive obscene or irrelevant to the business of the board if the presiding officer exercises his right to terminate comments under the above guidelines written comments may be submitted to the presiding officer instead you may speak hi my name is Heather Godley 5331 Milbank Road at sorry about that I just wanted to um take the opportunity during Public Schools week to um thank all of you for all that you do
069to preserve and strengthen our Public Schools thank you and with that we will adjourn the next meeting is March 3rd we timed it one minute and 30 seconds there so long takes you which is half the time of their comments yeah AES stand up